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People know why petrol prices rising: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians understand the rise in petrol prices is being driven by the war in eastern Europe.

AAP · Mar 13, 2022

Finlay Bealham describes 'emotional moment' with family after Ireland's Twickenham win

The Australian-born prop landed Ireland's bonus point try and was elated to meet his family after the win at Twickenham

Irish Mirror · Mar 12, 2022

Australia beat New Zealand in Women's Cricket World Cup mismatch

Australia have thrashed New Zealand at Basin Reserve, winning by 141 runs in a dominant performance.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2022

Hopes Australian-first mental health literacy course can help kids nationwide

A mental health literacy course adapted from the US is being taught and evaluated in Australian schools for the first time. If the results are good, researchers hope it will quickly go national as it has in North America.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2022

Shane Warne had spoken of shock after grandad died of heart attack in his 50s

Shane wrote about his grandfather Joey's death at the age of 57 in his autobiography No Spin and said it came 'out of nowhere' just three years before his nan died of cancer

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2022

The Gonski ‘failure’: why did it happen and who is to blame for the ‘defrauding’ of public schools?

The 10-year anniversary of the plan has sparked criticism of the successive governments’ failure to implement the report’s recommendations

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Weak money laundering laws put Australia at risk of becoming a haven for Russian cash

Australia faces embarrassment of being placed on “grey list” of countries that don’t meet international anti-money laundering standards, experts say

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Dragging Russia’s invasion into Australia’s culture war is as unimaginative as it is amoral

Warriors on the right are torturing logic to within an inch of its life in their battle against ‘politically correct preoccupations’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Walk this way: Australia’s urban tours find their feet by going niche

Once the pedestrian equivalent of a double-decker tourist bus, the new breed of walking tours can be genuinely revealing – even if you’re a local

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Deported to a land they barely know: anger rises over Australia’s ‘character test’ for non-citizens

The number of people deported after committing offences is set to explode if laws are strengthened, to the dismay of the New Zealand government

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022