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Beijing warns AUKUS submarine project sets a 'dangerous precedent' and threatens non-proliferation

A new report out of Beijing declares the AUKUS nuclear submarine project is a grave risk to non-proliferation and warns that Australia may be intent on developing nuclear weapons.

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Goal of eliminating eye disease trachoma by 2025 under threat as pandemic bites

Australia is the most developed country on Earth with trachoma, and the Melbourne Demons have resumed their efforts to beat it. But the new minister suggests the elimination of the eye disease is far from imminent.

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McKeon reveals gruelling Games program

Swim star Emma McKeon could set Australian medal records at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games after confirming a nine-event program.

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Questions over Sydney sprawl as Australia cleans up after floods

Experts say city’s expansion has put more people at risk because homes are being built on flood-prone land.

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NT Minister 'heartbroken' over lack of national attention of alleged Indigenous domestic violence deaths

A national silence on Indigenous deaths is contributing to a lack of funding to fight domestic violence in the Northern Territory, according to its domestic and family violence minister.

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3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees

As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.

The Conversation

Niue backs Australia's climate ambition

Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have signed a new statement of partnership between the two countries.

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Why are there so many Omicron subvariants and why have BA.4 and BA.5 taken hold?

Is Covid changing more rapidly than other viruses? And what is BA.2.75? Your coronavirus questions answered

The Guardian - AU

Gustavsson backed to deliver for Matildas

Football Australia chief executive James Johnson says Tony Gustavsson is the right man to lead the Matildas forward.

AAP

Pill testing program urged for SA

The Greens in South Australia have called on the state government to follow the ACT's lead and establish a pill testing site.

AAP

New Federal Health Advice Urges Ppl To WFH So Why Aren’t Employers Doing The Same?

Australian companies are taking the latest federal health advice on board and supporting staff to work from home to stem the COVID spread.

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Harkin hungry for another Aussie test on international stage

The Hunter swimmer will represent Australia in all three breaststroke distances (50, 100, 200 metres) as well as the 200m individual medley.

Newcastle Herald

Birmingham Commonwealth Games athletes add UK heatwave to their list of challenges

The record temperatures in Britain have had mixed results on Australia's Commonwealth Games hopefuls, with the opening ceremony now just a week away.

ABC News

Thousands of homes sit vacant in WA shires amid worsening regional housing crisis, Census data reveals

Two shires in Western Australia have some of the highest rates of unoccupied housing in the country — but for two very different reasons.

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Nationals say Labor ‘asleep at the wheel’ as more FMD fragments found – as it happened

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Border won't close: Agriculture minister

The federal government will not close the border to Indonesia, despite opposition calls for more measures to prevent a foot and mouth outbreak in Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: child Covid fine revelations in NSW, final two in Tory leadership contest, polenta aplenty

Thursday: investigation reveals NSW government suggested children as young as 10 could work off fines of about $1,000. Plus: Novak Djokovic likely to be barred from US Open

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Phillip Island fur seal conservation efforts boosted by SealSpotter Challenge

Volunteers have spent 500 hours examining drone images of two Australian fur seal colonies for an annual citizen science project that provides important data for researchers.

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Fracking watchdog says NT still lacking federal government commitment on Beetaloo Basin emissions promise

An independent watchdog says the NT government’s promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin is in doubt, as the project looks set to be a sticking point in negotiations on the Greens’ support for Labor’s climate targets.

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Farmers tackling climate change critical of State of the Environment Report

Farmers say a report outlining the deterioration of Australia's environment fails to acknowledge the millions being spent to address their industry's impact on the land.

The Conversation

Natural systems in Australia are unravelling. If they collapse, human society could too

In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: “Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses.”

The Conversation

Deconstructing the cult of Winston Churchill: racism, deification and nostalgia for empire

Only one prime minister is honoured with a statue on the grounds of the Australian National University. Despite the university’s name, it is not an Australian. Rather, the stern face of Britain’s war-time prime minister Winston Churchill greets students on the Canberra campus. Although the ANU was founded in 1946,…

Newcastle Herald

Adding renewables to the power grid won't heal damage climate alone

At some stage, within that 28 years, the use of fossil fuels to produce energy will have to be terminated.

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Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

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Beijing forms organisation in bid to give Chinese steel producers more leverage over Australian iron ore prices

China's government has established a new minerals giant that will purchase iron ore from abroad on behalf of Chinese steel producers — a move seen as an attempt to gain long-term leverage in price negotiations with Australian exporters.

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