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Trees might be making cities hotter as climate warms

Trees might be making cities hotter as climate warms

Urban planners around the world are overestimating the cooling effect of tree coverage in cities, experts say.

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Pacific aid bolstered as leaders head to New Caledonia

Australia will help stock emergency aid supplies across the Pacific to quicken disaster responses while it seeks the sign off of leaders for a policing plan.

Buyers hover as administrators plot course to save Rex

Buyers hover as administrators plot course to save Rex

Buyers hover as administrators plot course to save Rex

Buyers hover as administrators plot course to save Rex

Embattled Rex has received significant interest from potential buyers, administrators say, as the regional carrier battles to stay in the air.

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Laws to demolish resistance by CFMEU bosses to takeover

Laws to demolish resistance by CFMEU bosses to takeover

The scaffolding will be pulled from under the CFMEU as the union's construction division fights administration with legislation about to be introduced.

Divine debut for Donovan in Sister Act stage musical

Divine debut for Donovan in Sister Act stage musical

Casey Donovan hopes to channel her anxiety into a winning performance as the star of the Australian debut season of the stage musical Sister Act.

News Corp flags potential Foxtel buyer, rise in revenue

News Corp flags potential Foxtel buyer, rise in revenue

Foxtel could change hands with owner News Corp revealing a potential suitor for the pay-TV operator along with a rise in revenue for the American conglomerate.

Senator, insurer clash over cyclone 'price-gouging'

Senator, insurer clash over cyclone 'price-gouging'

A major insurer has been accused of making big profits during natural diasters at an inquiry into the impacts of climate change on the insurance sector.

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Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages

Archive to preserve multitude of Indigenous languages

Languages from across Australia will be collected in an archive to protect the hundreds of Indigenous tongues while offering insight into heritage and culture.

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

REA Group's CEO says property listings in Melbourne and Sydney might marginally decline in 2024/25, but Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth are showing growth.

PM rules out foreign nuclear waste under new AUKUS deal

PM rules out foreign nuclear waste under new AUKUS deal

PM rules out foreign nuclear waste under new AUKUS deal

PM rules out foreign nuclear waste under new AUKUS deal

Australia will accept nuclear technology from the US and UK as part of an updated AUKUS deal, but Anthony Albanese says nuclear waste won't be part of it.

Call to hold fire on sending in soldiers for disasters

Call to hold fire on sending in soldiers for disasters

Call to hold fire on sending in soldiers for disasters

Call to hold fire on sending in soldiers for disasters

A Senate inquiry has recommended reducing the reliance on defence troops after natural diasters, calling for a greater role for volunteers.

QBE doubles half-year net profit to $US802 million

QBE doubles half-year net profit to $US802 million

QBE doubles half-year net profit to $US802 million

QBE doubles half-year net profit to $US802 million

Insurance group QBE has announced an almost two-fold improvement in its first-half profit on higher premiums and favourable investment returns.

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Conservationist fears for ancient, namesake frog

Logging continues in a small patch of NSW where a rare frog lives despite the species being listed as endangered under both federal and state laws.

Childcare pay rise set to boost profession's standing

Childcare pay rise set to boost profession's standing

Childcare pay rise set to boost profession's standing

Childcare pay rise set to boost profession's standing

Education experts say a 15 per cent pay rise for early childhood workers will help increase the status of the job to the public.

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Budgets running on fumes as car costs outpace inflation

Transport is becoming an even bigger household expense, with research showing costs grew by more than 10 per cent over the past year.

Vast native title risks 'speculative', High Court told

An Indigenous land rights case is being brought to "redress past wrongs", a lawyer for the Gumatj Clan has told High Court justices.

Qantas reroutes Perth-London flights due to Middle East

Qantas will once again divert flights from Perth to London through Singapore due to rising tensions in the Middle East.

'Many times over': childcare pay rise to reap dividends

A pay rise for childcare workers has been praised by the sector and unions but there are calls for more funding for the industry to retain staff.

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RBA governor pours cold water on talk of early rate cut

The central bank says inflation remains too high and warned it could hike again, keeping the spotlight on government efforts to fight inflation.

Urgent call to pass deepfake sexual image sharing laws

Laws that crack down on the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexual images, including digitally altered deepfakes, should pass with haste, senators say.

Aussie shares slip as miners drag and Mirvac plunges

The ASX200 has finished down 0.2 per cent, with BHP falling to a 21-month low and Mirvac dropping nine per cent on its earnings results.

'Bad faith': Fortescue spars with rival over spying

Fortescue has vehemently rejected claims it had "unclean hands" after surveilling former employees accused of stealing confidential green iron trade secrets.

Joyce 'command and control' ends with Qantas clawback

Alan Joyce has had millions in shares clawed back by Qantas, the airline he led for almost 15 years, after a turbulent nosedive into a reputational crisis.

Australia must pay war crime victims, UN experts urge

Australia's failure to compensate victims more than a decade after Australian soldiers allegedly killed Afghan civilians, has been criticised by UN experts.

'Beautiful' Langton tribute the public Archibald choice

The artist whose portrait of an esteemed Indigenous activist won the Archibald People's Choice says the prize is a platform to speak about important people.

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