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'Ageism impacts everyone': Australians demand action

Hip pocket pain the key issue over people over 50 at the ballot box, with the majority backing a national plan to tackle ageism.

AAP · Apr 12, 2025

Tropical Cyclone Errol likely to form off north coast of Western Australia this weekend

Weather bureau predicts high-pressure system will bring above-average temperatures across south-east Australia

The Guardian - AU · Apr 12, 2025

'Swearing inside' but Day has fighting Masters chance

Jason Day was the shining Australian light at the Masters to sit four shots off the pace as Cameron Smith, Adam Scott and Cam Davis all missed the cut.

AAP · Apr 12, 2025

Kate Grenville: ‘I’m recognising the way in which I don’t belong in Australia. I don’t have to pretend any more’

The lauded author on her journey to unlearn the lies told about colonisation and First Nations people in her youth, and why non-Indigenous Australians need a different name

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2025

Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2025

‘I’ll tackle Rox if he tries to go to Egypt’: Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in a Cairo prison

Greste’s harrowing experience of the Egyptian legal system is brought to the screen in The Correspondent, which takes its audience far beyond the familiar nightly news bulletins of 2014

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2025

The great Australian election campaign quiz – week two

Ruthlessly testing how closely you were paying attention. Yes, even during the leaders’ debate

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2025

Ten days after ‘liberation day’, many Australians are still wondering: what just happened to global markets?

In a single stroke, Donald Trump undid a century of US trade liberalisation –then, tried to pause it. What changed his mind?

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2025

Tell us about the people in your community working to protect our endangered species

While the election is ignoring the issue of Australia’s extinction crisis, volunteers and community groups all around the country are doing their best to save our endangered species. We want to hear about them

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2025

Indigenous Australian shell dolls let out for children’s play at UK museum

Twelve dadikwakwa-kwa given to Manchester Museum on condition they are not permanently kept behind glass

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2025