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Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic sports are set to be handed a timely boost ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Games, with the Albanese government committing a record $513 million in high-performance funding over the next two years.
Australia’s weather bureau has warned that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of the year, becoming one of the strongest in seven decades.
Hania Ahmed, 9, died after Punjab police opened fire on suspected robbers as well as her family in Chakwal
A popular Sydney pool will be renamed after the late Professor Richard Scolyer, the renowned cancer researcher and former Australian of the Year who died three years after he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour.
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One of the world’s largest private equity firms, TPG Capital, has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding an alleged car crash involving the firm’s high-profile Australian boss and separate allegations raised following the collision.
Deputy Premier Ben Carroll says he is a marathon runner, but his colleagues say a putative leadership race between him and Jacinta Allan is effectively over before it began in earnest.
Jeff Sutton, a sea captain with 45 years’ experience, spent Sunday night chained to the wheel of his beached vessel at Byron Bay, afraid government inspectors would evict him and chainsaw his yacht to pieces.
A former high school teacher who is already serving a 46-year jail term for the sadistic sexual abuse of his own daughter has shown no remorse after being sentenced for abusing two of his students.
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Night after night, motorcyclists and hoon drivers gather beneath a Port Melbourne apartment, revving their engines into the early hours of the morning.
Former SAS soldier had been invited along with all other living Victoria Cross recipients, judge told
Veteran surfer Nick Carroll is not one to change his habits following shark attacks after more than 50 years spent chasing waves at Sydney’s beaches.
Queensland coach Billy Slater is loved in Queensland and Victoria and already has his own statue in Melbourne.
The Australian government is poised to lower its travel warnings for the key Middle East hubs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi as soon as Wednesday, removing a major hurdle for travellers to buy travel insurance for flights via the region.
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Voter support for One Nation at a state level in Queensland has hit a new high-water mark, the party drawing level with the Labor opposition as former premier Steven Miles’ standing takes a further dive.
Australia’s head coach Tony Popovic answers a question during a press conference, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia, ahead of the team’s World Cup soccer match against Turkey. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Reserve Bank of Australia decision on Tuesday comes after three consecutive cash rate hikes this year
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El Niño events linked with extreme weather around the world – and can increase risk of bushfires in Australia and coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef
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The Queensland branch of the CFMEU improperly used donations to pay personal fines, including one of more than $30,000, the inquiry into misconduct at the scandal-plagued union, and the construction industry, has heard.
Independent watchdog clears officers of serious misconduct but finds they ‘did not meet minimum standards’ on night Lindy Lucena was killed in Ballina
Victoria and NSW police search seven properties as they examine where shooter travelled after killing two officers in Porepunkah
Queensland’s attorney-general says the final steps to extradite notorious childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith to face charges in NSW are now in the hands of the courts, after his lost appeal against a life sentence last week.
Tyler Soderstrom, izquierda, Lawrence Butler (4) y Henry Bolte, de los Atléticos, celebran la victoria sobre los Piratas de Pittsburgh en el juego de béisbol de Grandes Ligas, el lunes 15 de junio de 2026, en West Sacramento, California. (AP Foto/Scott Marshall)
This is perhaps the most painful case of déjà vu the Queensland Maroons have endured. Just as Cameron Munster had to comprehend the death of his father during last year’s State of Origin series, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui must do the same.
A doula present at the free birth of Victorian wellness influencer Stacey Warnecke said she did not believe it was her legal obligation to call an ambulance as the new mother lay dying, or to make childbirth safer for women.
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Serena Williams prepares for comeback at Berlin Open Former world number one Serena Williams was back out on the practice courts Monday (June 15) as the tennis great prepares for another chapter in her comeback story, this time partnering World No. 10 Karolina Muchova in the women's doubles at the Berlin Open. The 2…
Police investigating how Dezi Freeman eluded capture after shooting dead two officers have swooped on properties in Victoria and New South Wales and arrested two people.
Australia’s regional oil price has tumbled 12 per cent in a week, paving the way for deeper cuts at service stations if a US-Iran peace deal sticks and offering hopes of a buffer for motorists as the federal government’s 32¢-a-litre fuel discount ends.
Emily Lal – paid $6,000 to provide freebirth support package to Stacey Warnecke – tells coroner her role was primarily to be a ‘supportive friend’
A progressive Jewish organisation has warned that the rise of far right neo-Nazi groups is a significant driver of antisemitism in Australia and singled out One Nation supporters as the most likely group of voters to be anti-Jewish.
The Melbourne Stars are dead. Long live the Melbourne Stars.
Almost 1 million square metres of roads will be resurfaced across Brisbane, in a cornerstone commitment of the LNP council’s new budget.
Officers who drove past a woman as she lay dead or dying nearly an hour after receiving a Triple Zero call have been cleared of wrongdoing by the police watchdog in a report which criticised NSW Police for an “inadequate” and “misleading” response to her assault.
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An Australian man detained while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza will tell the Australian Federal Police he was digitally penetrated by Israeli forces and beaten for refusing to kiss the Israeli flag.
Former PE teacher will serve time for crimes perpetrated at Traralgon high school in Gippsland concurrently with prior 48-year sentence
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Los Angeles: United States striker Haji Wright says his side won’t make the same mistake as an overconfident Turkey and take the Socceroos for granted, but still believes they will beat Australia in Seattle.