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Australian house prices hit new peak for 2025 as rate cut drives buyer demand

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Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn

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Guardian Essential poll: Albanese’s approval rating takes a hit but Labor inches ahead of Coalition

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Cheaper Australian childcare failing to help lower-income mothers return to work

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Are accusations Australian supermarkets are price-gouging inflated?

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Mother charged with attempted murder of three children in Sydney

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Anti-trans activist tests Australian regulator’s power to remove X post it deemed cyber abuse

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Music industry figures rally behind Queensland music award winner after pro-Palestine controversy

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Albanese says federal EPA will not be ‘same model’ as earlier one he promised but didn’t deliver

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Australia should persist with Aukus despite risk of US relationship ‘becoming unstuck’, former defence chief says

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Albanese ‘would prefer’ Chinese research vessel was not off the coast of Australia

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Extreme weather across Australia brings drought, heatwaves and severe floods

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Cadia goldmine operators fined $350,000 for breaches of NSW clean-air laws

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Peter Dutton’s plan to move to Sydney instead of Canberra if elected ‘arrogant’, Labor says

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Ben Roberts-Smith demands defamation retrial citing alleged recording of Nine investigative journalist

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Three children and woman in hospital after stabbing attack in Sydney suburb

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Super fund took more than 500 days to approve death benefit for grieving widow, Asic says

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Mark Haines coronial inquiry: an uncle’s quest for the truth in rural NSW could finally be at its end

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Australia’s best photos of the month – March 2025

Sun

Dutton flip-flops on proposals for three separate referendums if Coalition wins election

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Bowen says Dutton ‘making it up as he goes’ on gas plan as experts question lack of detail

Sun

Search resumes for man missing in NSW flood waters as east coast battered by intense rainfall

Sun

‘Bile of racism’ and anti-migrant rhetoric spilling into political debate, race discrimination commissioner warns

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Brisbane city council blocks plans for fridge-sized community batteries due to loss of green space

Sat

Labor promises price gouging crack down on supermarkets

Sat

Magnificent, rare worm with its own campaign song: the giant Gippsland earthworm

Sat

Albanese’s bold opening salvo sends message to Dutton: we’re coming for you

Sat

MP Andrew Gee praises himself as ‘the good guy’ in Facebook fail

Sat

Small town flown out as ‘dynamic’ flooding hits large parts of Queensland

Sat

Airshow reopens after crash leaves pilot fighting for life in Melbourne hospital

Sat

Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?

Fri

Election 2025 live updates: PM in Queensland as Dutton campaign plane takes off for destination unknown

Fri

From 24/7 pain to tolerable symptoms, Botox is helping people living with endometriosis

Fri

Coalition’s gas plan unlikely to lower prices and could push up greenhouse gas emissions, experts say

Fri

Weather tracker: Heavy rain alerts in Queensland as floods cut off towns

Fri

Pilot seriously injured as plane crashes at Avalon Airshow

Fri

The weekend weather forecast is in – and it’s wet and wild for much of Australia, including Sydney and Brisbane

Fri

Man riding e-bike killed when NSW police car attempted to pull him over

Fri

Former NSW police officer Kristian White avoids jail after fatally shooting 95-year-old Clare Nowland with Taser

Fri

Safety concerns force Tony Burke to abandon plan to address western Sydney prayer event

Fri

Kyle & Jackie O Show breached decency standards with ‘vulgar’ sexual content, Acma finds

Thu

Winning the election outright looks tough for Labor and the Coalition – their first goal is not to lose it

Thu

Australian prime minister calls election amid shadow of Trump and cost-of-living crisis

Thu

Australian federal election date: Anthony Albanese calls poll for 3 May

Thu

Australia news live updates: Anthony Albanese expected to call 2025 federal election and name poll date; industry warning on Dutton’s gas plan

Thu

Federal election ‘will be won or lost in the suburbs’, Chalmers says

Thu

Labor’s grassroots environmental group dismayed by rushed bill protecting salmon industry

Thu

Richest households will benefit most from Dutton’s fuel tax excise, analysis shows

Thu

Muslim groups reject push for new Islamophobia definition at Australian universities

Thu

Stinging deaths, back yard poisons and billions spent: model predicts Australia’s fire ants future

