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Recreational fishers are demanding an end to the trial of 1.6-kilometre-long fishing nets in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area. Tunnel nets were trialled in Bowen, the Whitsundays and Gladstone in July 2025 and are a proposed alternative to controversial gillnet fishing, which will be banned from June 2027. Recreational angler Chris Burgess, who…
FIFA’s discrimination monitor at the World Cup has called for an Australian video review official to be removed for appearing to make a hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign. When the official broadcast of Germany’s opening game against Curaçao on Monday morning (AEST) cut pre-game to show the team of video review analysts, Shaun…
It is the middle of winter and Robert Mitchell is snapping photos of flora in Frankston. It is an obsession that started during Melbourne’s COVID lockdowns, in the warmer months, when this same reserve was in bloom. “I took up orchid hunting basically,” he said. Some of the rare orchid species documented by Robert Mitchell….
The Israel Defense Forces says it has intercepted rockets launched by Hezbollah towards their troops in southern Lebanon. It remains unclear how Lebanon features in the ceasefire deal that has been electronically signed by the US and Iran. Meanwhile, three oil tankers carrying essential Iranian goods have passed through the US naval blockade in the…
WA Police have been forced to fly some accused criminals out of remote communities because of regional court closures. The state’s top judicial officers last month announced more than 20 regional courts would close between June and August over a security dispute between the Justice Department and police. Three-month closure for regional and remote courthouses…
England coach Brendon McCullum says he was angry but also concerned about Ben Stokes after the nightclub incident involving his captain and fast bowler Gus Atkinson, which led to their omission from the second Test against New Zealand at The Oval. Stokes and Atkinson breached the team’s midnight curfew and were reportedly present when an…
Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog. It’s great to have you with us early this Tuesday morning! I’m Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra here and ready to bring you all of today’s federal politics news. The Reserve Bank will deliver its interest rates decision today following the…
Culling sharks would not reduce the risk of attacks because of their migratory behaviour, a marine biologist says, as debate reignites on how to make Sydney beaches safer. Leah Stewart, 35, remains in a critical but stable condition after she was bitten by a suspected white shark in Sydney’s east on Saturday. The local mother…
California Governor Gavin Newsom says US President Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife. “They have not found a crime — they are simply trying to find one,” Mr Newsom wrote in a post on X. The longtime political rival of the president said federal agents had in recent…
Environmentalists in Brisbane’s bayside say the continued land-clearing of koala habitat highlights lingering loopholes in national environment laws, months after sweeping changes were passed in Canberra. “Clearly things are not better. They haven’t fixed the laws … we’re still losing lots of trees,” Redlands resident Una Sandeman said. Ms Sandeman is among a collective of…