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Traditional owners lodge human rights complaint against super funds over Santos gas investment

Traditional owners from across Australia have travelled to the Tiwi Islands to lodge a human rights complaint against the top 20 superannuation funds over their investment in gas giant Santos.

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Indigenous Australians file human rights complaint with pension funds over Santos gas projects

A group of Indigenous Australians on Wednesday filed a human rights complaint against 20 large Australian pension funds for investing in Santos Ltd's two gas projects, putting pressure on the funds over their fossil fuel investment plans.

Reuters

Inflation falls from peak, but still more than twice the top of the Reserve Bank's target for interest rates

Australia's inflation rate is falling from its December peak, with prices increasing over the March quarter at the slowest pace in more than a year.

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Quad leaders to hold security summit in Sydney on May 24

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will host President Joe Biden and the leaders of India and Japan for a security summit next month

The Independent UK

Biden to visit Japan, Australia for meetings with allies

President Joe Biden will visit Japan and Australia next month to huddle with allies on their continued response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as ways to confront China’s assertive economic and military moves in the Indo-Pacific region

The Independent UK

‘Slippery slope’: how Australia’s inadequate welfare traps single parents in a cycle of debt

‘Cruel’ welfare system leaves single parents struggling after their child turns eight and parenting payment is cut off, advocates say

The Guardian - AU

Australia PM says Sydney to host Quad leaders' summit on May 24

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday that Sydney will host the 2023 Quad Leaders' summit on May 24, the third in-person meeting of the leaders of Australia, the United States, India and Japan.

Reuters

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New exposé of Australia's exotic pet trade shows an alarming proliferation of alien, threatened and illegal species

Australia has a global reputation for being tough on biosecurity. There are strict rules around the import and export of both native and exotic species. Security is tight, and advanced screening technology commonplace at ports of entry and mail centres.

The Conversation

Budget to promise $262m boost for national parks

Australia's national parks are "falling apart" and the federal government will more than double funding to help protect iconic places. In the upcoming

The New Daily

Guided weapons to be game changer for country: Marles

The federal government has committed more than $4 billion for long-range and precision missiles after a major defence review said the military needed a revamp.

The New Daily

Sydney Sweeney seemingly addresses Glen Powell infidelity rumours with cheeky T-shirt

The co-stars first sparked romance rumours while filming their upcoming rom-com in Australia

The Independent UK

Tax shield on super gas profits leaves Australians looking like 'chumps', economist says

It was once described as world-leading, but calls are growing louder for changes to Australia's super gas profits tax amid claims it is collecting "beer nuts".

ABC News

Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta national parks to receive more than $250 million in funding

More than $250 million in extra funding has been announced for upgrades at some of Australia's most treasured national parks as part of the upcoming federal budget.

ABC News

American woman with gold-plated gun in case arrested in Australia

The 28-year-old suspect faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted say officials

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How to create a more equitable future for women with a disability in sport

For too long women with disabilities have been invisible in sport strategies — it's time for sporting organisations to make a change, Australian women's wheelchair basketball team captain Georgia Munro-Cook writes.

ABC News

Behind this Archibald Prize entry is a man who remains indefinitely detained

Malcolm Morton, 32, is an Indigenous man with a significant intellectual disability. His family and friends are pushing to have him released from what they describe as cruel and arbitrary detention.

ABC News

Taliban kills mastermind behind Kabul airport bombing, Ed Sheeran faces court on copyright allegations — as it happened

This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

The Conversation

Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt's big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research

This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and…

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Even the word 'period' is now politicised. That makes Judy Blume's classic ode to puberty especially relevant

A few years ago, my friends and I reminisced about our favourite novels as children. One of them was Judy Blume’s 1970 classic, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, released this week (in the US, though not yet in Australia) as a film.

The Conversation

If ChatGPT wrote it, who owns the copyright? It depends on where you live, but in Australia it's complicated

ChatGPT and other generative AI tools which draw on large language models (LLMs) are a hot topic. Released in November 2022 by OpenAI, ChatGPT is a chatbot – it generates text output refined through user prompts.

The Conversation

What Alone Australia tells us about fear, and why we need it

Alone Australia follows individuals having an extreme adventure in wild Tasmania. From one perspective this seems like a foolish thing to do – participants must be crazy or fearless. Why else would anyone choose to be uncomfortable, alone and without a supermarket for weeks?

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: The defence review written before it was started

The National Defence Statement 2023 is nothing if not predictable, quickly rubber stamping the nuclear-powered submarines.

Wales Online

Married At First Sight Australia viewers fume as Alyssa 'makes it about her' after Duncan breaks down

Alyssa and Duncan have had a rocky marriage on Married At First Sight Australia and viewers are not impressed with Alyssa's latest actions

ABC News

Apples are big business in Australia, with growers on a quest to find the perfect one

Ten years in the making, the Insta-worthy Kissabel apple is a cross between a crabapple and a traditional eating apple.

The Canberra Times

From the arboretum to the Portrait Gallery: How Australian Dance Week is taking over Canberra

Dancers will take to the National Arboretum's hill to kick of this year's Australian Dance Week.

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