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The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding

The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences

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Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world’s most populous city, according to UN

The rankings were changed after the UN used new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacities

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Wallabies’ 2026 schedule brings hope but also potential for bigger headaches

Australia will play just six of their 14 Tests at home next year and with a coaching handover to navigate, a hangover from 2025 may drag on

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Two Australian homes win top places in international 2025 Dezeen awards

A Dracula-inspired bathroom in Sydney and an outside-inside home in Melbourne claim interior design and architecture prizes

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Ukraine war briefing: Witkoff peace plan call angers Republicans

Several Republicans condemn the White House over its handling of proposed plan they say favours Russia.

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Albanese defends $2.5bn Nauru deal as transparency advocates warn taxpayer dollars could fuel ‘kleptocracy’

PM dismisses concerns over corruption allegations against senior Nauruan politicians aired in parliament, saying secret offshore processing deal ‘entirely appropriate’

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New rules crack down on high risk loans as Australian property market heats up

Regulator announces 20% cap on share of new lending banks can do on mortgages worth more than six times borrower’s income

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Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc

BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES calls

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Tom Phillips case: New Zealand to hold public inquiry into disappearance of fugitive father and children

Hearings will be held in private to assess ‘whether government agencies took all practicable steps to protect the safety and welfare of the Phillips children’, says attorney general

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Perth pitch not the problem for England in first Ashes Test as it receives highest ICC rating

Optus Stadium pitch offered ‘fair balance between bat and ball’ as Cricket Australia says good bowling and ‘frenetic’ contest led to early result

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Lilie James victim of ‘calculated premeditated killing’ by ex-boyfriend, coroner finds after inquest

James was murdered in October 2023 at St Andrew’s Cathedral school in Sydney by her former boyfriend Paul Thijssen ‘in context of gendered violence’

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Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit

Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information

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Hong Kong fire: what we know so far

Dozens are confirmed dead, with hundreds more missing, after fire broke out and spread quickly via bamboo scaffolding

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Foreign interference or opportunistic grifting: why are so many pro-Trump X accounts based in Asia?

A new feature on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allows users to see the location of other accounts. It has resulted in a firestorm of recriminations

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Nominate your favourite Australian children’s picture book of all time

A good picture book is pure magic – and Australia has produced some of the best. Nominate your favourite here

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Labor strikes deal with Greens on nature laws overhaul amid criticism ‘dirty deal’ being ‘rammed through’

Deal to rewrite the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks end to five-year struggle to fix broken system

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Large bull shark kills woman and injures man in attack at NSW beach

Swimmers aged in their 20s bitten by shark at Kylies beach in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with woman dying at the scene

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Hong Kong fire: death toll rises to 83 as rescue crews search for survivors in still-burning towers – as it happened

Fire officials say operation to extinguish inferno is nearly complete, saying they have had calls from 25 people they are yet to reach

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Pocock criticises lack of scrutiny for nature laws – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Hong Kong tower block inferno, John Kerry’s advice to Australia, survivor tells of Chilean mountain horror hike

At least 36 dead after fire engulfs high-rise housing blocks; US statesman urges government to use Cop leadership to seal fossil fuels deal

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John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31

Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit

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‘Progress is happening’: gender pay gap narrows but Australian women still earn $28,000 less than men

Western Australian employers reported the biggest pay gap and Tasmanian employers the smallest, but all states reported an improvement, study finds

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The latest inflation figures offer no joy – except to the gas producers whose windfall profits remain largely untouched

The boom in world gas prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to energy companies making out like bandits

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Field of Dreams-like shrine to cricket built ‘from bud to bat’ – photo essay

Cricket Willow’s origin can be traced back to the 1902 Ashes when it was found that Australia did not cultivate its own willow for bat making

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Online ‘ghost stores’ capitalising on Christmas and Black Friday sales to lure shoppers, ACCC warns

Consumers advised to be sceptical about sales season discounts as AI makes it even harder to detect scams

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