Fuzzy Zoeller, who beat Greg Norman to win 1984 US Open playoff, dies
Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf’s most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died aged 74. ⌘ Read more

Victorian exhibition raises awareness about gender-based violence
A new exhibition in the Victorian city of Ballarat aims to raise awareness about gender-based violence through works contributed by victim-survivors. ⌘ Read more

ABC’s Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett win Gold Walkley for childcare investigation
The pair’s investigation had an immediate impact on Australia’s childcare industry, resulting in the suspension of one centre and a raft of government policy changes and safety reforms. ⌘ Read more

What Amy and Estella want you to know about living with disability
Nineteen-year-old Estella Jones lives with a disability in her hometown of Tennant Creek, where she loves baking brownies, singing karaoke and spending time with good friends. ⌘ Read more

‘I had the uniform cut off me and it was the last time I ever wore it’
More than two years on from a serious crash that saw him medically retired, a former police officer says he can still hear the screech of tyres before the deafening bang of a car slamming into his police wagon. ⌘ Read more

United States to review all asylum cases approved under Biden
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says it has begun “a full-scale, rigorous re-examination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern”. ⌘ Read more

Broken down on the Birdsville Track in search of a cattle-carrying boat
The ABC’s Landline crew discovers extreme kindness with a can-do attitude after a mechanical breakdown in South Australia’s outback. ⌘ Read more

Will this $2.6 billion theme park succeed where others have failed?
A mega theme park and entertainment precinct has been proposed for a rural township between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. But will this one happen? ⌘ Read more

Australia Spent $62 Million To Update Its Weather Web Site and Made It Worse
quonset writes: Australia last updated their weather site a decade ago. In October, during one of the hottest days of the year, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) revealed its new web site and was immediately castigated for doing so. Complaints ranged from a confusing layout to not being able to find information. Farmers were parti … ⌘ Read more

Legal Aid NT rejected ‘exception for children’ in service cuts, memo shows
A leaked internal memo shows the board of the NT’s main legal aid service voted down a proposal to exempt children accused of crimes from sweeping service cuts. ⌘ Read more

Aussie cricket captain snubbed in lucrative WPL auction
All-rounder Deepti Sharma fetched the highest price at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction, while Australia captain Alyssa Healy, one of the marquee players up for grabs, went unsold. ⌘ Read more

Cherry season ‘weeks’ behind schedule as cold blasts put crops on ice
The latest casualty of a year with delayed crops has been the cherry, with cold weather in some growing regions setting the festive favourite ‘weeks’ behind schedule. ⌘ Read more

More arrests over protest violence as police prepare for another Melbourne rally
Two men have been charged with assaulting police at a rally in Melbourne’s CBD in October. The arrests come as police prepare for another demonstration in the city on Sunday. ⌘ Read more

Scientist drills into dunes to collect storm surge data at renowned wetland
Infrastructure to monitor the impact of rising sea levels and storm surges on the Coorong in South Australia has been installed along the thin strip of coastline between Goolwa Beach and the lagoons of the Ramsar-listed wetland. ⌘ Read more

Face Transplants Promised Hope. Patients Were Put Through the Unthinkable
Twenty years after surgeons in France performed the world’s first face transplant, the experimental field that procedure launched is now confronting a troubling record of patient deaths, buried negative data and a healthcare system that leaves recipients financially devastated and medically vulnerable.

