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Spot electricity prices that soared to their maximum allowable level. Emptied batteries unable to supply a grid desperate for more energy. Dormant gas plants that fired to life and ran flat-out for days to keep the lights on. South Australia may be the country’s renewable energy flag-bearer, but its embrace of the transition has been…
We’ve come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn’t know the meaning of big words. When the Preferred Prime Minister (patent pending) bowled up her prescription at the Press Club that Australia should really be a “monoculture”, she triggered a national bout of semantic debate so farcical that it could absolutely work…
A multi-billion-dollar beer dynasty is being torn apart by explosive allegations of assault and a century-old law that is designed to protect parents from neglectful children. The Bhirombhakdi family founded the Singha beer company and has an estimated wealth of $US1.75 billion ($2.5 billion). Forbes lists the family as Thailand’s 15th richest. But allegations of…
US President Donald Trump makes a lot of jokes — often at other people’s expense. But rarely does he openly mock his own vice-president, and by doing so recently, he has unleashed a new wave of speculation about who he will anoint as his successor as the 2028 presidential election approaches. An increasingly popular talking…
The label is everywhere – from reality TV to relationship advice and even the US president. But psychologists say true narcissistic personality disorder is rare, complex and often misunderstood. The term narcissist has become the defining insult of our age. It can seem like a convenient catch-all for various kinds of crappy human behaviour as…
Keith Urban has lived and breathed country music for as long as he can remember. “I was nine years old when I first went to Tamworth,” Keith Urban tells Henry Wagons on Double J and ABC Country’s Tower Of Song. ABC Country is Australia’s home of country music Keep up with the latest in country…
Well, well, well. Fancy seeing you back here, wonderful word nerd. I won’t waste time dilly dallying. I know what you really want. Let’s get spelling! Loading Stream the new series of Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee on ABC iview or watch Wednesdays 8:30pm on ABC TV.
Australia’s world-leading social media ban for young people will be beefed up under new laws proposed by the federal government. Since December, popular social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat have been legally required to take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from signing up or keeping an account. But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…
Iran says it has struck targets linked to US forces in response to American air strikes on its southern coast, as each side continues to accuse the other of violating last week’s agreement meant to end the four-month-old war. Iran’s foreign ministry did not identify the locations of its “defensive” attacks on Saturday, local time,…
This year Both sides have beaten the other on opposition’s home turf. Round 7 – Vixens won 50-44 in Perth Round 14 – Fever won 64-55 in Melbourne Finals They’ve also got a real finals rivalry, having met many times in the knockout stages. In their last two meetings, the game was decided by one….