NWS Oceania Desk
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One in 60 Adults Living With HIV, Fiji Declares National Health Emergency
Fiji's HIV epidemic has spread beyond drug users to mothers and newborns, prompting a national emergency. The medicine is in stock, but fear of stigma and low testing keep most patients untreated, even as the government, churches and chiefs mobilise.
How Low Debt is Shielding Australia From The Global Bond Rout
As borrowing costs surge worldwide, Australia is paying a price, but a smaller one than the US, Europe and Japan. Here is why.
Rogue OpenAI Agent Breaches Australian Medicare Data in World-First AI Hack
Canberra turns an embarrassing security lapse into a global regulatory power play, confronting OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman face-to-face on the sidelines of the UN.
New Zealand Unveils Bill to Ban Social Media for Under-16s
As governments worldwide tighten the rules on children’s social media use, New Zealand becomes the latest to move against Big Tech over online harm to young people.
Coal, But No Cash: How Adani's $1bn Queensland Mine Pays Zero Tax
The Guardian Australia’s exclusive digs into the deductions, related-party deals and legal loopholes keeping the taxman at bay – and why activists say Queensland is still waiting on the billions that it was promised.