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‘Fortress stores’ can fight theft – but is it how we want to shop?

In Australia, we’ve only seen some of those measures, including trials of security tags on meat.

The untold story of India’s Madhubani artist Padma Shri Dulari Devi

During the Union Budget session, India's finance minister wore a Madhubani saree gifted by Padma Shri Dulari Devi, showcasing Bihar’s cultural heritage on the national stage.

Australia and the brutal geography of migration’s endless sentence

To be a migrant, then, is to be in a state of perpetual denial and an approved condition of chaos.

For migrants, dementia can mean losing a language – and a whole world

Language loss affects not only how they communicate with doctors and carers, but also how they connect with family, friends and the world around them.

NSW daycares face whopping $500k fines. Will this ensure safety?

This follows a raft of reports of unsafe practices in the early childhood sector, including a grandparent taking the wrong child home at pickup, and a child running onto a busy road while in care.

Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained

For a long time, scientists believed a simple “brown beats blue” model, controlled by a single gene.

Gen Z movement may transform Nepal’s politics

The politics of neglect, elitism, and nepotism can be challenged — and overturned — in no time.

Is India a ‘Tariff King’?

On U.S. claims that their non-agricultural exports face tariff barriers in India, it is worth noting that American exporters often face equal or lower tariffs in India than in many Asian markets.

How long must you live here before you’re considered Australian?

The politics of division misses what makes Australia genuinely exceptional: our capacity to unite diverse peoples around shared values while maintaining our distinctive national culture and character.

Four victims, no remorse: Erin Patterson given a life sentence for mushroom murders

In sentencing, Justice Beale said he had no hesitation in finding Patterson’s offending falls into the “worst category” of murder and attempted murder.

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Deeming apologises for ‘huge distractions’ but vows to fight on as Liberal court battle deepens

Ms Deeming also used the message to thank her backers, reaffirm her support for Opposition Leader Jess Wilson

Nearly 200 Victorian multicultural groups to receive $4.9 million in grants

The successful organisations represent more than 46 ethnic communities and 15 faith groups, with more than $1.6 million allocated to groups supporting new and emerging communities as well as regional Victoria.

Australia and US tighten security ties with new AFP–FBI alliance targeting terrorists

Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FBI Director Kash Patel in Washington, strengthening cooperation between Australia and the United States on counterterrorism, transnational crime and intelligence sharing.
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