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Labor slams Australian Border Force cuts in Newcastle in wake of deadly cocaine haul

But Australia's border force denies that the death of a scuba diver during a suspected cocaine operation in Newcastle is due to gaps in the port security workforce.

ABC News · May 11, 2022

Australia has critical minerals for electric vehicles, so isn't it time for a domestic industry?

Australia has some of the largest critical mineral reserves in the world, but it's missing out on potentially huge profits. That's where a domestic electric vehicle industry could come in.

ABC News · May 11, 2022

With falling real incomes and rising prices many people don’t believe the story of prosperity Scott Morrison is preaching

Australians facing rising interest rates and rising average tax rates have little to celebrate

The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022

Most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached

Australian government scientists say 91% of the Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth mass event in seven years

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Blaze, Lynch/Oz and Mystery Road: 10 films to see at the 2022 Sydney film festival

The festival’s first full program since 2019 includes a new fantasy from Del Kathryn Barton, an eight-part First Nations anthology, and a doco filmed in VR

The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022

How well has the Morrison government handled relations with Southeast Asia?

This is part of a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed since the Morrison government came into power in 2019. You can read the other pieces here.

The Conversation · May 11, 2022

Gosen set for Para-triathlon at Games

Adventurer and Paralympian Gerrard Gosens is among a four-strong Australian Para-triathlon vision impaired team set for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

AAP · May 11, 2022

Barnaby Joyce says One Nation has changed. Is he right?

Pauline Hanson’s party has largely switched its focus from Asian immigration to anti-Muslim rhetoric. Otherwise the evidence of change is slim

The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022

After the flood comes rivers of tears

Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared that Australia is getting harder to live in because of disasters. We spoke to people who have lost everything and know how hard life can be in Disaster Country.

The Canberra Times · May 11, 2022

Meninga won't beg with Pasifika NRL stars

Australia coach Mal Meninga says he won't be actively pitching to players with Pasifika heritage to play for the Kangaroos at the Rugby League World Cup.

AAP · May 10, 2022