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People walk past an Optus store in Sydney.
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Optus could face another hefty penalty, as the privacy watchdog sues the telco over the 2022 cyber attack that exposed the data of around 9.5 million Australians.

A tropical cove and beach on an island
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Residents of a tropical island are fuming after a deal between its Chinese owners and a potential buyer fell through, leaving vital infrastructure in disrepair.

Gaypalani Waṉambi, an Indigenous woman in her late 30s, poses in front of an art work made of discarded road signs.
Article is a 9 minute read.

Gaypalani Waṉambi, daughter of the late Mr Waṉambi, has won the top prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, for work about an ancient honey hunter.

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Portrait of a white-breasted bird with blue cap and yellow eye against a black background.
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We teamed up with photographers to find out how use a smartphone to take wildlife images, snap tiny creatures, and catch birds in action.

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US President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to US weather and climate services will cause the loss of critical data Australia relies on for its weather and climate modelling.

A multi-storey building with arch windows and pink bricks and a Mecca sign on the front.
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About 20,000 people are expected to rush through the doors of cosmetic giant Mecca's new store on its opening day. But is the hype enough to revive Melbourne's hushed CBD after the pandemic?

A young woman with brown hair and a yellow, black and red scarf sits in a chair in front of windows and smiles.
Article is a 9 minute read.

When more than 90,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge it created headlines across the globe. So how has the addition of more than 30 anti-protest laws across the past two decades affected demonstrating?

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