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Australian housing was already cooling before the budget – but how cold it gets depends on two key factors

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One Nation, six farcical explanations and no clearer understanding of its housing policy

14h ago

Woman illegally strip-searched by police ‘reasonably thought’ officers would call her a liar, judge says

14h ago

ANU scandals during Julie Bishop’s tenure caused $100m in reputational damage, university estimates

15h ago

Tech companies invoke possibility of Trump’s wrath in fight against Labor’s media laws

16h ago

A uni professor admitted using AI to write an opinion piece. Here’s what it revealed about trust in the technology

17h ago

Barnaby Joyce backflips on One Nation policy: ‘Not going to be kicking permanent residents out of their house’

21h ago

More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust

22h ago

Australia news live: Julian Hill claims Labor has ‘won the debate’ on housing tax changes; homelessness soars in NSW

Thu

Nauru issues rare statement after whistleblower alleges violent threats against Australia’s non-citizens

Thu

‘That’s a bad combination’: why Australia may be in for a slushy snow season

Thu

Bondi attack hero Ahmed al-Ahmed charged with assaulting his father

Thu

Penny Wong says she believes Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted and abused Australian women after Gaza flotilla

Thu

Australian woman linked to Islamic State lived with teenage slave who was repeatedly raped, court told

Thu

Labor’s NDIS overhaul faces delay as Coalition and Greens consider teaming up to slow bill’s passage

Thu

Dozens of vulnerable children were deemed not at risk by Victoria’s child protection system. They are now dead

Thu

Police can use force to move body parts during strip-searches, NSW argues in appeal court

Thu

How this cosmic map of magnetic fields could help illuminate one of the universe’s most mysterious forces

Thu

Neo-Nazi group White Australia loses bid for temporary immunity from hate laws

Thu

‘I’m really proud to be Brittany Higgins’: former Liberal staffer reveals why she didn’t change her name

Thu

Court fight over Bruce Lehrmann’s diary that allegedly contains eight pages of classified information

Thu

Australia politics live: bank expects home price reduction from budget to be more than twice government forecast

Wed

Diphtheria outbreak: residents of remote NT community say health clinic has no hand sanitiser

Wed

NSW motorists who use medicinal cannabis may soon be able to drive without fear of major penalty

Wed

Anti-abortion activists are trying to limit access in NSW – and they are just getting started

Wed

Trump could slap Australia with 12.5% tariff for allegedly importing goods made by slave labour

Wed

Jim Chalmers is putting a positive spin on the economy, but is Australia’s outlook grim?

Wed

Albanese calls Taylor ‘Temu Abbott’ as bitter fight rages over budget tax changes

Wed

Hundreds of thousands of Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, Albanese government admits

Wed

Australians are spending less to consume more nicotine as illegal tobacco trade explodes

Wed

Where the devil is Mary? Search under way after Tasmanian marsupial escapes Gold Coast wildlife park

Wed

El Niño expected to develop in coming months bringing hotter and drier weather to eastern Australia

Wed

Sydney academic used AI to write SMH opinion piece urging students to avoid using tech to ‘cut corners’

Wed

Politics live: Australia always preferred secondhand Aukus submarines, defence secretary says

Tue

Female dolphins remember who is aggressive when choosing a mating partner, research shows

Tue

Fake cigarettes and toys that are ‘essentially weapons’: Choice refers online retailers to regulator over unsafe products

Tue

NDIS overhaul will ‘harm’ Australians with disabilities, government’s own committee warns

Tue

Santos could drill for new gas in Beetaloo basin within weeks as Murray Watt urged to ‘do his job’

Tue

Sarah was amused by the quicksand she stepped in on a South Australian beach. Then ‘reality set in’

Tue

Can you not? Plastic and metal ‘franken-can’ named Australia’s worst packaging at Unpackit awards

Tue

Barnaby Joyce rallies anti-abortion activists ahead of tight NSW vote

Tue

Federal government paid $3.8m in personal protection for then CFMEU administrator

Tue

‘Not the deal promised’: Labor’s Ed Husic questions Aukus pact that will deliver secondhand subs

Tue

Victorian minister under fire for writing 33 character references including for taxi driver who assaulted women

Tue

Dog rescued on NSW south coast after being swept off rocks and swimming 800 metres to island

Tue

About 3 million workers on minimum wage to receive 4.75% pay rise in Fair Work Commission ruling

Tue

Australia politics live: James Paterson says One Nation needs ‘increased scrutiny’; minimum wage rate set today

Mon

Peter Garrett to head independent inquiry into the Aukus submarine pact

Mon

Linda Reynolds repays nearly $9,000 after partner billed taxpayers to visit son in Melbourne

