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Australia news live: flash flooding hits Queensland roads; $57bn of Victoria infrastructure threaten...

Flood warning in place on Gold Coast. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRestricting welfare to citizens not ‘pu...

Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo's grave for decades

A thousand years ago, the ancestors of today's Barkindji people carefully buried a dingo (or garli, in the Barkindji language) in a mound of shells. Archaeologi...

Australia’s social media ban preventing teens from accessing the news, research finds

Half of the teens who have been blocked say they are seeing less news than before – but they are not necessarily going back to traditional sourcesGet our breaki...

10 footballers who nearly quit before playing at the World Cup

For millions of footballers around the world, appearing at the FIFA World Cup is the ultimate dream. But for some stars, that dream almost never happened. Long...

‘A book that should be read by all Australians’: Clare Wright wins book of the year at the NSW Liter...

The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly ali...

Romaine calm: live frog found in discount supermarket lettuce bag

‘Look, if I was in a French supermarket, I probably would have got a two for one deal on that one,’ woman in WA told national TVFollow our Australia news live b...

Anglo American sells Australia steelmaking coal mines

Police running out of room to store illegal cigarettes they’ve seized amid Australia’s booming illic...

Inquiry into black market hears cost of destroying vapes has also soared, with some requiring manual dismantlingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest u...

Pianist Jayson Gillham says he never considered apologising for Gaza comments, trial hears

Federal court case begins for classical pianist who alleges Melbourne Symphony Orchestra unlawfully discriminated due to his viewsFollow our Australia news live...

‘Quieter and cleaner’: Sydney to trial electric ferry after two-year delay

NSW transport minister says contracts signed for 24-metre, battery electric ferry to be trialled for 12 months from 2028Follow our Australia news live blog for...

Why age assurance laws matter for developers

Policymakers around the world are advancing age assurance proposals to protect children and teens online. Some approaches restrict minors’ access to certa...

How researchers are using GitHub Innovation Graph data to reveal the “digital complexity” of nations

One of our goals for the GitHub Innovation Graph was to facilitate research on the economic impact of open source software and developer collaboration. In a pap...