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This month, the Australian government will release its emissions-reduction target for 2035, likely to be between 65% and 75%. A 70% cut would mean reducing Australia’s emissions from about 440 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent down to 132 million tonnes.

Around one in eight (1.3 million) Australian households experienced food insecurity in 2023. This means they didn’t always have enough money to buy the amount or quality of food they needed for an active and healthy life.

Australian shares have begun the week lower, led by banks and energy stocks as gold hovers near record highs.

Triple murderer sentenced in Victorian supreme court after killing relatives with a beef wellington lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

The eSafety Commissioner is taking enforcement action against an overseas company accused of helping to make sexual images of Australian children.

The newly appointed Home Secretary will meet counterparts from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand in London.

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