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Talk isn’t enough: Pacific nations say Australia must end new fossil fuel projects

Our neighbours are focused on Australia’s emergence as the world’s second largest exporter of fossil fuel emissions and steady opening of more gas and coal fields.

Advocacy group to launch national campaign on Sunday to ‘amplify’ Muslim political voice

The Muslim community was the largest and one of the fastest-growing minority groups in Australia.

Australia’s new chief cyber spy inherits a massive $10 billion war chest – and an urgent mission

She previously served as the deputy commander of the Maritime Border Command, deputy coordinator of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency

Airline ‘customer rights charter’ to specify when cash refunds required

"Customers deserve to get their money back if they are owed. Full stop.”

Can India’s Modi play peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine?

India has shown full support and willingness to facilitate peace talks if both parties agree.

Less about climate change, more on reducing migration: here’s what matters most to Australian voters

Compared to 2022, the share reporting this matter as an important issue increased by 17.6 percentage points.

NT election: the Country Liberals claim a landslide victory in a contest decided in suburbia

The Country Liberal Party (CLP) has won majority government, returning to power after eight years in opposition.

The NDIS reform bill has been passed – will it get things ‘back on track’ for people with disability?

A staggering number of amendments to the legislation followed including how NDIS supports are defined and how human rights are considered.

Best Australian books of the 21st century: as chosen by 50 experts

The Conversation’s Books & Ideas team, seeking to right a wrong (and just very curious), asked 50 Australian literary experts to each share their favourite Australian books of this century.

200 unexploded WWII shells uncovered in Solomon Islands capital

Honiara is estimated to be littered with thousands of bombs and shells left behind on the battlefield after the six-month Battle of Guadalcanal ended in 1943.

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Foreign fishing boats torched as Australia sends hardline border warning

The Border Force says the action reflects a broader surge in enforcement across northern Australia, confirming a 40 per cent increase in the destruction of seized vessels this financial year compared with the same period last year.

School breaks make up more than an hour of the day. Should they be considered part of learning?

Recess and lunch are generally regarded as “breaks” from learning – where children can play or have free time.

Grandmother Bishnu Kumari Gurung visiting from Nepal killed after car ploughs into Perth home

Bishnu Kumari Gurung had arrived in Australia only months earlier with her husband to visit family.
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