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Eastern Australia faces flood risk this spring, weather bureau warns

Australia faces a 70% chance of La Nina returning this spring, with a high likelihood of wet conditions over the next three months, just after massive floods hit the east coast earlier this year, the country's weather bureau said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Australia's former prime minister Scott Morrison defends secretly taking extra powers

The former prime minister defended his actions, saying they were a safeguard during the coronavirus pandemic and that he would have made the appointments public had he needed to use the powers.

WEKU

Australian PM accuses predecessor Scott Morrison of "trashing our democracy" with secret roles

The former prime minister said he "acted in good faith in a crisis" when he took on roles amid pandemic.

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Australia PM says Morrison’s secret roles ‘undermined democracy’

Anthony Albanese seeking official legal advice after it emerges predecessor had appointed himself to a number of roles.

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Wildlife recovery spending after Australia's last megafires was one-thirteenth the $2.7 billion needed

Few could forget the devastating megafires that raged across southeast and western Australia during 2019-20. As well as killing people and destroying homes and towns, the fires killed wildlife and burnt up to 96,000km² of animal habitat – an area bigger than Hungary.

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Outrage as Australians discover former prime minister secretly gave himself five additional ministries

Incumbent prime minister says he ‘cannot conceive of the mindset’ that enabled Scott Morrison to appoint himself to additional positions while PM

The Guardian - AU

People with intellectual disability can be parents and caregivers too – but the NDIS doesn't support them

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare last month released its report on people with disability. It shows two in three people with disability aged 35 to 44 years have parenting responsibilities and over one in five people with intellectual disability aged 15 to 44 years have children.

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Study reveals the bight's bountiful food

A Flinders University study has revealed how the Great Australian Bight has become a year-round feeding ground for a range of sea creatures.

AAP

One year into Taliban control, Afghans face poverty and repression. Australia cannot turn a blind eye

One year after the fall of Kabul, life is difficult and precarious for almost everyone in Afghanistan. More than half of the 40 million people of this troubled country are facing severe malnutrition and grinding poverty, and 90% struggle with food insecurity. In a land of widows and orphans, disaster…

The Conversation

Why unemployment is set to stay below 5% for years to come

Unfathomably, Australia’s unemployment rate has sunk to 3.5%. Even harder to believe is that it will soon sink lower – perhaps even this week, when the update is released on Thursday – and after that, if the ANZ’s forecasts are correct, dip below the next threshold to two-point-something for the…

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Qld beef supplier to repay staff $2.5m

After discovering 11 years of underpayments, one of Australia's major beef suppliers will repay staff more than $2.5 million.

AAP

My vulnerable patients cannot pay large gap fees. Australia’s health system is failing them

Those who can’t afford quality healthcare often turn up in emergency departments – later and sicker. We are in big trouble

The Guardian - AU

Plastic pollution called out as 'waste colonisation'

'I don't think we, in Australia, have been aware of the impacts. The science is changing daily.'

Newcastle Herald

Medical testing firm DAM Health expands into Australia and New Zealand

Company has already expanded into Spain and Mexico

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Australia, New Zealand say no issues with meat exports to China

Australia and New Zealand said on Tuesday they were aware of Chinese media reports of a ban on meat imports from both countries by Beijing but said they had not received any official notice and shipments had been clearing as normal.

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Date set for 2023 Australian Grand Prix

A date has been set for the 2023 edition of the Australian Grand Prix.

AAP

Don't suspend beef imports, PM tells China

Anthony Albanese has called on China to remove sanctions against Australian products amid fears that Beijing will stop beef imports over disease concerns.

Reuters

Australia's PM says predecessor 'undermined democracy' with secret roles

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his predecessor Scott Morrison had "undermined our democracy" by secretly appointing himself minister for home affairs and treasury during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the health, finance and resources portfolios previously revealed.

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PNG elections show there is still a long way to go to stamp out violence and ensure proper representation

Despite Australia “stepping up” its relations with the Pacific since the election of the Albanese government, one of the notable things about the recent national election in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was the almost complete lack of coverage of it in Australian media – except for the odd report of…

ABC News

Promised funding to seal outback Queensland's Warri Gate Road in question after government change

After years of lobbying, outback residents thought they had finally won funding to seal a missing link between Australia's north and south. But the wait continues.

ABC News

Andrew Hastie says the Coalition commissioned up to 70 ships when last in government, while Labor commissioned none. Is that correct?

Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie says the Coalition commissioned up to 70 ships when last in government, and that Labor commissioned none. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

La Niña sea temperatures driving floods in Australia and drought in the United States and Africa

Australia could see more floods and America and Africa may experience ongoing drought for months to come, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

ABC News

Federal integrity body could learn lessons from WA's corruption watchdog

As the federal parliament prepares to debate a national integrity body, the head of one of Australia's longest-serving corruption watchdogs offers some words of wisdom on how it should run.

Daily Mirror

Invasive species of feral pigs help to save Australia's native crocodiles

The saltwater crocodile came close to extinction in the 1970s, but an invasive species of feral pig could be responsible for helping population numbers increase once more

The Guardian - UK

You’re Safe Til 2024: Deep History review – gripping crisis talks

Australia’s 2019 wildfires are the focal point of this contemplative look at what theatre can do in the face of environmental collapse

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