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Chinese President Xi Jinping chats with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, in November 2024. Australian perceptions of China have sharply improved. © Reuters
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Myles Straw rompe el empate con un elevado de sacrificio y Toronto vence 4-2 a Houston
El jardinero Myles Straw, izquierda, de los Azulejos de Toronto, baña al receptor Alejandro Kirk para celebrar la victoria del equipo sobre los Astros de Houston en el juego de béisbol de Grandes Ligas, el lunes 22 de junio de 2026, en Toronto. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
These NFL players just got their first taste of Aussie rules. This was the verdict
Los Angeles Rams star Tyler Davis says he has great respect for the toughness of AFL players – and is now keen for the Los Angeles Rams to leave their own imprint on the MCG in the inaugural NFL match on Australian soil for championship points.
· Jon Pierik
Kylian Mbappé logra otro doblete y es el 2do con más goles en Mundiales, al llegar a 16
Kylian Mbappe (10) agracece al público tras la victoria sobre Irak en el Mundial, el lunes 22 de junio de 2026 en Filadelfia (AP Foto/Petr David Josek)
· Dan Gelston
Banned on Broadway, a new generation of music software is shrinking musical theatre orchestras
Musicians are losing jobs, or stretched further in the gigs they can get, as KeyComp and other technologies replace human players in the pit
· Elissa Blake
Gateway silver halo points to deeper WA gold prize
Gateway Mining has delivered the first drilling confirmation that its Great Western prospect at the Yandal gold project in Western Australia hosts a large-scale gold-silver hydrothermal system, with maiden drilling defining a gold-mineralised structure stretching four kilometres along a key geological contact at the…
· Penny Taylor
Public transport fee relief and lower road toll cap announced in NSW budget targeting cost-of-living pressures
Australia’s most populous state forecast to plunge into worse-than-expected $2.3bn deficit in 2026-27, before rebounding to a $1.1bn surplus following year
· Penry Buckley, Jonathan Barrett
Why Brooklyn Beckham is ‘fuming’ over parents David and Victoria’s Father’s Day posts: report
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· Antoinette Bueno
Cost-of-living sweeteners centrepiece of NSW's pre-election budget
Tue 23 Jun 2026 at 12:30pm
· Isobel Roe
Mookhey’s motorway: $100 cut to rego in cost-of-living budget
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· Michael McGowan
Bedblock-busting pilot program aims to aid hundreds of stranded aged-care patients
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· Kate Aubusson, Megan Gorrey, Christopher Harris, Matt O'Sullivan, Anthony Segaert, Matt Wade
The arrest that saw a police officer convicted of assault
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Tasered nine times in 46 seconds: The arrest that saw a cop convicted of assault
A Gippsland police officer has been found guilty of 10 assault charges after dousing a man in the face with capsicum spray and using his taser nine times in less than a minute.
· Cameron Houston
Pickleball courts scrapped after heated political volleys
Pickleball courts at the centre of a heated rally between local politicians will not be built after the Brisbane City Council scrapped the project.
· Julius Dennis
Can I get sick from bird flu? What are the symptoms, and are chicken and eggs safe to eat?
As the deadly H5N1 virus makes landfall in Australia, experts hope strong biosecurity will protect poultry and dairy cattle
· C Raina MacIntyre and Pan Zhang for the Conversation
Potent sedative found in vapes sold in Victoria
Tue 23 Jun 2026 at 11:50am
Labor reaches deal with the Greens to pass changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing reforms
Minor party says it has also negotiated an extension to the inquiry into controversial changes to the NDIS
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Police hunting e-bike hoons at Canberra shopping centre
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Roberts-Smith to skip war memorial event after illness, lawyer says
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'They'll walk away': Home-sellers change tack as auction clearance rates plunge
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Robodebt victims share in millions as Australia's largest-ever class action settlement approved
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Australia is the only major democracy without a human rights act. Is that about to change?
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The new financial year is here — and so are major changes. Here's what to know
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Brisbane School of Arts building in CBD to be sold off by council
The historic Brisbane School of Arts building is set to be sold off by the city council after years of neglect and changing plans.
