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Demolishing homes after climate disasters can be devastating. Here’s how we reused precious materials
Although recovering and reusing house materials takes more time, there can be big social and environmental benefits.
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The government is reforming child support. Here’s what’s changing – and what’s been missed
One million children are meant to receive child support each year. Proposed changes will help them in some ways, but fall short of addressing big problems.
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Mark Naglazas: Blaming immigrants when we need to look inside for our heart of darkness
COMMENTARY: By Mark Naglazas Trying to get my head around Pete Hegseth’s bonkers, deeply offensive D-Day memorial speech in which the US Secretary of War drew an equivalence between the Allies storming the beaches of Normandy — the largest seaborne invasion in history — with illegal immigrants seeking refuge in Europe. “Sadly, today, different European
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A meteorite impact may have once rained gold on Western Australia – new study
Here’s what happens when a rock from space smashes into a goldfield.
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Latest Paris court ruling triggers polarised reactions in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific A recent ruling by a French court to drop all charges against pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin and 13 others in their alleged role in the May 2024 civil unrest in New Caledonia has triggered a barrage of emotional reactions from across the French Pacific territory’s political chessboard. Last
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: pollster Simon Welsh on One Nation’s rise and Victoria’s ‘very messy’ election
The pollster also warns any move to replace Victorian premier Jacinta Allan before the November state election would be a ‘disaster’ for Labor.
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The market moves before Trump posts
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being made on well-timed oil bets occurring just before Trump posts. But can we call it insider trading?
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As SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic plan blockbuster launches, will it make AI giants more accountable?
While all eyes are on whether Elon Musk is about to become the world’s first trillionaire, there may be a hidden upside to AI giants finally facing market scrutiny.
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Climate change has already made Australians in one state much poorer, and more’s to come
It’s time to recognise climate change for what it is. A new study shows it’s a current and ongoing threat to our standard of living.
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Reform is hard. Albanese and Chalmers need to stay the course
The Albanese government was criticised on its first term for not doing enough. Now that it is prescribing reform, it’s copping flak for that, too.
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The Social Security trust fund will run dry in 2032 – what that means for retirees and workers who hope to retire
Unless Congress acts, 1 in 5 Americans who receive Social Security could see an across-the-board benefit cut of roughly 22% starting in 2032.
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Greater international co-operation is needed to achieve the UN’s global forest goals
While some progress has been made since these goals were established in 2017, it is uneven. Only seven of the 26 targets have been broadly met.