Zverev beats Cobolli in tense French Open final to claim first Grand Slam title
Alexander Zverev is the first German man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Boris Becker at the 1996 Australian Open
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Australia women and South Africa men win rugby sevens world series
BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Australia won the rugby sevens world series when it saved its best for last and beat season-long front-runner New Zealand 26-19 in the Bordeaux women’s final on Sunday.
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An Australian in the US: national identity is one thing, but it’s hard to cheer for either World Cup team | Tom Hawking
The Socceroos playing on football’s biggest stage in my adopted country would normally have me racing to book tickets. Not this year
· Tom Hawking
Australia’s housing market is cooling – but a Sydney flat with a broken shower still costs nearly $1m
Linly and Lena needed steady incomes, Linly’s parents’ help, the federal 5% deposit scheme and NSW’s stamp duty discount to buy a two-bedroom flat in Ashfield
· Luca Ittimani, Catie Mcleod
A high court justice warned of US-style judge ‘stacking’ and created a new front in Australia’s culture wars
Justice Robert Beech-Jones has accused the Samual Griffith Society of a US-style attempt to stack the high court with conservatives, exposing a partisan rift in the process
· Nino Bucci
The fight to save Australia’s ‘incredibly captivating’ endangered spiny crayfish
Global heating is destroying creeks the crayfish call home. They’re the canary in the coalmine for other species living in the delicate ecosystems
· Graham Readfearn
A quarry atop an ancient volcano is Sydney’s newest bushland park. It’s just the start of an ‘intergenerational project’
Hornsby Park is the latest former industrial site transformed into a peaceful green escape in a city known for its vistas
· Nick Visser
A priceless book of Yiddish songs from the Holocaust lay in a Sydney cupboard for decades – now it has been rescued
The family of Olga R almost threw out the collection of 20 songs written by concentration camp prisoners after her death, before discovering its incredible history
· Kelly Burke
Why diphtheria is spreading in remote Indigenous communities – podcast
Australia is facing the largest outbreak of diphtheria, dubbed a ‘disease of poverty’, in living memory. For decades, the highly contagious and life-threatening bacterial disease was almost eradicated, but now it is spreading in remote Indigenous communities around the country. Nour Haydar speaks with Indigenous aff…
Cops escort Mystics coach Sydney Johnson off the court after losing it on refs in wild scene
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· Mollie Walker
Australian doctor who underwent 'world-first' brain tumour treatment dies
Pioneering Australian doctor Richard Scolyer has died, three years after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour.
· Tiffanie Turnbull
Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer dies
Professor Richard Scolyer, the former Australian of the Year who undertook an experimental treatment for his highly aggressive brain cancer, has died at the age of 59.
· Garry Maddox
King’s Birthday top honours go to Natasha Stott Despoja, Will Hodgman and Terrence Tao
Former leader of the Australian Democrats awarded honour in recognition for her work on the SA royal commission into family violence
· Caitlin Cassidy
Melbourne kung fu queen among King’s Birthday Honours heroes
They toil diligently in their chosen fields, not expecting reward, but the good works that some Victorians do for us have not gone unnoticed.
· Carolyn Webb
A former premier, veteran broadcaster and Sydney bridge custodian honoured in King’s awards
Former NSW Labor premier turned lobbyist Morris Iemma, veteran broadcaster Fran Kelly, and the chief custodian of Sydney’s historic Pyrmont Bridge are among 949 Australians recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
· Megan Gorrey
The USA have always given us the ships
“Recent discussions on the purchase of second-hand AUKUS submarines (C8) reminded me of the cautionary tale of when the (renamed) HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Manoora were purchased by Australia in 1994,” remembers Natasha Lee of Alexandria. “Navy friends had dubbed the latter vessel ‘HMAS Manure’ as that is what they fel…
With AI, more needs to be done to safeguard humanity
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World records and rising stars: 10 storylines to follow at the Australian swimming trials
As the circus that was the Enhanced Games quickly fades from view, attention turns to Australia’s top swimmers before next month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Pan Pacific Championships in California in August.
· Tom Decent
Serong seals it for Swans with last-gasp winner to break St Kilda hearts
On a beautiful Sunday in Sydney, the Swans learned how to win ugly. The Swans came back from 33 points down to defeat St Kilda by two points at the SCG.
· Jonathan Drennan
Man dies during arrest in South Australia
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Machete fight breaks out at Melbourne train station
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Players consider BBL contract release requests following Melbourne merger
Multiple Melbourne Stars and Renegades players are seeking urgent one-on-one meetings with Cricket Victoria over last week’s sensational merger of the two BBL clubs, amid questions over the status of their contracts and the identities of the teams.
· Daniel Brettig
Motorbike rider dies in Finke Desert Race crash
Topic:Accidents and Emergency Incidents
· Gemma Ferguson
Melbourne brothel owner among funders of ‘Ditch the Witch’ billboards against Allan
A Melbourne brothel owner has admitted helping to fund controversial “Ditch the Witch” advertisements criticising Premier Jacinta Allan, which numerous politicians have slammed as sexist and misogynistic.
