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Australia is rewriting its national environment laws, and Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed the legislation will pass the parliament this week, despite not yet reaching agreement with either the Coalition or the Greens. But the current draft bill leaves the country exposed to significant legal, environmental and political risk.

In 1791, the British naval vessel HMS Pandora sank on the Great Barrier Reef while pursuing the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The mutineers, led by Christian Fletcher, staged an uprising against their captain Lieutenant William Bligh in 1789, forcing Bligh and his supporters out to sea in a launch.

Australian Johnson Wen was jailed, deported, and banned from Singapore after grabbing Ariana Grande at a film premiere, ending the high-profile case.

Coalition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices

This is absolutely wild.

Getting to net zero CO2 emissions globally means we can halt global warming. This requires a rapid phase-out. It’s physics

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has continued her yearly tradition of naming every woman who died from violence in Australia, on the eve of an international event.

Snapchat is the latest social media app to issue warnings to young Australian users and will ask thousands of people to verify their age.

Australia coach Andrew McDonald has provided an update on sidelined quicks Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood ahead of the second Ashes Test at the Gabba.

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