Simon Atkinson
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- Sep 17, 2026
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics: The Fitzroy River in Queensland, Australia has 500 crocodiles in it - but that's not the main concern (opens the original)
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The annual rowing regatta for schools in the Australian state of Queensland usually passes off without too much attention. Each year more than 600 of the state's most promising teenage rowers battle it out on the crocodile-inhabited Fitzroy River, in the city of Rockhampton. "We've never had any media wanting to attend here," Anthea O'Loughlin, head of Rowing Queensland, tells the BBC. But this year is different. In six years' time, the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics are set to stage row
NFL in Melbourne: Can American football win Australians over? (opens the original)
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An oval ball, in September, in Melbourne usually means just one thing - the business end of the Australian rules football (AFL) season. But on Friday, at the unsportingly early time of 7am, 100,000 people will begin filing into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for a very un-Australian sporting spectacle - American football. The LA Rams take on the San Francisco 49ers in their opening National Football League (NFL) fixture, the first time the country has hosted a meaningful, non-exhibition regu
Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation (opens the original)
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Australians would be able to switch off social media algorithms under draft legislation to be proposed this week. Communications Minister Anika Wells, who last year helmed the government's world-first social media ban for under-16s, said the digital duty of care laws would ensure "some basic safety protections on an industry that hasn't had to observe it". If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties, she s
Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts (opens the original)
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Songs that are largely or wholly created by AI have been banned from Australia's music charts. From this week, all releases must be "substantially human made" to be eligible. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) said the new code would help "promote the human nature of artistry". It follows a controversy around a cover of Madonna's Like A Prayer by Australian DJ Josh Fawaz which recently topped the ARIA dance singles chart and peaked at number 2 on the country's overall chart. Th
Peter Falconio: Australian police reveal previously unseen photos 25 years after backpacker murder (opens the original)
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Police in Australia have released previously unseen photographs from their investigation into the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio 25 years ago. Falconio, from Huddersfield, was shot on a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow Creek, about 186 miles (300km) north of Alice Springs on 14 July 2001. His body has never been found and police hope the images could jog memories that could lead to a tip-off. His killer, Bradley Murdoch, died of throat cancer aged
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