The project is part of CSIRO’s efforts to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the environment by 80% by 2030. Australia and Indonesia have established a partnership that aims to tackle plastic pollution in the Indo-Pacific region. The Plastics Innovation Hub Indonesia project was launched by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, and ...

An Indigenous man is fighting for his life in a Darwin hospital after being shot by police during an incident at a park in Palmerston. Two officers attended the suburb of Gray on Tuesday morning where they allegedly found a man armed with a weapon. The ABC reported the weapon was a spear. They called upon that person to drop ...

By: Matthew Doran Outgoing Australian of the Year Grace Tame has given a masterclass in side-eye, in an ice cold exchange with Scott Morrison on her last day in the role. Ms Tame was among the guests welcomed to The Lodge for a morning tea on Tuesday, ahead of the Australian of the Year Awards in Canberra. Television cameras captured ...

By: Matthew Doran Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has pledged $440 million to improve Australian schools in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic during a pre-election address to the National Press Club on Tuesday. The set-piece speech has been a feature of the Australian political landscape for many years, and Mr Albanese leader used it to spruik his vision for ...

By: Michael Janda, Rhiana Whitson and Emilia Terzon The official measure of consumer price increases has surged, with steep rises in the cost of fuel and new homes driving the increase. The Australian Bureau of Statistics consumer price index (CPI) jumped 1.3 per cent over the last three months of 2021 to be 3.5 per cent higher over the year. ...

By: Paul Sakkal and Simone Fox Koob Novak Djokovic will be denied the chance to defend his Australian Open title after the Federal Court validated a federal government decision to deport him because of his stance on vaccination. The tennis champion’s dramatic, week-long legal challenge failed about 5.45pm on Sunday when a full bench of the court ruled unanimously that ...

By: Christopher Knaus and Nick Evershed Facebook ads were used to push unapproved rapid test kits to Australians, prompting a warning from the regulator, while users offered large volumes of rapid tests on Facebook marketplace, contrary to its rules. Facebook has a strict policy prohibiting the sale of health-related products on its platform, and closely controls the way companies can ...

By: Daniel Hurst, Sarah Martin and Ben Doherty Scott Morrison has denied misleading Australians about whether his government is detaining refugees at a Melbourne hotel, insisting he “answered to the best of my knowledge at that time”. The prime minister on Wednesday acknowledged people recognised as refugees were among those held at the Park hotel – where tennis star Novak ...

By: Sally Rawsthorne and Daniella White Charlise Mutten has been found dead inside a barrel near the Colo River, and her stepfather has been charged with her murder following the child’s disappearance from the Blue Mountains last week. Justin Stein, 31, was arrested at Riley Street, Surry Hills, about 8.30pm on Tuesday. He was taken to Surry Hills police station ...

By: Helena Burke Australia Post will wave goodbye to traditional postie motorbikes as a disturbing trend has forced the service to change the way it delivers mail. From 2025, electric delivery vehicles (eDVs) will completely replace Auspost’s motorbike fleet. The three-wheeled, golf cart lookalikes can carry more than 100 small parcels and up to 1200 letters. Auspost said the change ...