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CSIRO is cutting climate science jobs. This is what’s at stake for Australia

If ACCESS funding is reduced, Australia will have less ability to model how climate change will affect us.

The government has blocked funding to 13 research projects for security reasons. What happens now?

This is more than double the number that have been vetoed on security grounds for any year since the research council was established in 2001.

Australian teens impacted by the social media ban are getting less news: new research

We found 61% of under-16s who had previously been using banned platforms reported little or no change in their social media use.

Australians wait 12 months for aged care – and the latest budget funding is unlikely to change that

By 2063, about one in five Australians will be older than 65. And the number of people aged over 85 is expected to more than triple in that same period.

Cost-of-living pressures demand a new direction: Opposition Senator Dave Sharma on Budget 2026

Senator Dave Sharma Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his fifth federal Budget. For many Australians — including the vibrant and hardworking Australian Indian community —...

Help! I’m almost finished school but don’t know what I want to do next

If this is you, the first thing you need to hear is – not knowing is very normal.

One Nation wins Farrer byelection as Liberal vote crashes

The byelection in the regional New South Wales seat was triggered by former Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s resignation.

The Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan was never equal — India is finally saying so

Aid from six nations - The United States, Australia, Canada, West Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom - made possible the solution of an international dispute that a few times reached threats of war between the two nations.

Hackers just stole data from 9,000 schools and unis around the world. How can we protect student privacy?

Instructure confirmed the exposed information may include names, email addresses, student identification numbers and private messages exchanged between users.

Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of enforceable media standards in general?

The council primarily oversees standards in print and digital journalism.

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Fiji appoints AI expert Prof. Dharmendra Sharma Chair of National Research Council

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Cooper Connolly’s maiden century helps Australia avoid Bangladesh whitewash in Dhaka thriller

His 149 included 13 fours and six sixes and is understood to sit among the highest individual ODI scores by an Australian.

Nine-year-old Australian girl killed in Pakistan police shooting after officers fire on family car

Hania Ahmed, 9, was travelling with her father Adeel Ahmed, mother Dr Sidra Khan and brother Aafan Ahmed in Chakwal, Punjab province, when local police opened fire on their rental car, believing the occupants were fleeing criminals.
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