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Daily Brief - 2026-08-11

The Brief · Aug 11

From aviation to baking, from grief to growth, Australia reshapes its future amid shrinking windows for change.

- A 42-year pilot ditched aviation to pursue baking, rejecting the industry's fuel consumption during a climate crisis.

- Sydney will demolish seven buildings for a 4,200 square-metre civic plaza with native trees and water features by 2031.

- A Sydney author turned from fiction to memoir after loss, finding her voice through grief and European travels.

- Some 15.5 million Australians have failed to name a death beneficiary for their superannuation.

- Coral cover expanded across 28 per cent of surveyed reefs, though disturbance events are quickening in frequency.

- Treating maternal anxiety prevents anxiety disorders developing in daughters by age eight, research shows.

- Federal agencies are committing approximately $2 billion to multi-year Microsoft contracts through reseller partnerships.

- Josh Weddle conceded the same goal three times in three minutes against Kai Lohmann during Brisbane's scoring surge.

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