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Australians will no longer be hit with card surcharges from 1 October. What will the ban mean for you? By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter Fees on Visa, Mastercard, and Eftpos payments will be banned – but what does it mean for retailers, rewards programs and consumers? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/australians-will-no-longer-be-hit-with-card-surcharges-from-1-october-what-will-the-ban-mean-for-you #Business #Creditcardfees #Banking #Bankcharges #Australianeconomy #Australianews #ReserveBankofAustralia #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

Anthropic to build $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/16/anthropic-lands-31bn-datacentre-deal-in-western-queensland #AI(artificialintelligence) #RuralandregionalAustralia #Datacentres-Australia #Queenslandpolitics #DavidCrisafulli #Australianews #Queensland #Technology #Anthropic #Computing #Business #Business #Energy

Archibald prize 2026: portrait of Jewish leader after Bondi terror attack wins people’s choice award https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/30/archibald-prize-2026-portrait-of-jewish-leader-after-bondi-terror-attack-wins-peoples-choice-award #Archibaldprize2026 #Archibaldprize #Australianews #Artanddesign #Painting #Culture #Art

Anthony Fauci’s diaries take aim at News Corp journalist Sharri Markson’s ‘nonsense’ Covid-19 investigation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/anthony-faucis-diaries-take-aim-at-news-corp-journalist-sharri-marksons-nonsense-covid-19-investigation #Infectiousdiseases #NewsCorporation #Australianmedia #Medicalresearch #Australianews #AnthonyFauci #Coronavirus #Science #Media #China

Family of Indigenous man who died in custody launch legal action over decision not to charge police #AustraliaNews #IndigenousRights #LegalAction #JusticeForKumanjayiWhite #PoliceAccountability https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/27/family-of-indigenous-man-who-died-in-custody-launch-legal-action-over-decision-not-to-charge-police-ntwnfb

Protesters launch high court challenge to Queensland ban on ‘from the river to the sea’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/27/protesters-launch-high-court-challenge-to-queensland-ban-on-from-the-river-to-the-sea-ntwnfb #Queenslandpolitics #Australianlaw #Australianews #Antisemitism #Queensland

British YouTuber Yung Filly fronts Australian court over rape allegations https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/yung-filly-australia-court-youtuber-rape-allegations-ntwnfb #CrimeAustralia #WesternAustralia #AustraliaNews

WA police facial recognition trial launches with a real-time arrest – and backlash over privacy By Ima Caldwell Live video feeds can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles. But critics fear false alerts, algorithmic bias and ‘function creep’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/western-australia-police-real-time-facial-recognition-trial-privacy-ntwnfb #Australianpoliceandpolicing #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Privacy #Surveillance #TheGuardian #ImaCaldwell

Australian and NZ safety assurances about asbestos in play sand were based on supplier’s own assessment By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter ACCC updates some recall notices to say products ‘may cause risk to health’, contrary to previous claims https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/play-sand-asbestos-safety-assurances-australia-nz-based-on-supplier-assessment #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #Health #Asbestos #Consumeraffairs #Children #Australianews #NewZealand #Toys #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/18/the-impossible-choices-of-a-deadly-wildfire-season #Wildfires #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis #Firefighters #AirPollution #Spain #France #Canada #AustraliaNews #Indonesia #WorldNews #UkNews #Europe #Environment

Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the rise of illicit tobacco By Melissa Davey Medical editor Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years ago https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/17/smoking-rate-australia-historic-low-illicit-tobacco #Health #Smoking #Australianews #Tobaccoindustry #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor

As an Australian Jew who publicly supports Palestinian freedom, I’m targeted by my own community – and neo-Nazis | Sarah Schwartz https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/02/url-royal-commission-antisemitism-jewish-australian-supporting-palestinian-freedom-sarah-schwartz-ntwnfb #RoyalCommissionOnAntisemitismAndSocialCohesion #Antisemitism #AustraliaNews #Judaism #Holocaust #Israel #IsraelgazaWar #Religion #HumanRights

Like being ‘stabbed in the back’: abuse survivors left without trials after Christian Brothers’ unprecedented legal tactic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/01/like-being-stabbed-in-the-back-abuse-survivors-left-without-trials-after-christian-brothers-unprecedented-legal-tactic-ntwnfb #Australianews #Australianlaw #Christianity #Catholicism

Pauline Hanson makes clear what a One Nation government would be like – it’s an ugly picture https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/17/pauline-hanson-press-club-speech-one-nation-government-ugly-picture-ntwnfb #Australianpolitics #PaulineHanson #Australianews #OneNation