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This new luxury beachside resort has a problem: How to stop the massive sharks attacking the guests
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (634+ words) April 15, 2026 " 7: 30pm A new $170 million holiday resort in South Africa is embroiled in a row about how to prevent its guests from being attacked by sharks. Marine scientists have lodged a complaint about the possible use of shark nets off the…...
Inside the human rights office planning day that left staff in tears
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1121+ words) April 11, 2026 " 6: 01am One Monday in March, Queensland Human Rights Commission staff gathered for what was pretty standard office fare: an all-hands planning day to work on tweaks to the agency's strategic plan. Its newly minted boss, Debbie Platz, would not attend…...
Australian rugby's most costly weakness is hiding in plain sight
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1016+ words) April 2, 2026 " 7: 35pm In the final game of this year's Six Nations Championship, with the clock in the red, France five-eighth Thomas Ramos lined up a long-range penalty not only to win the match, against England, but also to clinch his country's…...
More relief at the bowser as petrol prices dip further
2+ week, 1+ day ago (40+ words) SMH. com. au State premiers have agreed to give back millions of dollars of a GST windfall from soaring fuel prices. Updated April 2, 2026 " 6: 37pm, first published 6: 33pm...
A frank and hopeful memoir about race, migration and identity
2+ week, 1+ day ago (223+ words) April 2, 2026 " 12: 00pm When Tyree Barnette first moved to Australia from the United States and attended a concert, another black man asked him where he was from. It was a loaded query, Barnette thought, layered with deeper questions like "How'd you get…...
Fuel price calculator: how much it will cost to fill up your car?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (180+ words) April 2, 2026 " 11: 30am Australians continue to grapple with soaring fuel prices into the Easter holiday period, with the conflict in the Middle East wreaking havoc on global oil markets. Motorists are feeling that pain at the petrol pump, despite the federal government's…...
Fuel prices fall but 'years of pain' at the pump predicted
2+ week, 2+ day ago (52+ words) Petrol prices have begun falling as retailers went unexpectedly early, passing on the federal government's 26-a-litre excise cut. Updated April 1, 2026 " 3: 51pm, first published 2: 42pm...
Relief at the petrol pump to begin tomorrow
2+ week, 4+ day ago (50+ words) From tomorrow, fuel excise will be halved and the heavy vehicle road user tax will be halted for three months. Updated March 31, 2026 " 6: 05am, first published 6: 00am...
West Wits banks fuel supply as SA gold project gears for grid power
2+ week, 4+ day ago (485+ words) March 30, 2026 " 4: 22pm West Wits Mining has taken aim at one of the market's favourite risk topics " fuel supply " unveiling a multi-layered diesel security plan to keep its Qala Shallows underground gold operation in South Africa running smoothly while the site waits…...
South Australia wins the 2025-2026 Sheffield Shield title
2+ week, 4+ day ago (32+ words) South Australia bowls out Victoria to claim the Sheffield Shield title. Updated March 30, 2026 " 11: 42am, first published 11: 40am...