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Minns unveils plan to fight anti-Muslim hate: ‘Naked racism and Islamophobia have no place in our state’

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Plan to extend Queensland coalmine would bulldoze ‘critical’ koala habitat

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Australian property investors squeezing out first-time buyers as record borrowing and rate cuts drive purchases

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Coalition compares Labor’s economic summit to Willy Wonka’s golden tickets as it criticises ‘privileged talkfest’

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‘An ear for truth and love for the human’: tributes paid to film critic David Stratton

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Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest

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Judge criticises lawyers acting for boy accused of murder for filing misleading AI-created documents

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Albanese says ‘Hamas will engage in propaganda’ amid confusion over statements on Palestinian statehood

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Childcare workers with ‘red flags’ should be on database to prevent them ‘shopping around’ for lax centres, inquiry told

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David Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85

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‘Footie players in town and want bags’: pilot who flew for Outback Wrangler denies supplying cocaine, court hears

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Albanese government reaffirms decision to allow salmon farming in Tasmania, despite fears for endangered Maugean skate

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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of teacher found at Melbourne tip

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Scott Farquhar thinks Australia should let AI train for free on creative content. He overlooks one key point

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News live: Australians warned not to reuse passwords as almost half the nation experienced cybercrime last year

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BlueBet fined for allowing man to gamble $700k despite ‘clear red flag behaviours’

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Victoria could save nearly $500m over 10 years by scrapping greyhound racing, estimates show

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‘Mind blown’: scientists discover sex reversal in kookaburras and lorikeets with cause unknown

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Qantas cancels flights at double the rate of Virgin, competition watchdog finds

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Is AI going to steal your job? Not if you work in cleaning, construction or hospitality, Australian report finds

Wed

‘Social apnoea’: sleep disorder could worsen at weekends, research suggests

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EV drivers set to pay road user charges as record number of electric cars selling in Australia

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Labor says Hamas tries to ‘manipulate facts’ after terrorist group welcomes Australia’s Palestine recognition decision

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Labor to use black summer-era measure to fast-track algal bloom response as dolphin washes up on beach

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Famous influencers to wage ‘ground war’ on Australian government over social media ban, documents reveal

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Outback Wrangler star asked paralysed pilot in hospital to change flight records and erase items on phone, court hears

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Use of AI could worsen racism and sexism in Australia, human rights commissioner warns

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Home affairs wrongfully detained Australian citizen for four days because of paperwork bungle, ombudsman reveals

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Victoria’s new anti-protest laws to be watered down amid pushback from human rights groups and unions

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Commonwealth Bank posts record $10.25bn profit and reveals plan to clamp down on coal lending

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Man arrested after police firearm discharged inside Sydney airport domestic terminal

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Australia news live: Penny Wong joins 26 countries calling for a flood of aid to relieve ‘unimaginable’ suffering in Gaza

Tue

‘Deceptively cute’ ancient whale with razor-sharp teeth and eyes the size of tennis balls discovered in Australia

Tue

WA Museum partnership with Woodside criticised as record-breaking marine heatwave decimates coral reefs

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Three more interest rate cuts may be on the way. But when is increasingly looking like anyone’s guess

Tue

AI and misinformation in crosshairs of Labor’s review of its landslide election win

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Australia’s borrowers may have to wait weeks for Reserve Bank’s rate cut to reduce their mortgage

Tue

Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say

Tue

‘Play by the rules’: Fortnite developer Epic Games wins Australian court battle against Apple and Google

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Last call: Melbourne airport ranked Australia’s least convenient

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Risks of climate crisis to Australia’s economy and environment are ‘intense and scary’, unreleased government report says

Tue

‘No clinical benefit’ to blood test for Pfas, government says, after ‘forever chemical’ found in Blue Mountains

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Academic labels Julie Bishop ‘hostile and arrogant’ in tearful evidence to ANU inquiry

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Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright told helicopter pilots to ‘pop the clock’ to delay service checks, court hears

Tue

Woman sentenced to prison for importing illegal cacti and plants to Australia in fake lingerie packages

Tue

Zooming right in: the vivid landscapes revealed in nanophotography – in pictures

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RBA interest rates decision: relief for borrowers as Reserve Bank cuts cash rate to 3.6%

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Mark Latham has an ‘abusive obsession with me’, NSW MP Alex Greenwich tells tribunal

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Anthony Albanese says Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘in denial’ about crisis in Gaza

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Australia news live: Macron welcomes Albanese’s move to recognise Palestine as Israeli president calls it a ‘grave and dangerous mistake’

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Sydney has wettest start to August in decades – and there could be more rain when spring arrives

