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$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO

$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO

The nation’s top science agency has found the cost of large scale nuclear plants backed by the federal Coalition cannot compete on price with renewables.

  • by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano

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Australia to ban replicas of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro

Australia to ban replicas of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro

The ban will drastically reduce the availability of the popular weight-loss injections – which have been in short supply globally – and disrupt the businesses capitalising on the huge demand.

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

  • by James Massola
The Australian city with a better quality of life than Sydney or Melbourne

The Australian city with a better quality of life than Sydney or Melbourne

An international comparison of 1000 cities shows Melbourne ahead of Sydney as the place to be. But one city has a much better quality of life than either.

  • by Shane Wright
‘Ringing alarm bells’: Business panic mounting on Dutton’s migration numbers

‘Ringing alarm bells’: Business panic mounting on Dutton’s migration numbers

The opposition leader’s plans to cut net migration to 160,000 – a figure 100,000 less than next year’s forecast – has horrified Australia’s business lobby.

  • by David Crowe
Australia backs ICC’s role but says ‘no equivalence’ between Israel and Hamas

Australia backs ICC’s role but says ‘no equivalence’ between Israel and Hamas

If the international court were to find Israel’s prime minister and defence chief as well as three Hamas leaders guilty of war crimes, they would not be allowed into Australia.

  • by Matthew Knott and Olivia Ireland