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Australian scientists produce kangaroo embryos using IVF for first time 2025-02-05
The Guardian

Team has produced more than 20 embryos using method used in humans, though there are no plans for live joeysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast...

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‘Dark money’ totalling $67.2m flowed to Labor, Coalition and Greens in 2023-24 2025-02-03
The Observer

Almost $70m of “dark money” flowed to the major parties and the Greens in the past financial year, a Guardian Australia analysis reveals, as the Albanese government pushes to pass laws to overhaul the opaque political donations regime. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) published the latest...

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Albanese ‘spooked’ into ditching national environment watchdog – for a second time, critics say 2025-02-02
The Observer

Plans for a federal environment protection agency have been shelved indefinitely after Anthony Albanese intervened to quell a pre-election backlash in Western Australia. The prime minister has confirmed laws to establish the EPA and a separate information-gathering body won’t be debated this term,...

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World's largest iceberg on crash course with remote island; wildlife in peril 2025-02-02
Anadolu Agency

The world's largest and oldest iceberg is on a crash course with a remote island potentially putting wildlife in peril, Australian broadcaster SBS News reported Sunday. The whopping chunk of ice, commonly known as a "megaberg," is drifting toward South Georgia, a British overseas territory in...

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Australia’s opposition overtly cozying up to China 2025-01-30
Asiatimes

When Peter Dutton was asked this week whether a Coalition government would continue to foster trade relations with China, he declared unequivocally that “the relationship with China will be much stronger than it is under the Albanese government.” Two points stood out: Dutton’s own positive rhetoric,...

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Australians paid 10% more in bank fees last year, reserve bank says 2025-01-30
The Guardian

Rise was partly due to more households using their credit and debit cards overseas as travel bounces back, analyst from central bank saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast...

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Inside the race to create a Japanese encephalitis vaccine for pigs 2025-01-24
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The pig industry wants to fast-track permits for a vaccine to reduce the risk of the mosquito-borne virus spreading through the pig population. ......

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Peter Dutton shuts down Nationals leader's call to 'lean into' gender debate 2025-01-23
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Peter Dutton has shut down his Nationals counterpart's suggestion that Australia should "lean into" the gender debate, after Donald Trump's executive order rejecting recognition of transgender people in the United States . ......

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Man Arrested for Allegedly Attempting to Set Synagogue on Fire in Sydney 2025-01-22
The Epoch Times

New South Wales (NSW) Police have charged a man for allegedly attempting to set the Newtown synagogue on fire in early...

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Djokovic gets his apologies and is ready to focus on Alcaraz at Australian Open 2025-01-21
Manila Bulletin

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic got the mea culpas he wanted from the Australian Open's local broadcaster and its employee who insulted him on the air and so, according to tournament organizers, the 24-time Grand Slam champion is ready to concentrate on his quarterfinal showdown with...

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