Mon

WA’s ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch

Mon

Helping Australian teachers share lesson plans could improve stagnating student results, Productivity Commission says

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Judge ruled Erin Patterson would have to face separate trial for attempting to kill estranged husband to avoid prejudice

Mon

Albanese’s Palestinian statehood decision won’t please everyone – but it’s better than the horrifying status quo

Mon

Freddo bar creator would be ‘rolling in his grave’ at its price today, daughter says

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Australia recognising Palestine a ‘political fig leaf’ without sanctions, Palestine Advocacy Network head says

Mon

Road tax for Australian EV users ‘sensible’, Tanya Plibersek says ahead of key economic summit

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Helicopter pilot disconnected flight-time meters before Outback Wrangler star’s death, court hears

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English backpacker pleads guilty to killing Perth father of two in drunken e-scooter crash

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‘My house and the earth shook visibly’: blazing meteor thrills residents in central Victoria

Mon

Full circle: Melbourne’s beleaguered Star ferris wheel to turn again

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Mark Baxter stopped talking about his upbringing to break through the ‘class ceiling’. Now he’s fighting for change

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Australia could announce plan to recognise Palestinian statehood ‘within days’

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News live: Netanyahu brands Australia ‘shameful’ for ‘marching into rabbit hole’ of recognising Palestinian statehood

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Experts convinced RBA will cut interest rates despite bank shrugging off similar peer pressure in July

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Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy

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Marles insists Australia ‘not supplying weapons to Israel’ but critics argue ‘parts of weapons are weapons’

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Video showing ‘heart-in-mouth’ light rail near misses released during NSW safety campaign

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Tasmanian premier vows to end greyhound racing as he woos crossbench to back minority government

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National Indigenous Music awards 2025: Emily Wurramara wins artist of the year

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Albanese and Luxon urge Israel to reconsider Gaza City takeover during ‘warm, generous’ meeting

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‘Nazis don’t belong in this country’: Victorian premier scathing over masked march by ‘goons’ in Melbourne CBD

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Byron writers festival cancelled and warnings for Sydney’s City2Surf due to east coast rain dump

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Australia joins UK, Germany, Italy and New Zealand in condemning Israel’s planned Gaza City takeover

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Nine enters a cashed-up new era after selling Domain. What will Australia’s biggest media company do next?

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‘Transnational repression’: Australia condemns Hong Kong’s attempts to silence exiled dissidents

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Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event

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OpenAI unveils ChatGPT-5 and its hyped ‘PhD level’ intelligence struggled with basic spelling and geography

Fri

Natsiaa 2025: Gaypalani Waṉambi wins $100,000 award for ‘exquisite’ artwork made with discarded road signs

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Former NSW police officers jailed for assaulting woman suffering mental health episode during welfare check

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Star of Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut threatens legal action over ‘false and seriously defamatory’ Instagram claims

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Erin Patterson tells police she ‘loved’ poisoned parents-in-law in newly released interview footage

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Penny Wong warns Israel that occupying Gaza could violate international law

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Bush pilot ditched Outback Wrangler star’s mobile phone after fatal helicopter crash, trial hears

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Dr Abed has watched Gaza’s healthcare system crumble. He hopes studying in Australia will help him rebuild it

Fri

Six-year-old girl dies of influenza after twice being discharged from Sydney hospital

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Dutton blaming migrants for housing crisis ‘undermined’ Coalition at election, Andrew Bragg says

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Convicted rapist Gareth Ward resigns from NSW parliament moments before he was to be expelled

Fri

Dissent against Chris Minns spills into parliament as Labor MP accuses party of gagging debate on Gaza

Thu

Australia news live: Erin Patterson to face pre-sentence hearing for mushroom murders; e-bike delivery riders put on notice

Thu

Queensland land clearing figures show state remains ‘deforestation capital of Australia’, conservationists say

Thu

Any reasonable gig-goer knows that dancing is part of the show. So why are some people such anti-boogie bummers? | Zoya Patel

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Sydney and Toronto had equivalent home prices, then Canada’s crashed. Could Australia see a similar slump?

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Workplace gender segregation ‘a handbrake’ on Australia’s economy, major new pay gap report reveals

Thu

Aboriginal man’s death in custody without family beside him puts spotlight on NSW prison communication policies

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Labor under pressure on plans to regulate AI as Coalition accuses government of mixed messages

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Convicted rapist MP Gareth Ward faces expulsion from NSW parliament after losing injunction bid

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Labor decision to lift ban on PwC ‘an insult’ to inquiry that investigated Treasury scandal, Pocock says

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First witness appears in trial after Outback Wrangler star’s death in helicopter crash

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