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Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference

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Christian Brothers abuse victims to get ‘full’ compensation in backdown after controversial property sales

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Isla Bell death: man previously accused of killing Melbourne teen loses bid to have final charge dropped

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Qantas tests new ultra long-range Airbus in 17,000km direct flight from France to Melbourne

6h ago

Donald Trump hits Australian exports to US with new higher trade tariff over claims of ‘forced labour’

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Australia news live: Jim Chalmers says he has ‘other priorities’ than a gas tax; Anthony Albanese calls to congratulate Andy Burnham

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Pauline Hanson blames ‘fake news’ media for her bad press. But serious leaders have to own their actions

15h ago

Husic says Labor ‘allergic to dissent’ as he breaks ranks on key government positions at party conference

22h ago

Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack

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Politician’s claim Earth’s magnetic poles could flip if NT doesn’t use more groundwater criticised by experts

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Pauline Hanson says domestic violence prevents police from dealing with ‘real crime’ in unearthed interview

Thu

Australia news live: China hits back at Penny Wong’s comments; Victorian teachers due to begin strike

Wed

AusAlert test will blast emergency warning siren over most phones in Australia on Monday. Here’s what to know

Wed

How will Australia’s emergency services cope if satellites go down? With a sextant and a street directory

Wed

Why are OpenAI and Anthropic cheering on regulation in Australia? The answer has global reach

Wed

Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science

Wed

ALP announces sweeping changes to student work placements as Gaza war looms large at party conference

Wed

Australia to warn China it won’t be bulled by ‘provocative‘ actions as it builds military and nuclear arsenal

Wed

People with secret ‘safe phones’ advised to turn off devices during national test of AusAlert emergency warning

Wed

Alleged rape victim ‘could have done a lot better’ if she had made up claims against well-connected Melbourne man, court told

Wed

Brittany Higgins accuses Pauline Hanson of victim-blaming for calling domestic violence a ‘two-way street’

Wed

Rebel Wilson wins defamation case brought by co-star after bitter dispute

Wed

Perth teenager charged with murdering his mother and attempting to kill sister

Tue

Australia news live: Wong pushes Chinese counterpart on submarine missile launch in face-to-face Manila meeting

Tue

RBA now twice as likely to hike interest rate as US-Iran war drives fuel prices higher

Tue

The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors

Tue

Kate Ellis is back – and the heat of political debate is higher than ever, incoming Labor president says

Tue

Historic $350m NSW funding boost helps launch new Aboriginal family program to help children ‘tell their own stories’

Tue

‘Sit down!’: Australian MP yells at dog then snaps at presenter in live interview

Tue

World leaders congratulate Andy Burnham as he becomes Britain’s PM

Tue

Man of his word: Pope Leo speeches declared human-authored by Australian AI detection tool

Tue

Holocaust survivors president says exclusion of Jews from public life has ‘disturbing parallels’ to Nazi Germany

Tue

Kumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was not supported to protect her children while escaping domestic violence, review finds

Tue

Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

Tue

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss

Tue

Australia news live: Barnaby Joyce dogged by Tommy Robinson questions – and by a dog – in spiky ABC interview

Mon

‘One in 15 million’: Brisbane woman gives birth to identical quadruplets

Mon

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increasingly leaving children vulnerable to common infections, global study finds

Mon

Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

Mon

Pauline Hanson shares Seven pitch for Spotlight special that says program would highlight ‘uncontrolled immigration’

Mon

Manufacturing union says Australia’s tax system is ‘rigged’ in bold manifesto ahead of Labor conference

Mon

At-home STI test pulled from Australian shelves after failing to detect infections

Mon

Israel criticises Labor’s draft Palestine policy in rare foreign intervention ahead of party conference

Mon

Taxpayers could pay millions to abuse survivors if Christian Brothers goes bankrupt, court documents reveal

Mon

British YouTuber Yung Filly appears in Australian court over rape allegations

Mon

Ban on protests outside synagogues and Jewish schools should be considered, Dreyfus tells royal commission

Mon

Australia spent more than $9m for each asylum seeker held on Nauru last year – so why can’t they afford to buy food?

