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Jevon McSkimming sentencing: why a public inquiry into the police should be next

The sentencing of former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming represents not just the downfall of a senior officer, but a cloud over the system that enabled him to rise almost to the top.

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The budget update shows a slight improvement in the federal deficit, but it’s mostly due to good luck

The federal government’s mid-year budget update shows a modest improvement in the deficit forecast in 2025–26, but much of this comes from a larger-than-forecast tax take.

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School shootings dropped in 2025 - but schools are still focusing too much on safety technology instead of prevention

Active shootings represent a very small percentage of on-campus university violence.

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If you witnessed the Bondi Hanukkah attack, here’s what you might be going through

Many hundreds of people were at Bondi beach on Sunday when 50-year-old Sajid Akram and his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration, killing 15 people.

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Stories from traditional knowledge combined with archaeological work trace 2,300km of Songlines

All over Australia, Songlines, or Dreaming tracks, connected First Nations people in one place with those in another through ritual, song and storytelling, which told of their shared beliefs.

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This peace deal ended Europe’s last major war 30 years ago. It provides important lessons for today’s fractured world

Thirty years ago this week, the Dayton Accords were signed in Paris, bringing an end to the Bosnian war, the most destructive conflict Europe had witnessed since 1945.

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Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound

Effective communication lies at the heart of human connection. It helps us collaborate with each other, solve problems and build relationships. And communicating clearly is a major consideration for most of us in most aspects of life.

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Why is time going so fast and how do I slow it down?

How is it December already? What happened to 2025? And how did we suddenly jump from eating Easter eggs to putting up Christmas trees?

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How cricket balls move: the science behind swing, seam and spin

If you’ve ever watched a batter get beaten by a ball that curved, jagged or dipped at the last moment, you’ve seen one of cricket’s great mysteries.

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Teens discover books on social media. What will the under-16s ban do to their reading?

In a video address to the nation, timed with Australia’s world-first teen social media ban, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese encouraged under-16-year-olds newly unable to access social media to “read that book”.

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School breaks privilege Christmas, and classroom strategies are needed to foster inclusion

What some school boards now call the “winter break,” over the days leading up to and after Christmas, is approaching.

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Aristotle’s Politics has wisdoms and warnings for our age of tech utopias and inequality

If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in today’s sense. Plato’s Republic, for instance, envisages an unworldly political utopia. But in Politics, Aristotle investigates a comprehensive range of political forms and regimes, down to their unglamorous, operational details.

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Leave notes, play games, go shopping: how to boost your child’s multilingual skills these holidays

About 5.7 million Australians speak a language other than English at home. Most multilingual children spend their school days speaking English and during term-time, home languages often take a back seat. So holidays – particularly the long summer break – offer a chance to hear and speak their heritage languages…

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Christmas is peak kidney stone season. Blame dehydration, the heat and all that food

Christmas in Australia is a great time to spend enjoying the outdoors, with plenty of good food and drink.

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Who really photographed Napalm Girl? The famous war photo is now contested history

The Terror of War, commonly known as “Napalm Girl”, is one of the most enduring and influential images of the 20th century.

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Supermarket price gouging will be banned from July. Will consumers actually end up better off?

This week, the federal government announced a ban on supermarket price gouging, aiming to get “a fairer go for families in their weekly shop”.

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Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready

On a winter day in Northern Canada, the cold feels absolute. Snow squeaks underfoot and rivers lie silent beneath thick ice. Yet beneath that familiar surface, the ground is quietly accumulating heat.

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Spotify Wrapped reminds us even our leisure time is being surveilled and sold

Each year as Spotify Wrapped drops, social media timelines fill with neon slides declaring who we “really” are. We trade our top artists and most-played songs like postcards from a year already fading.

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What NZ needs to watch as Australia reforms gun laws after the Bondi terror attack

The Bondi terror attack on Sunday has seen Australian federal, state and territory governments agree to the biggest overhaul of firearms regulations since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

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From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected

The Arctic is transforming faster and with more far-reaching consequences than scientists expected just 20 years ago, when the first Arctic Report Card assessed the state of Earth’s far northern environment.

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Humans aren’t the only animals that gather to hunker down together at Christmas

Just as humans have historically gathered during winter, many animals do the same. Animals may not be exchanging presents or decorating their nests and dens but a lot of species become more social in winter – even ones that are normally solitary.

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How Europe could use billions in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s war effort – and why it’s so risky

Most people outside of banking won’t have heard of Euroclear. It’s a Brussels-based settlement provider that enables the transfer of ownership of securities between seller and buyer. The firm is the focal point of a major geopolitical confrontation between Russia and the European Union.

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The twelve viruses of Christmas, and how to make your own – out of paper

Viruses, as we all know, are invisibly small things that make us sick. But is that the whole story?

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Your blood proteins could predict your risk of an early death

Imagine if a simple blood test could offer a glimpse into your future health. Not just whether you have heart disease or cancer today, but whether your overall risk of dying in the next five or ten years is higher or lower than expected.

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The Congregation: Brixton tube station’s mural of joy, resistance and community

Rudy Loewe’s arresting mural The Congregation sits above the entrance to Brixton Underground station in London. The large-scale painting highlights the people and places that have shaped the area’s history over the last 75 years. It serves as a gateway into Brixton’s past and present for locals and the estimated…

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