Australian News

1. Hurricane Melissa:

   • Hurricane Melissa, described as the "storm of the century," has made landfall in Jamaica, causing widespread power outages and trapping families in floodwaters. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 9news.com.au 👉 7news.com.au 👉 sbs.com.au 👉 theguardian.com
   • Nearly all Jamaicans are without power, and at least three families are trapped in floodwaters. 👉 abc.net.au

2. Hospital Incident in Sydney:

   • A 72-year-old man died at Sutherland Hospital after a woman allegedly sabotaged medical gas lines, leading to a police investigation. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 9news.com.au 👉 theguardian.com 👉 7news.com.au 👉 au.news.yahoo.com 👉 au.news.yahoo.com

3. Bureau of Meteorology Website:

   • The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has been ordered to fix its new website following numerous complaints about its usability. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 9news.com.au 👉 theguardian.com 👉 au.news.yahoo.com

4. Rio de Janeiro Police Raid:

   • A large police raid in Rio de Janeiro resulted in at least 64 deaths. 👉 9news.com.au 👉 abc.net.au

5. Federal Politics:

   • Sussan Ley is calling for an apology from Anthony Albanese over his Joy Division T-shirt. 👉 9news.com.au 👉 theguardian.com
   • Murray Watt rejects a Coalition request, potentially jeopardizing the environmental bill. 👉 sbs.com.au

6. Queensland Education:

   • Number of schools impacted by year 12 history exam error rises to nine. 👉 abc.net.au
   • At least eight Queensland state high schools taught the wrong topic for year 12 history exam. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 9news.com.au 👉 theguardian.com
   • Queensland has reinstated a ban on puberty blockers for transgender adolescents. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 9news.com.au

7. Economic and Financial Matters:

   • Australian share market dips as CSL shares slump again. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Amazon is planning to cut 14,000 jobs as it increases its focus on AI. 👉 abc.net.au
   • Tech giant eyes 30,000 job cuts: report. 👉 9news.com.au
   • WiseTech shares crash after AFP and ASIC raid office. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Australia spent $19.7 billion fighting this one condition as health spending rises. 👉 9news.com.au
   • 'Important' financial task most Aussies - particularly Gen Z - neglect. 👉 9news.com.au

8. World Politics and Affairs:

   • North Korea test-fires cruise missiles ahead of Trump's visit to South Korea. 👉 9news.com.au
   • UN warns of ethnically motivated 'atrocities' in Sudan's al-Fashir. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Sudan paramilitary group accused of killing 2,000 civilians in El-Fasher. 👉 abc.net.au
   • Trump confident of clinching trade deal from high-stakes meeting with China's leader (2 days ago). 👉 9news.com.au

9. Israel-Gaza Conflict:

   • Israel hits Gaza in 'powerful' strikes, but the US says the ceasefire is holding. 👉 abc.net.au
   • Israeli planes strike Gaza after Netanyahu orders 'powerful attacks'. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Netanyahu 'powerful' strikes in Gaza after hostage dispute (2 days ago). 👉 9news.com.au
   • The ABC entered Gaza for the first time since the ceasefire and reported on what they saw. 👉 abc.net.au

10. Social Media and Minors:

    • 'We don't agree, but we accept': Meta, TikTok, Snap on social media ban (2 days ago). 👉 9news.com.au
    • Nationals senator says TikTok bullied his office amid new teen social media ban details. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Young men are hunting girls on online networks, getting them to carry out acts of violence in a twisted type of gamification, a police chief warns. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com

11. Indigenous Issues:

    • WA Governor apologizes nearly 200 years after Pinjarra massacre. 👉 sbs.com.au 👉 abc.net.au 👉 theguardian.com
    • Warning isolated Indigenous groups could vanish within a decade. 👉 9news.com.au
    • Indigenous crisis hotline records surge after March for Australia protests. 👉 9news.com.au
    • Aboriginal woman dies in custody at Royal Hobart Hospital, says legal service. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Calls to Indigenous crisis line hit record highs as demand for culturally safe support grows. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Nearly 1 million hectares of Cape York has been handed back to Traditional Owners. 👉 sbs.com.au

