18 August 2026
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19 August 2026
Community leaders say growing homelessness is linked to stricter emergency housing rules, with about a third of emergency housing applications to the Ministry of Social Development being declined each month, RNZ reports. This editorial would probe whether recent rule changes are pushing vulnerable people onto the streets, examine the balance between eligibility controls and urgent humanitarian need, and consider practical reforms — from reversing damaging eligibility thresholds to boosting supply of affordable and supported housing — that would relieve pressure on families and communities.
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People on low incomes and families in crisis are directly affected because rising declines of emergency housing applications mean more households are left without immediate shelter (RNZ).
18 August 2026
Former Bombers star tops list of One Nation candidates news24. com. au
18 August 2026
The move would reduce affordability and security problems for renters across the country.
19 August 2026
Effects of global heating in NT worsened by ‘dangerous and fire-promoting buffel grass’, expert says Low soil moisture has also led to elevated fire risk for parts of New South Wales, including some areas that were badly burned during the black summer fires, and south-east Queensland as an El Niño system continues to strengthen in the country’s south-east.
19 August 2026
The trial's outcome could help reshape Facebook and Instagram, and leave Meta with billions of dollars to pay in penalties.
19 August 2026
During the incident a cable was severed, causing signalling faults which required train services in the capital to be suspended while emergency repairs were undertaken.
19 August 2026
A 26-day deep sea expedition in the Cook Islands by a United States scientific agency has uncovered new information about marine life and seabed minerals within the country's EEZ.
