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Australian-born Māori reconnect to culture despite judgement from 'home'
1News
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Since the 1980s, many Māori have called Australia home, having moved across the ditch in search of jobs and opportunities. Now, almost 20% of the Māori population have migrated to the continent and are facing the challenge of staying connected to...
Australia’s $36B low carbon fuel opportunity
Energy Magazine
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July 7, 2025
A domestic low carbon liquid fuel (LCLF) industry could contribute up to $36 billion to the economy and reduce emissions by 230Mt by 2050 – but only if it acts promptly, according to a new report published by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation...
Australian woman found guilty of murders with toxic mushrooms
Gulf Daily News Online
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An Australian woman was yesterday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, and attempting to murder a fourth, in a case that gripped the country. After a week of...
Australian business activity rebounds in June: survey
The Business Times Singapore
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July 8, 2025
Published Tue, Jul 8, 2025 · 09:49 AM [SYDNEY] Australian business activity rebounded sharply in June as firms reported rising sales and profitability, a survey showed on Tuesday, offering hope demand was finally benefiting from lower borrowing...
Australian business activity rebounds in June, survey finds
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 8, 2025
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian business activity rebounded sharply in June as firms reported rising sales and profitability, a survey showed on Tuesday, offering hope demand was finally benefiting from lower borrowing costs and cooling inflation....
Australian royal prank DJs claim their bosses MADE them phone the Princess of Wales's hospital and impersonate the late Queen before nurse's suicide
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
The Australian 'shock jock' behind a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated, which led to the suicide of a nurse, claims he was pressurized into making the call by bosses. Michael Christian and 2Day FM radio...
Australia: Police invoked “anti-riot” laws in assault on pro-Palestinian protest
World Socialist Web Site
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July 8, 2025
It was revealed yesterday that the New South Wales (NSW) Police invoked sweeping “anti-riot” powers to justify their violent dispersal of a small pro-Palestinian protest in Sydney on June 27. That decision, which had to involve the top levels of...
Thanks Albo! Australia is one of the worst-performing nations in the developed world
The Spectator Australia
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July 12, 2025
One thing is certain about the government’s August productivity summit – there will be no policies adopted, and even fewer implemented, that might arrest the disastrous decline in Australia’s output per person. That decline can be measured in many...
Australia is set to get more AI data centres. Local communities need to be more involved
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
Data centres are the engines of the internet. These large, high-security facilities host racks of servers that store and process our digital data, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are already more than 250 data centres across Australia....
Job seeking and working with young people
Warrandyte Diary
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July 7, 2025
by Natalie Rinehart 7th July 2025 TRYING TO find your first job as a young person has often been a hard task. In days gone by, it was who your parents knew, or taking around your CV to the local shops. These days, it’s much more complicated. Some...
Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA complains kids not ‘job ready,’ calls for reforms to lift school standards
The West Australian
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July 11, 2025
Frustrated businesses have warned WA’s high schools are turning out more graduates who lack the basic skills and knowledge to make them “job ready”, putting the State’s future economic prosperity at risk. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA is...
Australia grants major project status to 6 GW power export plan
pv-magazine
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July 7, 2025
SunCable has welcomed the Australian federal government’s decision to renew major project status for its Australia-Asia PowerLink, which aims to deliver up to 6 GW of renewable power from the Northern Territory to industries and urban centers in...
Liontown opens Kathleen Valley lithium operation in Australia
Mining Technology
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July 11, 2025
Australia-based battery minerals provider Liontown Resources has officially opened its Kathleen Valley lithium project, the country’s first underground lithium mine. Liontown aims to achieve full underground mining operations at the project by...
Why A Sinking Tiny South Pacific Nation Wants An Australian Climate Change Visa
News18
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July 11, 2025
Last Updated:July 11, 2025, 22:00 IST Under the Falepili Union Treaty, 280 Tuvaluans will be chosen every year through a secret ballot to move to Australia. Tuvalu, one of the world’s smallest countries, consists of nine tiny coral islands...
Australia and Fiji elevate Vuvale partnership
Pacific News Service
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Australia and Fiji are taking steps to formally elevate and deepen the Vuvale Partnership as we work together to ensure a peaceful, stable and prosperous Pacific. During Fiji Prime Minister Sitveni Rabuka’s visit to Australia, we affirmed our...
Australian woman found guilty of all counts in mushroom murders case
The Straits Times
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July 7, 2025
SYDNEY - An Australian woman was on July 7 convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, in a case that has gripped the country. Erin Patterson, 50, was charged with the murders...
Australian woman convicted of mushroom murders of husband's relatives
USA Today - Virginia
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SYDNEY, July 7 (Reuters) - An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, and attempting to murder a fourth, in a case that gripped the country....
Australian woman found guilty of murder after serving poisonous mushrooms to in-laws for lunch
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 7, 2025
An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, in a case that has gripped the country. Erin Patterson, 50, was charged with the murders of her...
Australian shock jock sues radio network over 2012 prank call to UK hospital caring for Princess of Wales
The Guardian
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July 7, 2025
A “shock jock” who made a prank call to a UK hospital caring for the Princess of Wales claims he was not supported by his employer in the fall-out of a nurse’s death by suicide. Michael Christian and Mel Greig were presenting on 2Day FM on 4...
World News | German Tourist Found Alive 12 Days After She Was Lost in Australian Outback
Latestly
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July 11, 2025
Melbourne, Jul 11 (AP) German tourist Carolina Wilga was found alive in Australia's remote Outback on Friday, 12 days after she went missing and a day after her abandoned van was discovered, police said. The last known sighting of the 26-year-old...