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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli.

Kids’ gender-affirming care pause was a cabinet call, says Crisafulli

His comments shed light on a key plank of a legal case challenging the ban on hormone treatment for gender dysphoria in new public patients.

  • Matt Dennien

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Drew Hutton was key to the formation of the Queensland Greens, Australian Greens and the anti-fracking Lock the Gate Alliance.

‘Authoritarian, aggressive, unlikeable’: Greens co-founder on his party

Following his expulsion over comments on transgender rights, the co-founder of the Australian Greens claims dozens have been expelled for speaking their mind.

  • Nick Newling

After years caring for her family, Monique found a new priority – herself

With very little me-time and even less help from partners, some women are saying enough is enough.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley during a podcast interview in the Nine studio, at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday, June 26, 2025.

‘I was completely singled out’: Sussan Ley’s past fuels her determination to fix party’s future

It’s been “burned in” the federal opposition leader since before she came to parliament. And it’s why she’s so insistent now she’s at the top.

  • Jacqueline Maley and James Massola
Andrew Thaler is a serial pest for one council, but all in NSW have a problem.

This serial pest called a woman a ‘fat dumb blonde’. He says he was being picked on

Councillors are behaving badly across the state, yet the NSW system for holding them accountable is broken.

  • Jordan Baker
Daisy Potter (centre), with friends from her local footy club in South Melbourne, says coming from a happy home contributes to her having a wide variety of close friendships.

The key to kids making friends that’s close to home

Adolescents whose parents don’t fight are less likely to have problems with peers than those whose parents do, government-funded research suggests.

  • Wendy Tuohy
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Sex selection during IVF is not allowed for non-medical reasons in Australia.

Choosing the sex of an IVF baby is banned. Should it be?

Sex selection during IVF is not allowed in Australia, so people are spending $45,000 to do it in the US.

  • Angus Dalton
Leon Salvaggio

Would you screen potential partners based on height? The dating filter fuelling an online gender war

Tinder users can now sort profiles by height, a move some say is excluding shorter men from the dating pool.

  • Nick Newling
Preference for boys is fading among regions where it was strongest at a rapid rate.

Phew, it’s a girl! The stunning decline of the preference for having boys

Millions of girls were aborted simply for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them.

  • The Economist
JK Rowling and Elon Musk have been named in an online bullying lawsuit filed by Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif.

‘Women won’t be battered to death by men’: J.K. Rowling hails Imane Khelif boxing ban

The author applauded the governing body’s decision to prevent the Olympic gold medal winner from entering any future events in the female category.

  • Oliver Brown

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