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Mpox is now a global health emergency. Here’s what that means for Australia

The rapid surge of mpox in multiple African countries has prompted the World Health Organization to sound its highest level of alert.On Wednesday, the UN agency

Australian girl stabbed by stranger in London being supported by DFAT

An 11-year-old girl stabbed in a London tourism hot spot on Monday is from Australia.Ioan Pintaru put the girl in a headlock and stabbed her eight times, seriou

British-Australian pianist’s show cancelled over Gaza remarks

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has cancelled an acclaimed pianist's upcoming recital after comments he made on the Israel-Gaza war.Jayson Gillham premie

Surprising way Australia leads the English-speaking world

While Australians are still riding the high of our best Olympic Games ever, there's come some more good news about growing up green and gold.New internationa

Australian Olympians return home after record gold medal haul at Paris Games

Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with .A heartfelt and boisterous reception at Sydney Airport for the 460 athletes who represente

A ‘digital thumbs up from the government’: Australia’s ID verification plan, explained

Key pointsTrust Exchange provides a verification 'token', which has been described as a kind of digital 'thumbs up'.The verification process could be used in ar

Raygun cruelly mocked on world famous TV show

US comedian Jimmy Fallon has openly mocked Australia’s viral breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn on his world famous The Tonight Show.Fallon used his openin

Governing body that sent Raygun to Olympic slaughter breaks its silence on why Australia didn’t send somebody better

The Australian sporting body that approved Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn's doomed passage to the Olympic Games has defended its decision and called for an end to the 'b

2024 Fast5 team announced

Australia's squad has been revealed ahead of November's tournament in Christchurch. Netball Australia has announced a 10-strong

Australia to get world-leading digital ID Trust Exchange by end of year

Australia to get world-leading digital ID Trust Exchange by end of year Government Services Minister Bill Shorten will make the ann

‘An international embarrassment’: Australia criticised for lagging behind US, EU on drinking water standards

Australian chemical risk expert Mariann Lloyd-Smith doesn't mince her words."Australia cannot continue to use drinking water guidelines that are an internationa

Would you recognise your home in a video game? Press A to visit Australia

Loading...In 1980, Mad Max gave the world a genre-defining vision of a decaying Australia that entranced audiences and spurred decades of imitators. But behind