Mon

Property prices may drop but it’s decades of policy failure, not the budget, to blame

Mon

Australia’s 178 billionaires are $25.7bn richer than last year as 3.7 million live in poverty

Mon

Labor to highlight ‘risk’ of One Nation to cost of living in bid to dent Pauline Hanson’s popularity

Mon

‘Imminent threat’: charges laid against 13-year-old who allegedly planned attack on Queensland school

Mon

Queensland police shoot pet dog after running it over as distressed residents watch on

Mon

Jim Chalmers says budget changes allowing first home buyers to ‘have a crack’

Mon

Typhoon Jangmi threatens Japan as Europe swelters

Mon

Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney

Mon

Child killed in house fire in south-west Melbourne home

Sun

Australia news live: poll puts One Nation ahead of Labor; free public transport ends in Victoria

Sun

Massive Attack to tour Australia for first time in 16 years

Sun

Students would save $3bn over a decade if Labor changed Hecs indexation date by five months

Sun

Australian home prices fall as experts predict slump could last a year and cut values by 10%

Sun

English Green party leader Zack Polanski tells Australian colleagues to ‘connect with anger’ to counter rightwing populism

Sun

Government declines to protect Indigenous sacred site to be bulldozed for Brisbane Olympic stadium

Sun

Thousands without power in Perth as destructive storms hit WA

Sun

The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world

Sun

Australia news live: Aukus nations to develop uncrewed vehicles to protect undersea cables; Hanson says she could be PM

Sat

New Aukus drone subs to protect critical undersea cables as Marles warns: ‘seabed is a battlefield’

Sat

‘Significant’ storm to hammer millions in WA and bring icy weather to NSW, Victoria and SA

Sat

Vivid Sydney cancels all drone shows after 83 drones plunged into Darling Harbour

Sat

Spin city: Melbourne loves records – but is it really the vinyl capital of the world?

Fri

Can the second coming of Tony Abbott resurrect the Liberal party? Or is it another step towards ‘self-destruction’

Fri

Weather tracker: deadly May heatwave shatters records across Europe

Fri

Brisbane teenager accused of using a police car as a BMX ramp in viral stunt at Scientology church

Fri

‘Essentially diving in coffee’: Australian diver among team rushing to rescue people trapped in flooded Laos cave

Fri

Abbott says Liberals ‘under new management’ and vows to help Taylor lead ‘people’s revolt’ against Labor

Fri

James Valentine memorial: famous friends, family and fans gather to farewell ABC radio host

Fri

CMAT shares ‘deep sadness’ over body-shaming after BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend performance

Fri

KPMG Australia’s CEO Andrew Yates quits over whistleblower scandal

Fri

Australia news live: Asio warn politicians that EVs could be bugged; flood warnings after wild weather

May 28

Tony Abbott to step down from Advance role when elected Liberal party federal president

May 28

Hanson and Joyce bill taxpayers for flights to private events on luxury cruise ship hosted by Rinehart

May 28

UK minister visits Australia for ‘lessons’ ahead of expected British social media crackdown

May 28

Modelling shows 90% of young Australians will be better off under Labor’s tax reforms

May 28

Victorian greyhound trainer avoids ban despite dog being found with cocaine in system

May 28

US firm fined for Australian immigration security failures. How much? Border force refuses to say

May 28

Australia sues 3M for record-breaking sum over Pfas ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foam

May 28

Santos says it won’t ‘exert any effort’ on Narrabri gas project while it focuses on Beetaloo Basin

May 28

Flooding rains expected across three Australian states as parched interior receives drenching

May 28

Anti-abortion activist concedes pictures of human foetuses may have been sugar glider joeys

May 28

Queensland man charged with murder after allegedly beating elderly pedestrian to death with pole

May 27

Reuters executive Simon Robinson expected to replace Justin Stevens as ABC news director

May 27

Australia politics live: Rishworth says jobseeker changes to address ‘varying quality’ of for-profit job providers

May 27

New NDIS eligibility rules will cut 240,000 participants from scheme in four years, documents reveal

May 27

Soft toys, memes and a movie villain: Labor tries to simplify the message but selling a budget isn’t child’s play

May 27

Community shocked after Aboriginal rock shelter bulldozed for NSW power lines

May 27

Ed Husic calls on Labor to establish ‘red line’ on Israel’s actions, including treatment of flotilla activists

May 27

Lord Howe Island got rid of its rats and mice – now cockroaches and bugs are bouncing back

May 27

Jillian Segal hired former Scott Morrison adviser on $200,000 contract without public tender process

May 27

Australian BTS fans blast Ticketmaster’s ‘predatory’ tactic of hiding price until tickets go on sale

May 27