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Australia’s top bureaucrats want to block sharing of clips from parliament on social media to save them from ‘ridicule’

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Liberal operatives discussed whether to buy Porsche or Ferrari with developer’s payments, Icac hears

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Jean Nassif’s daughter tells court father ‘pressured’ her to falsify documents for $150m construction loan

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More than 200 people stood down at embattled housing developer Bathla

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News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules

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The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?

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Woman laid to rest in coffin made from mushrooms in Australian first

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Shoebridge criticises Labor response after IDF officer’s ‘reprehensible’ comments on deadly Zomi Frankcom strike

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‘The engine’s on fire’: Qantas flight from Queenstown to Sydney reroutes after flames seen by passengers

Sun

Brisbane expected to swelter under hottest September day in years as east coast faces unseasonably warm weather

Sun

Coalition denies flag-burning ban an attempt to undercut One Nation as Labor says push has ‘element of desperation’

Sun

Labor plans crackdown on social media algorithms as Taylor says he’s ‘deeply sceptical’

Sun

Manhunt after alleged axe attack in Victoria leaves three people with life-threatening injuries

Sun

Australia news live: Taylor proposes laws against flag burning and to lock in 26 January as Australia Day

Sat

Possums in the roof, koalas in bed: study shows how animals resort to Australian homes after habitat loss

Sat

Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

Sat

Sydney set to hit 33C in warmest start to spring since mid-1800s, while snow forecast in southern NSW

Sat

Australia’s housing prices are trending down. See which suburbs have had the biggest falls

Fri

Charles Perrottet denies asking brother as premier to appoint cabinet minister, Icac hears

Fri

Australian ski resorts to close up to a month early due to global heating and El Niño

Fri

EV sales outpace petrol cars for first time as Australians dodge soaring fuel costs

Fri

Molly Ticehurst’s killer called woman he’d met on Tinder after stabbing and said ‘I’m sorry I murdered her’, court hears

Fri

‘They’ll be finding bodies next year’: a renowned forensic scientist on Nepal’s ‘extreme challenges’

Fri

News live: Two more Australians confirmed safe in Nepal-Tibet floods; Hanson to make cost of living ‘worse’, union boss warns

Thu

BoM forecasts strongest El Niño on record as research points to ‘alarming’ climate change influence

Thu

Australian science prize awarded to researcher studying memory accuracy of domestic violence survivors

Thu

Off-grid UK-Australian couple describe ‘anguish’ at removal of children by Italian court

Thu

Charles Perrottet repeatedly denies taking payments from developer for political outcomes in Icac hearing

Thu

Coalition plan to cut tobacco excise by 80% ‘will kill people’ Labor says amid public health alarm

Thu

Gang violence is not ‘out of control’ in Sydney, police minister says after two shootings in two days

Thu

Six-year-old boy died from scurvy despite long-term concerns over diet, Queensland coroner finds

Thu

Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups

Thu

Molly Ticehurst’s father tells DV murderer he hopes daughter’s screams will haunt him forever

Thu

Boy charged after teenager's hand nearly cut off in Sydney

Thu

Australia news live: Jim Chalmers weighs in on One Nation WA byelection win; $2m for Indigenous racism online register

Wed

Palestinian Australian sues NSW police claiming he was punched at Herzog rally when helping prayer group

Wed

We’re purchasing EVs instead of holidaying in Europe – and what else we learned from Australia’s national accounts

Wed

‘Timidity is a virus’: Paul Keating fights the fading of the light as he seeks to enshrine his legacy

Wed

Fatal Sydney shooting could be another case of mistaken identity, police say

Wed

Ray Hadley used homophobic slur against Alan Jones after 2GB withdrew offer of $4m breakfast radio gig, court hears

Wed

Queensland police investigate after 5,500 sheep worth $1.7m stolen from farm

Wed

‘We have had enough’: thousands of University of Sydney staff walk off the job over AI and job security

Wed

Jury in Bruce Lehrmann’s Queensland rape trial may face questions about prior knowledge of case

Wed

Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’

Wed

More than a third of prenatal reports to NSW protective services not investigated, ombudsman finds

Wed

News live: Five Australians confirmed safe after Nepal-Tibet flooding; Spender backs Contos’s call for opt-in algorithms

Tue

Sydney’s beaches enter the drone age to get swimmers back in the water after spate of shark attacks

Tue

NSW government to resume pill testing at music festivals but rejects calls for wider community rollout

Tue

Macquarie University swaps in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjects

Tue

House prices head for historic 10% drop as fourth interest rate hike looms

Tue

Inside knowledge or ‘making stuff up’? Charles Perrottet’s advice to Jean Nassif put under microscope by Icac

