Victoria claims to have stopped native logging. So why is it importing Tasmanian forests?
Thereβs no economic or environmental case for native logging. Yet taxpayer money is still being used to support it.
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One Nationβs surge continues in polls as Andy Burnham set to become next UK PM
In polls taken partly after Pauline Hansonβs address at the National Press Club, her partyβs vote has climbed further.
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View from The Hill: Longer NDIS inquiry is bad for the government, costing βa few hundred million dollarsβ
The government had little choice but to agree to the extension, which will take several hundred million off its projected savings.
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Cheap, effective and dangerous: how Australian farmers came to depend on the toxic weedkiller paraquat
Paraquat is banned in dozens of countries β but this cheap imported herbicide is everywhere in Australia.
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βIt will kill the brandβ: plea over breweryβs closure
A brewery which has operated for almost 150 years will stop production in November but workers have made a last-ditch appeal for a change of…
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Hospital Authority dismisses resident doctor over unauthorised exam linked to sacked intern girlfriend
Hong Kong authorities have dismissed a doctor for conducting an unauthorised examination, after his trainee doctor girlfriend was earlier sacked for accessing patient records without…
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Ten Australians are taking the government to the UN over fossil fuel exports. What is their case?
This historic case could establish a legal link between human rights and fossil fuel exports.
Read full article βS.F. supervisor Jackie Fielder to return to City Hall after mental health leaveΒ
The Mission District supervisor is coming back to San Francisco City Hall after a doctor-recommended three-month rest. S.F. supervisor Jackie Fielder to return to City…
Read full article βFour Amazon Electric Vans Destroyed in Suspected Arson
Four electric Amazon Prime delivery vans were destroyed in a fire early Monday morning in what Portland Fire & Rescue and the Portland Police Bureau…
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Explosions heard as warehouse fire breaks out in Hong Kongβs San Tin
A fire in a warehouse broke out in Hong Kongβs San Tin area in the early hours of Tuesday, with explosions heard and a large…
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One Nation monoculture claim red-carded as βnonsenseβ
Anthony Albanese has pushed back on Pauline Hanson's call for Australia to be a monoculture, citing the nation's World Cup squad as proof of its…
Read full article βWho else besides the U.S. uses Fahrenheit these days?
The only nations primarily using Fahrenheit are (1) the U.S. and its possessions, (2) the Bahamas, (3) the Cayman Islands and (4) Liberia.
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Judge blocks Biden-era immigration rule hours after Texas AG and Stephen Millerβs group sued DOJ
On Monday, Ken Paxtonβs office asked the judge to block the rule, a request the federal agency then agreed with. The suit echoes a similar…
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Our brains predict the world β but learn most when they get it wrong
We act fast on the basis of our predictions but learn most when we get it wrong, according to a new brain-scan study.
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Transport cost help for cash-strapped state residents
There's something for everyone in the NSW Labor government's 2026/27 budget transport affordability package, worth more than $550 million.
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Australiaβs most populous state on track for surplus
The state that 30 per cent of Australians call home remains on track for a surplus in 2027/28 despite a hit to a key revenue…
Read full article βJeff Bezos said human water consumption was limiting AIβs potential. Except he didnβt.
Even though it was quickly corrected, a false, likely AI-hallucinated quote from Jeff Bezos about human water consumption spread quickly across the internet. The post…
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KPMG chairman, partners to exit scandal-tainted firm
Two KPGM audit partners who allegedly accessed confidential information are leaving the accounting firm, along with its national chairman.
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Shares mixed as fading oil price fails to boost miners
Australian miners are on track for a fourth session of losses as commodity prices continue to weigh and major banks find their feet.
Read full article βThe Snoop: Labor MPβs βviolentβ on-field incident, Hanson speech omissions in The Nightly, and more
Plus: What are the odds that your gift to a senior defence official is properly recorded? A coin flip! The post The Snoop: Labor MPβs…
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