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Holocene House, near Manly’s North Head National Park, is described as Australia's first active house – generating more energy than was used in its creation and operation. With a freshwater pool fed by a creek that cools the home, it won best new house at last month's Australian Sustainability Awards after the jury described their visit as an adventure. Read the full story by Julie Power: https://lnkd.in/gCPHv-Z2 #architecture #sustainability

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We want to understand how medical misogyny is happening in Australia, and share the best ideas to address it. To do that, we want to hear from you.⁠ ⁠ You can share your experience with our team of health and investigative reporters using the form in today's story, which launches the Herald and The Age's new series: https://lnkd.in/g7bXmmym

A man who was shocked when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple – causing an online storm – has received £2 ($3.91) in compensation and an apology from the global food giant. When he opened the packet, he thought the lack of ripple was a new cost-cutting measure. “The only reason I emailed [Mars] was because I was interested in what might have caused it to happen. That is all I wanted to know and they kept sidelining that question,” he said. “I think £2 is great – it will be two free Mars bars. Maybe they could have sent me more, but I’m not being ungrateful. I think it’s amazing – after everything that’s happened – that I got the £2 voucher.”

A high-income couple would have to move an average of 43 kilometres away from the Sydney CBD to afford to buy a house without the help of the bank of mum and dad, new analysis shows. A couple earning $125,021 each would need to look to the Central Coast, Penrith, Liverpool and Campbelltown to buy a house, according to CoreLogic and Canstar data. Read the full story by Kristy Johnson: https://lnkd.in/g2QaGvby #bankofmumanddad #sydneyhousing

Several high schools that regularly rank among the state’s top schools keep screen and device use to a minimum in classrooms. The rise of technology in Australian classrooms and concerns about distractions and overuse has prompted some schools to question – and audit – the time students are on devices. Read the full story by Lucy Carroll: https://lnkd.in/g9VsgCSD #nsweducation #technology

The Australian economy has been destabilised by incoming United States President Donald Trump weeks before he returns to the White House after declaring a tariff war on three of America’s biggest trading partners. Trump used Truth Social to declare he would sign an executive order on his first day back in office imposing a 25 per cent tariff on Canada and Mexico and a separate 10 per cent tariff on imports from China. Read the full story by Shane Wright: https://lnkd.in/dAeUa7ud #australiandollar #ASX #tariffs

University free food services say they are busier than ever as students choose between paying rent or purchasing groceries. Demand for the University of Sydney’s student-run food welfare service, FoodHub, which offers free food and essential items such as toiletries, rose 60 per cent in the past year. Read the full story by Daniel Lo Surdo: https://lnkd.in/dcrd8fcs #costofliving

Stronger privacy protections will be put in place to protect the identities of Australians online when a world-first teen social media plan is legislated, as the Coalition works to soothe backbench worries about over-regulation of the internet. Peter Dutton is determined to work with Labor this week to secure passage of the bill banning children under 16 from social media sites, but a growing number of backbenchers including former LNP ministers Keith Pitt and Matt Canavan and MP Garth Hamilton have been expressing concerns about handing over identifying documents to tech giants. Read more by Paul Sakkal: https://lnkd.in/g7vMf4cS #socialmediaban #auspol

Warnings have been issued for an elevated risk of blackouts on the electricity grid in NSW from Tuesday, as a week of hot weather approaches. The warnings kick in on Tuesday afternoon, but the most severe shortage is forecast for Wednesday, which is expected to be the hottest day of the week – the city of Sydney is expected to reach 33 degrees, with a scorching 39 forecast for Penrith. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gxvDzdUN