· William Davis
Bird flu has arrived in Australia
Tue 23 Jun 2026 at 8:33am
Residents worried about dramatic increase to Menindee Lakes water release
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Australia news LIVE: Oil sanctions lifted; State budgets handed down
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Logging company gives new answer to parliament over logs sent to Victoria
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· Adam Holmes
Australian sprinter feels 'absolutely robbed' after Commonwealth Games snub
Tue 23 Jun 2026 at 6:37am
· Jon Healy
Australia politics live: NSW to lower road toll cap and Queensland to promise infrastructure in today’s state budgets
Weekly toll cap in NSW to fall from $60 to $50 for one year. Follow today’s news live
· Andrew Messenger, Penry Buckley
What will be in today’s NSW budget? Here's what we know so far
Tue 23 Jun 2026 at 6:23am
· Alexander Lewis
Lionel Messi bate récord goleador ante Austria y otros momentos del Mundial
Lionel Messi se retira del campo de juego tras la victoria de Argentina por 2-0 ante Austria en el Grupo J del Mundial, el lunes 22 de junio de 2026, en Arlington, Texas. (AP Foto/Tony Gutiérrez)
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Christian Pulisic returns to training with US after missing last World Cup match
United States’ Christian Pulisic (10) during the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Australia in Seattle, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
· Greg Beacham
Sydney road tolls to be capped
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Australia's most mocked politician is suddenly its most popular
Pauline Hanson, an Australian senator and leader of the party One Nation, responds to a question from a journalist at the National Press Club in Canberra on June 17. © Reuters
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Some hantavirus cruise passengers released after 42 days in Perth quarantine
Tue 23 Jun 2026 at 6:04am
· Mya Kordic
True brew: The Aussie making sake and selling it to Japanese restaurants
It’s a rite of passage for many young Australians — teaching English in Japan and falling in love with its culture and cuisine.
· Carolyn Webb
Australian Labor learnt from leadership chaos. Britain could be about to
Tue 23 Jun 2026 at 5:51am
· Riley Stuart
‘Something’s gotta give’: the zero-sum game for Chapel Street’s future
To stand on Chapel Street at rush hour is to observe a zero-sum game play out in real time.
· Patrick Hatch
Budget to guarantee ‘every cent’ from mismanaged levy for mental health
Queensland’s mental health support services will have their funding increased by nearly $400 million in Tuesday’s state budget, after an audit of the state’s mental health levy found funds were being mismanaged with no oversight.
· Courtney Kruk
Put down the corporate slop, pick up a delish Korean-style lunch bowl (before it’s gone)
When Janice and Kevin Kim launched Kim’s Korean Deli as a temporary stall at the Marrickville markets, their daughter Gabi was just six weeks old. It was August 2025, and the couple had just wrapped a 14-month corporate sabbatical, spent driving a van around Australia.
· Bianca Hrovat
I, Robot director Alex Proyas rejects Guillermo del Toro’s AI warning: ‘Absolutely wrong’
Australian director Alex Proyas, best known for The Crow, Dark City and I Robot, could not be more strongly opposed to triple Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro’s warning last week about the dangers of using artificial intelligence to make films.
· Garry Maddox
The suburbs where the most homes are failing to sell at auction
Outer-suburban auction markets have recorded the weakest results in Sydney and Melbourne as rate increases and a pullback by investors add to the house price slowdown.
· Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
‘Extinction risk’: Why the new virus threat to WA’s wildlife extends beyond birds
Endangered sea lions living along Western Australia’s coastline are under the threat of extinction, scientists warn, as concern grows over two confirmed cases of the highly contagious bird flu.
· Holly Thompson
Party’s over: Doors close on celebrity artist’s Chapel Street gallery
When acclaimed artist Vincent Fantauzzo opened his namesake gallery in South Yarra in February last year, the launch party had wall-to-wall rich-listers, powerbrokers, Melbourne notables and a sprinkling of traditional celebrity.
· Fiona Byrne, John Buckley