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Farmers and producers across an enormous stretch of southern Western Australia are facing a nervous wait, as authorities determine just how far a deadly strain of bird flu has spread. Testing has so far confirmed two cases of the H5N1 strain of avian flu in migratory seabirds found along WA’s remote south east coast last…
The bile so many Brits spewed about Sir Keir Starmer is something to behold. Around the United Kingdom — even in rusted-on, working-class strongholds — you did not have to look far in recent months to find people ready to unload on the prime minister. Never has a Labour leader fallen so far, so quickly…
Scammers are using fake articles to convince Australians to put money into fraudulent investment platforms. Some victims have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to the industrial-scale operation, which spends big on Facebook ads to reach potential targets. Here is how the scam works, as well as some clues about who is behind it. The…
The poultry industry is bracing for the spread of a deadly strain of avian influenza, but is confident the planning has been done to prevent any widespread egg shortages. Two cases of the H5N1 variant of avian influenza have now been confirmed in migratory seabirds that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia….
Private firms are making plans to cool the planet by releasing reflective particles high into the atmosphere, an idea known as solar geoengineering or solar radiation modification (SRM). With a war chest of private capital estimated at more than the entire globe’s SRM research budget, the US-Israeli startup Stardust Solutions has unveiled a proprietary engineered…
British tabloid The Daily Star set up a live feed of an unrefrigerated iceberg lettuce next to a photo of Liz Truss, asking: “Which wet lettuce will last longer?”(Twitter: Daily Star) Some British PMs have held office across decades. Others have struggled to outlast a lettuce. Sir Keir Starmer did at least manage to see…
The cost of widening Hobart’s Southern Outlet has blown out by another $32 million, with the state government now asking the Commonwealth for an advance on funds originally set aside for a later stage of the project. The state government promised in 2018 to add a fifth lane to the heavily congested highway linking the…
The last known photograph of missing Queensland man Jack McLennan has been provided to the ABC. The photo was taken just hours before Mr McLennan went missing in mysterious circumstances at Ficks Crossing, 250 kilometres north-west of Brisbane. The photo was taken and supplied to the ABC by Mr McLennan’s workmate, Chris Duke, who…
Optimism is a vital attribute when it comes to financial markets. It can fire up booms far beyond expectations and, occasionally, even the realms of reality. As we plough on through the fourth consecutive year of global stock records and huge annual advances, it’s not surprising that many pundits have begun to question just how…
Cybersecurity agencies have sounded a warning to government and corporate leaders that the cyber risk posed by artificial intelligence (AI) demands urgent action. And the Five Eyes agencies, from Australia, the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, point to AI as also providing the solution, arguing AI tools offer the most effective cyber defence. In…