Endangered turtles ‘at risk’ from gas drilling; Jacinda Ardern’s Sydney job; and Star Trek actor dies

Source: The Guardian Australia · 2026-10-26T19:55:33.000Z · Education

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Politics, really newsletter . Morning everyone. Our exclusive top story reveals that the environment watchdog has warned about the threat to coral and wildlife posed by Woodside’s plan to develop a gasfield off the Western Australian coast – piling pressure on state and federal ministers to reject the project. Jacinda Ardern will start lecturing in leadership and social cohesion at the University of Sydney this week, Australians have been warned to prepare for outages to online services, all you need to know about today’s election in Israel, and why Anthony LaPaglia fell out with Quentin Tarantino. ‘Thoughtful teacher’ | The former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern will lecture and mentor at the University of Sydney from this week , focusing on empathic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust based in the university’s school of public health. Exclusive | Woodside Energy’s plan to drill for gas off Western Australia’s north-west coast could significantly damage “exceptional” coral reefs and it may be impossible to reduce the risk of an oil spill to an acceptable level, according to advice from the state’s independent environmental watchdog. Security warning | Australians should prepare for more basic and important online services to go offline unexpectedly, the Australian Signals Directorate has warned , urging that “system security must be prioritised over system availability”. ‘Vindictive’ attack | The Queensland government has been accused of using public money in a “vindictive” attack on one of its chief critics after it stripped funding from a 45-year-old community legal centre for children. Fatal floods | A man’s body has been found in flood waters in Queensland after an unusual weather system that delivered multiple storms and a days-long deluge to parts of the country. Continue reading...

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