The Australian Electoral Commission is launching a voter education push in Farrer ahead of May's by-election, concerned that confusion could leave thousands of votes invalid.
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Australia's AI boom demands sprawling data centres, but the electricity they'll consume threatens to derail the clean energy transition unless operators bankroll their own renewable power.
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Australia's farmers face their worst income crisis in years as commodity prices collapse due to global oversupply, while fertiliser and labour costs keep climbing. New government data forecasts farm profits will fall sharply in 2026–27.
Bruce Mackinnon Families across Australia are making trade-offs that shouldn't be necessary. Childcare costs have become unaffordable for 40% of families, while school fees and grocery prices continue to climb.
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Ryde Council has raised serious probity concerns about the civic centre redevelopment project, asking all councillors to report private discussions they may have had with developers.
Bruce Mackinnon Young Australians fleeing cities for regional affordability are finding the dream evaporating as rents surge 42 percent in five years while wages grow just 17.5 percent.
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After hackers stole staff and resident data from Fairfield City Council's systems, the council refused to pay a ransom and instead sought court orders to prevent publication. The case highlights how Australian local government bodies are fighting back against digital extortion.
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Contemporary speculative fiction has become a mirror for our deepest fears about the future. Authors are imagining worlds shaped by climate catastrophe, unchecked technology, and political collapse—scenarios that feel increasingly plausible.
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A 27-year-old deputy CEO at the Shire of Coorow in WA's Mid West has been charged with fraud, corruption, and theft. Police allege he misused expense accounts, sold ordered products for personal gain, and stole $3,000 worth of items after leaving his position.
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Scientists have found all five chemical building blocks of DNA and RNA in samples from asteroid Ryugu, suggesting life's ingredients were widespread across the early solar system.
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Towns across rural Victoria have run completely out of fuel this weekend, leaving farmers scrambling for diesel and exposing Australia's dangerous reliance on imports.
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Construction began on Monday to narrow Richmond's protected bike lanes and restore 48 car parking spaces, despite concerns from safety experts about dooring risk.
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India's environment ministry has highlighted successful AI systems that detect elephants near railway tracks, enabling trains to slow down and preventing collisions that kill an average of 20 elephants per year.
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Longreach in western Queensland is preparing for major flooding as the Thomson River approaches levels last seen in 2000, threatening to isolate the 3,700-person community and inundate low-lying properties.
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Brisbane is introducing a rival parking app to challenge the decade-old CellOPark monopoly, part of a broader shift toward digital payments that's saving the council maintenance costs but raising questions about who gets left behind.
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The SETI Institute admits its decades-long search for alien radio signals may have missed broadcasts because stellar wind and solar activity distort them before they reach Earth.
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Parking meters could soon appear at Coogee, Clovelly, Maroubra and four other beaches, but residents will avoid charges through a permit system as council seeks to fund $23.5 million in annual beach services.
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A tropical low that pounded far north Queensland last week is crawling south across the state, dumping torrential rain on already saturated catchments and forcing hundreds of road closures.
Bruce Mackinnon Rural Australia is heading into autumn facing below-average rainfall and tighter water supplies. Recent flooding brought temporary relief, but long-term trends remain concerning for farmers and communities.
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A damaged rail bridge near Broken Hill has cut the Sydney-Perth freight corridor for up to a month, piling pressure on an already stretched transcontinental supply chain.
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