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Cold calling: Australian Antarctic Program seeks hundreds of workers ready for polar-powered adventure

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Sydney nightclub named after lesbian artist’s song changes name after ‘preferred clientele’ revealed to be men

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Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

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Two Affinity Education executives resign after childcare scandals

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University of Sydney denied request to increase international student enrolments next year

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Police expand search for missing boy Gus in outback SA after advice from ‘survival specialists’

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Victorian Coalition vows to scrap Australia’s first statewide treaty with First Peoples if it wins government

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Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley and Scott Morrison’s private phone numbers exposed on US marketing databases

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Australian bird of the year enters final countdown as top 10 finalists vie to win 2025 poll

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Linda Reynolds pursues bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins after defamation win

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Australia news live: Chalmers reveals Keating influence on super tax backdown; cost of cybercrime soars

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Australia targets offshore wagering threat with major sporting events on horizon

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Keating praises super backdown – but with such a feeble opposition, Labor should spend more political capital

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Up to 300,000 Australians will be on aged care waitlist by 2030 under new changes, modelling shows

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Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

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Minister urged to release advice amid concern overhaul of NSW housing laws may lead to coalmine approvals

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Emissions linked to Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could lead to at least 480 deaths, research suggests

Mon

Liberal MP’s sister says father’s church is a ‘cult’ where ‘gay conversion’ practices may still be happening

Mon

Sussan Ley praised for ‘standing up for democracy’ as Labor’s freedom of information crackdown looks set to fail

Mon

New rules have been proposed for your super. Here’s what you need to know

Mon

Labor’s watered-down super tax plan creates a fairer system – but it’s far from as fair as it should be

Mon

AFP investigates Lidia Thorpe’s claim she would ‘burn down’ Parliament House

Mon

Victoria’s ‘major crime problem’ and ‘lack of trust’ in police sparks force’s biggest overhaul in years

Mon

University of Sydney argues academic’s article not racist against Jewish people as ‘Zionism is a political concept’

Mon

Labor backs down on key elements of controversial superannuation tax plan

Mon

Two legal challenges to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension filed on environmental and cultural grounds

Mon

Google won’t reveal if it is lobbying Trump about YouTube’s inclusion in Australia’s under-16s ban

Mon

Coral reefs, ice sheets and Amazon rainforest approaching a tipping point due to global heating, report says

Sun

Australia news live: scam warning after massive Qantas data leak hits dark web; NSW promises pothole repair

Sun

Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests

Sun

Australian Madeleine Habib released from Israeli jail after aid flotilla intercepted en route to Gaza

Sun

Thousands attend pro-Palestine rallies across Australia as organisers vow to keep protesting after Gaza ceasefire

Sun

Hackers leak Qantas data containing 5 million customer records after ransom deadline passes

Sat

Three people dead after light plane crashes on take-off near Wollongong

Sat

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Fri

Crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin ‘wrongfully arrested’ and should be returned to wild, traditional owners say

Fri

Rebel Wilson using US court proceedings to ‘harass and intimidate’ star of The Deb, court told

Fri

Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland

Fri

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Fri

Queensland to run its coal plants up to a decade longer than previously planned

Fri

‘Our policy stands’: PM downplays Treasury advice on doubling tax rate for superannuation over $3m

Fri

US man linked to Wieambilla shooters strikes plea deal with prosecutors

Fri

Two dead as severe weather brings down trees and powerlines in Tasmania

Fri

NSW police reveal operation targeting ‘kill cars’ used by alleged Sydney crime gangs

Fri

Boy, 15, dead after being hit by a truck outside Bendigo school

Fri

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Fri

Melbourne bar ranked best in Australasia and 19 in world

Fri

Australia politics live: admiral defends fourfold hike in Aukus contract; deadline looms for Qantas data ransom

Thu

Victorian Labor’s Socialist Left stakes claim to Mark Dreyfus’s federal seat of Isaacs in factional tussle

Thu

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry

Thu

Child sexual abuse victims must be protected in laws to see AFP share material to catch perpetrators, campaigners say

Thu

Could a landmark court decision undermine the right to peacefully protest in NSW?

