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Australia news live: Andrew Hastie says US alliance weakened Australia; Sri Lanka hackers steal millions owed to Australia

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After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers’ week has a new director: ‘I don’t envy anyone in this position’

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‘A history of the Earth’: Twelve Apostles revealed to be as old as 14m years

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Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

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Ben Roberts-Smith planned to leave Australia and researched buying wellness business in Spain, court documents show

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David Malouf, Australian author of Remembering Babylon and Ransom, dies aged 92

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Kyle Sandilands berated Kiis FM listeners and bosses in expletive-laden rants, court documents claim

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Private secretary of billionaire philanthropist Judith Neilson charged with fraud over $1m luxury purchases

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University of Queensland Press cancels children’s book over illustrator’s post on ‘Zionist framing’ of Bondi attack

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Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending, Mark Butler concedes

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Friends and former colleagues of James Valentine mourn death of much-loved ABC Sydney radio presenter

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Australia news live: rental vacancies at record low in most big cities and prices rising

Wed

Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

Wed

Podcast interviews of NSW couple jailed for abusing their daughter in the spotlight

Wed

Gas companies spending millions on Australian advertising blitz to fight export tax, inquiry told

Wed

Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’

Wed

Coles adds 20c to the price of milk as war in the Middle East pushes up Australian grocery costs

Wed

Channel Seven’s Spotlight digging for dirt on clean energy ignores fundamental facts and basic journalistic standards | Temperature Check

Wed

The Deb actor in feud with Rebel Wilson signed $150,000 record deal, court told

Wed

Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ rules intended to prevent ‘gaming’ the promotional system, executive tells court

Wed

At least 160,000 people to be removed from NDIS as Labor unveils ‘unavoidable and urgent’ cuts

Wed

‘Significant failures’ led two NSW foster children to be placed with serial killer, review finds

Wed

Takeaway coffee sales plunge as fuel and living costs dent Australian spending. Is the economy next?

Wed

Fourth man charged over alleged kidnapping murder of Sydney man Chris Baghsarian

Tue

Australia news live: NDIS savings to fund better aged care including showers, minister says; fourth man charged over alleged Baghsarian kidnapping murder

Tue

‘Not a personal attack’: gun lobby targets marginal Labor seats at NSW election over post-Bondi reforms

Tue

Uber driver Michael was assaulted by passengers. He says the platform’s response added insult to injury

Tue

Student allegedly jailed in China for six years after taking part in pro-democracy protests in Australia

Tue

Death of Sydney’s ‘birdman’ described as ‘beyond tragic’ by Albanese government

Tue

Labor to tighten child NDIS eligibility to curb spending as Queensland MP warns change is ‘failing kids’

Tue

Liberals and Nationals to preference One Nation in blow to Michelle Milthorpe in Farrer byelection

Tue

Rebel Wilson labelled ‘nuts’ by PR team she allegedly hired to attack colleague, court hears

Tue

‘The witches are back’: first look at Practical Magic 2 as Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return for spooky sequel

Tue

Man jailed after mimicking Bondi beach terror attack on footbridge and making slurs against Jewish people

Tue

Woolworths engaged in ‘marketing magic’ to trick customers, consumer watchdog tells court

Tue

Principal and three teachers plead not guilty to assaulting students at regional NSW school

Tue

Jewish man among first charged in pro-Palestinian slogan crackdown that reminds some of 1970s Queensland

Tue

Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says national cabinet to meet this week to discuss ‘long tail’ of fuel crisis

Mon

NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians

Mon

Water NSW criticised for ‘appalling’ decision after hundreds of turtles left to die in wetlands

Mon

Consumer watchdog zeroes in on Woolworths’ allegedly fake discounts as it meets supermarket giant in court

Mon

Former footballer Barry Cable cleared of historic child sex abuse charges

Mon

Minns doubles down on ‘rational’ anti-protest law despite NSW’s highest court ruling it unconstitutional

Mon

Rebel Wilson accused in court of trying to paint actor as ‘money grabbing opportunist’ as defamation trial begins

Mon

Daily Mail’s ‘aggressive’ reporting on Prince Harry and Meghan ‘irreparably damaged’ press briefings

Mon

Adelaide University considers dropping Santos name from building

Mon

States on edge about NDIS cuts as Chalmers flags they will be ‘easily the most important’ part of budget savings

Mon

Australia news live: Pocock buys billboards to pressure Chalmers on gas export tax; survey reveals national gloom

Sun

Labor accused of ignoring anti-racism plan as documents reveal repeated pleas to take action

Sun

Australia news live: free public transport in Victoria extended; man charged with murder in NSW

Sat

Australia’s coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work?

Sat

‘Independent’ group Energy for Australians that ran anti-Labor ads received more than $1m from coal lobby

Sat

Jacinta Allan wants voters to see Victoria’s 12-year-old Labor government as ‘new and united’. Can she cling to power?