Tue

Sydney records warmest winter on record as Melbourne equals previous hottest temperatures

Tue

Footage of police officer boasting about punching Sydney anti-Herzog protester raises questions about conduct

Tue

Albanese has everything to lose engaging in a fight with Hanson, but he may be drawn in anyway | Analysis

Tue

Charles Perrottet told fugitive developer plan at Nobu dinner to have NSW MP ‘on his knees’, Icac hears

Tue

Relief as Australian missing in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster found alive

Tue

China warns of ‘consequences’ over Taiwan presence at Pacific Islands Forum

Tue

Meal deal: meth found hidden inside McMuffin during a police car search in Western Australia

Tue

Rival Ray Hadley tells Alan Jones trial that alleged victim ‘broke down and sobbed’ when detailing assaults

Tue

Teenager pleads guilty to planning terrorist bombing targeting Opera House and Sydney marathon

Tue

NSW top prosecutor Sally Dowling and state attorney general discussed which barristers could review her office, estimates hears

Tue

Man shot and killed in Sydney home invasion was ‘targeted attack’, police believe

Tue

Investigation into Powerhouse Parramatta museum under way as stop-gap leader steps in

Mon

News live: capital city house prices fall below $1m; AI can drag productivity back up, Treasury says

Mon

Border area between Nepal and China where 33 Australians are missing still almost entirely cut off

Mon

Australians missing in Nepal targeted by ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘abhorrent’ racist slurs

Mon

Icac lawyer tells Charles Perrottet the key to lying is ‘you have to be really good at remembering it’

Mon

Newborn baby’s body found in Sydney rubbish bin as police hold ‘serious concerns’ for mother

Mon

Embattled Sydney property developer Bathla warns it could fold by the end of the week

Mon

Man who murdered Molly Ticehurst will not face life in jail, judge says

Mon

Victorian prisoners to be sent out to repair roads under Labor’s pothole plan

Mon

News live: number of Australians missing in Nepal floods rises; Penny Wong announces $3m additional aid for disaster

Sun

Australian boxing great Tony Mundine dies aged 75

Sun

Cash settlements on home insurance claims leaving vulnerable Australians short-changed, Asic says

Sun

Smartglasses should automatically blur people’s faces while filming, Australia’s online safety regulator says

Sun

Pacific Islands Forum meeting in turmoil after several leaders pull out of Palau summit

Aug 30

Renee was at Gyirong Port minutes before flood struck, now her family want to travel from Australia to help search

Aug 30

One Nation’s Secret Harbour byelection win shows Labor is at a loss when it comes to calming angry voters | Analysis

Aug 30

Australia could make social media algorithms optional and follow UK ban on pornography depicting strangulation

Aug 30

Families balance hope and despair in race to find survivors in Nepal as 41 Australians still missing

Aug 30

News live: missing Australian woman found safe in Nepal flooding

Aug 29

One Nation claims victory in Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia

Aug 29

August reveals Australians’ big appetite for weight-loss drugs, love for ‘dupe’ brands and an accelerating EV uptake

Aug 29

Statins can safely cut risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy people aged over 70, world-first clinical trial shows

Aug 29

Plug-in solar panels could save households up to $370 a year – if Australia made them legal as in the UK

Aug 29

What we know about the Australians missing in the Nepal floods

Aug 29

Controversial plans for a Daniel Andrews sculpture officially scrapped by Victorian government

Aug 28

Number of Australians missing in Nepal’s deadly floods rises again, as Albanese deploys more personnel

Aug 28

Charles Perrottet becomes Icac’s main character amid claims of hidden payments and political hit jobs

Aug 28

Teen boy allegedly messaged two others to join ‘degrading’ and ‘humiliating’ Sydney gang-rape, court hears

Aug 28

‘We praise God’: Australian woman feared missing in Nepal flooding makes contact with family

Aug 28

‘We execute the prick’: wife can’t explain Charles Perrottet text plotting downfall of NSW Liberal minister, Icac hears

Aug 28

Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’

Aug 28

How Nepali diaspora is responding to flood disaster and how Australians can help in relief effort

Aug 28

Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

Aug 28

‘Confluence of errors’ led to Belgian tourist Celine Cremer’s death in Tasmanian wilderness, coroner finds

Aug 28

Identity of high-profile Queensland man drawn into extortion case to remain secret after court ruling

Aug 28

Former AFL star Nicky Winmar jailed for six months for assault on woman

Aug 28

In this hour of need, contemplating a cut to Australia’s refugee intake is cruel populism

Aug 28

‘We just want them to return’: relatives of Australians missing in Nepal floods wait anxiously for news of loved ones

Aug 28