The beer scientist turning his attention to recording rare orchid species
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 7:06am
· Iskhandar Razak
Follow the story
Australia
A focused view of neutral reporting on Australia, brought together across publishers.
Explore all topics →
Neutral reports only
Newest first · UTC+11:00NSW premier's $2 million promise to a murder victim's mother
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 7:02am
· Sarah Forster
Australia news LIVE: Strait of Hormuz to open; Australia hit by post-budget economic pessimism; Expanded shark drones after attack
You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
· Angus Dalton
Shark culls among 'worst things' for beach safety, marine biologist says
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 6:51am
· Shannon Corvo
Morning Mail: The unsolved death of Baby Justin, One Nation official’s racist posts, Cape Verde’s Cup heroics
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter
· Martinfarrer
EPA investigates fish kill after major fuel spill on NSW South Coast
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 6:37am
· Charles Rushforth
Australia news live: police to investigate Gaza flotilla activist allegations; Victorian law set to enshrine right to WFH
Police meet activists and will inquire into abuse and sexual assault allegations. Follow today’s news live
· Martinfarrer, Sarah Basford Canales
UK to join Australia in social media ban
Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
Sydney's Coogee Beach reopens
Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
By Sophie Landau
Sophie Landau was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, where she started her journalism career creating audio stories and hosting/producing programs at community radio station, Radio Adelaide. Sophie has worked for the ABC since 2021, first as a news reporter in Renmark and then as a multi-platform journali…
Brother believes pregnant 20yo could have been Ivan Milat's first victim
Topic:Law, Crime and Justice
· Kelly Fuller
Police watchdog set to deliver findings on response to woman's bashing death
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 6:02am
· Lia Harris
Legendary band Australian Crawl reforms for first time in 40 years
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 6:00am
· Dan Condon
Working from home laws set to extend to more workers, as Allan prepares legislation
Casual and part-time workers will be included in new laws protecting the rights of Victorians to work from home, with the state government set to introduce legislation into parliament this week.
· Kieran Rooney
Bollards and bullet-proof glass: Melburnians go all-out to keep homes, cars safe
Chris Sallmann’s home is a monument to his 74 years of life.
· Angus Delaney
Hospital call from Melbourne’s outer north leaders
Topic:Urban Development and Planning
· Margaret Paul
‘I’ll be eternally grateful’: The Australian fashion designer defending Meghan
Since retiring from official royal duties in 2020, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has become a divisive figure, but one Melbourne fashion identity stands resolutely in her corner.
· Damien Woolnough
Bus routes axed, new ones added under sweeping changes to Sydney network
Eight bus routes will be axed across Sydney but 10 will be added – most in the city’s south-west before the final section of the M1 metro rail line opens – under sweeping changes to services starting from Sunday.
· Matt O'Sullivan
‘Never thought we’d be custodians’: Berwick’s beloved dining icon makes a comeback
Everyone who grew up in Berwick seems to have a story about Clover Cottage, a restaurant which operated between 1979 and 2016 on a three-hectare estate, 47 kilometres south-east of the city. To local delight, it’s soon to reopen under new owners Mark Protheroe and his wife, Katrina Bruckner.
· Dani Valent
Bat boom sparks backlash as 50,000 flying foxes descend on Sydney suburb
A booming colony of 50,000 grey-headed flying foxes has descended on a suburban corner of Sydney’s south-west, transforming a stretch of bushland into one of the largest urban bat camps in NSW and fuelling growing frustration among nearby residents.
· David Barwell
Why Gina Rinehart’s company is fighting with a country music star
Australia’s richest woman wants to mine coal in the Rocky Mountains, and one of Canada’s most famous country music singers has built a coalition of ranchers, fishermen and environmentalists to stop the project.
· Iain Boekhoff
One in three like Labor’s budget. Taylor has other reasons to hope
Angus Taylor’s plan to restrict welfare payments to Australian citizens and link immigration rates to housing has been strongly backed by voters in a glimmer of hope for the under-pressure opposition leader.
· James Massola
Catalano wins fight to build $29m Byron mansion – but there’s a catch
Well, this should be fun. It wasn’t that long ago that disgraced media entrepreneur Antony Catalano’s $28.7 million plans to build a mega-mansion in the exclusive Byron enclave of Wategos Beach proved so controversial that he ended up in a scuffle with a local jeweller.
· Fiona Byrne, John Buckley
The Australians most likely to die from accidental drug overdoses
Australians in their 40s and 50s are now more likely than any other age group to die from an accidental drug overdose, and Victoria has recorded its deadliest year on record for unintentional drug deaths.
· Annika Smethurst
Plans for new inner-city cycleway and footpath revealed, construction to start next year
A new two-way bikeway and separate footpath will be built along a busy inner-city stretch, long identified as dangerous and difficult to traverse by cyclists.
