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Coles’ discounts misled shoppers, court rules. It could face hundreds of millions in fines
theconversation.comNative Pacific black ducks at risk in Tasmania due to introduced species
> * A Tasmanian conservation group is working to save the state's native Pacific black duck population from being displaced by hybrid ducks. > * Crossbreeding with introduced domestic mallards has devastated the species in New Zealand, and experts warn Tasmania could face the same outcome without intervention. > * The Pacific Black Duck Conservation Group says the problem can be solved with cooperation between communities and local and state governments.
Should emissions from coal burned overseas be considered in Australian mine approvals? For the first time, the High Court will decide
theconversation.com'Carrot hazard' slows traffic on Tasmanian highway as police seek driver
abc.net.auYes, Pauline Hanson’s voters are struggling with economic pressures. But blaming migrants won’t ease their pain
theguardian.comCSIRO to persist with cutting up to 350 jobs despite extra $387.4 million in federal funding
> * The CSIRO says it still needs to cut up to 350 jobs, despite more than $387 million in additional funding from the federal government over four years. > * The agency says the cuts, announced last November, are well underway and are necessary to support the long-term sustainability of the organisation. > * The CSIRO will spend the funds on projects relating to medical research, pandemic preparedness and advanced technology development.
Australia’s populist One Nation scores first-ever lower house victory
aljazeera.comAustralians slam ban on World Cup screenings at Federation Square
aljazeera.comIncreasing JobSeeker is long overdue. Here’s how we could do it, without breaking the budget
> Increasing the JobSeeker payment to the suggested 90% rate would cost around $6 billion per year. This is a permanent cost to the budget. > > But the committee’s report provides a number of alternatives that cost roughly half this over the forward estimates (2026-29 financial years). > > The first approach is to gradually increase the rate each year until it reaches 90% of the age pension by 2029. > > A second approach would be to vary the JobSeeker payment according to how many hours a person had a “partial capacity to work”.
> [...] Three Federal Court judges found copyright of the footage and film should be assigned to Game Meats via a trust because of the circumstances in which the footage was obtained. > > In reaching its decision, the appeal court drew analogies between the response to Farm Transparency’s “surreptitious intrusion” on Game Meats’ property, and the need to return property obtained by a “fraudster or thief”.
> [What] happens when large corporations, multi-venue groups and multinationals decide that what the community pubs represent and foster is available to be commodified on a large scale? What changes when a pub operates less as a civic space and a place that operates for the community, instead refocusing on its potential as a purely money-making asset?
> Since 1982, when records began, incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer in Australia have both halved. > > Most promisingly, the most recent data from 2021 shows, for the first time, there were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women under the age of 25.
> * Tributes for a five-year-old girl have started to flow in Alice Springs as the community mourns her death. > * The body of the girl, referred to as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was found on Thursday. > * Police have arrested 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis, who allegedly abducted and killed the girl.
> The commission - Australia's most powerful form of public inquiry - was announced in January, three weeks after two gunmen opened fire at an event marking Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people. > > The interim report by former High Court judge Virginia Bell also gave 14 recommendations including prioritisation of gun reforms and extending the policing arrangements for Jewish high holy days to other Jewish events as well.
> * Andy Donaldson has broken a world record by swimming 55 kilometres down the Upper Ord River in Western Australia's north. > * He completed the swim in just under 12 hours yesterday. > * The ultra-swimmer hopes to inspire others to stay outdoors and stay active.
> * Researchers have discovered 25-million-year-old platypus fossils in outback South Australia, where they are believed to have lived with ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. > * The animals had one major difference from the modern adult species: well-formed teeth. > * The large back teeth would have allowed the animals to eat organisms like crayfish, molluscs and clams.