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Brisbane families are coughing up hundreds putting their children’s names down at multiple private schools as competition for spots surges, while some pay significantly more to accept a position sometimes years before kids walk through the gates.
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In this week’s On Background, One Nation hires a talk radio veteran, The Hollywood Reporter Australia lands with a flop, the ABC gets a new HR boss and what Seven’s earnings drop means for Peter V’landys’ NRL rights deal dreams
Tasmania’s food fans eagerly anticipate the official launch of former Quay chef Analiese Gregory’s new “anti-restaurant”, to cap big months for hospitality in Hobart and its surrounds. Australia’s southernmost capital is rich with a flurry of new eateries, just in time for winter and the 12-day Dark Mofo festival fr…
Two years of data from Sydney’s gangland wars has revealed the bloody front line across the city’s west that has claimed 19 lives, riddled homes with bullets and condemned dozens of teenagers to become underworld soldiers.
More than six months after the Albanese government was sent into a tailspin triggered by Sports Minister Anika Wells’ questionable use of parliamentary expenses, the scandal continues to cast a shadow.
Private health insurance giant Bupa has renewed its seven-figure sponsorship deal with the Carlton Football Club amid the unfolding lewd photo scandal that has engulfed former president Luke Sayers and thrown into question the club’s and the AFL’s governance of the saga.
The final piece of a multibillion-dollar motorway connection to Sydney’s new international airport is set to be opened to motorists on Sunday, four months before the first passenger flights take off.
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TODAY, show-stopping London-born singer and songwriter Sienna Spiro announces the “My House” tour, including an extensive North American fall run followed by dates in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Europe. MANILA will be on Saturday, January 9, 2027, at the New Frontier Theater.
DENPASAR, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia arrested an Australian fugitive hiding in the lavatory of a private jet as it was about to take off from the resort island of Bali, officials said on Thursday.
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La estadounidense Serena Williams regresa una bola junto a su compañera de dobles, la canadiense Victoria Mboko en el encuentro de dobles ante la canadiense Nicole Melichar-Martinez y la neozelandesa Erin Routliffe en el Queen’s Club tennis championships el martes 9 de junio del 2026. (AP Foto/Alberto Pezzali)
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Jugadores y aficionados celebran la victoria de los Knicks de NUeva York ante los Spurs de San Antonio en el juego 4 de las Finales de la NBA el miércoles 10 de junio del 2026. (AP Foto/Frank Franklin II)
Labor talking points this week concede Australians are frustrated with an economy that ‘isn’t working for them’. The goal will be to convince voters One Nation isn’t either
Australia, the US and Paraguay will have their work cut out to match the Crescent Stars’ young midfield but a shaky defence is a genuine concern
One Nation’s predicted primary vote is ahead of both the Labor government and Coalition opposition for the first time, marking a new level of popularity for a party that has sat at the fringe of Australian politics for decades, and sparking a flurry of questions about whether Pauline Hanson could actually become pri…
Quaint and often overlooked, phone booths continue to provide an essential public service with millions of free calls being placed each year
CitizenGo is hitching its wagon to Joanna Howe’s crusade, and the former Nationals MP George Christensen is on board
The full-back’s career has moved as swiftly as his marauding runs down the left to make him Australia’s not-so-secret weapon at the 2026 World Cup
Thu 11 Jun 2026 at 11:46pm
In theory the hosts have an easy route to the last four, but even a weakened Australia team are still, well, Australia
Yang Shuyu, who plays for in the Australian league, aims to outdo elder sister Yang Liwei, who led China to silver at the previous World Cup
Yang Shuyu, who plays for in the Australian league, aims to outdo elder sister Yang Liwei, who led China to silver at the previous World Cup
Australian swimming great Kyle Chalmers has slammed the International Olympic Committee for failing to adequately compensate athletes, saying he is completely disillusioned and fears more competitors will defect to the Enhanced Games in pursuit of lucrative prize money.
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Union members at one of Australia’s busiest and most profitable ports have voted to go on strike, after weeks of ongoing fears about potential industrial action and its impact on the country’s economy.
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N. Andrew McPherson wanted to know if anyone remembered Meccano (C8). The short answer is: yes, multitudes, including Peter Craig of Dulwich Hill who says, “For decades my wife and I had the Meccano set which had belonged to her uncle John as a child. He had given it to us when our son, now 44, was a baby. I then pa…
Serena Williams' doubles campaign at Queen's has been curtailed as her playing partner Victoria Mboko has withdrawn with a left knee injury.
Hong Kong’s most successful handler will be in a new role on Saturday when his Go Racing Syndicate has its first runner in the city
Hong Kong’s most successful handler will be in a new role on Saturday when his Go Racing Syndicate has its first runner in the city
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Oversized utes take up more space on roads, pollute more and are less safe for other road users, but a parliamentary inquiry will consider whether charging them more than other cars using Melbourne’s toll roads is unfair.
Youth detention workers walked off the job on Thursday, citing safety risks and leaving skeleton crews to manage the detainees.
Cricket Victoria has backed down from the potentially explosive call to send chief executive Nick Cummins to the meeting where Australian cricket’s leaders meet to decide the fate of the BBL privatisation project, including what to do about the call to merge the Melbourne Stars and Renegades.
Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie has rejected Pauline Hanson’s claim that changes to his state’s electoral laws two decades ago were designed to target her, insisting the reforms were designed to combat electoral fraud within the Labor Party following a major corruption scandal.
Thu 11 Jun 2026 at 7:40pm
San Francisco: Jordan Bos is Australia’s Gareth Bale. If you’ve watched him play, you’ve probably made the comparison, and it’s only natural. Even his Socceroos teammates see it.
Despite charging more than $50,000 for some degrees, the state’s universities are operating at an average loss of $12,000 for each domestic student.
The former VicRoads site in Kew will not be retrofitted for housing, after the state government made a last-minute pivot and decided to completely demolish the former municipal building.
Forrestania Resources has rung up a solid 37 per cent grade increase at its Lady Lyla gold deposit near Southern Cross in Western Australia, with a new mineral resource estimate showing 922,000 tonnes at 1.41 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 41,700 ounces.
Lawyers for the CFMEU administration questioned the credibility of a former national building industry watchdog in an hours-long Queensland inquiry hearing into the union and sector.
The Allan government provided bailout guarantees for Zoos Victoria, Phillip Island Nature Parks and Alpine Resorts Victoria, a year before Zoos Victoria’s announcement it would axe an estimated 70 jobs.
Thu 11 Jun 2026 at 6:32pm