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Couple who died in suspected mushroom poisoning remembered – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

We need a new way to pay for aged care. But it can't shut out those on low incomes

Aged-care funding is again on the agenda, with the latest Intergenerational Report predicting Australia’s aged population will triple over the next 40 years. As a community, we will need to spend more on aged care than we do today, with aged-care spending expected to more than double its share of…

The Conversation

We won't always have to use animals for medical research. Here's what we can do instead

Animals have been used for medical research for thousands of years, dating back to ancient Greece where the first dissections were performed.

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Romantic comedies, Japanese reality television and New Zealand true crime: the best of streaming this September

We have never been more spoilt for choice when it comes to what we can watch on (streaming) television. But the downside of this gluttony of riches is the sheer overwhelm that can come from having to choose your next show.

The Conversation

How the Voice can help shift dial to narrow digital gap

There is a significant digital gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Newcastle Herald

Australian government reviews children’s custody after death of Indian-origin mother

“We offer our deepest condolences to the family during this difficult time,” said the Australian High Commission

The Hindu

Kyle Sinckler: Watching England in World Cup final was massive motivator for me

Sinckler was 10 when he watched most of the 2003 clash with Australia on television.

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Hot El Niño summer brings ‘elevated’ risk of power blackouts to eastern Australia, operator warns

Australian Energy Market Operator says ‘imminent and urgent investment’ in energy is needed

The Guardian - AU

Australia will not force adult websites to bring in age verification due to privacy and security concerns

The eSafety commissioner is to work with industry on a new code to educate parents about how to access filtering software and limit children’s access

The Guardian - AU

God Forgets About the Poor by Peter Polites review – the author’s most striking work yet

Melding memoir and fiction, the author of Down the Hume and the Pillars makes magic and myth from his migrant mother’s life – and reaches beyond that too

The Guardian - AU

‘Whole housing system in crisis’: report finds Australia’s emergency accommodation is often unsafe

Study finds lack of available social housing and unaffordable private rentals mean people entering crisis accommodation have no pathways out

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s so backwards’: women call for equal prize money in South Australian football

Players in the state’s Women’s National Premier League compete for less than a third of the prize money allocated to men

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s gig economy workers set to benefit from minimum pay and protection against ‘unfair deactivation’

Labor bill gives Fair Work Commission power to set minimum standards for hundreds of thousands of ‘employee-like workers’ on digital platforms

The Guardian - AU

Foreign ownership of Australia’s water rights on the rise

Report reveals foreign interests hold 11.3% of Australia’s water entitlements – about half of which are in the food and fibre producing Murray-Darling Basin

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‘Designed to shame women’: Australian pharmacies urged to scrap forms for emergency contraception

Health experts say intrusive questionnaires are a discriminatory hangover from a time when stringent checks were in place around reproductive health

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s greenhouse emissions are a national disgrace that are destroying the planet and costing households

The quarterly emissions data reinforces how much of a joke our 2030 emissions target is

The Guardian - AU

Australia Post reports $200m annual loss, its first since 2015, amid push to close city branches

Postal service also calls for stamp price increase as it warns its letters business lost $189.7m in first half of 2022-23

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Adam Bandt urges Australians to ‘embrace’ civil disobedience and join climate protests

Greens leader says Albanese government is ‘hellbent on opening more coal and gas mines’ and people must ‘fight back’

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Evening Standard

Voice referendum: what will the vote mean for Australia’s Indigenous peoples?

Opnion polls show ‘no’ campaign might have the edge ahead of Saturday’s vote

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Nebraska Sold Out Its Football Stadium. For a Volleyball Match.

The Huskers are hoping to set a world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event.

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Zinc Air Batteries Might Be Cheaper And Safer Than Lithium-Ion: Study

Zinc is abundant in countries like Australia, said the scientist who led the research at Edith Cowan University.

The Guardian - UK

Remembering England’s unlikely run to the 2007 Rugby World Cup final

Paul Sackey, Simon Shaw and Joe Worsley explain how a player-led recovery took England into the final despite the team being written off after a humiliating 36-0 pool defeat by South Africa

The Times of India

'Pakistan need to expose Virat Kohli early': Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg on Asia Cup clash

NEW DELHI: Former Australian leg-spinner and World Cup winner Brad Hogg feels the outcome of the highly anticipated clash between India and Pakistan hinges on the battle between Shaheen Afridi and the Indian top-order batters. And if Pakistan want to get on top of the game, they need to get…

The Guardian - UK

South African cricket’s Faustian pact keeps the lights on, but at a price

The SA20 franchise tournament is taking precedence over the Test team and a rich red-ball history is now in danger

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Australians go into the referendum divided – can the country emerge united?

The stakes in the October referendum are high. For Anthony Albanese, who has made the Voice his great social cause of his first term. For Peter Dutton, who has defied those who say he is on the “wrong side of history”.

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