Mon

Barnaby Joyce says One Nation doesn’t want return of White Australia policy but backs Pauline Hanson on mass deportations

Mon

Australia news live: PM says Pauline Hanson should not ‘talk Australia down’ when overseas

Sun

Australia’s life dissatisfaction levels double as ‘wellbeing poverty’ reaches new highs

Sun

Australian and NZ safety assurances about asbestos in play sand were based on supplier’s own assessment

Sun

Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules

Sun

Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification

Sun

Man dies after cross-border police pursuit ends in NSW northern rivers

Sun

Conservatives around world at war against ‘leftwing globalists’, Bridget McKenzie tells CPAC London event

Sat

Australia news live: ski fields reach July temperature high; diesel prices surge

Sat

Pauline Hanson tells London CPAC crowd she is ‘sick of hearing about white privilege’ and ‘fears for England’

Sat

ANU accused of ‘hysterical’ response to students using AI to cheat as unis scramble to ‘secure’ assessments

Sat

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices

Sat

Distillery owner could face only three months in jail over alleged poisoning Australian teenagers

Fri

Peter Falconio murder: British expert says he has identified a ‘most likely’ burial location

Fri

Robodebt whistleblower was told her royal commission evidence ‘could cost you your job’, court hears

Fri

Moira Deeming disendorsed as Victorian Liberal party candidate for upcoming state election

Fri

Cyclist Rohan Dennis pleads guilty to driving with suspended licence after crash that killed wife

Fri

Pauline Hanson laments end of White Australia policy and talks up daughter’s leadership potential

Fri

Telstra staff unaware of mass outage risk as critical software failure ‘rippled slowly across the network’

Fri

Family devastated by ‘unacceptable’ charges over methanol deaths of Australian teenagers in Laos

Fri

Australia news live: Telstra CEO to face parliamentary inquiry over mobile outage

Thu

Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the rise of illicit tobacco

Thu

‘We are waiting with bated breath’: Super El Niño forecast could make 2027 hottest year on record, BoM says

Thu

Snake in a chain: lucky escape for Australian woman after bite from deadly reptile caught in bike wheel

Thu

Police release images of clothes to help identify victims of alleged Sydney childcare paedophile

Jul 16

Australian patients’ medical records could be sold on dark web after clinics’ data breach

Jul 16

Liberals say ‘all options’ should be considered despite Angus Taylor hosing down gender quota proposal

Jul 16

ANU denies it ‘lost control’ to a pro-Palestine encampment, royal commission hears

Jul 16

Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party and makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement

Jul 16

Australia news live: Josh Thomas weighs into Divine Playhouse debate; meth surges in workplace drug use survey

Jul 15

Greater gliders not as great at gliding as thought – but still look like magic carpets, experts say

Jul 15

Albanese’s AI plan is admirable – but will face tech giants more powerful than most national governments

Jul 15

Almost 145,000 Australians will lose support for autism under NDIS reforms, documents reveal

Jul 15

Albanese’s AI blueprint sparks calls for datacentre moratorium until new regulations in place

Jul 15

Patient records stolen in cyber-attack on Australian healthcare provider

Jul 15

School in remote SA Indigenous community on list of places where accused paedophile worked

Jul 15

Former Sydney church turned LGBTQ+ arts venue weighs legal action after landlord orders it to stop ‘offensive trade’

Jul 15

Brisbane child accused of school stabbing allegedly faced ‘racist’ abuse, court hears

Jul 15

University of Melbourne ‘sharply’ changed protest policies after pro-Palestine sit-ins, commission hears

Jul 15

Icac inquiry raises questions over whether taxpayer funds were used in alleged illegal political donations

Jul 15

Melbourne council votes to scrap Lime ebikes for failing to meet ‘bare minimum standards’

Jul 15

Minister breaks ranks with Victorian premier by calling for explanation for alleged wrongdoing on project

Jul 15

Barnaby Joyce claims Australia is a ‘Christian nation’ and says many First Nations people would agree

Jul 15

Liberals re-examine gender quotas in slew of proposals to make party ‘fit-for-purpose political machine’

Jul 15

Australia news live: top 100 CEOs bank 16% pay rise; Husic warns Labor over Gaza policy

Jul 14

Kash Patel gave his Australian counterpart a 3D replica gun as a gift. It was destroyed within months

Jul 14

David Penman wasn’t happy with his local Victorian council. So, he privately prosecuted five councillors

Jul 14

Politically engaged – but ‘very much’ worried about buying a home: study reveals young Australians’ anxieties

Jul 14

Coalition and One Nation’s plan to ditch net zero would not lower power prices, CSIRO report finds

Jul 14

Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment

Jul 14

LGBTQ+ pop-up in former Sydney church ordered to cancel ‘offensive’ events after religious protest

Jul 14

Ed Husic says weakening copyright to benefit AI companies would betray Labor party’s ethos

Jul 14

Teenager left with life-threatening injuries after alleged stabbing at Brisbane school

Jul 14