Higher proportion of patients in England now contacting GPs online, figures show
All NHS practices were required by the government to provide web bookings from October. ⌘ Read more

Airbus to inspect some planes over ‘quality issue’ with panels
The announcement comes days after a massive recall affecting thousands of the firm’s A320 fleet. ⌘ Read more

‘Carspreading’ is on the rise - and not everyone is happy about it
In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier. ⌘ Read more

Controversial remote NT rent hikes struck down by High Court
A remote rent policy that saw some Northern Territory residents slugged with hikes of up to $300 a fortnight has been struck down on appeal by the High Court. ⌘ Read more

Thames Water running out of time to secure rescue as debt swells
As it stands, Thames Water has sufficient cash to make it to the first quarter of next year. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Rafah crossing will open to let Gazans cross into Egypt
Israeli authorities have announced the Rafah border crossing from Gaza into Egypt will open “in coming days,” but only for Palestinians wanting to leave the war-ravaged strip. ⌘ Read more

Thames Water running out of time to secure rescue as debt swells
As it stands, Thames Water has sufficient cash to make it to the first quarter of next year. ⌘ Read more

Wikipedia’ top 20 articles of 2025 sees Charlie Kirk and Trump head the list
Wikipedia has released its 20 most-read articles on English Wikipedia for the year. ⌘ Read more

Hobart’s Macquarie Point stadium project set to pass Tasmanian parliament
A stadium on Hobart’s waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after key independents declared on Wednesday they would support the contentious project. ⌘ Read more

Footballer and youth worker charged after police drug drop sting
A regional Victorian footballer and youth worker are facing drug trafficking charges after being caught with a package allegedly containing illegal drugs. ⌘ Read more

Woman tells court she witnessed but did not commit brutal murder of 72yo
A woman on trial for the alleged murder of 72-year-old Victorian man John Hunter tells the Supreme Court she was present when he was killed but another person was responsible for his death. ⌘ Read more

First community-designed, culture-first home arrives in Tennant Creek
A one-of-a-kind home, designed with the input of Tennant Creek families, has rolled up the Stuart Highway from Adelaide on a convoy of trucks. It is part of a new initiative aiming to transform housing in remote First Nations communities. ⌘ Read more

Coalition has ‘no confidence’ social media ban will work under Labor
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says Australia’s social media ban will not work under Labor, as the federal government rejects YouTube’s claim it will make kids “less safe”. ⌘ Read more

Study Finds Tattoo Ink Moves Through the Body, Killing Immune Cells
Bruce66423 shares a report from the Los Angeles Times: Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body responds to vaccines. Scientists in Switzerland used a mouse model to trace what happens af … ⌘ Read more

Italian luxury giant Prada buys Versace – at a discount
The $1.38bn (£1.04bn) deal between the two Italian fashion giants is well below the roughly $2bn Versace was sold for in 2018. ⌘ Read more

‘Extreme fire danger’ forecast across South Australia for Thursday
The CFS is warning of high fire risk tomorrow with hot and windy conditions forecast, while the BOM has issued a fire weather warning with ‘extreme fire danger’ for parts of the state. ⌘ Read more

Reform politician’s racist Chinese slur ‘caused a lot of hurt’
Members of Wales’ Chinese community say seeing a politician use a racist slur is “very upsetting”. ⌘ Read more

The Papers: ‘No justice’ over Hillsborough and ‘Holly’s guilt over crash’
Wednesday’s front pages focus on the Hillsborough disaster report and the fine given to TV presenter Holly Willoughby for driving without due care. ⌘ Read more

West Bank attacks escalate during olive harvest
Palestinian villagers are living in fear, saying that at any time, armed Israeli settlers could descend on them and cause trouble. ⌘ Read more

A vote to approve an AFL stadium on Hobart’s waterfront will now pass
A stadium on Hobart’s waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after independents Casey Hiscutt, Bec Thomas and Tania Rattray declared they would support the contentious project. ⌘ Read more

Case against Toyah Cordingley’s accused killer ‘makes no sense’, court told
Rajwinder Singh, 41, is accused of the 24-year-old’s 2018 murder. A trial in the Supreme Court in Cairns is entering its final stages. ⌘ Read more

Boat found in search for fisherman missing off Albany
Western Australian authorities search for a man who failed to return from a fishing trip off the Albany coast on Tuesday night. ⌘ Read more

Papenhuyzen unsure if he’ll ever play pro sport again after Storm exit
Former Melbourne fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen says his future is a “blank canvas” ahead of a break from professional sport that he admits could end up being permanent. ⌘ Read more

Brisbane block sizes slashed to 120 square metres under proposed changes
The proposed changes, including to block sizes and car parking requirements, are intended to add an additional 6,000 homes by 2032. ⌘ Read more

GDP figures a beautiful set of numbers with a sting in the tail
Australia’s latest economic growth numbers show an economy in generally rude health, but that might result in a rude shock for mortgage borrowers earlier rather than later in 2026. ⌘ Read more

Higher proportion contacting GPs online than by phone in England
All NHS practices were required by the government to provide web bookings from October. ⌘ Read more

