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The Great Koala National Park was announced to protect koalas and forests in northern NSW, but the forestry industry has been left wondering how it can fill a shortfall in supply. Source link

Are they boosting the supply of rental housing by financing the construction of new dwellings, or buying pre-existing owner-occupied homes and converting them to rentals? Source link

As smartphones swallow childhood, a growing movement of parents is reinstalling landlines, hoping an old-school corded rotary phone can restore patience and connection. Source link

Pope Leo XIV tells a group of leading Hollywood actors and filmmakers during an audience at the Vatican that more should be done to protect struggling neighbourhood cinemas, to preserve the shared experience of watching movies. Source link

At the ceremony, Qatar’s chief negotiator Mohammed Al-Khulaifi called the agreement “historic”, adding that mediators would continue efforts to achieve peace on the ground. Source link

Ollie Pope tunes up for the first Ashes Test with hard-hitting knocks of 100 and 90 in England’s only warm-up match at Lilac Hill. Source link

Eight candidates are vying for the top role, including the city’s former mayor, Troy Thompson. Source link

At least nine people are dead and dozens are injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonates inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Source link

When Katherine Bennell-Pegg was growing up she was “mesmerised by the stars” — an enthusiasm that motivated her to pursue astronaut training, and has now secured an honour of a different kind. Source link

The AFP has raided homes and businesses across Darwin after a tip-off that a Commonwealth employee, his wife, and a director of a building firm were allegedly involved in a fraudulent scheme to steer multi-million-dollar defence building contracts their way. Source link