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National

A West Australian man is scheduled to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (7 November, 2026), after allegedly

Joint statement from the foreign ministries of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will today travel to Antalya, Türkiye, to lead the Australian

The Governor-General has accepted my recommendation to appoint Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry and

Local

Rebecca Stephens appointed as chair of the Great Southern Development Commission Anne Banks-McAllister AM joins the

The Cook Labor Government has invested almost $440,000 towards Scouts WA groups Twenty Scout groups based as far

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting LGBTQIA+ communities at a flag

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man reported missing from the state’s South Coast. Damien

Politics

Rebecca Stephens appointed as chair of the Great Southern Development Commission Anne Banks-McAllister AM joins the

The Cook Labor Government has invested almost $440,000 towards Scouts WA groups Twenty Scout groups based as far

“New Zealand has spoken,” Labour leader Chris Hipkins said to the party faithful on election night, before adding

As predicted, the 2026 election was all about the maths. With National winning more electorate seats than its party

Business

NSW projects, people and teams won 11 of the Awards’ 19 national categories, spanning affordable housing, mixed-use

An ACIAR-supported project is evaluating how digital tools can help improve smallholders access to quality assured

The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is very pleased to announce the winner of the 2026 Tasmanian

Our department hosted the first Australia-China Policy Dialogue on Steel Decarbonisation on 2 November 2026. Senior

Life

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting LGBTQIA+ communities at a flag

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man reported missing from the state’s South Coast. Damien

The Northern Territory Police Force is calling for information following violent disturbances in Alice Springs in the

Detectives have charged a woman with arson following investigations into a house fire that occurred in Inala last

World

The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged lower in October, as weaker import demand contributed to

The Government has extended KiwiRail’s lease of railway land by 100 years, unlocking the commercial potential of

A battery material can look perfect in the lab and still fail in a real battery. That is the puzzle facing

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today opened the first Global Pollinator

Science

Prof. Nancy IP, President and The Morningside Professor of Life Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and

Prof. Nancy IP, President and The Morningside Professor of Life Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and

Key Points Research has revealed an alternative way of making microemulsions, important for pharmaceutical

Researchers have demonstrated three new techniques to prevent so-called “backdoor attacks,” which induce malicious or

Technology

OpenAI recently announced that one of its AI models solved one of the hardest problems in modern mathematics: the

As artificial intelligence (AI) drives demand for faster data transfer, conventional silicon optical modulators face

This week’s mid-term elections in the United States saw huge swings to the Democrats, away from President Donald

What the research is about Ceramics are found not only in tableware and tiles but also in electronic components