Bendigo, Geelong urged to join light rail revolution

Almost 20 years ago, transport expert Peter Newman called for Bendigo's trams to be used as public transport. Now, Bendigo and Geelong are among several cities across Australia looking to adopt light rail as a potential transport solution.

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What happens to social enterprises in Victoria as the Big Build slows down?

Victoria's Big Build is all over the news at the moment, for a few pretty eye-popping reasons. The less salacious part of the story is that government infrastructure investment is falling and falling fast.

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Feather discovered in fossilised dinosaur poo is first of its kind

A well-preserved feather discovered inside fossilised dinosaur faeces could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived the mass extinction.

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Breaking: UK, France, Canada announce import ban on goods from Israeli settlements

Britain, France and Canada will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a symbolic move that could reshape Western foreign policy in the region.

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'Conservative Catholic mafia': Inside the Liberal faction before ICAC

Take a look inside the workings of the right-wing Liberal faction at the centre of NSW ICAC's Operation Rosny.

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Melbourne soccer club says girls' match moved to make way for boys

The Boroondara Eagles are demanding action, saying one of their junior girls' team's matches was stopped at half-time so a boys' team could take the field.

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Nepali engineer relives 'miracle' survival from deadly flash flood

An engineer working by the river in Nepal's Rasuwa region has recalled the moment he and his colleagues miraculously escaped a tsunami of mud.

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Americans urge caution as Australia braces for data centre boom

Americans urge Australians to ensure data centre companies are transparent and make sure policy helps us to make the most of foreign investment.

abc.net.au

Current cricket schedule could hurt women's game, says Perry

Australia's women no longer play elite cricket in school-holiday windows under the current schedule: something Ellyse Perry believes needs to change.

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Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups

A Queensland open-cut mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to keep digging until 2055 while clearing threatened woodland and koala habitat. The confirmation of the extension of the Saraji mine, which digs and exports coal for steel making, comes after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, denied this week there was tension over Australia’s fossil fuel exports during talks with Pacific leaders. Continue reading...

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What needs to change in postpartum care

The Senate’s women’s health inquiry will examine Australia’s postpartum care, as advocates warn of the risks to new parents of a fragmented system.

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What Yallourn Sounded Like Before Anyone Photographed

I want to know what [Jesse Thompson](https://www.jessethompsonphoto.com)'s photographs of the dying Latrobe Valley coal industry cannot hold — not what they leave out by accident, but what the medium

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The end of Latrobe Valley coal – in pictures

Once the economic lifeblood of the region, Latrobe Valley’s coal industry is in terminal decline

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Solar Victoria programs

Helping Victorians to take control of their energy bills, tackle climate change and provide a cleaner, better future for all.

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Fifteen people missing after Grand Canyon flash flood

Torrents of water have wiped out footbridges and significantly altered the landscape, as evacuations are underway.

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Butcher backs meat producers as Woolworths to stop selling Tassie beef

A Tasmanian butcher promotes the importance of shopping local following Woolworths's decision to stop selling Tasmanian beef in stores across the country from 2027.

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‘David, shut up’: Farley poised to quit One Nation

David Farley has confided to parliamentary colleagues his escalating tensions with One Nation, and particularly with Barnaby Joyce, which are likely to see the member for Farrer quit the party.

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Update on planning permit application - Data centre, Clyde North

We have received a planning permit application (Permit App. No: PA26-0190) for a proposed data centre at 585 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Clyde North.

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Stop the Clyde North data center development

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Casey Council defends decision not to consult on $1.1b data centre

Casey Council has confirmed it is legally able to voluntarily notify residents about the proposed $1.1 billion Clyde North data centre but says doing so would create unnecessary delay and uncertainty....

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The Reckoning

That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?

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Data centers’ hidden water footprint is linked to the grid

A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.

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