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Tabcorp, AHA launch 'fair play coalition'

Tabcorp and the Australian Hotels Association want other states to follow Queensland's lead in equalising the tax rates between TAB and online bookmakers.

AAP · Jun 9, 2022

NASA to launch 3 rockets from Northern Territory in boost for Australian space efforts

Over the next month, NASA will launch three rockets from the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory on the Dhupuma Plateau, near Nhulunbuy. The rockets are 13 metre “sounding” rockets that will not reach orbit but will take scientific observations.

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2022

How the two iron laws of Australia’s property market put the squeeze on every generation

Buyers today will be stretched to their limit, just as they were by the interest rates of the late 1980s

The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2022

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Why do students with disability go to 'special schools' when research tells us they do better in the mainstream system?

This week, the disability royal commission is looking at the experiences of children and young people with disability in different schools across Australia. This includes mainstream schools as well as so-called “special schools”.

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2022

Pull Up Yr Knee Socks ’Cos The Arctic Monkeys Are Doing Three Huge Outdoor Gigs In Aus

They'll be hitting Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne while they're in town for Falls Fest.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 9, 2022

Sherlock Holmes didn't go in for ghosts — but the fictional detective's creator Arthur Conan Doyle had other ideas

Sherlock Holmes didn't go in for ghosts — but the fictional detective's creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had other ideas, which he promoted during a lengthy tour of Australia that involved several séances.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

Scientists warn backing fossil fuel projects like Woodside's Scarborough will make meeting climate targets more difficult

Climate scientists are warning now is not the time to back big new gas developments, as the new Albanese government throws its support behind Woodside's mega Scarborough gas projects.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

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New Zealand-born woman abused in Australian state care wins appeal against ‘501’ deportation

Tribunal finds her offending was ‘directly related’ to factors including sexual abuse when she was in the care of Australian authorities

The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2022

3 key measures in the suite of new reforms to deal with Australia's energy crisis

With electricity prices surging to previously unimaginable levels, state and federal energy ministers met yesterday to consider how to respond to Australia’s energy crisis.

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2022

Kimberley military base, hospital and cinema among old dreams abandoned to the bush

From an abandoned hospital with nothing but the wind for company, to a drive-in cinema swallowed by shrubs, the Australian bush is reclaiming big dreams that saw a bustling town erected in the Western Australian desert.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

Misogyny ‘just a modus operandi for politics in Australia’, says former museum director

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, who recently stood down from Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art after 22 years, recalls ‘being yelled at’ by male politicians in new interview

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2022

Drive-by shooting at boxer Huni's Qld home

Queensland Police are investigating a drive-by shooting at the south Brisbane home of Australian heavyweight boxing champion Justis Huni.

AAP · Jun 8, 2022

Anthony Albanese says his cabinet has the largest number of women in history. Is that correct?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his new cabinet has the largest number that have ever served in an Australian cabinet. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Nation records 59 Covid deaths as NT announces closure of quarantine facility – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2022

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ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

The Loop: The AFP's warning on organised crime, Queensland wins Origin I, and the NSW Premier makes a meme

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The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2022

Morning mail: cabinet meets amid rising cost-of-living concerns, plastic clean-up success, death rate fell in 2020

Thursday: Labor faces calls to provide relief for households from inflation. Plus: plastic pollution on Australia’s coast falls by up to 30%

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Equatorial Launch Australia flags bold expansion plan for fledgling Arnhem Land spaceport

NASA will launch three suborbital sounding rockets from Arnhem Land this year and if all goes well, the company that owns the launch pad is planning for a massive expansion.

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

Women’s probability of being in poverty more than doubles after separation

When a heterosexual relationship breaks down, women are at a much higher risk of falling into poverty than men – especially if they have children to care for.

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The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

Local efforts have cut plastic waste on Australia's beaches by almost 30% in 6 years

It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans. But while the problem of plastic waste is growing globally, in Australia it’s going the other way.

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

'The Red Witch': how communist writer, intellectual and activist Katharine Susannah Prichard helped shape Australia

Nathan Hobby’s The Red Witch: A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard takes on the challenging task of sorting out the complicated details of Prichard’s life as a child, sibling, governess, teacher, friend, lover, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, traveller, celebrity, journalist, poet, novelist, short-story writer, social activist, public speaker and communist.

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

As women decide Australia's new leaders, what is going on with academic leadership?

Women’s votes may have swayed the federal election result, but will a change in government move the culture towards one of empowering Australian women? In his victory speech, newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: “Together we can make full and equal opportunity for women a national economic and social…

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

How Australia's expanding environmental movement is breaking the climate action deadlock in politics

The federal election saw voters’ growing concern about Australia’s laggardly response to climate change finally addressed, with teal independents garnering seats in Liberal heartland and record votes for Greens candidates.

The Canberra Times · Jun 8, 2022

How Canberra universities fared in world rankings after COVID lockdowns

The Australian National University is still ranked top in the country as COVID affects universities scores.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Australian snow, rain and heat linked by blocked weather systems, climatologist says

What do a blizzard in the east and days of rain in the west have in common with the February-March floods and the heat records smashed around the world?

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Tasmania's link to Australia's National Electricity Market explained

In 2016, Tasmania was on the brink of being powerless when its undersea electricity cable broke and its dams were nearly empty. But these days it can produce more than enough power locally to supply homes and businesses. So, should the island unplug from the rest of Australia?

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