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Piastri says helping Norris win F1 title was discussed and dismissed
Oscar Piastri says McLaren raised the prospect of the Australian helping his teammate Lando Norris win the Formula 1 world championship, but it was rejected. ⌘ Read more

More than 50 coercive control charges laid in six months since criminalisation
The standalone legislation — named in memory of Brisbane mother Hannah Clarke, who was murdered alongside her three children by her estranged husband in 2020 — came into effect in May. ⌘ Read more

Global network of shark attack survivors connects after latest incident
Shark attack survivors rally after a bull shark kills a woman and injures a man on the NSW mid north coast, warning of a nasty online backlash. ⌘ Read more

When Sydney’s popular swimming spots will reopen as weather heats up
From ‘Pondi’ to Sydney Harbour, here’s when your popular spots will reopen. ⌘ Read more

Hot air balloon rides nearly 10 times riskier as helicopter or plane
Hot air balloon rides are nearly 10 times riskier than a joy flight in a light plane or a helicopter, a new report by the national transport safety investigator has found. ⌘ Read more

Greens out-step flat-footed Liberals on crucial deal
The environmental deal is a major win for a government whose critics on the left are calling for it to be more reformist. ⌘ Read more

With each passing hour, a major Hong Kong fire only became more deadly
Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades tore through a group of high-rise residential towers in a densely packed housing estate, causing major issues for firefighters. This is how the catastrophe unfolded. ⌘ Read more

‘Constant threat’: DV victim-survivors recount temp accommodation ordeals
Two women who fled their violent partners say their efforts to stay in emergency accommodation via state government housing offices left them “deeply traumatised”. ⌘ Read more

Video appears to show Israeli soldiers ‘executing’ two Palestinians in West Bank
Video has emerged appearing to show two Palestinians being executed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, with the Israeli military saying it has launched an investigation into the incident. ⌘ Read more

Scorchers survive collapse to deny Renegades share of WBBL ladder lead
Perth have survived a dramatic collapse to beat the Melbourne Renegades by four wickets, denying the Renegades a share of top spot on the WBBL ladder. ⌘ Read more

Victorian free travel scheme sparks confusion as commuters report mixed messages
A promised month of free travel on the Gippsland Line in Victoria’s east prompts complaints from some passengers, with even a V/Line staff member unsure of how the system works. ⌘ Read more

Double storm destruction sees town wonder ‘what has it done to the world’
A storm that hit a tiny rural NSW town, damaging one in 10 homes, is psychologically draining for residents. ⌘ Read more

Ministers must answer for inaction on alcohol laws, anti-DV advocates say
A major review into preventing violence against women and children called for changes to immediate alcohol home delivery ⌘ Read more

How decades of flashpoints could see Trump soon attack this nation
Tensions between Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros have been escalating after months of launching lethal air strikes on vessels accused of shipping deadly drugs north to the US. ⌘ Read more

Social media ban implementation will ‘vary’ across platforms, regulator warns
Not all Australians aged under 16 will “magically disappear overnight” from social media, the nation’s online safety regulator says, amid a legal challenge to pause the start of the federal government’s ban. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong residents devastated by mega blaze in blocks of flats
Locals are in shock after fire destroyed apartment blocks home to thousands of people, as questions remain about the suitability of building materials and a lack of fire alarms. ⌘ Read more

Twelve years ago, Frozen flipped the script on the Disney princess narrative
It wasn’t just a box office success — Frozen introduced a new type of Disney princess: one who was strong, flawed and uninterested in romance. ⌘ Read more

Weekly news quiz: The G20 summit, a cyclone and a very famous pub
Think you’ve had your ears to the ground? It’s time to test your knowledge of the week that was. ⌘ Read more

Tasmania faces ‘compound interest trap’ over Hobart stadium, panel warns
An expert planning panel has defended their scathing assessment of Hobart’s proposed Macquarie Point stadium while speaking to the politicians who will ultimately decide the project’s fate. ⌘ Read more

Tasmanian man jailed after two ‘inexcusable’ police chases
During sentencing, a Supreme Court Justice told Patrick Lee Brown he “completely disregarded the safety of anyone else” during two different police pursuits, including one in a stolen rental truck with blown-out tyres. ⌘ Read more

Student paramedic wins battle with Ambulance Victoria over beard policy
A student paramedic who accused Ambulance Victoria of discrimination on the grounds of race and religion is “ecstatic” to have won his battle to allow cultural beards on the job. ⌘ Read more

