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Screens really are turning kids into zombies – it’s a medical fact

Screen time rewires children’s brains so they talk less and end up with a decreased IQ, a major international medical study has found. And it’s toddlers who are at greatest risk.

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Australia to get ‘cheapest EV ever’

Chinese automotive juggernaut BYD has hit Australia with another bombshell cut-price electric model, that’s sure to give motorists and competitors plenty to think about.

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Annoying safety features Aussies switch off

Cutting-edge tech designed to save lives could in fact be doing the opposite as Aussies turn away from it in droves.

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Two months after losing her husband in a shark attack at Dee Why, Maria Psillakis has spoken publicly about her grief and her mission to make the ocean safer for others.

Widow’s emotional plea after shark attack

Two months after a devastating shark attack claimed her husband’s life, Maria Psillakis is campaigning for stronger ocean safety measures.

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Millions are in the firing line for a wild week of rain and thunderstorms as a cold front settles over the east and west coast

City’s coldest November day in 80 years

If you thought it was unusually chilly in one Australian city on Saturday, you’d be right. In fact, it was the coldest November day since 1945.

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Libs make last-ditch net-zero effort

Two Liberal moderates have publicly supported an energy policy that includes net zero as the embattled party’s final decision on the target looms.

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China’s ‘perverse dumping’ in Aus ‘ignored’

The Aussie government is being accused of ignoring potential national security and environment risks posed by China’s ‘perverse dumping’ Down Under.

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Australia’s social media age ban: How it will work

From December 10, Australia will enforce one of the world’s toughest social media bans for teens under 16. Here’s everything you need to know and how they’ll be enforced.

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New road ‘rule’ sparks nationwide confusion

A new road ‘rule’ has sparked nationwide confusion among Aussie drivers with experts rushing to explain what it all means.

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Aussie car boss warns of industry ‘collapse’

One of Australia’s leading automotive figures says the industry will face a ‘reckoning’ with a wave of ‘consolidation and collapse’ coming for major brands.

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Plastic bread tags, pizza savers, and other hard-to-recycle items are set to disappear in one state as authorities crack down on pollution. Photo: NSW Government

Everyday items now banned for millions

These common items are set to disappear from one Aussie state as authorities crack down on “unnecessary” plastics.

(FILES) In this photo illustration, the TikTok app is seen on a phone on March 13, 2024 in New York City. TikTok sharply denounced the passage on April 20, 2024, by the US House of Representatives of a bill that threatens to ban the popular social-media platform unless it severs its ties to Beijing. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

‘Not clear’: Coalition slams social ban

In exactly a month, Australia’s world-first social media ban will take effect, but the opposition claims the government is “still scrambling” to finalise the details.

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10 million residents may have to evacuate

Iran is facing its worst drought in decades. If there is no rain by December, Tehran’s 10 million inhabitants may be forced to evacuate.

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‘Criminal case’: Man rushes ChatGPT boss

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s public event in San Francisco took a bizarre turn when a man rushed the stage waving a document.

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