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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 14 , 2025: L to R: Retruning Plasma donor Mat Higgs donating at the Red Cross Life blood donation centre. From Monday 14 July, thousands of gay and bisexual men, along with transgender people, Australian people on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and sex workers will be able to donate plasma for the first time, as Australian Red Cross Lifeblood drops most sexual activity wait times. Australia will become the first country to remove sexual activity wait times for plasma donation, and to allow those on PrEP to donate. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

World-first move for gay blood donors

Rules that have restricted members of the LGBTQIA+ community from donating blood in Australia for decades have just been lifted.

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5yo girl in hospital after vicious dog attack

A little girl is recovering in hospital after she was mauled by a dog on Sunday afternoon.

Supplied image of Red Fire Ants from the Invasive Species Council of Australia. An outbreak of fire ants has hit BHP's Broadmeadow Mine in Central Queensland. Red imported fire ants are an invasive ant species that can infect painful stings on people and animals Picture: Supplied

Fury as fire ants hit major coalmine

A fire ant outbreak has hit a coalmine in a major mining state, with environmentalists calling the discovery a “spectacular failure”.

This handout image released by Simon Fraser University/James Cook University on January 16, 2023, shows bull sharks in the waters off Fiji. - Nearly two thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world's corals are threatened with extinction, according to new research published on January 16, 2023, in the journal Nature Communications. Coral reefs, which harbour at least a quarter of all marine animals and plants, are gravely menaced by an array of human threats, including overfishing, pollution and climate change. Shark and ray species -- from apex predators to filter feeders -- play an important role in these delicate ecosystems that

‘Year-round’: New Sydney shark warning

An aggressive shark species could be staying for longer in the world-famous Sydney Harbour, new research has warned.

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Aussie dogs on paddle to protect platypus habitats

Aussie dogs on paddle to protect platypus habitats

Inspired by detection dogs overseas who search for floating whale scat, a team of conservation canines at Healesville Sanctuary have taken to…

Tryptamine released an investor presentation on June 26, highlighting its work to deploy psilocyn to treat medical conditions. Picture: Tryptamine Therapeutics.

Psychedelic drugs trial gets green light

A major Aussie university and ASX-listed company will deploy psychedelic drugs to treat binge-eating in a world-first clinical trial.

Brumbies feed on fresh regrown grass in the Kosciuszko National Park, near Kiandra, NSW. There are approximately 20,000 wild brumbies in the Kosciuszko National Park, and experts are concerned the wild horses are having a greater impact on the environment now, after the area was heavily impacted by bushfire. Picture by Sean Davey

Future of state’s famed brumbies revealed

The future of one state’s famous brumbies hangs in the balance amid a new push to have controversial protections scrapped.

Footage has surfaced of a dramatic rescue by a Seaworld Project team of a whale which became tangled in fishnets off the coast of Moreton Bay. picture : Seaworld

Dramatic moment entangled whale freed

Wild footage has captured the moment a whale entangled in fishing nets was rescued by crews from the Sea World Foundation.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos March 22, 2021: A cow seeks high dry ground at Robina Drive Round about Carrara after it was swamped by flood water from torrential rain fell which on the city overnight.NCA NewsWire / Scott Powick

Man allegedly steals cow semen, embryos

The alleged theft of cow semen and embryos also included dozens of Wagyu cattle from the man’s former employer.

A Queensland company is about to join the space race, confirming it will finally launch its Eris rocket after months of delays and technical challenges. picture : Gilmour Technologies.

Historic Aussie rocket launch just days away

A groundbreaking Aussie company has locked in its second attempt at joining the space race, with the very first Australian-made rocket set to launch in days.

Three WA men have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after they were filmed beating a pigeon with a golf club. Picture: RSPCAWA

Vile post after ‘despicable’ attack on bird

Three men have learned their fates for taking part in a “despicable” attack on a pigeon with a golf club – with one posting a vile message on Snapchat after the ordeal.

Rare footage of six humpbacks on a heat hunt in NSW bay

Rare footage of six humpbacks on a heat hunt in NSW bay

A drone pilot who volunteers to monitor whale activity captured amazing footage of a humpback “heat hunt” recently, with a bunch of ardent…

Since 1994, there have been 66 known Hendra virus outbreaks across Australia, killing four people and dozens of horses. Picture: CSIRO

‘Critical implications’: New China bat viruses

Medical experts have warned that the discovery of the viruses could have “critical implications” for public health across the globe.

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KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23: Brumbies forage for food in deep snow in the Kiandra Plains region of the Kosciuszko National Park on August 23, 2020 in Kosciuszko National Park, Australia. Free-roaming feral horses, known as Brumbies, are found across Australia. Believed to be descended from animals imported by early British colonialists, the Brumby population is estimated to be in the thousands, with the highest concentration of horses roaming Australia's alpine region, which straddles the state border of Victoria and New South Wales. With large numbers of Brumbies trampling through protected National Parks, their fate has long been a subject of heated debate. On one side are those that want the total eradication of the animals - those who consider them a feral, invasive and destructive species. At the other end are those that advocate for the protection of what are viewed as

‘Finish the job’: Call on state’s brumbies

Controversial laws protecting one state’s brumbies could be repealed in the latest move to “reverse a wrong of the past”.

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