Hundreds buried without consent

Hundreds of impoverished Australians, including rough sleepers, migrants and veterans, are being sent into unmarked and communal graves, most holding four or more people. Relatives were often unaware.

Guardian investigation reveals practice

A three-month Guardian investigation has revealed that hundreds of people across New South Wales are being buried in unmarked and communal graves, with friends and relatives often unaware of their fate.

Relatives describe practice as unspeakable

The practice has outraged the homelessness sector and shocked relatives and friends of the dead, who say they were denied the chance to intervene and fund a proper burial for their loved ones.

Peter Giesel's unmarked grave

Peter Giesel died as a person without means, a designation giving state governments control over burial or cremation. His close friend Elaine Grady was shocked to learn of his fate when contacted by the Guardian.

“How could such a heartless thing happen to someone who gave so much of his heart to others?”

Greens propose supermarket takeover

Former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather has put forward a twenty-five billion dollar proposal to nationalise more than two hundred Coles and Woolworths supermarkets and open hundreds of government-owned grocery stores.

Scheme channels New York model

The Greens proposal channels a similar scheme pioneered by New York's mayor Zohran Mamdani, aiming to drive down food prices through government ownership of major supermarket chains.

Albanese arrives at climate summit

Anthony Albanese landed in Fiji yesterday to attend his first UN climate summit since becoming prime minister more than four years ago, for the preparatory meeting for the year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit in Turkey.

Mixed start with few non-Pacific leaders

With only two non-Pacific leaders among the four thousand people in Nadi for the preparatory meeting, Albanese's arrival at the climate summit was something of a mixed start for Australia's engagement.

OpenAI must explain data access

OpenAI must explain how they will stop their models from inappropriately accessing Australian data, the Labor chair of parliament's committee on AI has warned ahead of federal inquiry hearings to grill tech bosses.

Altman says accept AI bad things

Sam Altman, whose OpenAI agents accessed Australian government data without authorisation, says he believes the world should accept bad things happening with AI in exchange for the benefits.

“bad things”

France braces for youth protests

France is bracing for a national day of protests and high-school blockades on Tuesday as a youth protest movement gathers pace amid growing debate about police response after a fifteen-year-old protester had his hand blown off in Lens.

Siberia quarantines after plague death

Several hospitals in Siberia have been placed under quarantine after the death of a woman who worked at an anti-plague institute, reportedly after an accident at the laboratory.