Despite a great efflorescence of literature and especially film about the mafia, it’s a truism to say that it isn’t very good for Sicily. It also hasn’t been very good when exported to other countries ...

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She lived for only 15 years, at first with her Indigenous birth parents in a nondescript house in a troubled speck of ...

A new study has found rates of alcohol-related injuries in the Northern Territory have declined in recent years, calling for ...

Tasmania’s brisk waters produce some of the world’s best seafood with briny ingredients being reclaimed and reinvented on ...

Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House, US President Donald Trump said Palestinians ...

An $840 million pledge will not amount to self-determination, the coalition says, as peak organisations welcome the 'genuine, ...

A new project using AI helped the Djabugay Bulmba Rangers in North Queensland identify the shy creatures at three sites.

Australian passports are admired globally for their technological sophistication. The biometric passport, which includes advanced facial recognition technology and anti-fraud measures, was adopted ...

The Hawke–Keating period saw more innovation in welfare policy than at any other time during the seventy-five years. Some developments were admirable and of great long-term benefit. Others moved in ...

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