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Newest first · UTC+11:00RBA boss says economy can weather war and avoid recession
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock believes the country will avoid a recession even if oil prices continue to climb, while rejecting even the notion that Australia is facing a period of stagflation.
· Shane Wright
Brooke Blurton calls on Melbourne comedian Lisa Spencer to apologise for her video
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Brisbane electrician found not guilty of fatal punch outside country Queensland pub
Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 5:30pm
· Grace Nakamura
Could WA follow in NSW’s footsteps on medical cannabis laws for drivers?
Western Australia is being urged to follow the lead of New South Wales and overhaul laws for drivers caught with cannabis in their system.
· Cameron Myles, Michael Philipps
Ex-council CEO copied associate's signature for $500k role, inquiry told
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· Rhiannon Soliman Marron
State to run inquiry into how to deal with squabbling councillors
The Queensland government has announced an inquiry into how the complaints of squabbling local councillors should be dealt with, as the state deals with roughly 1000 complaints each year and some councillors deem the system broken entirely.
· Julius Dennis
Why is Victoria now Australia’s car crime capital?
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‘Manufactured crisis’: Bombshell report reveals flaws in controversial ANU finance plan
A controversial program designed to save $250 million through cutting hundreds of jobs at the Australian National University could not be justified by the state of the institution’s finances, according to a damning report released late on Thursday.
· Sally Rawsthorne
Full Circle launches professional musical theatre company in Adelaide
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· Malcolm Sutton
Man arrested after allegedly bringing knife to Melbourne shopping centre
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Dozens of vulnerable children were deemed not at risk by Victoria’s child protection system. They are now dead
The state’s commissioner for children and young people raised the alarm about cycles of ineffective referrals to voluntary services and closed reports in 35 cases of children who died after interactions with the system
· Stephanie Convery
Victoria smashed by heavy rain and winds
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Teenagers and man front court over Melbourne kidnapping, murder
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Adoption fix for child safety needs ‘robust safeguards’, service says
Queensland’s major forced adoption service provider has warned the government it must consider the lifelong consequences of adoption as it forms its response to a major inquiry.
· Matt Dennien
The quick and quiet cracks as Connolly takes the stand at ICAC
The cracks appeared all at once. Seven months after being sacked as chief executive of the Parramatta Council, after nearly four weeks of public anti-corruption hearings dredging through years of messages and emails that showed her at her most unguarded, it took less than three hours for Gail Connolly to break down …
· Michael Ruffles
Canberra Liberals say former leader's claim she was threatened with assault was 'misunderstanding'
Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 4:04pm
· Lois Maskiell
Police can use force to move body parts during strip-searches, NSW argues in appeal court
NSW police appeal after comprehensive class action loss in 2025 when force admitted music festival search of Raya Meredith was unlawful and unjustified
· Jordyn Beazley
Hanson says she hasn’t changed – Australia just caught up with her. But she’s not sold on leading it
Pauline Hanson says she is not sure if she will pitch herself for prime minister at the next election, downplaying the notion after saying she could do the job as she admitted One Nation had shut down party branches she said were “infiltrated by extremists”.
· Paul Sakkal
ACMI hit with data breach days after MIFF’s ticketing platform hacked
A second Melbourne arts institution is investigating a data breach, in which the personal information of almost 26,000 people has been exposed, days after the data of thousands of Melbourne International Film Festival customers was compromised.
· Nell Geraets
Iconic Australian department store returns after 46 years
For decades the long-running Australian store wars have focused on a battle to the death between Myer and David Jones, but a name that once rivalled their fluctuating glory has rejoined the fray.
· Damien Woolnough
Sydney nurses' alleged threats 'stupid things said by stupid people', court told
Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 3:42pm
· Tamsyn Buckle
Ardea giant nickel project awarded WA lead agency status
Ardea Resources has received another official government nod for its Kalgoorlie nickel project’s (KNP) Goongarrie Hub, this time at the State level, after being awarded Lead Agency Status by the Western Australian government to streamline project approvals.
