Cost of fast fashion is too high
Letters

Cost of fast fashion is too high

Clothing is responsible for 10 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions – more than cement or steel,and way more than aviation – not to mention a mountain of landfill. If we are to reach net zero emissions,we must all take our cue from these girls and recycle what’s in our wardrobes.

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Why boxing has a better record on concussions than the footy codes
Letters

Why boxing has a better record on concussions than the footy codes

The football codes,on the other hand,continue to deny scientific findings and to promote full contact versions of their sports for young children.

Boxing has a blind spot when it comes to concussions
Letters

Boxing has a blind spot when it comes to concussions

The recent Tim Tszyu-Sebastian Fundora fight,much hyped by the media,developed into a bloodbath,serving only to prove that professional boxing on which so many promoters,agents and other hangers-on sponge livings,is a decadent activity.

Three key reasons why the Steve Jackson hiring matters
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Police

Three key reasons why the Steve Jackson hiring matters

It takes a special kind of incompetence to drag your government into another “jobs for the boys” scandal.

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Pope soldiers on through Easter Sunday after skipping Good Friday ‘to preserve health’
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Catholic church

Pope soldiers on through Easter Sunday after skipping Good Friday ‘to preserve health’

Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass,leading some 30,000 people in a flower-decked St Peter’s Square.

  • byNicole Winfield
Police crack down on speeding,drink driving amid Easter road safety blitz
Road safety

Police crack down on speeding,drink driving amid Easter road safety blitz

During the first two days of the long weekend,Queensland police detected more than 100 drink drivers,150 drug drivers and issued almost 1000 speeding tickets.

  • byCourtney Kruk
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‘This is my first good crop in 50 years’:cockatoos the key to Beverley’s success
Agriculture

‘This is my first good crop in 50 years’:cockatoos the key to Beverley’s success

Fruit and nut production is on the rise after 2023’s damaging storms.

  • byAngus Dalton
After Jesus died on the cross,Christianity triumphed
Religion

After Jesus died on the cross,Christianity triumphed

After the first Easter,faith became the most enduring legacy of classical antiquity.

  • byBarney Zwartz
Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter,Vatican says
Vatican City

Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter,Vatican says

His last-minute decision to stay home this year recalled the Good Friday that St John Paul II famously watched from the Apostolic Palace just before he died in 2005.

  • byNicole Winfield,Andrew Medichini andAritz Parra
King praises ‘hand of friendship in time of need’ in Easter message
Royal family

King praises ‘hand of friendship in time of need’ in Easter message

Charles missed a traditional service,but recorded his first public address since his daughter-in-law,Catherine,revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer.

  • byMichael Holden
Girl,8,sole survivor as 45 killed after bus plunges down ravine in South Africa
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Tragedy

Girl,8,sole survivor as 45 killed after bus plunges down ravine in South Africa

The passenger bus was transporting Easter worshippers from Botswana,a landlocked country in Southern Africa,to Moria,a town in Limpopo.

  • byGerald Imray