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Australian Public Service Gets Blueprint for Secure AI Adoption
Image and Data Manager
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July 10, 2025
The Australian Public Service (APS) has been provided with a comprehensive roadmap for securely adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot, following the conclusion of a six-month government trial that demonstrated significant productivity gains from AI...
Women’s Bodies May Actually Be Inherently Stronger—But Science Is Only Just Figuring It Out
Jezebel
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July 18, 2025
It’s hardly radical to say that women’s bodies are inherently smaller and weaker than men’s bodies—but research compiled in Starre Vartan’s illuminating new book The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body reveals...
Australian mining company Santana Minerals buys Otago land for $25 million
RNZ
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July 10, 2025
Santana Minerals chief executive Damian Spring. Photo: Supplied An Australian mining company believes it has struck gold on a Central Otago livestock station, buying it for $25 million and promising to employ hundreds of people. Santana Minerals -...
Jobs galore as Americans bring clock-watching culture to Goulburn
About Regional
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July 10, 2025
Skilled with 110-word Pitman’s shorthand, touch typing, invoicing and payroll skills, Barbara Todkill enjoyed a fabulous career in Goulburn from the 1940s to 1990s. Photo: Todkill family collection. In the early decades after World War II Goulburn...
Australian marketers report sharp rise in confidence in 2025
Mumbrella
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July 9, 2025
71% of Australian marketers are optimistic about the year ahead, driven by clearer AI use and stabilising budgets, according to Sonar Group’s 2025 Benchmarking Report. The announcement: Australian marketers have reported a huge surge in confidence...
Australia’s PALM touches thousands here
The Islandsun
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July 10, 2025
BY INDY MAEALASIA WITH 10,000 Solomon Islanders already part of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, Australia’s High Commissioner Rod Hilton says the scheme’s legacy lies in the lives changed and communities that have been...
Australia lights up Gizo Street with solar power
The Islandsun
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July 10, 2025
BY BEN BILUA Gizo Australia’s Department of Defence (ADD) has installed 40 solar-powered streetlights in Gizo, the capital of Western Province under its Community Solar Lighting Program. The solar lights, officially handed over to the Gizo Police...
Australia: Research-Led Tech Breakthroughs in Sustainability
OpenGov Asia
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July 9, 2025
Two cutting-edge research initiatives at the University of Wollongong (UOW) have been selected for funding under the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) 2024 Round 2 Linkage Projects scheme, receiving a combined total of over AU$1 million. These...
Employers urged to review recruitment and oversight practices following sector allegations
The Sector
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July 9, 2025
In the wake of ongoing investigations and public scrutiny, early childhood employers are being urged to urgently assess their recruitment, supervision, and compliance frameworks to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in their care. The...
Australia's rental market hits pause as affordability bites
Australian Broker
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July 9, 2025
“For first-home buyers especially, the path isn’t always straightforward,” said Mario Rehayem (pictured right), CEO of Pepper Money. “Whether you're navigating variable income, self-employment, or just beginning to save, it’s important to know...
Australia eyes opportunity as US tariff looms on copper
Australia Mining
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July 9, 2025
The US is set to impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports as soon as late July, a move that could shake global supply chains but presents potential opportunities for Australia. The tariffs were announced by US President Donald Trump following...
DOD Makes Key Decision About Brutal Dog and Cat Experiments
Red State
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July 18, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is continuing President Donald Trump's promise to Make America Great Again by putting an...
‘One million jobs’: Albo’s big China push
Cairns Post
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July 12, 2025
Australia’s tourism sector says it is “great to see” Anthony Albanese spruiking the country’s postcard-perfect tourism offerings to would-be Chinese holiday-makers in Shanghai The Prime Minister on Sunday witnessed Tourism Australia sign a deal...
I couldn't cope with life as Ronnie Corbett's daughter. I spent 15 months in psychiatric units. But now I'm a therapist myself... and starting a new career as a stand-up comedian!
Daily Mail
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July 18, 2025
Perched on his famous armchair at the front of the London Palladium stage, Ronnie Corbett spied movement in the stalls just as he was about to launch into his story. It was his 11-year-old daughter Emma rising from her seat and leading her younger...
How childcare providers led police on a wild goose chase for an alleged paedophile
Brisbane Times
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July 18, 2025
Both G8 and Affinity have publicly said they only found out about the charges against Brown on July 1, when a suppression order on the case was lifted as authorities mobilised an unprecedented STI testing regime for children at the centres where...
Sensitive greenfield site settled in court, 74,000m³ of fill to be imported
Echonetdaily
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July 17, 2025
288 Ewingsdale Road. Image DA 10.2024.57.1 A controversial $4.3 million industrial development will be built on a sensitive greenfield site next to the Harvest housing estate in West Byron, after Byron Shire Council and the developer settled a...
Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
In the tiny South Pacific nation of just over 10,000 people, one in three citizens has already entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Tuvalu is classified as being extremely...
Trump just appointed a ‘climate denier’ Australia’s left can’t stand
Sky News Australia
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July 12, 2025
The climate science establishment is fond of lecturing us about the dangers of rising temperatures. With the return of Donald Trump as US President, however, it is rising scrutiny, not the rising heat, that has them most alarmed. In May, President...
Australian rate cuts may trail other countries: Bullock
Azzet
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July 8, 2025
Australian interest rates may not fall as much as in other countries, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock said. Addressing a news conference after the surprise decision to keep the official cash interest rate on hold at 3.85%, the...
Positive Wall Street to drive ASX toward new record
Azzet
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July 18, 2025
Australian shares are set to open higher on Friday, spurred by new records on Wall Street, and providing the potential for new peaks to be reached. Futures trading pointed to a 0.4% increase in the main index when trading resumes on the Australian...