· Andrew Todd
How this cosmic map of magnetic fields could help illuminate one of the universe’s most mysterious forces
Light from nearly 4m galaxies measured as it twisted and travelled through intergalactic space
· Petra Stock
AUKUS spats show the US that Australia still has some explaining to do
What a difference a year makes.
· Michael Koziol
France-based giants picked for Junior Wallabies in major RA policy shift
A pair of giant young Australian props based in the academies of French clubs are set to be included in the Junior Wallabies squad later this month, in a major shift in strategy by Rugby Australia.
· Iain Payten
Ethan Strange is the hottest playmaker in the game. So why did the Roosters let him go?
They will never admit it publicly, but in recent weeks the Sydney Roosters have begun asking whose idea it was to let Ethan Strange swap Bondi for the warm embrace of Ricky Stuart in Canberra.
· Christian Nicolussi
Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra leaves school in Australia to be with ‘seriously ill’ mom
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· Adam Silverstein
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Neo-Nazi group White Australia loses bid for temporary immunity from hate laws
High court dismisses organisation’s injunction attempt against designation as a hate group
· Australian Associated Press
Failings of Victoria's child protection system including 35 deaths laid bare
Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 3:18pm
· Rachel Eddie
Shadow attorney-general defends decision to allow staffer to write article praising Roberts-Smith
A senior Coalition frontbencher has defended her decision to allow a senior adviser to write a newspaper article urging Australians not to “walk away” from Ben Roberts-Smith, exposing tensions inside the opposition over how to respond to the Victoria Cross recipient’s looming war crimes trial.
· Rob Harris
‘Reckless policy’: NRMA and Coalition slam medicinal cannabis driving reform
The NSW Coalition will oppose the Minns government’s plans to implement a three-strike system for medicinal cannabis users, arguing the policy is “premature” and unsupported by sound evidence.
· Max Maddison
‘I’m really proud to be Brittany Higgins’: former Liberal staffer reveals why she didn’t change her name
Silenced, a documentary about violence against women, opened the Sydney film festival on Wednesday
· Amanda Meade
Queensland police finance review referred to coruption watchdog
Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 2:47pm
· Claudia Williams
‘Had an absolute crack’: Top player in Big Build clean-up steps down
A top official leading the clean-up of Victoria’s scandal-ridden construction sector will step aside from his role in August, leaving the state without a key figure in the fight against corruption and worker exploitation in the building industry.
· Nick McKenzie
About 10,000 cars stolen or broken into in Melbourne each year
Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 2:37pm
Breaking: Multiple people injured in bus crash in Perth's north
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‘Waste colonialism’: Fiji says no to Australian billionaire’s incineration plan
Government rejects offshore rubbish being shipped to Fiji and burned after opposition from traditional landowners and tourism operators
· Agence France-Presse
'Concerned': Australia to protest over China banning NZ MPs
Thu 4 Jun 2026 at 1:47pm
· Stephen Dziedzic
Court fight over Bruce Lehrmann’s diary that allegedly contains eight pages of classified information
Commonwealth’s barrister tells federal court they will return diary to former political staffer but it must be declassified first
· Australian Associated Press
‘She never responded’: Daughter tells murder trial of fear when mother went silent
The daughter of a missing US citizen allegedly killed by her boyfriend says her mother became distant and later completely stopped responding to messages, including about the death of her grandmother, raising alarm bells.
· Cloe Read
John Laws’ antiques and golden bling sell for millions at auction
The legendary Australian radio broadcaster with the golden tonsils is the man with the golden gavel in death.
· Linda Morris
Notorious Australian paedophile released after 25 years
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35 children deemed ‘not at significant risk’ by protective services before their deaths
Dozens of children have died over a six-year period despite the state’s protection services receiving an average of eight reports per child about the dangers they were facing at home, a new inquiry has found.
· Nicole Precel, Kieran Rooney
Kacie Stephens talks about being detained at Sydney airport
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Elderly couple fighting for life after NSW home invasion
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