UK To Tax Electric Cars by the Mile Starting 2028
The UK government will levy a pay-per-mile tax on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles starting April 2028, UK’s finance minister Rachel Reeves announced, a measure designed to offset some of the fuel duty revenue that will disappear as drivers shift away from petrol and diesel cars. Electric vehicles will be charged 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrids 1.5 pence per mile, pa … ⌘ Read more

How the ABC uncovered the dangers lurking in Australia’s childcare centres
This story is about something deeper than policy or profit. It’s about the trust parents place in childcare every morning when they hand over their children, believing they will be safe — only to find they’re not. ⌘ Read more

Troops critically injured in Washington shooting named as FBI launch terror probe
Authorities identify the two National Guard members shot just blocks from the White House, as the FBI carries out searches of two properties on the US west coast. ⌘ Read more

Android’s New Dual-Band Hotspot Mode Pairs 6 GHz Speed With 2.4 GHz Compatibility
Google is testing a new Wi-Fi hotspot configuration in the latest Android Canary build that pairs the 6 GHz band’s superior throughput with the 2.4 GHz band’s broad device compatibility, eliminating the trade-off users previously faced when choosing between speed and legacy support. Android’s default hotspot sett … ⌘ Read more

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Putin says US-Ukraine text could form basis for peace agreement
The US and Ukraine are set to hold further talks about a draft peace deal to bring to an end the conflict. ⌘ Read more

Defense Contractors Lobby To Kill Military Right-to-Repair, Push Pay-Per-Use Data Model
A bipartisan right-to-repair provision that would let the U.S. military fix its own equipment faces a serious threat from defense industry lobbyists who want to replace it with a pay-per-use model for accessing repair information. A source familiar with negotiations told The Verge that there are signifi … ⌘ Read more

‘Offensive and unjustified’: Iran condemns Australia’s listing of IRGC as sponsor of terrorism
The Iranian Government has condemned Australia’s formal listing of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism as “offensive and unjustified”, accusing the Albanese government of doing Israel’s bidding. ⌘ Read more

NASA Reduces Flights on Boeing’s Starliner After Botched Astronaut Mission
An anonymous reader shares a report: NASA has slashed the number of astronaut missions on Boeing’s Starliner contract and said the spacecraft’s next mission to the International Space Station will fly without a crew, reducing the scope of a program hobbled by engineering woes and outpaced by SpaceX. The most recent mishap oc … ⌘ Read more

AI Can Technically Perform 12% of US Labor Market’s Wage Value, MIT Simulation Finds
Researchers at MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have built a simulation that models all 151 million American workers and their skills, then maps those skills against the capabilities of over 13,000 AI tools currently in production to see where the two overlap. The answer, according to their analysis: 11.7 … ⌘ Read more

UK Police To Trial AI ‘Agents’ Responding To Non-Emergency Calls
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Call-handling agents powered by AI are to be trialled by Staffordshire Police in a bid to cut waiting times for the non-emergency 101 service. The force is set to become the third in the country to take part in the scheme testing the use of artificial “agents” to deal with calls. Under the system, t … ⌘ Read more

NT parliament pushes through banned drinking register changes on urgency
In the final hours of NT parliament for the year, the government has extended the time a person issued with a Banned Drinker Order is prevented from drinking alcohol. ⌘ Read more

Apple Asks Indian Court to Block Antitrust Law Allowing $38 Billion Fine
Apple is challenging a new Indian antitrust law that would let regulators calculate penalties based on global revenue – a change that could expose the company to a fine of roughly $38 billion in its dispute with Tinder owner Match. The 2022 antitrust case centers on accusations that Apple abused its power by forcing developers to u … ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong fire kills at least 55, hundreds missing as buildings smoulder
Authorities say the apartment complex  blaze may have been caused by a “grossly negligent” construction firm using unsafe materials. Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. ⌘ Read more