· William Davis
NSW’s $1 billion clean energy fund selects first investment projects
The state government’s $1 billion renewables fund has chosen its first project, investing $100 million in battery projects in Newcastle and Homebush.
· Jessica McSweeney
Scooter Braun calls Sydney Sweeney ‘greatest good luck charm’ after Knicks championship
See more of our coverage in your search results.
· Bridget Reilly
Police mistakenly shoot, kill Australian child in Pakistan
LAHORE — Police shot and killed an Australian child in eastern Pakistan, authorities said, with Canberra calling on Monday for an investigation into the incident that also wounded two of the girl’s family members.
· Agence France-Presse
China's growing military helps world peace
BEIJING — China said on Monday that strengthening its military is beneficial to world peace, slamming a think tank report that warned the threat of a direct strike by Beijing on Australia was increasing.
· Agence France-Presse
Stars like Victoria Beckham can’t get enough of this seaweed-based body oil
See more of our coverage in your search results.
· Hannah Southwick
Baby Justin sustained ‘catastrophic head injuries’ in his father’s arms. Then his case just disappeared
Exclusive: An autopsy of the five-month-old revealed dozens of older injuries, including fractured ribs. Yet no one has been charged and no inquest has been held into his death
How a Socceroo’s pre-match tears gave way to a World Cup night to remember
Paul Okon-Engstler’s emotions before making his World Cup debut for Australia belied the performance that followed against Turkey in Vancouver
· Jack Snape
One Nation branch official defended Hitler Youth and called Aboriginal people ‘stone age’ in racist posts
Exclusive: Aboriginal Australians and migrants the targets of John Drew, who claims he was once kicked out of Pauline Hanson’s party for being ‘too radical’ – but is now a branch official
· Sarah Martin
‘What’s the opposite of a gay demon?’: The creepy new Australian horror film that’s getting global buzz
Writer-director Adrian Chiarella subverts the idea of conversion practices in Leviticus, a jump scare of a movie that tells a tender queer love story too
· Katie Cunningham
‘Like a horror movie’: Coogee’s regulars think twice about swimming after shock shark attack
‘Saddened, stunned, surprised and haunted’ is how one surfer describes the mood at the popular Sydney beach two days after Leah Stewart was bitten by a great white
· Ima Caldwell
New women’s lacrosse team coach to be ‘present’ as Hong Kong aims for 2028 Olympic Games
Unlike previous coaches, ex-Great Britain midfielder Emily Gray will be based in the city to coach the team during its critical periods
· Ada Li
Could Asian teams be catching up to Europe at this World Cup? | Jonathan Wilson
If there were a shift in world football power, it may look something like the impressive results from South Korea, Japan, Qatar and Australia
· Jonathanwilson
'I screamed': A mother's grief as drug overdose deaths hit record high
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 12:01am
· Caitlyn Gribbin
Scooter Braun proves he and Sydney Sweeney reached major relationship milestone with Knicks toast
See more of our coverage in your search results.
· Riley Cardoza
A world first: Australia will now investigate Israel
Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
· Andrew Brown
Will wax paper return to the fold?
“I, too, miss wax paper (C8) for my sangas, and plastic wrap is a poor substitute,” opines Andrew Cohen of Glebe. “I now use baking paper and a plastic band, a solution I learnt from my girlfriend, who makes yummy sandwiches for all of her employees’ lunches every morning.”
How Australia’s social media ban has affected families six months on
As UK ban for under-16s is confirmed, experience of Australian parents of similar restrictions has been mixed
· Jane Clinton, Alfie Packham
The rumour surrounding a top public servant that won’t go away
Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: Sosso departure goss, a human rights office review, Ombudsman staff woes, ‘mind the gap’ on racism, and more.
· Matt Dennien, James Hall
Hanson on world stage? I would not like to see that
To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number below your letter. No attachments. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
Brisbane teenager allegedly plotted terror attacks after being influenced by Unabomber, court hears
Teenager pleads not guilty after being accused of planning attacks on Liberal party and Labour Day march
· Andrew Messenger
Australia demands answers after girl taken hostage is shot dead by Pakistan police
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on authorities in Pakistan to investigate the fatal shooting of an Australian girl while on holiday with her family.
· Fan Wang
There’s no other place I’d rather be than the ‘insular peninsula’
You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
· Vivien Robotham
The embarrassing health condition that stops people leaving the house
At least one in four people live with a condition like Jenny Greer’s, but almost none of them talk about it and most don’t seek help.
· Rachel Rasker
The single Cypress tree that pub owner claims has halted multimillion-dollar renovations
Publican Liam Ganley has a grand plan – and a planning permit – to overhaul his “tired” Windsor Castle Hotel, but he claims a dispute over a single tree has stalled the multimillion-dollar redevelopment.
· Rachael Ward