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Environment August 3, 2024
Authorities race to combat the threat of bird flu
As Australian authorities battle to contain an outbreak of avian influenza, they are braced for the possible arrival of a subtype that is devastating bird and mammal populations overseas.
Politics August 3, 2024
Teals at risk in Goldstein, Kooyong, Mackellar and Curtin
Polling shows at least four teal independents are at risk of losing at the next election, as the government prepares donation reforms that favour major parties.
Education August 3, 2024
Making meaning of the reading wars
Amid sliding literacy rates, Australian governments are finally picking a side in a longstanding, global war over how children should learn to read.
Health August 3, 2024
Navigating a broken employment services system
As one man tries to find work, he has been failed in multiple and complicating ways, with the government outsourcing his case to an employment services company owned out of Florida by a group of men who made their fortune in turbo ovens.
Immigration August 3, 2024
The community-led program that’s aiming to improve refugee settlement
A volunteer program is trying to change the way Australia resettles refugees, but some fear it is enabling the government to shift costs – and duties – onto the community.
Business August 3, 2024
The lucrative business of trusts
Managing trusts set up for philanthropy has become a lucrative business in a concentrated market – one that is increasingly incentivised to put shareholders before charities.
Immigration August 3, 2024
Exclusive: Border Force drones retired over security concerns
As Anthony Albanese restructures Home Affairs, it can be revealed that the drones Labor claimed were being used to monitor released asylum seekers were decommissioned months before the High Court’s ruling on indefinite detention.
World August 3, 2024
Hamas vows retaliation against assassination
PNG massacre leaves 25 dead. Sixteen killed in Venezuela election protests. Biden versus the Supreme Court.
Education July 27, 2024
Labor poised to launch universal childcare plan
Labor will soon unveil a foundation of its cost-of-living election pitch: a proposal to introduce universal, affordable childcare.
World July 27, 2024
The anointment of Kamala Harris
Harris versus Trump. The fallout from the Trump shooting. Why did Biden quit?
Health July 27, 2024
Exclusive: Health authority suppressed gendered violence research
A decade after the establishment of Our Watch, sources say the framework to end gendered violence was based on research that was incomplete and modified for political reasons.
International Relations July 27, 2024
The fight ahead for a Harris presidency
If Kamala Harris is to become president of the United States, she will do so by galvanising the Democrats’ most loyal source of support – Black women.