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What matters to First Nations children in Australia? A new app is helping us find out

Australian children are among the healthiest in the world. However, First Nations children continue to be left behind. To break the cycle of disadvantage, we need to foster First Nations children’s wellbeing so they can enjoy strong, happy childhoods.

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More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows

Since European colonisation, 29 million hectares (54%) of the forests and woodlands that once existed in New South Wales have been destroyed. A further 9 million ha have been degraded in the past two centuries. This amounts to more than 60% of the state’s forest estate.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: what you missed overnight in Australia on day nine of the Games

The swimming competition concluded with another two silver medals, while Australia’s high jumpers excelled at the Stade de France and Noah Lyles won a thrilling men’s 100m race

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If Australia had an aviation ombudsman, passengers could get compensation for cancelled flights

The financial difficulties of Rex Airlines, coming so soon after the bankruptcy of Bonza, have brought into sharp focus one of the federal government’s key priorities for aviation: enhancing passenger rights.

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Australia made 9 changes to student migration rules over the past year. We don’t need international student caps as well

This week a Senate inquiry will look at the federal government’s controversial legislation to cap international student numbers in Australia from next year.

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Golden swim girl O'Callaghan: I'm just getting started

Australian swim star Mollie O'Callaghan has five Olympic gold medals at the age of 20, but says she's just getting started.

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Alarming new report shows shocking extent of child homelessness

'How can a parent keep their child safe if they're living in their car?'

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Silver linings on final night as Australia end Olympic swim meet just behind USA

The Dolphins were pipped by the USA to the top of the medal table on the final night of swimming in Paris

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Dam, Dutch bust Eddie's Kookaburras' golden Paris dream

Two second-half Netherlands goals were enough to end the Kookaburra's Paris Olympics campaign in a tense quarter-final on a day of hockey upsets.

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Aussie swimmers put silver touches on Paris campaign

Australian swimmers have added two more silver medals to their haul at the Paris pool to complete the Dolphins' third-best Olympics.

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My redemption story is just starting: Shayna Jack

After serving a two-year doping ban, Australia's double-gold medallist Shayna Jack says she'll keep swimming after the Paris Olympics.

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'National shame': kids facing life on couches, in tents

For many of the 125,000 Australian children without stable housing, a life of disadvantage, crime and poor health outcomes await without intervention.

AAP

Hybrids speed past petrol, electric cars in sales race

Hybrid vehicles are gaining on their petrol equivalents, with sales data showing their popularity has more than doubled in the past year.

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More Ukraine aid urged as threat has 'metastasised'

The war in Ukraine poses a danger to democracies across the world and Australia must send more help to the embattled nation, a retired major general says.

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Uluru Statement a guiding force, treaty prospects drift

The Uluru Statement will still steer the government, despite uncertainty about a Makarrata commission, the Indigenous Australians minister says.

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Australians shunning petrol-powered cars for hybrid vehicles as bowser prices rise

Trend also reflects concerns over range and a lack of charging infrastructure affecting purely electric vehicles, experts say

The Guardian - AU

‘My family didn’t want to come’: Ray Martin on attending his own funeral – and facing up to death

Gold Logie winner says he’s ‘learned a million things’ while making miniseries Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye, but hasn’t changed his burial preferences

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I bought secondhand designer shoes online, but within a few months they fell apart. What are my rights?

The shoes might not be an authentic designer pair and have failed reasonable consumer expectation, writes policy expert Kat George. Although Vestiaire is an overseas company, Australian consumer law still applies

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Australia sting Hungary to top water polo group

Australia are unbeaten going into the women's water polo quarter-finals after a second penalty shootout win, this time over Hungary.

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Australian photographer celebrates indigenous heritage at French festival

The picturesque village of La Gacilly in Brittany, western France, is home to an annual photo festival focusing on the environment and social issues – and this year, Australia is the guest of honour. Among 11 Australian photographers featured is Bobbi Lockyer, who is keen to share her indigenous heritage…

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History made as part of Aussie boxing's 64-year first

Caitlin Parker has guaranteed Australia its first women's boxing Olympic medal after a historic quarter-final defeat of the reigning world champion in Paris.

The Guardian - AU

‘They are not being pampered’: FA boss dismisses ‘silly’ talk about Matildas

Suggestions the Matildas were pampered in recent years have been rubbished by Football Australia boss James Johnson, who has branded the talk as ‘silly’

The Guardian - UK

Hany Armanious: Stone Soup review – the quizzical strangeness of the everyday

Creating a sense of wonder, the Egyptian-born Australian sculptor is an inspired choice to reopen the Yorkshire gallery

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Matildas pampering talk silly says FA boss

Football Australia boss James Johnson has dismissed as silly suggestions the Matildas have been pampered.

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FA to look far and wide for next Matildas coach

Football Australia will consider local and foreign talent to replace Tony Gustavsson as Matildas coach following his departure after a below-par Paris Olympics.

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