Drones feature strongly in new national defence strategy
By Michelle Grattan
Drone and other autonomous military capabilities will be among the central features of the 2026 National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment
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Strait of Hormuz blockade creates new uncertainty
By Sanjoy Paul
For weeks now, the world economy has been on tenterhooks, waiting for one outcome: reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
In response to war with Israel and the
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Child-sized echidnas roamed south-east Australia
An echidna the size of a small child roamed Victoria tens of thousands of years ago, research released today reveals.
An Ice Age fossil found 120 years ago in an
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Celebrating 100 years of Winnie the Pooh
By Elizabeth Hale
Just over a century ago, the satirical writer and playwright A.A. Milne, suffering from the after-effects of fighting in the trenches of World War I,
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‘Cosmic volcano’ erupts after 100 million years of silence
A “cosmic volcano” has erupted in deep space as a colossal black hole reawakens after 100 million years.
The Royal Astronomical Society said radio images revealed
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State inquiry launched into federal environment laws
The Queensland Government has taken the unusual step of ordering an inquiry into the processes of another level of government.
Treasurer David Janetzki has directed the
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Massive LEGO collection put up for auction
A private LEGO collection comprising 2000 sets and more than one million pieces has been put up for auction.
The collection, worth up to a quarter of a million dollars,
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Griffith University’s new-look CBD campus unveiled
Griffith University has unveiled the architectural plans for its new city campus in the heritage-listed former Treasury Building in Brisbane’s CBD.
The project to
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Slash “outdated” block sizes to squeeze more housing
Minimum Australian home lot sizes should be drastically reduced from 500sqm to 300sqm to free up housing supply, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA).
HIA
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Hills celebrates some big wins in beach volleyball
Hills International College (HIC) at Jimboomba, south-west of Brisbane, is celebrating some big wins after launching a unique school-based beach volleyball program last
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