Penny dropped by Trump cost cut
Stopping penny minting to save money sounds topsy-turvy but the US President’s plan to cut federal spending is real – here’s why Australia dropped its own small change and paper notes long ago
Stopping penny minting to save money sounds topsy-turvy but the US President’s plan to cut federal spending is real – here’s why Australia dropped its own small change and paper notes long ago
Political and tech industry leaders have joined forces in Paris at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit to ‘take back control’ of the revolutionary innovation changing civilisation as we know it
Australia’s newest sporting hero Jordan Mailata made history in the US as the Eagles shocked the sporting world by smashing the Chiefs in a huge Super Bowl win starring our first on-field winner
Australian farmers battle drought, floods, fire, invasive species and closed roads to get fruit and vegetables to the nation’s tables – here’s why fresh bananas are a luxury after north QLD floods
Famously competitive, Melbourne has doubled-down on its claim to be Australia’s sporting capital, after Victoria scored a big NBA coup that promises to blow young basketball fans away
A significant heritage site in Tasmania has become part of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, in the hope that the important stories of those who once lived there won’t be forgotten
The current generation of Aussie schoolkids have big dreams of what they’ll be when they grow up – but it’s not just AI fuelling the ambitions of these future teachers, doctors and mechanics
Donald Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ vision for war-ravaged Gaza left the world spinning, but the US President’s past life as a property developer gave cartoonist Mark Knight an idea
As the touring asteroid first spotted after Boxing Day safely zooms away from Earth on the next leg of its four-year orbit, the global agency that assesses asteroid risk will keep monitoring its travels
With an extra boost from his favourite US basketball team the iconic Harlem Globetrotters, Hudson Nicholas, who lives with cerebral palsy, is set to scale Australia’s highest peak for charity
Colombia has landed a fresh blow against its main rival in the legal storm surrounding the ‘Holy Grail’ San José shipwreck, with billions in sunken treasure up for grabs in coordinates mismatch
An artwork faithfully modelled on a classic Porsche race car has sold for triple the price of the real thing – what would you pay?
Executive orders signed by American President Donald Trump hours after his Jan 20 inauguration include changing place names to more US-centric options – with Google Maps already on board
World leaders and European royals gathered for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of World War II as Holocaust survivors recounted anti-Semitic atrocities
Two budding newshounds have been named Junior Journalists of the Year after Kids News judges were wowed by thought-provoking submissions on AI and robotics plus domestic violence
As a child he built his own radio, as a teenager he built his own car, as an adult he opened Adelaide’s first ever motel – and despite being 107, Colin Wagener doesn’t feel a day over 90
A world-first reform establishing 16 as the minimum legal age to use social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook has passed both Houses of Parliament in Australia
A giant inflatable Bluey was the star of the show at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – but because of a last minute emergency, the loveable blue heeler almost didn’t make it
While climate change and mental health are big issues facing young Australians, a new survey shows there’s another massive problem that’s troubling teens the most
The tragic loss of Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles this past week was felt around the nation, as captured in cartoonist Mark Knight’s poignant picture of youth and beauty