#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 WA work safety watchdog makes ‘initial enquiries’ after family who hired kayak and paddleboards washed out to sea. Resort where family was staying conducting a safety review after mother and two children found drifting in ocean
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 Capital gains tax discount to cost Australia $250bn over next decade with retirees and high-income earners to benefit most. Parliamentary Budget Office figures show top 1% of taxpayers will receive nearly 60% of the benefit this financial year
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 Queensland man charged with 596 child abuse offences allegedly groomed children online, police say. The 27-year-old man from Maryborough is alleged to have had 23,000 photographs and videos stored on a hard drive
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 Sydney teen accused of threatening to shoot Israeli president Isaac Herzog faces court. Darcy Tinning, 19, allegedly made threat ahead of Herzog’s planned visit and made remark that constitutes hate speech, court hears
#Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #Israel #Isaac Herzog
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 Suspect identified in disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont in outback South Australia. Gus was last seen playing outside home on family sheep station in September, with his disappearance declared a major crime
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 ‘Major failing’ in psychiatric care before Joel Cauchi stabbed six people at Bondi Junction, coroner finds. Cauchi, who lived with schizophrenia, killed six people in 2024 Westfield shopping centre stabbing before being shot dead by police inspector Amy Scott
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 South Australian anti-abortion activist posts image of aborted foetus she claims was taken at Townsville hospital. Joanna Howe claims a ‘whistleblower’ sent her the image, which was taken inside the hospital’s room for grieving parents
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime. Bunnings store managers gave evidence of regular threatening or abusive behaviour from some customers
#Tech #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Condemnation of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot reached ‘tipping point’ after French raid, Australia’s eSafety chief says. A number of countries including Australia are investigating X over Grok-produced sexualised deepfakes
#Business #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #director #France #Elon Musk #Australian continent × #Australia #Europe #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report. Report offers alternative of the US navy retaining boats and operating them out of Australian bases
#Politics #AUKUS #USA #Australian continent × #Australia #North America #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 ADF veterans warn selloff of 60 historic defence properties will take a decade and cost billions. RSL, federal opposition and local MPs cast doubt on the plan, which Labor says will result in about $3bn for defence
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats. Only 180 bats survived intense heat in South Australian town, including 34 babies that carers say face months of recovery
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Jacob Hersant becomes first Australian jailed for doing Nazi salute after losing appeal. Judge says neo-Nazi’s offending outside Melbourne court was ‘contemptuous’ and Hersant ‘relished’ the opportunity to do it
#Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Sussan Ley may fast-track permanent Liberal-only frontbench as Coalition reunion hopes fade. Opposition leader may announce promotion of six MPs to shadow cabinet early amid deadlock in talks to reunite with Nationals
#Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Indian government urges Australia to ‘hold the culprits accountable’ over theft of Gandhi statue in Melbourne. Spokesperson for India’s ministry of external affairs calls for ‘immediate action to recover the missing statue’
#Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #India
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Parents of Piper James visit K’gari to farewell daughter and ‘walk where she last walked’ as dingo cull continues. Grieving family of the backpacker will attend a smoking ceremony conducted by the island’s traditional owners
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Doctor previously banned from complex surgery in NSW given senior clinical safety role with Queensland Health. A spokesperson says Dr Michael Byrom no longer has any conditions placed on his practising and cited a ‘rigorous recruitment process’
#Health #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 NSW Labor backbenchers to protest Israel president Isaac Herzog’s visit in defiance of premier. Cameron Murphy, one of three MLCs to rally next week, says ‘we should not be welcoming to Australia the head of a state engaged in an ongoing genocide’
#Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #Israel #Isaac Herzog
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Mother says asking 13-year-old son to swim four hours to save family ‘one of the hardest decisions’ ever made. ‘What have I done?’ thought Joanne Appelbee as she waited for rescue with her two other children in rough seas off Western Australia
#Sport #swimming #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 How will Labor’s Thriving Kids work and who is still eligible for the NDIS?. New services will move children under nine with mild developmental delays and autism off the NDIS. Here’s what you need to know
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.03.2026 Albanese government to sell off $3bn worth of historic defence sites amid push to free up space for new homes. Richard Marles has decided to sell more than 60 properties, including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
#Seychelles #Africa #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.03.2026 One Nation says it will ‘contest every seat’ in South Australia – but will voters tick the box when it matters?. March state election will test the growing vote for Pauline Hanson’s party, with newest recruit Cory Bernardi among the former Liberals in play
#Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
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