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In a world going to hell, investors are flocking to gold. Australia could have had much more of it

A decision to sell two-thirds of Australia’s gold reserves in the 1990s is starting to look like a bad one as global uncertainty reigns

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14

A Day with David Bowie: how a visit to a psychiatric clinic changed him – and his music

In 1994 the singer and Brian Eno spent a day with ‘outsider’ artists. Intimate photographs, showing in Australia for the first time, reveal the effect it had

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14

What Australian sport can learn from queer ice hockey hit Heated Rivalry

The series challenges the hyper-masculine culture that often dominates men’s sport – and proves the power and potential of LGBTQI+ stories

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14

Top 10 Kids Ride On Cars Retailers in Australia

Kids ride on cars have become one of those toys that don’t just get played with once and forgotten. Parents use them every weekend, grandparents love gifting them, and kids treat them like their first real car. With electric cars for kids getting more powerful (24V models, electric go-karts, even…

inkl · Jan 14

Absence of Willunga Hill creates wide-open 2026 Women's Tour Down Under – Analysing the contenders

Defending Champion Noemi Rüegg faces toughest field yet at three-day Women's WorldTour opener

Cycling News · Jan 14

Australia exposed Iranian asylum seeker to torture on Manus, UN says

United Nations says man experienced ‘serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14

Aussie qualifier advances to Adelaide quarter-finals

Australian qualifier Aleksandar Vukic's winning ways have continued at the Adelaide International after injured compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis withdrew.

AAP · Jan 14

Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14

How would a Trump takeover of the Fed affect Australia?

Central banks are given independence so they can make unpopular, inflation-beating decisions on interest rates

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14

Criminalising racist hatred is a big step, but it will neither end free speech nor ‘fix’ racism in Australia

Given the large number of changes proposed by the Albanese government’s hate speech bill, it’s not easy to decide which is the most significant. However, Australia’s first ever national criminal offence of inciting racial hatred is certainly a contender.

The Conversation · Jan 14