3 d. ago Warning for Australia as child obesity rates reach grim milestone

Global efforts to combat child malnutrition have largely focused on those going hungry. But obesity in now an even bigger threat, UNICEF has warned.

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9 d. ago The secret agreements that could stop the sale of the Big Bash League

Cricket Australia have been warned against rushing to privatise the Big Bash League by three states, amid revelations of secret agreements around the Twenty20 league’s ownership.

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1 week ago Australia news as it happened: Albanese dismisses reports of ‘ISIS brides’ returning to Australia; Andrews draws criticism for joining Kim Jong

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese dismisses reports of ‘ISIS brides’ returning to Australia; Andrews draws criticism for joining Kim Jong

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese announces Richard Scolyer chair; Andrews draw criticism for joining Kim Jong

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese announces Richard Scolyer chair; Carr, Andrews draw criticism for joining Kim Jong

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese warns political opponents against fuelling extremism; Kim Jong

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese warns against fuelling extremism; Kim, Putin in Beijing for military parade; Afghanistan earthquake death toll passes 1400

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1 week ago Road toll hits grim milestone as four die in crashes on Saturday

After four died in crashes across Saturday, the state’s road toll in 2025 has hit 200, with 100 more expected to die on Queensland roads before the year’s end.

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3 w. ago No health cover, no home, no money: The women forced to choose between their visa or their baby

A United Nations Special Rapporteur has criticised Australia’s patchwork laws protecting people from slavery, warning of “severe patterns of exploitation”.

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3 w. ago ‘It’s going to be war’: Farmers who refuse transmission lines could be fined thousands

A lobby group fighting lines for renewables in Victoria and South Australia has warned of war when companies try to access farms.

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3 w. ago ‘We’ll take everything you have’: Top cop’s warning as drugs, Ferrari and guns seized from Perth bikies

Nine people were arrested after WA Police conducted multiple raids across Perth last month.

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last month Australia news as it happened: David Stratton dies; Albanese, Chalmers react to leaked treasury document; Midwife charged with manslaughter following allegedly unsuccessful home birth

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last month Australia news LIVE: David Stratton dies; Albanese, Chalmers react to leaked treasury document; Midwife charged with manslaughter following allegedly unsuccessful home birth

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last month Australia news LIVE: David Stratton dies; Albanese, Chalmers, Gallagher, Rishworth react to leaked treasury document suggesting roundtable outcomes; Watt protects salmon farming in Tasmania

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last month Australia news LIVE: David Stratton dies; Hamas denies praising Albanese over Palestine recognition; Unemployment drops; Watt protects salmon farming in Tasmania

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last month Australia news LIVE: Albanese, Chalmers respond to leaked Treasury advice; Unemployment drops; Watt protects salmon farming in Tasmania; EV sales at record highs; CSIRO’s new $90m facility

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last month Australia news LIVE: Albanese, Chalmers respond to leaked Treasury advice; Unemployment drops, working women at record highs; Watt protects salmon farming in Tasmania

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last month Australia news LIVE: Albanese, Chalmers respond to leaked Treasury advice; Unemployment drops; Cybercrime in Australia; ASIC sues super giant Mercer; Paul Kelly releases ‘How To Make Gravy’ sequel

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last month Australia news LIVE: Albanese, Chalmers responds to leaked Treasury advice; Share of working women hits record high as unemployment drops

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