Five questions to Summer May Finlay: this week on IndigenousX
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View ArticleTasmanian devils to be released back on to mainland
Devils, Leadbeater's possums and helmeted honeyeaters will gradually be released into Victorian 'halfway house' to test survival fitnessOliver Milman
View ArticleThe WikiLeaks party could learn about transparency from the Pirate party |...
Asher Wolf: The WikiLeaks party seems to be imploding, with candidates and volunteers resigning en masse. Australia's Pirate party, on the other hand, is more transparent and accountableAsher Wolf
View ArticleBen Affleck to play Batman in Man of Steel sequel
Role is a risk for Affleck after he breathed new life into his career after turning to directing and winning best picture for ArgoPaul Owen
View ArticleNorthern Territory: history would say special economic zones don't work |...
Sarah Burnside: Why is an administration whose Keynesian approach steered Australia through the global financial crisis now claims that cutting tax creates prosperity?Sarah Burnside
View ArticleRound three: Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott to debate again on Wednesday
Party leaders to face 105 undecided voters at Rooty Hill RSL in Sydney in a revival of town hall-style format of round twoKevin Rudd and Tony Abbott will take part in a third leaders' debate next...
View ArticleTony Abbott's Indonesian boat-buy scheme defies economic sense
Asylum seekers will not only end up paying more to people smugglers but will be forced on to less safe boatsThe Liberal party's new policy to buy fishing boats in Indonesia is the best stimulus plan...
View ArticleNew Zealand's macro-prudential mortgage tools: an idea to bring home?
The RBA will be watching closely as New Zealand introduces innovative regulations designed to protect its banking systemThis week New Zealand beat Australia on two measures. First, the same-sex...
View ArticleLouisiana sinkhole captured on camera – video
Footage shows tall trees sinking into underwater cavern at Bayou Corne in Louisiana
View ArticleWill Mamamia's body positive project change the status quo? Don't bet on it |...
Bronwen Clune: Is taking a photo without make-up and posting it on Twitter really an act of bravery for women? Try telling that to Malala YousafzaiBronwen Clune
View ArticleCocaine worth $370m seized from luxury yacht in Vanuatu
Officers had to chisel through rock and concrete to get to 750kg of drug destined for Australian streets
View ArticleSyria records its 1 millionth child refugee
Unicef says the global community has failed in its responsibility to the children displaced by the violence in SyriaThe Syria crisis reached another grim milestone as UN aid agencies reported that the...
View ArticleMan caught in 'uranium for Iran' sting
Sierra Leone man lured to New York with uranium ore hidden in his shoes after US federal agent offered him 1,000-tonne dealUS prosecutors have charged a man from Sierra Leone with trying to sell...
View ArticleElection 2013: boat-buy scheme and small businesses – politics live blog
Tony Abbott to launch plan to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to keep them from being used by people smugglers, as Kevin Rudd visits small businesses in western SydneyKatharine Murphy
View ArticleNasdaq crash triggers fear of data meltdown
Digital infrastructure exceeding limits of human control, industry experts warnA series of system crashes affecting Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft in the past fortnight has brought warnings that...
View ArticleDo you agree with Michael Bloomberg's recipe for success: no bathroom breaks?...
In an interview, New York's mayor said that hard work is his formula for success – and that means skipping lunch-hours and not taking bathroom breaks. Do you follow his advice?
View ArticleThis Is the Day: Historic March On Washington – in pictures
Magnum photographer Leonard Freed was on the national mall on 28 August 1964, when 250,000 people marched to support civil rights. His photographs of that historic day have been compiled in a new book,...
View ArticleLetters: Children spend too long at screens and not long enough outdoors
The UCL research published this week (Doctors sound alarm on child fitness and health, 21 August) is a timely reminder that we must get school sport and PE right if we're to achieve a legacy of health...
View ArticleUS imam sentenced to 25 years for funding Pakistani Taliban
Evidence showed elderly cleric Hafiz Khan arranged to send about $50,000 over a three-year period to PakistanAn elderly Muslim cleric in South Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison...
View ArticleNick Clegg queries whether police acted lawfully over David Miranda
Deputy PM's challenge to home secretary Theresa May exposes coalition rift over detention of partner of Guardian journalistA coalition rift over the treatment of David Miranda has been exposed after...
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