Thu

Geoffrey Rush on Pirates, Pinter and pugs: ‘Just be happy we evolved on this bit of rock’

Thu

Dutton unveils gas reservation scheme and vows to sack 41,000 public service workers in budget reply

Thu

Coalition cuts to public service jobs could push out social service payment wait times by months, Labor says

Thu

Fare-evading ginger cat in custody after taking train to central Melbourne

Thu

NSW taxi driver fined $12,000 and banned from operating after charging excessive fixed fares

Thu

‘Joe’s law’ to ban future hospital privatisation in NSW

Thu

What do measles outbreaks overseas mean for Australia? - video

Thu

‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK

Thu

‘Not acceptable’: Warriors coach Richard Agar regrets alleged press box altercation

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Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work

Thu

Domestic violence survivors urged to take safety precautions after NSW justice department data breach

Thu

PM expected to call Australian election on Friday morning with poll likely to be held in early May

Thu

From Naarm to Meanjin, Apple Maps adds more than 250 Indigenous place names in Australia

Thu

Linda Reynolds tells parliament in leaving speech she had no choice but to sue Brittany Higgins for defamation

Thu

Coalition vows to undo Labor’s budget tax cut if it wins the election and temporarily halve the fuel excise

Wed

Israeli politicians sign letter urging Australian MPs to dump two-state policy

Wed

Peter Dutton keeps blaming migration for the housing crisis. But can it really be that simple?

Wed

Audience member dies during opening night of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Wed

Australia politics live: Dutton to promise to halve fuel excise for a year; controversial salmon bill passes despite concerns

Wed

Canada’s former spy chief says White House response to Signal leak threatens ‘Five Eyes’ security

Wed

Aboriginal women are scared to seek help for fear their children will be taken, report finds

Wed

Groceries are getting more expensive at Woolworths but cheaper at Coles, report finds

Wed

Brisbane Olympics infrastructure body urges LNP to fast-track controversial venues with special laws

Wed

Controversial bill to protect Tasmanian salmon industry passes despite environmental concerns

Wed

Rugby League Ashes: Australia’s tour to feature Test at Everton’s new stadium

Wed

Director of Bondi restaurant Icebergs Maurice Terzini resigns amid allegations against son

Wed

Gen Z social media creators say ‘not here to replace journalists’ after criticism Labor invited them to budget lockup

Wed

LNP refuses to implement Queensland Human Rights Act review recommendations

Wed

Dutton’s budget reply expected to one-up Albanese on cost-of-living relief, insiders say

Wed

Albanese thinks the Coalition is ‘delulu with no solulu’ – but what does it mean?

Wed

Khaled Sabsabi show cancelled one month after sacking from Venice Biennale

Wed

Australia’s easing inflation rate a boost for mortgage holders eyeing next rate cut – and Labor’s election hopes

Wed

Queensland weather: towns cut off and roads closed as days of heavy rain forecast to continue

Wed

Experts ‘amazed’ at survival of miniature dachshund on the run on South Australian island for more than a year

Wed

Ex-MP Rory Amon to be forced from new Sydney home after child sexual abuse claims

Wed

Hong Kong activist in Australia targeted with letter offering reward for information about his family

Wed

Labor to push budget tax cuts through parliament in apparent attempt to wedge Coalition

Wed

Australia to redirect $100m in foreign aid to Indo-Pacific region after Trump pulls funding

Tue

US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney

Tue

‘Perfect space crop’: Australian company to attempt to grow first mushrooms in orbit

Tue

Australia politics live: budget growth ‘bullish’ given Trump uncertainty, economist says

Tue

Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds

Tue

Australians can now use Apple AirPods Pro as hearing aids – but experts warn they’re not for everyone

Tue

Polyamorous and monogamous relationships are equally satisfying, Australian research finds

Tue

Coalition’s potential rethink on EV rules could make fuel-guzzling utes and SUVs an election issue

Tue

The ‘hot mess’ Olympics? How Queensland’s 2032 Games planning descended into farce

Tue

Basil Zempilas kicks first goal as he aims to lead WA Liberals back into power

Tue

Coalition will not support Labor’s budget tax cuts, Angus Taylor says

Tue

Jim Chalmers’ 2025 budget speech abridged and annotated – the economy is OK and we’re heading into an election

Tue

Budget 2025: who are the winners and losers?

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