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Australians have become desensitised to reports of women and children being murdered and the government needs to drastic...
07/09/2026

Australians have become desensitised to reports of women and children being murdered and the government needs to drastically improve education to prevent it, according to a leading advocate against domestic abuse.

Rachael Lloyd, the chief executive of Lokahi Foundation, an NGO supporting women and child victims of domestic or family abuse, said misconceptions around abusive relationships continued to determine how women were treated.

Read the full story by Alanah Werner on our website (link in bio).
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Want to hear from your UTS council postgraduate candidates? Come along to the postgraduate candidate forum hosted and mo...
02/09/2026

Want to hear from your UTS council postgraduate candidates?

Come along to the postgraduate candidate forum hosted and moderated by Central News!

We’ll be kicking off from 6pm on Monday, 7th September, so scan the QR code and grab a ticket

Hope to see you all there!

AI could be used as a tool to strengthen democracy, giving politicians a greater ability to listen to the people who vot...
01/09/2026

AI could be used as a tool to strengthen democracy, giving politicians a greater ability to listen to the people who vote for them, according to a leading US expert.

Speaking at the Ultimo Institute’s first public event, Beth Simone Noveck, an author and world leading expert in democratic innovation and the future of AI, added that technology had evolved to better handle the information available to institutions.

Read the full story by Caitlin Young on our website (link in bio).
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Australia’s elite young basketball talent don’t have to go overseas to forge a successful career through the US college ...
26/08/2026

Australia’s elite young basketball talent don’t have to go overseas to forge a successful career through the US college system, according to UTS Basketball.

Announcing it was expanding ways in which local players are better supported to stay in Australia, head of program Paige Green said for many there were better opportunities to explore at home, including in the national University Basketball League (UBL), which has increasingly attracted the attention of scouts.

Read the full story by Charlie Gill on our website (link in bio).
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Pauline Hanson’s blacklisting of some media poses a democratic risk to Australia’s political system that could take the ...
26/08/2026

Pauline Hanson’s blacklisting of some media poses a democratic risk to Australia’s political system that could take the country down an authoritarian path, according to a leading academic and journalist.

In the One Nation leader’s address to the National Press Club in June, Hanson insulted Guardian reporter Sarah Martin for questioning her on the employment of her daughter to a political advisory role, labelling her a “trashy journalist” with an “obsession” with smearing One Nation.

Read the full story by Lucas Zhu on our website (link in bio).
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The quality of Australian political reporting is “shallow horse race coverage”, according to the launch editor for POLIT...
16/08/2026

The quality of Australian political reporting is “shallow horse race coverage”, according to the launch editor for POLITICO’s push into Canberra.

Ryan Heath, the former editorial director for global growth at the US news website, is set to launch the firm’s Canberra Playbook last Monday and has promised a new style of political reporting that will shake-up both Parliament House and the Australian media, and serve as a morning briefing to public servants and political staff.

Read the full story by Rodger Liang on our website (link in bio).
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The proliferation of online po*******hy is increasingly shaping negative views of women among young men, according to Au...
16/08/2026

The proliferation of online po*******hy is increasingly shaping negative views of women among young men, according to Australian s*x workers.

Among young people aged 16-20, 12 per cent of men compared to 1 per cent of women access po*******hy on a daily basis, according to Our Watch.

Read the full story by Amelia Crouch on our website (link in bio).
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15/08/2026

High school and university students have taken to the streets in a strike against Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party.

This follows a recent surge in support for One Nation, with students protesting what they say is the growing normalisation of the party’s positions on immigration, multiculturalism and LGBTQ+ issues.

An Indigenous rugby league team made up of members of the NSW Police has played its first match, as part of an initiativ...
13/08/2026

An Indigenous rugby league team made up of members of the NSW Police has played its first match, as part of an initiative to strengthen ties between the police and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

The Trackers made their debut on Saturday, going down to the Royal Australian Navy 16-4 at Allianz Stadium, after being presented with jerseys last week by NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon.

Read the full story by Mariam Sabih on or website (link in bio).
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UTS women’s and men’s basketballers have confidently predicted they will win their respective championships this season,...
12/08/2026

UTS women’s and men’s basketballers have confidently predicted they will win their respective championships this season, despite both sides being out of action for the past year.

The teams are set to return to the University Basketball League (UBL) next week where they will compete against 13 other Australian universities across a seven-week fixture.

Read the full story by Charlie Gill on our website (link in bio).
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