Algal inquiry quizzes health chief about respiratory illness
South Australia’s public health chief says there is a need for more data analysis to determine whether there has been an increase in respiratory illness linked to the state’s algal bloom. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Two in hospital after shooting in northern NSW
Police have arrested a person after two people were injured during a shooting in northern NSW. ⌘ Read more

Anthropic Acquires Bun In First Acquisition
Anthropic has made its first acquisition by buying Bun, the engine behind its fast-growing Claude Code agent. The move strengthens Anthropic’s push into enterprise developer tooling as it scales Claude Code with major backers like Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Google. Adweek reports: Claude Code is a coding agent that lets developers write, debug and interpret code through natural … ⌘ Read more

next-20251203: linux-next
Version:next-20251203 (linux-next)Released:2025-12-03 ⌘ Read more

Tasmania to pay $650,000 for Foo Fighters concert in Launceston
Tasmania’s “biggest concert ever” will take place at Launceston’s York Park next month when American rock band Foo Fighters play their only Australian show. ⌘ Read more

Why are so many Australian caravan companies collapsing?
Zone RV is just one in a series of caravan companies that have gone under in recent years. Here are the major challenges plaguing the industry. ⌘ Read more

How to prepare yourself and your child for the social media ban on December 10
From December 10, young people will lose access to part of their online world. Here’s how to support them. ⌘ Read more

Brisbane hit with widespread Optus internet outages
Optus apologises for NBN internet outages affecting Brisbane and some other parts of Queensland. ⌘ Read more

Is it better to sleep naked or wear pyjamas?
What you wear to bed can affect the quality of your sleep. And if that’s nothing at all, there are a few things to consider. ⌘ Read more

Woman dies after being struck by hay bale at Roma Saleyards
Police and emergency services were called to the Roma Saleyards this morning after reports a hay bale had fallen on a woman. She died at the scene. ⌘ Read more

It’s almost never OK for psychologists to date their clients
A new code of conduct for for Australian psychologists provides updated guidance that it’s almost never OK to date someone who is or has been a client, even if that was years ago. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Search for missing flight MH370 to resume this month, Malaysia says
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume at the end of December, more than a decade after the Beijing-bound flight disappeared. ⌘ Read more

Parents question post-operative care after son’s sudden death
The parents of a young man with a neuromuscular disease who died seven days after spinal surgery say they have serious concerns about the post-operative care he was provided at Royal Perth Hospital. ⌘ Read more

Michael and Susan Dell nearly $10b to ‘Trump accounts’ for children
Tech billionaires Michael and Susan Dell have pledged $US6.25 billion ($9.5 billion) to new investment accounts for children, known as “Trump accounts”. Here’s how the donation will work. ⌘ Read more

Government considers offloading retiring Tiger helicopters to Ukraine
As the United States attempts to broker a peace deal at the Kremlin in Moscow, it is expected a significant funding boost from Canberra to aid Ukraine’s war efforts is imminent. ⌘ Read more

Bruce Lehrmann loses appeal against failed rape defamation case
Bruce Lehrmann has lost his appeal against a Federal Court ruling that found on the balance of probabilities he had raped his then-colleague Brittany Higgins in 2019. ⌘ Read more

San Francisco Will Sue Ultraprocessed Food Companies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The San Francisco city attorney filed on Tuesday the nation’s first government lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultraprocessed fare (source may be paywalled; alternative source), arguing that cities and counties have been burdened with the costs of treating diseases that stem from the companies’ prod … ⌘ Read more

What happened to Lisa Lynn? Decades after her death, questions remain
Long before Greg Lynn was convicted of murder in Victoria’s High Country, his estranged wife died suddenly at home in Mount Macedon. Now, some of those closest to Lisa Lynn are pushing for the coroner to re-examine her death. ⌘ Read more

Safety bureau finds WA pilots were unaware of each other’s flight paths
ATSB investigators say the two helicopter pilots that died in a mustering crash in WA’s north were unaware of each other’s flight paths. ⌘ Read more

Amid ‘war on drugs’, Trump frees right-wing leader jailed for trafficking
Donald Trump says his country is at war with “narco-terrorists”. But he is freeing the former president of Honduras, who was jailed in the US for overseeing one of the world’s worst drug conspiracies. ⌘ Read more

Airbus to inspect some planes over ‘quality issue’ with panels
The announcement comes days after a massive recall affecting thousands of the firm’s A320 fleet. ⌘ Read more

Air force and Olympians team up for special Christmas exercise
With Olympians on board and a cargo of presents, the Royal Australian Air Force is getting a head start on Santa with Exercise Christmas Hop. ⌘ Read more

Worker killed in retaining wall collapse remembered as ‘amazing father’
Kimura Dixon, 45, was killed and his 19-year-old stepson sustained serious injuries when a retaining wall collapsed at a construction site in Brisbane on Tuesday morning. ⌘ Read more

Waymo Hits a Dog In San Francisco, Reigniting Safety Debate
A Waymo robotaxi struck a small unleashed dog in San Francisco – just weeks after another Waymo killed a beloved neighborhood cat. The dog’s condition is unknown. The Los Angeles Times reports: The incident occurred near the intersection of Scott and Eddy streets and drew a small crowd, according to social media posts. A person claiming to be one of the pa … ⌘ Read more