Thu

Australia must ‘have the guts’ to stand up to Japanese companies reselling gas for profit, Husic says

Thu

Victoria considers sentencing changes as premier says community wants ‘consequences’ for ‘brazen behaviour’

Thu

Google blocked STI awareness ads as ‘adult content’, Senate estimates hears

Thu

NSW transport bureaucrat admits being given envelopes of cash at Oporto to artificially inflate invoices

Thu

Chris Minns’ chief of staff in constitutional showdown with parliament over 120-year-old law

Thu

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Thu

Former UFC fighter gunned down while out for an evening walk in Sydney

Thu

Erin Patterson should never be released over mushroom murders, prosecutors tell sentence appeal

Thu

University of Melbourne rated best in Australia in global rankings report

Wed

Court prohibits pro-Palestine march to Sydney Opera House after police raise safety concerns

Wed

Australia politics live: Judges to rule on Opera House Palestine protest; capital gains discount claimed by wealthiest

Wed

‘From reef to retail’: experts warn global marine aquarium fish trade relies heavily on wild populations

Wed

AFP to get power to possess and share child abuse material to target sex offenders online

Wed

Tour operator Intrepid drops carbon offsets and emissions targets

Wed

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

Wed

Death of three-year-old boy in social housing fire could have been caused by faulty electrical wiring, inquest hears

Wed

Sydney Opera House pro-Palestine march has ‘disaster written all over it’, senior NSW police officer tells court

Wed

Alleged ‘kill team’ charged after arrest en route to hit near Sydney daycare

Tue

Australia politics live: Muslim Australians gather to mark two years of Gaza war; rents rise and vacancies fall

Tue

The Guardian view on calls to ban sunbeds: prevention in healthcare raises hard questions about risks | Editorial

Tue

I was feeling a little smug at how much I had helped a cancer patient. Then came a devastating text | Ranjana Srivastava

Tue

NSW official admits hiding in cupboard during multimillion-dollar kickback investigation

Tue

Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says

Tue

Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, new study says

Tue

Israel deports Australian Gaza flotilla activists to Jordan

Tue

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Tue

Andrew Hastie, the divisive star of the Liberal party’s internal political theatre, is staying silent – for now

Tue

Pro-Palestine activists ask court to make genocide ruling during battle over Sydney Opera House protest

Tue

Australia Post releases footage of posties being hit by cars as it urges drivers to ‘keep an eye out’

Tue

Western Sydney University graduates sent ‘fraudulent’ emails claiming degrees were ‘revoked’

Tue

Australia politics live: PM offers condolences to Jewish community on massacre anniversary and again backs Trump peace plan

Mon

Man charged with 25 offences over alleged shooting spree in Sydney’s inner west

Mon

Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

Mon

Cycle tracking isn’t woo-woo or a tradwife tool. It’s essential education for everyone – no matter the gender | Freya Bennett

Mon

Hastie says his stepping down gives Ley ‘clear air’ – but are storm clouds gathering for the Coalition?

Mon

At $4.5bn each year extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say

Mon

Australian triumphs at world porridge championship with rum invention: an oaty jaffle

Mon

VIP appearances, books and beer: what Valerie the dachshund is up to after her Kangaroo Island adventure

Oct 6

Cause of Gold Coast mass fish kill unknown with marine heatwave most likely culprit, say scientists

Oct 6

Erin Patterson: prosecutors to appeal ‘manifestly inadequate’ sentence for triple murderer

Oct 6

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report

Oct 6

Melbourne’s ‘spectacular’ Metro Tunnel stations are finally finished. Here’s what they look like and what’s next

Oct 6

Australia lacks ‘legitimate objective’ in fast-tracking Nauru deportations, Labor-led committee finds

Oct 6

Australian Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel complain of ‘degrading and humiliating’ treatment

Oct 6

Australia news live: fire danger warnings in Queensland as crews battle Moreton Island blaze

Oct 5

Man arrested after shots fired from Sydney home leave three in hospital

Oct 5

Greens and Australian Christian Lobby form ‘unholy alliance’ to shut down late-night pokies in NSW

Oct 5

Over half of Australians support sanctions on Israel and its leaders for ongoing attacks on Gaza, poll shows

Oct 5