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Outback prisoners say 'Mars mission' program helps get them ready for life post-release

The Life Beyond program is providing inmates at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison with critical opportunities, using a theoretical mars mission as the backdrop.

2024-07-17 20:19

Donald Trump and the gathering darkness threatening U.S. politics

In America, we resolve our differences at the ballot box … not with bullets. The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin. So said the US president, Joe Biden, in an Oval Office address to…

2024-07-17 10:39

Obsession with extreme weather has a deep underlying psychology

At first glance, the 2024 remake movie Twisters contains many of the ingredients of the 1996 original, which starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton: a catastrophic and rare weather event, the urgency to use new technology to understand it, and central characters …

2024-07-17 10:27

SA's newly approved battery will be more than three times the size of famous 'Tesla battery'

The South Australian government has approved the Limestone Coast Energy Park project, which promises to be the biggest one in the state, eclipsing Tesla's 150MW battery.

2024-07-17 05:35

Cane toads have almost conquered the width of the country. This 'waterless barrier' could stop them

A bevy of small mammals and lizards could find themselves on the endangered species list if cane toads got into the Pilbara. A bold plan could prevent the biodiversity disaster, but more money is needed to fund the project before toads reach the coast in 2026…

2024-07-16 19:30

The WA Liberals have a mountain to climb to win government. These are the seats that will get them started

The WA Liberal party needs to win back the once ultra-safe blue seats that went to Labor last time if it is to become a respectably sized opposition — let alone form government. How many can they claw back?

2024-07-14 21:15

Passengers pack first train ride to Yanchep in Perth's north, but ride did not come cheap

WA's Premier and Treasurer are among the first passengers to ride the 15-kilometre railway extension covering three new train stations in Perth's north — Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep — on Sunday.

2024-07-14 04:25

'It's such a human thing': How screen composers are fighting to protect their craft against artificial intelligence

Would you choose to listen to music that's been made by a computer? Screen music composers say they risk being pushed out of their industry without better regulations around the use of artificial intelligence in sound generation.

2024-07-14 00:04

Maggie Beer’s aged care eating mission is feel-good TV – but is it a recipe for real change?

Making meals more appealing and giving aged care residents more choice, sounds simple enough. But you need the right ingredients to make it work on a wide scale.

2024-07-09 03:38

Robyn was jailed for the murder of her husband. Now she works as a domestic violence consultant

After enduring years of abuse, and then years in prison, Robyn Westgate now runs a training program which aims to reduce domestic violence.

2024-07-08 21:00