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Intergenerational report underplays effect of climate crisis on Australia’s future, experts say

One academic says prediction for 2066 ‘is negligent in ignoring the economic damage’ on the horizon

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An Australian government snapshot of life in 40 years has been sharply criticised for underplaying the economic and social damage expected due to the worsening climate crisis.

The government’s seventh intergenerational report, which projects out to 2066, finds the effects of global heating four decades from now are “highly uncertain”, pointing to the pace of the global energy transition as a key source of unpredictability.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/22/intergenerational-report-underplays-effect-climate-crisis-on-australia-future-2066

Australia news live: Taylor says Bragg’s idea to use super to secure mortgages is ‘not Coalition policy’

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Jim Chalmers was also asked earlier if the government would support a national royal commission into violence against women and children. He said the government had chosen to increase resourcing for child and family violence and domestic violence, adding to the ABC:

We’re trying to deal with the sources of all of this violence, whether it be more security in the housing system, whether it be the monetised misogyny that we see online - there are a whole range of factors feeding in here.

We do acknowledge that all of this violence is obviously entirely unacceptable. It’s horrific in every way. That’s why we’ve increased the resources and that’s why we all need to do better to do everything we can to make a difference here.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/22/anthony-albanese-new-york-united-nations-intergenerational-report-coalition-one-nation-ntwnfb

Political fight over gun buyback after boy, 11, shot in the face and neck in Sydney apartment

Police don’t know if shooting was accidental as Labor attacks opposition vow to scrap gun buyback announced after Bondi massacre

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The shooting of an 11-year-old boy in Sydney’s north-west was a “tragic reminder” of the danger of guns, the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has said while the opposition defends “backflipping” on a gun buyback.

The child was transported to Westmead Children’s hospital in a critical condition on Monday evening after suffering gunshot wounds to his face and neck at a unit in Norwest, NSW police said.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/22/boy-11-shot-face-sydney-man-charged-gun-laws-buyback-ntwnfb

Trump’s decision to ban journalists from the White House - and One Nation’s actions - shows why Australia urgently needs a media freedom bill | Peter Greste

Australians can’t afford to be complacent - Pauline Hanson also thinks it’s OK to shut out reporters she doesn’t like

No politician loves journalists. The relationship between media and governments has always been fractious, combative, resentful and at times downright hostile. But that is how it is meant to be. Governments wield power; media monitor and report on it.

That dynamic is critical to any functioning democracy. Formal checks and balances will only go so far in exposing abuses of power, so the system requires vigorous, professional and independent individuals devoted to investigating and reporting how governments behave. It isn’t always pretty but it has been an essential component of every effective modern democracy.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/22/australia-media-freedom-bill-one-nation-trump-white-house-ban-ntwnfb

Former cop Beau Lamarre-Condon argues self-defence in double murder trial citing struggle over gun

Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting Jesse Baird, 26, and his partner, 29-year-old Luke Davies, with police service weapon in 2024

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A former police officer claims he killed two men in self-defence and began cleaning up the crime scene because he “panicked”, a Sydney court has heard.

Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting 26-year-old Jesse Baird and his partner, Luke Davies, 29, with a police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024.

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‘Short on substance’: Albanese urges climate action on world stage - but advocates say Australia failing on fossil fuels

Prime minister says ‘climate security is the new national security’ in keynote speech in New York

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Australia understands the dangers of global heating and the urgency of climate action as much as any other country, Anthony Albanese has said in a keynote speech shortly before the United Nations general assembly.

Giving the opening address at a Climate Week event in New York on Monday, the prime minister said Australians had experienced the impact of climate breakdown up close with a series of disastrous bushfires and floods in the past decades.

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Australia’s economic challenges are mounting as deaths start to outnumber births. But ‘baby bonus’ policies would be pointless | Nicki Hutley

Slower overall economic growth doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It is the quality of that growth that matters

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Politicians are frequently accused of short-termism, so Australia’s intergenerational report (IGR) is unusual in projecting the big trends affecting the economy, and in particular the federal budget, over a 40-year horizon.

The former treasurer Peter Costello introduced the concept of the IGR, now in its seventh edition, shortly after the millennium. The idea was to garner support for budget reforms given the challenges that were coming with an ageing population and a shrinking number of workers needed to support them. Oh, for the good old days when the “boomer bulge” appeared to be the most significant budgetary problem that we faced.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/22/australia-intergenerational-report-2026-economy-birth-rate-baby-bonus

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Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort - but it’s happening around Australia anyway

Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced a bill to prohibit the practice in Australian prisons that advocates say violates the human rights of both mother and child

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“She was pregnant with twins,” Tahlia Isaac says. “She was meant to be released in 10 days, but she went into labour early.”

Isaac says officers handcuffed her fellow prisoner in the back of a van and took her away.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/22/pregnant-prisoners-handcuffed-during-birth-lidia-thorpe-shackling-australia-ntwnfb

Paramount to Settle States’ Lawsuit, Clearing Way for Warner Bros. Merger
By resolving a lawsuit filed by a group of states, the media mogul David Ellison removed the last major hurdle he faced in buying Warner Bros. Discovery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/business/paramount-warner-bros-ellison.html

What Is the White House Press Pool, and Why Did It Suspend TV Coverage of Trump?
By barring CNN, the White House has thrown a staple of TV news coverage into disarray.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/business/white-house-press-pool-trump.html

Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom
Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/business/ai-data-center-ipos.html

This Is the Thinking Behind Trump’s Puzzling Foreign Policy
What is “civilizationism”?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/opinion/trump-intellectuals-western-civilization.html

Technical Problems Ground Flights at Major East Coast Airports
The incident revived concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration’s aging air traffic control infrastructure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/east-coast-flights-ground-stop-communication-failure.html

Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Zaidi Vows to Disarm Iran-backed Militias
Ali al-Zaidi is a political neophyte hoping to succeed where previous leaders failed. In an interview, he laid out an ambitious timeline that could prove hard to meet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/world/middleeast/iraq-prime-minister-interview-disarm-militias.html

An Unused and Divisive Philippine Nuclear Plant Awaits Its Fate
The Filipino government is exploring nuclear power options to guard against global energy shocks. One proposal is to switch on a plant in Bataan that has been mothballed for 40 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/world/asia/philippines-bataan-nuclear-power-plant.html

Trump and Xi Meet Amid an Uneasy U.S.-China Trade Truce
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/business/economy/trump-xi-china-trade.html

Are A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human?
A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/science/ai-anthropomorphism-consciousness.html

U.N. Seeks Relevance on A.I. as the U.S. and China Race Ahead
Artificial intelligence is a race solely between two rival powers with the rest of the world largely on the sidelines, foreign policy experts said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/politics/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-china-us.html

Republicans Enter Final Midterm Stretch With a Significant Financial Edge
The party and its allies are currently set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on advertising than Democrats are, giving Republicans some hope in a tough midterm environment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/politics/republicans-midterm-fundraising-maga-inc-trump.html

At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love
The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/world/asia/bollywood-india-gulzar.html

College Sports Bill Prompts Clash Among Senators, Including Some Ex-Athletes
Lawmakers are applying their experiences on the playing field to the debate over a measure that would impose big changes to college athletics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/senate-protect-college-sports-bill.html

He Was The Times’s Moscow Chief. My Grandmother Was His Censor.
Somehow the story got through.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/opinion/gessen-censorship-nyt-175.html

It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb
In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/politics/amazon-drone-delivery-texas.html