12. Legal and Justice System:

    • Rapist former MP to learn fate a decade after assaults. 👉 9news.com.au 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
    • Australia to form part of Pacific 'taskforce' set to stir regional controversy (1 day ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • First NZYQ cohort member deported to Nauru under opaque deal (1 day ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • Justice Andrew Tinney rejected Bernath's repeated lies as he threw him behind bars for up to 28 years (1 day ago). 👉 9news.com.au
    • States face fresh scrutiny in youth justice shake-up after 'deeply disturbing' evidence. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Top court fight looms over woman's terror flag charge (2 days ago). 👉 9news.com.au
    • Jacinta Nampijinpa Price ‘didn’t care’ about making false claims, defamation trial told (1 day ago). 👉 theguardian.com
    • Labor moves to create Australia's first national environment watchdog. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Australian-first bill to ban use of NDAs to silence sexual harassment victims introduced in Victoria. 👉 theguardian.com

13. Environment and Climate:

    • Oil spill, emissions error trigger gas giant federal investigation. 👉 abc.net.au
    • 'Maddest idea': Watt rejects 'desperate' Coalition request, risking environmental bill. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • ‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects (1 day ago). 👉 theguardian.com
    • Biodiversity is in catastrophic decline. Here are three ways to ensure Australia’s conservation law actually works (1 day ago). 👉 theguardian.com
    • The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash. 👉 theguardian.com
    • "Heat deaths aren’t a thing": Coalition MPs weighing net zero given skeptical briefing on climate science. 👉 theguardian.com

14. Australian Football (Soccer):

    • Matildas suffer rude awakening in Sam Kerr’s return as captain. 👉 7news.com.au
    • Lionesses capitalise on early Matildas disaster as Alanna Kennedy red carded. 👉 nine.com.au
    • Bronze scores in England win over Australia. 👉 au.sports.yahoo.com

15. Mining Accidents:

    • Two miners killed in explosion identified. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
    • Town mourns after two killed in underground mine explosion in far western NSW. 👉 sbs.com.au 👉 abc.net.au
    • An Irish man has been killed in first Australian mine explosion in a decade. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com 👉 abc.net.au

16. Creative Industries and AI:

    • Government rules out changes to copyright law as creatives push for AI protections. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Artists tell AI to 'solve the problem' as copyright carve-out ruled out (2 days ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • Elon Musk launches new AI-generated site to rival 'left-biased' Wikipedia. 👉 abc.net.au

17. Health and Wellbeing:

    • The diseases that dominate Australia's $270 billion health bill. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • High PFAS exposure could impact male fertility, study finds. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Kidney disease drug now available on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. 👉 sbs.com.au 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Early testing the key to preventing serious bone breaks. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Perimenopause nearly killed me. Angry, I have a message for women. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Calls to major shake-up to how parents can spend childcare subsidies. 👉 7news.com.au
    • School drink fountains replaced by bottled water as ‘dodgy supply makes kids sick’. 👉 7news.com.au

18. Other News:

    • Bizarre find after wild highway pursuit. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
    • Incredible story behind Aussies fighting to save young girls from human trafficking. 👉 7news.com.au
    • A peek behind the smoke and mirrors of modern magic. 👉 7news.com.au
    • French first lady plagued by 'deep anxiety' over false claims she's a man (1 day ago). 👉 9news.com.au
    • These changes mean fewer babies are being born early each year. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 abc.net.au
    • Former U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris is contemplating another run for the presidency. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Australia’s remarkable success in reducing preterm births: ‘Babies are being born when they should be’ 👉 theguardian.com

19. Arts and Entertainment News:

    • Iconic British sitcom star dies at 93. 👉 7news.com.au
    • Bluey's Joff Bush and Megan Washington among winners at Screen Music Awards (1 day ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • Sydney musicians left feeling voiceless after CBD busking crackdown. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 9news.com.au

20. Aged Care and Health:

    • Woman in her 80s found dead on Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island after failing to return to cruise ship (1 day ago). 👉 theguardian.com
    • Dead before 50: The Australians dying young at the edge of the system. 👉 sbs.com.au

21. Other Australian News:

    • The key role a 'lost' reef is playing in SA's algal bloom fight. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Future uncertain for workers stood down from mothballed coal mine. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Optus to be called before senators to explain triple-0 failure. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Tribunal upholds donkey cull notice at Kachana Station. [abc.net.au](👉 abc.net.au

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