#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Mark Speakman stands down as leader of NSW Liberals with Kellie Sloane expected to replace him. Opposition leader says ‘brand damage’ from the federal Liberals had colleagues looking for generational change and endorses Sloane as replacement
#Politics #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Labor urged not to ‘go soft’ on gambling ads after reports the government may resist a total ban. Crossbenchers and gambling harm advocates criticise suggestion the long-delayed recommendation may not happen due to under-16s social media ban
#Politics #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Australian living in Thailand faces trial over alleged criminal defamation of Malaysian government. Murray Hunter charged with offence which carries a potential penalty of two years in jail, or a 200,000 baht (AUD$9,500) fine
#Australian continent #Australia × #Asia #Insular Oceania #Malaysia #Thailand
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Papua New Guinea ‘not happy’ as Australia walks away from bid to host Cop31. Australia had been pushing to host climate conference next year with south Pacific nations, which are increasingly threatened by rising seas and climate-fuelled disasters
#PublicHoliday #Weather #Guinea #New Year's Eve #Africa #New Year #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania #Papua New Guinea
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home. Police allege man ‘had reportedly threatened to harm other residents and himself while armed with a metal object’
#Health #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide. Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australia may lead negotiations
#Weather #Australian continent #Australia × #Turkey #Asia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’. Environment minister Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’
#Politics #Showbiz #USA #Australian continent #Australia × #North America #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Tropical cyclone Fina intensifies to category two and could hit NT coast on Friday. If it makes impact on Friday, it would be the earliest cyclone of the season to make landfall in Australia since 1973
#Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’. Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests
#Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Krysty was diagnosed with breast cancer months after getting the all-clear. New Australian guidelines aim to help women like her. Exclusive: New federal guidelines advise GPs to provide additional care to patients with higher breast density, which can make cancers harder to detect in mammograms
#Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Meta starts notifying Australian teens of account shutdowns as social media ban looms. Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December when ban will begin
#Tech #Instagram #Facebook #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Bonn nuit: nailbiter for German city as Albanese and Bowen offer mixed messages on hosting Cop31. If Turkey and Australia can’t agree on who should host climate summit, rights will revert to a third country – if they want it
#Weather #Germany #Australian continent #Australia × #Turkey #Europe #Asia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Labor MP Ed Husic urges own party to ‘pry open the jaws of Treasury’ after CSIRO announces job cuts. Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’
#Politics #Science #government agency #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × ‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm. One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
#Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Tony Burke reviewing anti-hate laws and says South African neo-Nazi will not be allowed back into Australia. Home affairs minister’s comments come as NSW moves to ban white supremacist chants after neo-Nazi protest
#Politics #Africa #South Africa #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Valvoline, bourbon and a touching tribute from Russell Crowe: radio star John Laws farewelled at state funeral. John Howard, billionaire Lindsay Fox and Dawn Fraser among mourners at service for broadcaster known as ‘the Golden Tonsils’
#Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Australia’s peak health body for men distances itself from conservative group’s International Men’s Day campaign. Australian Men’s Health Forum says it is not affiliated with Dads4Kids group espousing anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQI+ views
#Health #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania #Australia Group
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × Australia has some of highest consumption rates of ultra-processed foods, researchers say. New series in Lancet medical journal finds UPFs, which make up nearly half the average Australian diet, driving ‘escalating’ burden of many chronic diseases
#Health #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × Are Australian weapons destined to be used in Sudan atrocities? - podcast. Senior reporters Ben Doherty and Henry Belot tell Nour Haydar about Australia’s growing role in the global weapons trade
#Sudan #Africa #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply. Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups
#Tech #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift. Prime minister says fight over hosting rights jeopardises global unity needed for action to help Pacific islands
#Australian continent #Australia × #Turkey #Asia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration. The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places
#Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
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