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'Grow more, achieve more': PM Modi says India working on 6G at Melbourne diaspora event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian community in Melbourne, discussing India's technological progress. He mentioned India's work on 6G technology and its goal of becoming a developed nation. The Prime Minister also highlighted the deepening India-Australia partnership in education and innovation. He credited the Indian diaspora for strengthening bilateral…

The Economic Times · Jul 9

Melbourne international film festival 2026: eight must-see films, one TV show and an ‘astonishing’ VR experience

Our picks include a hard-hitting drama starring Channing Tatum, a new Australian dramedy featuring Hugo Weaving and The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez, plus a film from a chook’s eye-view

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9

Australian sprint superstar Gout Gout out of World U20 Championships after major injury setback

Gout has suffered a hamstring tear a month out from the World Under-20 Championships in Eugene

The Independent UK · Jul 9

Grattan on Friday: AI’s opportunities and risks front and centre on Albanese government’s agenda

If you are feeling financially depleted personally, and pessimistic about the economic outlook generally, figures released this week won’t cheer your mood.

The Conversation · Jul 9

Angus Taylor warns of ‘eternity of pain’ if One Nation wins government in strongest attack yet on Pauline Hanson

Opposition leaders calls Hanson’s party a ‘column of smoke’ that won’t fix Australia’s problems and ‘would only make things worse’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9

Australia agrees to sell uranium to India, ending a long stalemate

Australia has agreed to sell uranium to India for peaceful purposes

The Independent UK · Jul 9

How an outage like Telstra’s affects Australians’ health care, beyond emergency calls

The fallout from Telstra’s national network outage on Wednesday was widespread, stalling trains and electronic payments, and preventing emergency calls to Triple Zero connecting. The company conducted more than 600 welfare checks on people unable to contact the emergency hotline, with seven people needing assistance.

The Conversation · Jul 9

In 1788, cats were brought to Australia after more than 200 years later, the country's native wildlife is still paying the price

The domestic cat arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788, introduced as a familiar companion and a practical way to control rodents. Within decades, many had escaped or been abandoned, gradually establishing wild populations far beyond early settlements. By the late nineteenth century, they had spread across almost…

The Times of India · Jul 9

How a nationwide Telstra outage rocked the Australian economy – and what we can learn

On Wednesday morning, Telstra’s mobile network suffered a major outage, leaving thousands of Australians unable to make phone calls or access data.

The Conversation · Jul 9

Gout Gout to miss World U20 Championships due to hamstring injury

Australian teenager suffers muscle tear during training in Brisbane and vows to return in 2027 ‘better and faster and stronger’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9