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Judge hands down defamation findings – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Bioelektra Group SA in Poland says it had no formal ties to Bioelektra Australia but 'tolerated' company using its name

A recycling company headquartered in Warsaw is working to distance itself from Bioelektra Australia, after the local business announced it had entered voluntary administration.

ABC News

From humble beginnings, tiny Lizard Island is a major player on the global research stage

It has been 50 years since a couple of tents were the humble beginnings of what's become an internationally renowned research station on one of Australia's most remote tropical, tiny islands in the Coral Sea.

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A new virtual museum reveals 600 million years of Australian fossils in unprecedented 3D detail

Palaeontology is the study of evolution and prehistoric life, usually preserved as fossils in rocks. It combines aspects of geology with biology and many other scientific disciplines.

The Conversation

Def Leppard and Motley Crue add Australian dates to Stadium Tour

Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard's much-hyped Stadium Tour continues to plot its inexorable path around Planet Earth

Louder

With El Niño looming, urgent environmental action is needed to protect sites like the Coorong, experts warn

Ecosystems like South Australia's Coorong could be at risk from extended dry conditions if environmental action isn't taken immediately, experts say.

ABC News

Pujara's inputs will be invaluable for Indian batters: Gavaskar ahead of WTC final

Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday reckoned Cheteshwar Pujara could provide valuable insights to his Indian teammates ahead of the World Test Championship final against Australia, having played extensively in the English County Championship.

The Hindu

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A pick up truck, a mattress in the back and an Unbound-led gravel adventure

Australian Tasman Nankervis takes six months off day job to fly half-way around world, chase Life Time Grand Prix series top 10 'on the cheap'

Cycling News

US Defense Secretary Austin says China's meeting snub unfortunate

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday it was "unfortunate" his Chinese counterpart had declined to meet him at an upcoming security forum because they needed to communicate to stop dangerous encounters between military aircraft.

Reuters

Home prices on the rise again, including regional Australia

Regional home prices are also going up in price.

Newcastle Herald

Australian scientists create new class of titanium alloys

Alloy 3D-printed from metal powder rivals the conventional ‘magic metal’ – used in aerospace and biomedical engineering – for strength and sustainability

The Guardian - AU

Australia braces for ruling in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Ex-special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith says newspaper articles were defamatory because they accused him of murder.

Al Jazeera

Lonely hearts ad led another woman to key witness in Marion Barter’s disappearance, inquest hears

Coroner seeking to establish what happened to Gold Coast school teacher, subject of The Lady Vanishes podcast

The Guardian - AU

Australia considers ban on high-risk AI technology

Australia will consider banning the high-risk elements of artificial intelligence, as the government seeks public and industry comment on how to approach it.

The New Daily

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Australian government loses bid to cancel lease for new Russian embassy site

Canberra’s National Capital Authority terminated lease on block of land in Yarralumla but federal court rules the move was ‘invalid and of no effect’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government urged to push international banks to stop funding fossil fuel development

Exclusive: Report claims Australia’s shareholdings in development banks has made it responsible for investing $828m in fossil fuel projects over five years

WEKU

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

From Australia to Canada, Big Tech has resisted lawmakers' efforts to force them to pay news publishers for carrying their articles. Now, that battle is playing out in California.

ABC News

Two men dead after being run over by a ute, Thanasi Kokkinakis's comeback French Open win, and New York swan babies rescued — as it happened

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What makes for a bumper snow season and how much snow will fall in Australia this year?

Skiers could sniff a big season after a good dump of the white stuff in the first week of May. But is pre-season snow a good indicator of great times ahead?

The Conversation

Closing the First Nations employment gap will take 100 years

In 2008 Australia’s federal, state and territory governments set the goal of halving the employment gap between First Nations Australians and others within a decade. That required, by 2018, lifting the employment rate for First Nations Australians from 48% to 60%, with the rate for other Australians being 72%.

The Conversation

'An exciting possibility': scientists discover markedly different kangaroos on either side of Australia's dingo fence

Australia’s dingo fence is an internationally renowned mega-structure. Stretching more than 5,600 kilometres, it was completed in the 1950s to keep sheep safe from dingoes. But it also inadvertently protects some native species.

ABC News

Sweet As: Jub Clerc's film about misfit teens on a Pilbara road trip dares to choose optimism over angst

Sweet As was inspired by writer-director Jub Clerc's experiences as a teen, growing up between the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia during the 80s.

ABC News

Brain fog and fatigue are some of its well-known symptoms. But how do I know if I have long COVID?

Scientists still don't know what causes it, how to treat it — or even how to best diagnose it. So how do we know if we have long COVID?

ABC News

Community leaders say the rental crisis is tougher on people from diverse backgrounds in Queensland

The Queensland Human Rights Commissioner says the rental crisis is impacting those from diverse backgrounds disproportionately.

Salon

The downside of a new trade deal

Is the effect of the deal effectively rendered useless due to its environmental impact — or lack thereof?

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