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Chinese and Indians don’t need Netflix to retrofit Australian classics – We need our own stories on screen

Australia has an extraordinary number of untold stories: the Indian hawkers, merchants, sailors, students and families who built connections with Australia long before today's multiculturalism; the friendships, tensions and exchanges between communities in the colonial era.

A pact of the desperate: What’s really behind the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan triangle

When Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stood in Mecca on August 7 to sign a joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the optics were...

India looks beyond the launchpad to lead global space cooperation

India's growing credibility comes at a time when the global space economy is expanding rapidly

Now Jetstar wants to charge extra for overhead bags. What are your options?

The airline says the change will provide “more choice” while helping keep base fares low.

Smart glasses are going mainstream. Do current privacy laws protect us from the risks?

The push to make camera glasses a major consumer trend comes at a cost to the privacy of the wearer, and everyone around them.

Pakistan’s collapse is the real Kashmir story

Days before Pakistan's ritual 5 August statement against India, its own military spokesperson revealed what actually animates Islamabad's worldview. Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry...

Behind the betel nut smile: The quiet epidemic of oral cancer in Papua New Guinea

Chewing betel quid is commonly practised by the Indigenous people of PNG and ingrained in their culture.

Beyond GDP: Why India’s lower debt could give it an edge over US and China

As Australia navigates an increasingly uncertain global economy, its future prosperity will be shaped more than ever by the world's three largest economic powers:...

The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife

Samples are still being tested, but if confirmed, this would represent the first mass mortality of Australian animals associated with the virus.

Trump is hailing it as a ‘breakthrough’, but will Hamas actually disarm in Gaza?

Trump said Hamas’ disarmament would allow for a Palestinian committee to take over governing in Gaza and Israel’s military withdrawal from the enclave, as mandated under his 20-point peace plan, to which Hamas and Israel agreed last October.

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Ben Carroll warns Albanese migration cuts could hurt Victoria and send ‘wrong signals’ to India and China

Victoria recorded about 322,000 international enrolments during the year, accounting for 30.5 per cent of international enrolments nationally.

‘Visiting Melbourne’s west? Ask ‘Namaste Westside’ to find Dal makhani, jalebi, temples, cafés and weekend plans

“Our Indian Australian community has helped shape Melbourne’s west, and this is a great way of connecting visitors with local experiences that make our region special.”

Mother stops to help stranger — seven-month-old baby allegedly taken, then left on highway near Swan Hill

Police detectives arrested a 51-year-old Swan Hill man several hours later.
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