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News live: rumblings of a spill after Sussan Ley’s Coalition splits; Australian actors among Oscar nominees

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Kangaroos’ giant ancestor probably able to hop despite 250kg weight, scientists say

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‘Manosphere’ influencers pushing testosterone tests are convincing healthy young men there is something wrong with them, study finds

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Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds

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Silence marks moment of sorrow as Australians mourn victims of Bondi terror attack

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A bid to clean up shipping industry intensified a coral bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef, study says

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Sussan Ley just outlasted the Liberal party’s shortest serving leader. But will she survive another milestone?

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Three people dead after shooting in NSW town as police urge locals to stay inside

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Heatwave and fire warnings as parts of Victoria expected to approach ‘all-time maximum record’ temperatures

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Sussan Ley’s leadership all but over after Coalition split, senior Liberals say

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Queensland PhD candidate accused of plotting to firebomb Australia Day event wanted AI-driven society, court hears

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Children cook meals for needy and mourners lay wreaths for Bondi attack victims on national day of mourning

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Australian shares shoot up after Trump walks back tariff threat

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Jim Chalmers says Canadian PM’s ‘stunning’ denunciation of Trump is being widely discussed in Australian government

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‘Land back’: colonial monuments destroyed and vandalised in Melbourne’s Flagstaff gardens

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Colin Hay ‘strenuously disapproves’ use of Down Under at March for Australia rallies

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OECD calls on Australia to raise GST and increase affordable housing amid budget deficit

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Offshore gambling operators using Australian Open to promote illegal services

Wed

Australia news live: Coalition in crisis as Nationals resign en masse; hot weather on the way for long weekend

Wed

Hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest known rock art

Wed

‘Serious mistake’: there’s no benefit for Australia in joining Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’ – only risk

Wed

Australians to perform acts of kindness on national day of mourning for Bondi terror attack victims

Wed

Gen Xers the new baby boomers: analysis identifies Australia’s richest landholders by generation

Wed

Sydney Water blames food outlets for illegally adding to fatberg. But restaurants say ‘if it’s a problem, it’s their problem’

Wed

Mass walkout of shadow cabinet is only latest chapter in Nationals’ chaotic decline

Wed

Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offence under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens warn

Wed

Tight spot: cheapest spray takes first place in Choice stain remover test

Wed

‘Outrageous’: EPA backs WA fracking project that may add up to 2.6% to Australia’s emissions

Wed

Teenage girl wearing jersey with Palestinian flag refused entry to Sydney A-League game

Wed

‘Shattered’ parents of Canadian backpacker found dead on K’gari island mourn adventurous daughter

Wed

New poo balls on Sydney beaches after revelation of huge fatberg stuck in treatment plant

Wed

Nationals frontbenchers who crossed floor on hate speech vote say Sussan Ley to decide their fate

Wed

Family of 12-year-old Sydney Harbour shark attack victim prepare for ‘worst possible outcome’

Wed

A stooge in the US Fed could blow out inflation in Australia – but Trump is unlikely to get his way

Wed

Australia news live: Labor’s hate speech laws pass the Senate; experts warn research gap on NDIS tool could lead to ‘tragedies’

Tue

NDIS tool to determine support not tested on variety of disability types – including diverse autism, experts warn

Tue

Dame Marie Bashir, former NSW governor and distinguished psychiatrist, dies age 95

Tue

Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores?

Tue

Parents of police killed in Wieambilla urge gun buyback as Queensland set to reject federal scheme

Tue

Aurora australis set to light up Australian sky as agencies monitor ‘severe solar storm’

Tue

NSW protest restrictions extended for parts of Sydney with Invasion Day march set to proceed in CBD

Tue

Campsites closed as police investigate possible dingo link to death of Canadian on Australian tourist island K’gari

Tue

NSW inquiry chair says ‘globalise the intifada’ should be banned while Jewish groups want other phrases prohibited

Tue

PM condemns ‘antisemitic hate incident’ after Nazi slogans allegedly yelled at Jewish boys in Melbourne

Tue

Ebike ‘swarms’ descend on roads and parks across Australia as meet-ups gather pace

Tue

Surfer attacked by shark on NSW’s mid-north coast in fourth incident in 48 hours

Tue

‘We’re really close’: Labor’s hate speech laws expected to pass as negotiations with opposition continue

Tue

Australia’s largest coal power plant to operate an extra two years to support national grid

Mon

Politics live: hate group listing would give home affairs ‘way too much power’, Canavan says; IMF forecasts Australia to experience ‘drawn-out’ inflation

Mon

Debt collector hired to chase unpaid taxes for the ATO pays zero corporate tax itself

