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Understanding Pacific communities in Australia: where do they live?

Within major cities, Pacific migrants tend to cluster in lower-income suburban parts of our capital cities, where housing also tends to be cheaper.

Think your specialist is expensive? Look at what others are paying

Most patients pay the gap between 85% of the Medicare schedule fee and the specialist’s fee.

India on track to become first to crack a ‘trade deal’ with United States

Such a step could be particularly significant as India seeks to remain a key partner in Washington’s Indo-Pacific economic and strategic frameworks.

The weight of imaginary things: the truth of fiction

Writers play a delicate game: they know we know it’s not real, and yet they ask us to feel as though it were.

Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too

Discarded or resold electronics often retain sensitive personal and corporate information.

Labor’s $1 billion for mental health is good news for young people in particular – but leaves some gaps

Australia’s continued investment in a network of youth mental health services, headspace, is unique and positive.

Election Diary: Jim Chalmers highlights expectations of May interest rate cut – after the election

“It’s about results. It's about lifting aspirations, not just spending money.”

Beyond reporting: media as a force for national unity

An inclusive society isn’t just the government’s responsibility but a national effort. However, the government must take the lead and set an example.

Do Trump’s tariffs signal an end to business as usual for Pacific

Global stock markets are spooked. U.S markets alone lost nearly US$4 trillion within a day of the tariffs being announced.

Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Why do we change our clocks? And how does it affect our bodies?

About one-third of the world also adjust their clocks seasonally, moving forward in spring and back in autumn (remember: spring forward; fall back).

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Albanese government secures additional critical fuel supplies to keep planes flying and trucks moving

Prime Minister Albanese said the government was working “day and night” to protect Australia from the fallout of international conflict impacting global fuel markets.

“Brave man” Baljeet Singh fights for life after saving sister in Adelaide restaurant fire

Baljeet's brother-in-law, Inderjeet Singh, said Baljeet pushed his sister Satbir out of harm’s way moments before being overwhelmed by the fire.

Australia to begin domestic missile rocket motor production in $126.9 million defence industry push

Solid rocket motors, which provide the propulsion for most guided weapons systems, are in high global demand and are considered a critical capability for modern military forces.
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