Fri

NSW should think twice before banning ‘globalise the intifada’ after court struck down anti-protest law, legal expert says

Fri

US Live Nation and Ticketmaster verdict triggers calls for Australian investigation into ticketing rules

Fri

Ben Roberts-Smith’s comrades say he ordered them to execute unarmed civilians, court documents show

Fri

Albanese’s visits to key allies have borne early fruits of fuel and fertiliser but ‘resilience’ is on the budget agenda

Fri

‘Parent’s worst nightmare’: Sydney childcare worker faces 137 child abuse charges relating to multiple centres

Fri

Albanese says no fuel restrictions in wake of massive Geelong refinery fire

Fri

Prince Harry and Meghan meet with survivors of Bondi terror attack

Fri

UK Tory MP who defected to Reform advises One Nation in Australian byelection campaign

Fri

Ben Roberts-Smith on ‘cusp’ of moving overseas when he was arrested, court told in bail hearing

Fri

No ‘specific request’ to help US in strait of Hormuz, Marles says, as Trump repeats criticism of Australia

Thu

Australia news live: fertiliser supplies secured; Albanese to visit Geelong refinery after fire

Thu

NSW electric buses, trains and light rail services to run entirely on renewable energy from 2027 in $1.9bn deal

Thu

‘One of the dumbest crimes ever’: car-share firms remove fuel cards from Melbourne vehicles after spate of thefts

Thu

Wall Street seems to have decided the recession risk is over. Can the Australian market do the same?

Thu

Has Marles bowed to Trump’s wishes on defence spending? The figures are as clear as mud

Thu

Discovery of unopened ballots prompts recount in SA seat One Nation won by just 58 votes

Thu

NSW’s highest court strikes down anti-protest law introduced in wake of Bondi beach terror attack

Thu

Victorian fuel prices could spike by 20c a litre due to Geelong refinery fire, experts warn

Thu

Former NSW MP spruiked as ‘esteemed’ Liberal at campaign event – despite Icac’s ‘serious corrupt conduct’ finding

Thu

Australia fuel watch tracker: check current petrol and diesel prices, service station outages and shipments – in charts

Thu

Firefighters battle out-of-control blaze at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries in Geelong

Apr 15

Australia news live: large fire at Geelong oil refinery; Canavan defends Coalition’s hardline immigration plan

Apr 15

Gina Rinehart has been forced to share her riches. But will she fight on or end the family feud?

Apr 15

Amazon enters agreements for nine Australian renewable projects to power datacentres

Apr 15

Labor to boost defence spending by $53bn over next decade – but plan still short of Donald Trump’s demands

Apr 15

Police investigate claims Katy Perry sexually assaulted Ruby Rose at Melbourne nightclub

Apr 15

Australian lesbian group’s fight to bar trans women to return to tribunal after federal court win

Apr 15

Labor lashes Coalition immigration plan as Usman Khawaja calls policy ‘appalling’

Apr 15

Gina Rinehart’s son says he wants to be a ‘united family’ in olive branch to mother after court ruling

Apr 15

Queensland ebike laws could cripple Uber Eats, DoorDash and shared e-vehicle schemes, industry warns

Apr 15

Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says

Apr 15

Sydney judge overturns bail conditions limiting anti-Herzog protester from entering CBD

Apr 15

‘Meeting of two worlds’ as Prince Harry joins Wiggles and Australian football stars to put men’s mental health in spotlight

Apr 15

Tuvalu, tiny Pacific nation at the forefront of climate crisis, to host world leaders before Cop31 summit

Apr 15

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to pay hundreds of millions’ worth of royalties to rival family in ‘half loss half win’

Apr 15

High court scraps Victorian political donation laws that created loophole for Labor and Coalition

Apr 15

Thousands rattled by 4.5-magnitude earthquake in central west NSW

Apr 14

Australia news live: thousands feel ‘large’ earthquake in central-west NSW; Albanese arrives in Brunei for fuel supply talks

Apr 14

Dinner for few: Australians eating out less as fuel crisis deals biggest blow to consumer confidence since Covid

Apr 14

‘Debased himself’ and risking Australia’s reputation: Liberals torn up about Taylor’s Trumpian immigration plan

Apr 14

Labor’s controversial algorithm tool for aged care under investigation by ombudsman

Apr 14

IMF warns ‘unprecedented’ energy crisis could trigger global recession as Australia prepares for G20 fuel talks

Apr 14

Gina Rinehart and rival heirs brace for court verdict on claim to billion-dollar fortune

Apr 14

Taylor’s Trumpian immigration pitch is aimed at fighting One Nation – but puts Australia’s identity at stake

Apr 14

Angus Taylor accused of ‘desperate dog-whistle’ immigration speech as Pauline Hanson takes credit

Apr 14

‘I don’t just ditch my mates’: new Victorian Labor minister defends John Setka ties amid criticism

Apr 14

Giant echidnas weighing 15kg roamed Victoria – and the evidence was hiding in plain sight

Apr 14