Australians warned prediction markets could cost them, with little protection

As Australians engage with billion-dollar prediction markets, betting on anything from war, weather to pop culture, the corporate watchdog is forced to step in.

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Building dams to protect Lismore from flooding would cost billions. Could nature do it better?

Nature-inspired responses like planting more trees and revegetating wetlands could reduce flooding in the northern rivers.

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Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears

A report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.

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Bill Oddie, member of The Goodies comedy series, dead at 85

British actor, comedian and broadcaster Bill Oddie, best known to Australian audiences as a member of the 1970s comedy trio The Goodies, has died aged 85, his agent has announced.

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Power prices are finally falling. Experts say data centres could change that

Consumers should brace for hefty increases in the cost of generating electricity as data centres suck up vast quantities of power faster than new plants can be built, experts say.

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They drink our water and take our power, but do data centres create jobs?

Data centres are in development across Australia, but how many jobs will these big, thirsty facilities actually support?

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New Issue of IREH Out Now!

The latest issue of the International Review of Environmental History, edited by James Beattie and Ruth Morgan, is now live! This issue of IREH is planted firmly in Asia and the Pacific, tracing th…

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How much wealth is too much?

Extreme wealth is concentrating economic, political and technological power in the hands of a tiny few. Healthy democracies cannot ignore the question of limits.

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Measure twice, legislate once - Global Water Forum

The Australian Government has just shown it can build an independent framework to monitor AI’s possible effects on jobs. It is now proposing water and energy rules for data centres without announcing ...

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Thank God for the Coal Rollers - Springs

Timothy James LeCain argues that giant smoke-spewing trucks called coal rollers force us to confront what may really drive global warming.

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'Failed' university scheme hurting home ownership prospects

There are calls for the government to dump a scheme that has more than doubled the cost of some degrees.

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Melbourne residents resist public housing relocation plan

An Albert Park tower block is shaping up as the next battleground for the Victorian government as part of its controversial rebuild of public housing towers, but many tenants are resisting attempts to...

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A Slippery History of Controlling Ice in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin

To protect power projects and navigation, engineers used scale models and modified infrastructure to manage disruptive frazil river ice.

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Shaping a continent • Inside Story

A 65,000-year account of Indigenous knowledge brings science and history into dialogue

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Smoke from Canada wildfires crosses into US prompting warnings to stay indoors

Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkens skies in the US from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous.

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Delay in revealing theft of medical data labelled 'unacceptable'

Cybersecurity experts have questioned why Partnered Health took more than three weeks to reveal it had been the victim of a data breach.

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Ancestral remains returned to Polynesian island after 143 years in museum

The remains of members of the Rapa Nui people from Easter Island are "finally going home" after sitting in the Australian Museum's collection for over a century.

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Canadian wildfires trap train drivers, choke Toronto

Train operators in rural Canada were trapped by raging wildfires, as nearby communities were evacuated.

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