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Optus Triple Zero outage has left 3 people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it

The outage – plus Optus’s delayed response to it – has sparked fury and condemnation.

Flood-hit NSW communities to get boots-on-the-ground support as Albanese activates recovery measures

"My message to these communities is simple: we’ve got your back.”

SriLankan Airlines plane forced to make emergency landing in Melbourne

It is reported that the Airbus A330 was forced to turn back shortly after take-off when passengers began seeing and smelling smoke.

Busting the flawed V-Dem index that ranks India 100th on ‘democracy’

"In V-Dem's estimation, India's electoral system in 2019, 2020, and 2021 was substantially less "free and fair" than at the height of the Emergency in 1976."

Six lessons to heed from Black Summer bushfires

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 burnt more than 10 million hectares of forests in southeast Australia.

Can a plane normally fly on just one engine?

When you’re down an engine and you have lot of water under you, you have a process to follow.

WHO declares Monkeypox a global health emergency. Here’s what that means

As of July 22, there have been 16,593 confirmed infections in 68 countries that have not historically reported monkeypox.

Two people die in a house fire in Sydney’s west

Emergency services were called when neighbours found the one-storey home alight and the roof collapsed. 

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.
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