The remote Australian coast bearing the brunt of the plastic crisis

The remote Australian coast bearing the brunt of the plastic crisis

Halfway around the world,California is suing ExxonMobil,claiming the oil giant deliberately misled the public for decades about the limitations of plastic recycling.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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‘Might be the only occasion’:Historic inquiry’s head cautions early end

‘Might be the only occasion’:Historic inquiry’s head cautions early end

A three-year,First Nations-led inquiry to create an “authoritative record” of colonisation and its impact in Queensland has begun. But its future is unclear.

  • byMatt Dennien
Tammy was sent to jail for a $23.10 theft. After a cascade of errors,she died there

Tammy was sent to jail for a $23.10 theft. After a cascade of errors,she died there

The mother of five died in a Sydney jail in the grip of delusions while prison officers failed to notice her collapse,a court heard.

  • byPatrick Begley
King Charles drops cancelled word ‘walkabout’ from Australian tour

King Charles drops cancelled word ‘walkabout’ from Australian tour

The King will drop the term “walkabout” from his October tour as Buckingham Palace seeks to avoid offending Indigenous communities.

  • byMichelle Griffin
The mining bonanza and the mystery millions
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The mining bonanza and the mystery millions

Lucrative uranium mines are at the centre of a furore about where tens of millions of dollars in royalties have gone.

  • byRiley Walter
In the shadow of a mining giant,children crawl in poison

In the shadow of a mining giant,children crawl in poison

Blood lead levels in children under five are on the rise again despite decades of remediation efforts in a town built on one of Australia’s richest mines.

  • byAngus Thomson andRhett Wyman
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My ancestor knew more about atrocities against Aboriginal people than he let on,inquiry told

My ancestor knew more about atrocities against Aboriginal people than he let on,inquiry told

Atrocities during the Frontier Wars must be honestly acknowledged,a writer and a landowner have told the state’s truth-telling commission.

  • byTony Wright
Travis turns heads when he wears this feather. But there’s a grim prediction behind it

Travis turns heads when he wears this feather. But there’s a grim prediction behind it

They’re majestic in flight,a big talker and a really fussy eater,which is part of the reason the red-tailed black cockatoo is endangered.

  • byJustin McManus
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Red-tailed black cockatoo

Age photographer Justin McManus joined the annual count of the red-tailed black cockatoo,an endangered bird that has enormous cultural significance

‘A failure has occurred’:Perth teen takes own life at youth prison

‘A failure has occurred’:Perth teen takes own life at youth prison

There are calls for the police minister to resign as a youth has taken his own life inside the Perth facility;the second ever to do so,with both tragedies occurring within the past year.

  • byJesinta Burton,Claire Ottaviano andHolly Thompson
Meet the supergroup giving the middle finger to the Aussie music industry

Meet the supergroup giving the middle finger to the Aussie music industry

New hip-hop supergroup 3% are taking an urgent,raw and honest approach to topics such as land reparations and Indigenous deaths in custody.

  • byGemma Grant