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Australian dual citizen Gordon Ng has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison in Hong Kong for his involvement in the territory’s pro-democracy movement.

President Joe Biden has permitted Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike targets inside Russian territory, according to multiple US media reports.

Retail giant Bunnings has breached privacy laws by using facial recognition technology on its customers, according to a landmark finding by the Privacy Commissioner.

Holiday rental giant Airbnb has secured a deal with the Colosseum Archaeological Park, to offer 16 tourists a chance to quote "unleash their inner gladiator" by booking a free evening experience at the Colosseum to mark the release of the Paramount film, "Gladiator II".

Is our energy market ready for a coal-less future? 

In 1987, then-Prime Minister Bob Hawke pledged that “by 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty."

In 2015, Australia became one of the first countries in the world to ban the commercial use of sunbeds.

Rediscover a composition signed by Chopin that lay in an archive, unheard and unplayed for 200 years.

The federal government is securing some guarantees for physical cash today. From 2026, the government wants to make it mandatory for businesses - selling essential items like groceries and fuel - to continue accepting cash.

The government's plan to restrict the number of international students able to enrol from the start of next year appears doomed, with the Coalition and the Greens set to vote against the contentious bill.

GUESTS:  Kos Samaras, pollster and director of the RedBridge group   Jonathan Pearlman, editor of Australian Foreign Affairs

Tomorrow millions of people across the world will tune into one of the most anticipated fights in recent memory - a controversial boxing match between 58-year-old former heavyweight king Mike Tyson and 27-year-old Texan YouTube star Jake Paul.

An inquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness is underway in NSW today as calls intensify for the establishment of a Minister for Loneliness.  

Hear a sneak peek of Pinchgut Opera's latest offering, Handel's opera 'Julius Caesar'.

Pro-Palestinian protests were scheduled this weekend to disrupt the launch of the Myer Christmas window display in Melbourne.  The launch has now been called off and Victoria Police says the demonstrations have been reportedly cancelled. But there will still be a police presence at the weekend.

Labor is pushing for the biggest shake-up of funding and disclosure laws in more than a decade to curtail an "arms race" it says is being fuelled by billionaires, while also offering parties and candidates more taxpayer dollars for every vote.

Open justice has long been held as one of the fundamental features of a fair trial and is vital in ensuring public confidence in the legal system.

BIG TECH: From the Digital Duty of Care to increased foreign cyberattacks 

Lithium is critical for the green energy future and the federal government's Future Made in Australia Strategy. 

Calls for a senate inquiry into the federal government's proposed social media ban for children under 16 are intensifying.   Phil Hayes-Brown would like to see an inquiry. His daughter has an intellectual disability and he's the CEO of Wallara which runs five social enterprises - teaching people with intellectual disabilities to be independent.

A court has ordered anti-whaling activist and environmentalist Paul Watson to remain in detention in Greenland, as authorities consider a request from Japan to extradite him on charges dating back more than a decade.

A National Geographic expedition which identified the largest coral in the world may also have inadvertently discovered the largest living animal ever recorded. 

In 1983 Cold Chisel played their final show at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, it would go down as one of the best concerts in history, a new series on SBS explores our favourite gigs. 

Can Australia avoid Donald Trump's tariff plans?

It's been described as one of the deadliest acts of public violence in China in decades. At least 35 people have been killed after a car rammed into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in the southern city of Zhuhai.