Shark-spotting drones are about reassurance – not full protection

NSW will soon have the world’s largest shark-spotting drone program. But spotting doesn’t necessarily translate to protection.

Chilling effect. A million health workers at risk if they criticise Israel

AHPRA has been hijacked by a lobby group agitating on behalf of a foreign country adopting a controversial definition of antisemitism.

Arizona Supreme Court upholds dark money law, allows free speech challenge to proceed

The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday dismissed most of the challenges to a voter-approved anti-dark-money law, but allowed one of the challenges from deep-pocketed conservative…

Pope Leo: human dignity in the AI age

This is the first part of a series. Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical offers theological and humanistic insights into the potential and risks of artificial…

In Photos: Northeast Thailand’s Rocket Festival

The annual bung bang fai festival calls on the god Phaya Thaen to bring rain at the start of the agricultural season.

Distance can no longer be NZ’s defence strategy. Could Japan be part of the answer?

As China projects power further into the Pacific, New Zealand can no longer treat distance as a substitute for defence strategy.

By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time

Apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for future comfort for about four weeks a year in Redfern and more than seven weeks…

Little hits in sports may be just as dangerous as concussions – and can lead to brain damage

The crisis of long-term brain damage in Australian contact sports may be deepening, and authorities must do more.

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Fill up now: driver warning before fuel excise slashed

Families heading off on school holidays are being advised to fill up their cars now before the fuel excise is halved, bumping up prices at…

Aussie shares flat as gold falls to fresh 8-month low

The main stock exchange index was lower at noon, after gold stocks dropped sharply as the price of the metal fell to its lowest level…

School voucher special session deal is likely dead in the water

A plan by Republican lawmakers to call a special session of the Arizona Legislature to strike a deal with the state’s largest teachers union to…

Thousands of people in northern Lebanon celebrate Brazil’s victory over Japan

Australia was built on migration, but it’s long been a love-hate relationship

History shows immigration policy in Australia is full of yes-no contradictions: fear jostling with hope, exclusion with openness.

The Snoop: Turnbull’s AI warning, mass sacking at major youth media pub, and more

Plus: Who wants a sauna session with David Pocock? The post The Snoop: Turnbull’s AI warning, mass sacking at major youth media pub, and more…

🌈 PHOTOS: San Francisco Pride 2026, frame by frame

Pride doesn’t start the morning of the parade, and in San Francisco it doesn’t end with it either. This year it ran a full week:…

News Wrap: Supreme Court rules location data protected

News Wrap: Supreme Court rules constitutional protections apply to location data

Trump DOJ TRAPPED in Court as Judge CALLS THEM OUT!!!

At Primavera 2026, artists do not exhibit the archive – they remake it

At the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia annual showcase of leading Australian artists under 35, eight artists turn loss into the labour of making.

‘We were lost’: Jewish MP revisits office arson attack

A prominent Jewish MP has detailed the abuse levelled at himself and his partner to the anti-Semitism royal commission, including arson at his office.