Mon

Incoming NT administrator insulted PM and claimed First Nations people ‘main group’ behind crime

Mon

Man in critical condition after third Sydney shark attack in two days

Mon

Woman found dead on popular Australian tourist island K’gari

Mon

‘We could see the glow and smell the smoke’: residents warned as fires burn south of Adelaide

Mon

Labor and Coalition on track to achieve deal on hate speech laws

Mon

‘A home left quieter, clothes still hanging in wardrobes’: Dreyfus becomes emotional amid tributes to Bondi terror attack victims

Mon

Albanese considers Trump’s invitation to join Gaza ‘board of peace’ despite concerns body may undermine UN

Mon

Parents of Matilda, victim of Bondi terror attack, would like footbridge to be painted yellow in daughter’s honour

Mon

Australian billionaires increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day on average over last year, report shows

Mon

Sydney harbour shark attack: police warn against swimming and say heavy rain created ‘perfect storm’ before boy bitten

Sun

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds review – an electrifying crescendo of faith, fury and fragile joy

Sun

Australia news live: Marles ‘welcomes’ Trump’s invitation to join ‘board of peace’; parliament returns to debate hate speech and gun control laws

Sun

SA premier ‘fundamentally opposed’ Randa Abdel-Fattah appearing at Adelaide writers’ week, letter to board shows

Sun

Boy fighting for life after being bitten by shark at Nielsen Park in Sydney’s east

Sun

‘Disappointed’ Jewish leaders call for compromise on hate speech laws after Labor backs down on bill

Sun

Australia news live: woman dead in powerful storm as landslide and flood warnings issued for Sydney

Sat

What happens to accidental heroes when the headlines fade? ‘You get your award and then there’s nothing’

Sat

Damien Martyn declares ‘I’m back!’ after leaving hospital following meningitis

Sat

Filipino migrant worker’s death in NSW referred to federal police

Sat

Sydney awaits ‘soggiest weekend of summer’ as Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings

Fri

Police shoot dead man armed with bow and arrow in NSW

Fri

Australia news live: court challenge over Melbourne stop-and-search powers continues

Thu

‘Not regulated’: launch of ChatGPT Health in Australia causes concern among experts

Thu

British indie band Pulp agree to play Adelaide festival after boycott u-turn

Thu

More than 4.7m social media accounts blocked after Australia’s under-16 ban came into force, PM says

Thu

Future of Bondi footbridge on hold after council agrees to consider options

Thu

Person taken to hospital after ingesting hand sanitiser supplied by Australia’s largest privately owned hotel chain

Thu

Jewish American columnist Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from 2024 Adelaide writers’ week over ‘timing’

Thu

Flash flooding hits Victoria’s Great Ocean Road as cars washed out to sea

Thu

‘Dangerous’ pipe bombs found detonated on Canberra footpaths, police say

Thu

Adelaide festival apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to participate in 2027 writers’ week

Thu

Stunned Albanese says Coalition ‘playing politics’ as Ley calls hate speech reforms ‘pretty unsalvageable’

Thu

Australia news live: data hack on Victorian public schools; SA premier defends criticism of Randa Abdel-Fattah

Jan 14

Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site

Jan 14

Australian chapter of Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has no plans to disband before Labor’s hate speech laws

Jan 14

What Australian sport can learn from queer ice hockey hit Heated Rivalry

Jan 14

A Day with David Bowie: how a visit to a psychiatric clinic changed him – and his music

Jan 14

Australia exposed Iranian asylum seeker to torture on Manus, UN says

Jan 14

Senior Liberals urge colleagues to vote against Labor’s hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

Jan 14

Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s

Jan 14

Craig Silvey’s books pulled from WA and Victoria curriculums after child exploitation material charges

Jan 14

Randa Abdel-Fattah threatens defamation action against South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas

Jan 14

Labor considering extending new hate speech protections to LGBTQ+ Australians and religious groups

Jan 14

Islamic prayer hall permanently closes after controversial cleric comes under scrutiny following Bondi terror attack

Jan 14

Man accused of making threats against MP says he stands for ‘Team Australia’ after court appearance

Jan 14

Exiled gangland boss linked to Victoria’s tobacco wars reportedly arrested in Iraq

Jan 14

Australia news live: Adelaide writers’ week fiasco was ‘masterclass in poor governance’, outgoing director Louise Adler says

Jan 13

NSW government calls for rethink on capital gains tax discount to ease housing affordability

Jan 13

Ten Sydney harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat cleared under Albanese government in 2025, report finds

Jan 13

Australian politicians are condemning X and Grok, so why won’t they leave the platform?

Jan 13