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Climate education is patchy and teachers need help

Climate education is patchy and teachers need help

Time-poor educators are being left to muddle through the complex and emotionally-charged task of teaching climate change, with potentially harmful results.

Why women's burnout is costing Australian workplaces

Why women's burnout is costing Australian workplaces

Why women's burnout is costing Australian workplaces

Why women's burnout is costing Australian workplaces

Existing business systems are outdated and were never designed to help sustain the mental health of the people running them, researchers say.

'Selfless' treatment helps newborn's fight for life

'Selfless' treatment helps newborn's fight for life

'Selfless' treatment helps newborn's fight for life

'Selfless' treatment helps newborn's fight for life

Born 15 weeks early and weighing less than 900 grams, Sienna Magnay's chances of survival were slim but one treatment helped give her the strength she needed.

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Pallister out for slice of gruelling Comm Games history

Pallister out for slice of gruelling Comm Games history

Lani Pallister is out to be the first woman to claim 1500m freestyle gold, with the punishing distance event introduced to this year's Commonwealth Games.

O'Callaghan, Pallister headline Comm Games swim team

O'Callaghan, Pallister headline Comm Games swim team

Australia will send a 42-strong team to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with 14 rookies to make their debuts alongside proven gold medal winners.

Fuel prices destined to jump despite record supplies

Fuel prices destined to jump despite record supplies

The expected end to the 32-cent-a-litre fuel tax cut will see fuel prices tick back up despite hopes for a looming resolution to the conflict in Iran.

Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

An international artist who entered a dangerous favela seeking joy and hope a week after one of Brazil's deadliest police operations shares his story with AAP.

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Get back on the tools and fix housing, government urged

Get back on the tools and fix housing, government urged

Get back on the tools and fix housing, government urged

Get back on the tools and fix housing, government urged

A Senate committee has been told Australia's long-running public housing crisis is actually worsening under current policy settings.

Why teachers are creating AI-powered classroom helpers

Why teachers are creating AI-powered classroom helpers

Why teachers are creating AI-powered classroom helpers

Why teachers are creating AI-powered classroom helpers

An Australian made artificial intelligence platform is letting educators create their own teaching aides, some of whom simulate scenarios from the real world.

The farmer wants a wife, the farm gets an entrepreneur

The farmer wants a wife, the farm gets an entrepreneur

The farmer wants a wife, the farm gets an entrepreneur

The farmer wants a wife, the farm gets an entrepreneur

City-raised spouses can breathe new life into farm businesses, with agritourism credited with keeping young people in the regions and building the workforce.

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Australia is the only advanced democracy without a human rights act or bill of rights - but Anthony Albanese's government isn't in a hurry to change that.

Tax changes spark house listings boom but fewer rentals

Tax changes spark house listings boom but fewer rentals

Tax changes spark house listings boom but fewer rentals

Tax changes spark house listings boom but fewer rentals

A split is opening in the housing market, with more homes for sale as owners react to controversial tax changes but fewer becoming available to rent.

Autistic teens caught in middle of NDIS funding dispute

Autistic teens caught in middle of NDIS funding dispute

Autistic teens caught in middle of NDIS funding dispute

Autistic teens caught in middle of NDIS funding dispute

A government autism support program has been applauded but questions are being raised as to what happens when participants age out at just nine years old.

Jack siblings raring for Comm Games in dream come true

Jack siblings raring for Comm Games in dream come true

Jack siblings raring for Comm Games in dream come true

Jack siblings raring for Comm Games in dream come true

An emotional Shayna Jack secured her Commonwealth Games spot alongside brother Jamie, while Sam Short matched an Olympic great at Australia's swimming trials.

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BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP stands to lose $120 million a day if workers follow through with threats to stop work at the mining giant's Port Hedland facility, unions say.

Australian shares rally as traders bet on peace deal

The ASX has enjoyed its best day since April as markets bet once more on hopes for a breakthrough in US-Iran peace talks, sending oil prices to two-month lows.

'Take a breath': Google tells Aussies to relax about AI

Workers need to stress less about the impact of artificial intelligence on their jobs, Google's Australian managing director says, and adapt to the disruption.

Anxious wait for Aussie investors ahead of SpaceX float

Super funds, institutional investors and tens of thousands of retail investors are waiting to see whether they have been allocated shares in the SpaceX float.

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Fire agencies on front foot as dry, warm weather looms

Fire agencies in eastern states are alert to what could be an early start to the season as long range forecasts point to warmer and drier conditions than usual.

Online criminals snaring the naive to do the dirty work

Police powers have not kept pace with the slippery methods used by organised crime groups who increasingly exploit criminal services offered for sale online.

Labor insists AUKUS unaffected after snap resignations

Australia is reaffirming support for its nuclear-powered submarine deal after a number of high-profile resignations within the British government.

Australia is seeing 'lower activity' in the IVF space

A fertility services provider, which has twice rejected takeover offers in the past year, says it's seeing lower stimulated cycle volumes in Australia.

More WNBL and NBL double-headers, but not this season

The WNBL and NBL have forecast more double-header fixtures between the two, but will not expand the concept for the 2026/27 seasons.

'Smokescreen': Labor hits out at One Nation fundraising

Labor is painting One Nation as the party of billionaires, pouring scorn on claims the minor party has raised millions of dollars from grassroots supporters.

Woodside to pay $320m for greater stake in gas project

Woodside Energy is moving to increase its stake in the proposed $49 billion Browse gas field by pre-empting a sale by one of its joint venture partners.

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