· Gemma Grant
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson tells rally Ben Roberts-Smith is a person ‘I respect and I admire’
Hanson compares former soldier’s prosecution for war crimes to her 2003 jailing for electoral fraud, which was later overturned
· Andrew Messenger
Father with ‘deep respect for the ocean’ identified as spearfisherman killed by shark near Albany
A man who died after he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark off the coast of Albany on Saturday has been identified as Daniel Turpin, a father and husband remembered as a man with a “deep respect for the ocean”.
· Indigo Lemay-Conway
Husband with ‘deep respect for the ocean’ identified as spearfisherman killed by shark near Albany
A man who died after he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark off the coast of Albany on Saturday has been identified as Daniel Turpin, a husband with a “deep respect for the ocean”.
· Indigo Lemay-Conway
Rise of supersized ‘nangs’ linked to deaths, paralysis and brain injuries
A spate of deaths has been linked to nitrous oxide use as a rising number of Victorians are suffering permanent spinal and neurological injuries after inhaling the gas from supersized canisters.
· Melissa Cunningham
These devices were installed in NSW classrooms. Then, schools were rated
One of the largest Australian studies of classroom air quality conducted in the state’s public schools has revealed almost a third recorded carbon dioxide levels not considered optimal for students’ learning “most of the time”.
· Christopher Harris
Multiple teens arrested over alleged machete brawl in Melbourne as government says crime laws working
Commuters were forced to run for cover after a group of youths allegedly fought with knives at Flinders Street station on Saturday night
· Australian Associated Press
Anthony Albanese warns against opposition plan to restrict payments to Australian citizens
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said the Chinese and Indian diaspora and people relying on aged care or hospital services are at the front line of an increasingly divisive fight over citizenship and what it means to be an Australian.
· Shane Wright
With 26 acts in six spaces, it’s almost impossible to see it all – but I give it a red-hot go
Romy Vager and her new band are on fire (figuratively speaking) in the third-floor Supper Room when the smoke alarm begins to sound at the Melbourne Town Hall.
· Karl Quinn
Greens warn nuclear submarines deal risks war with China as Albanese says Aukus ‘full-steam ahead’
David Shoebridge says Australia could become embroiled in a US war with China if purchase of Virginia-class attack submarines proceeds
· Dan Jervis Bardy
Homelessness service concerned by changing demographic in clients
Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 2:07pm
· Evelyn Leckie
Moses to undergo King’s Birthday fitness test before NSW team named
Mitchell Moses will have to pass a secret fitness test on his injured hamstring on Monday before being selected by the Blues for the second State of Origin clash.
· Christian Nicolussi
Family of coopers keeping the artisan trade of making barrels alive
Topic:Hospitality Industry
· Laurissa Smith
LBy Laurissa Smith
Laurissa comes from Devonport in Tasmania's north-west.
Melbourne maths teacher remembered as Indian police charge brother with brutal murder
A Melbourne maths teacher and beloved father was drugged and murdered with a baseball bat before his body was dumped in a canal in India, police say.
· Alexander Darling, Rachael Ward
Bibee logra su primera victoria del año y Guardianes vencen 6-0 a Rangers
El lanzador abridor de los Guardianes de Cleveland, Tanner Bibee, realiza un lanzamiento durante la primera entrada de un partido de béisbol contra los Rangers de Texas, el sábado 6 de junio de 2026, en Arlington, Texas. (Foto AP/LM Otero)
Paramedics warn of burnout and trauma as ambulance wait times exceed 'worst case scenario'
Topic:Ambulance Service
· Kelsey Reid
Mourners farewell gangster a day after gunman targets wrong funeral venue
Topic:Law, Crime and Justice
· Anton Rose
Hurricanes rout Brumbies as Australian teams suffer familiar sinking feeling in Super Rugby playoffs
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Another Australian washout in the first round of Super Rugby playoffs has thrown up two all-New Zealand semifinals next weekend.
· Steve Mcmorran
Australia turns its attention to FIFA World Cup after practice games
Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 11:10am
· Tom Wildie
BBy Brendan Mounter
Brendan Mounter is based in his hometown of Cairns as a features reporter for far north Queensland. Brendan has an extensive media background in broadcast journalism and as a digital producer in various corporate and government roles throughout Australia. Prior to starting with the ABC in 2014, he spent two years wo…
How Tasmania's planned new stadium could trigger deal for Hobart Hurricanes
Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 10:50am
· Chris Rowbottom
GBy Grace Crivellaro
Grace is a news reporter for ABC Illawarra, based in Wollongong. She joined the ABC in 2026 after working as a court reporter in the Illawarra and a federal politics reporter in Canberra. She graduated with a law and journalism degree from the University of Wollongong in 2020.
‘We looked quite good for 20 minutes’: Tony Popovic content after Socceroos draw with Switzerland
Australia coach praises competitiveness in final friendly
· Jack Snape