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Newest first · UTC+11:00Inglis to lead Australia in ODI series against Pakistan after Marsh injury
Lucknow Super Giants’ Mitchell Marsh plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, India, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo)
¿Qué sabe a panqueque coreano y es morado? Una Oreo inspirada en BTS, grupo K-pop
Las nuevas galletas fruto de la colaboración entre Oreo y BTS el lunes 25 de mayo de 2026 en Nueva York. (Foto AP/Sydney Schaefer)
· Dee Ann Durbin
Qld students among weakest for computer literacy, despite growing AI use
Two-thirds of Queensland’s year 10 students do not meet national benchmarks for computer and technology literacy, despite most having “extensive” AI experience, the Australian curriculum authority has found.
· Catherine Strohfeldt
The death penalty returns to Israel - podcast
Earlier this month, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, celebrated his 50th birthday – with a noose-themed cake, and a message written in icing: ‘Sometimes dreams come true.’
It’s still Blues v Maroons but State of Origin looks different this year | Jack Snape
From an influx of new personnel to different bench strategies this year’s series opener in Sydney will see a number of deviations from the norm
· Jack Snape
Rein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations
Jerome Laxale breaks ranks to publicly back reforms that would also wind back the diesel fuel rebate
· Dan Jervis Bardy, Christopher Knaus, Adam Morton
Image of ‘twin babies’ used by anti-abortion activist appears to show sugar gliders
Joanna Howe says the image was sent to her by a woman ashamed of her abortion, and used it to support ‘rally for Emma and Ruth’ in favour of NSW bill
· Tory Shepherd
Guardian Essential poll: Labor’s housing and tax changes fail to win over voters as support for One Nation swells
Just 25% of Australians polled back the budget while the majority believe the government has fallen short of expectations over the past year
· Josh Butler
(LEAD) Top diplomats of U.S., Australia, Japan, India reaffirm commitment to N. Korea denuclearization
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· Song Sang-ho
Top diplomats of U.S., Australia, Japan, India reaffirm commitment to N. Korea denuclearization
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of the United States, Australia, Japan and India on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to the "complete" denuclearization of North Korea, Tokyo's foreign minister said, as tensions flared anew following Pyongyang's missile and artillery launches.
· Song Sang-ho
Oreos inspired by K-pop group BTS reflect consumers' global tastes
The new Oreo and BTS collaboration cookies are seen Monday, May 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Sydney Schaefer)
· Dee Ann Durbin
Renters could save $20bn on bills in a decade from rooftop solar and appliance upgrades – if landlords act
Owners’ lack of motivation due to ‘split incentive’ is main reason rental properties are missing out on energy upgrades, research finds
· Petra Stock
Australian wildcard Adam Walton shocks Daniil Medvedev at French Open
Queenslander holds nerve to win 6-2 1-6 6-1 1-6 6-4
· Australian Associated Press
High-altitude turbulence tricky to detect, experts say, as Cathay investigates case
Cathay Pacific says it is ‘gathering facts’ surrounding case of severe turbulence that injured 10 on flight from Brisbane
· Oscar Liu
High-altitude turbulence tricky to detect, experts say, as Cathay investigates case
Cathay Pacific says it is ‘gathering facts’ surrounding case of severe turbulence that injured 10 on flight from Brisbane
· Oscar Liu
Quad ministers unveil energy, critical minerals, Fiji port plans
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a press conference after their Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 26. © Reuters
· KIRAN SHARMA
Australia’s anti-corruption staff are ‘terrified’ of making mistakes, says outgoing chief
With a second investigation under way into his conduct, Paul Brereton tells estimates about concerns of workers
· Tom Mcilroy, Sarah Basford Canales
From McEnroe to Medvedev, meltdowns on tennis courts are part of the sport's mental challenge
Daniil Medvedev of Russia returns to Adam Walton of Australia during their first round men’s singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
· Andrew Dampf
Jobseeker services to get first overhaul in 30 years
Australia’s system for helping jobseekers into work will be overhauled for the first time in 30 years as the federal government grapples with the best way to assist the country’s growing number of long-term unemployed people.
· Natassia Chrysanthos
China warns against ‘bloc confrontation’ as Quad group meets in India
China has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Dehli.
· RT
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China has warned against “bloc confrontation” after officials from the Australia-India-Japan-US ‘Quad’ grouping met in New Delhi.
· RT
War crimes investigator and AFP ask corruption commission to probe Ben Roberts-Smith leak
Government’s special investigator tells Senate estimates he was surprised journalists had prior knowledge of former SAS man’s arrest
· Tom Mcilroy
Quad ministers unveil key energy and critical mineral initiatives
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a press conference after their Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 26. © Reuters
· KIRAN SHARMA
This was bound to happen
“Outward Bound Australia is celebrating its 70th anniversary and, as part of the celebrations, last Sunday some 70 former students took a cruise on the Hawkesbury River to the site of the former Outward Bound school at Fishermans Point and nearby Bar Island,” reports Ken Bergin of Bensville. “With such a diverse gro…
New mental health hotline to end police culture of ‘toughing things out’
Homicide detective Bree Sonter has seen some of the worst crimes imaginable during her 20-year policing career, but says her first three as a beat cop were the hardest.
· Courtney Kruk
Aterrizan en Australia dos aviones con 19 australianos vinculados al grupo Estado Islámico
Un grupo de partidarios rodean a una mujer con supuestos vínculos con el grupo extremista Estado Islámico a su llegada, con un niño, al aeropuerto de Melbourne, en Melbourne, Australia, el 7 de mayo de 2026. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image vía AP)
· Rod Mcguirk
The unusual former life of Sydney Swans defender Will Edwards
Among the rows of mourners that would visit the Gregory and Carr Funeral Home in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde, Will Edwards always stood out.
· Frances Howe
‘Students are paying the price’: More than half of uni tutorials at least double the ideal size
Tutorials have exploded to more than double the ideal size, student support has collapsed and class engagement has worsened significantly as Australia edges towards $100,000 degrees and universities suffer a crisis of public confidence.
· Sally Rawsthorne
Albanese plots CGT concessions to avoid angry backlash from small business
More small businesses would be spared paying capital gains tax under concessions being considered by Labor to avoid a growing backlash, as analysis predicts house prices will fall in Sydney and Melbourne due to tax changes and interest rate rises.
· Paul Sakkal, Shane Wright
Ethan Strange’s dad will watch his son’s Blues debut then chase his own piece of Origin history
John Strange barely kept it together when tuning in via Zoom to watch his son Ethan receive his first NSW Origin jersey on Tuesday.
· Christian Nicolussi
Queensland nurse accused of murdering daughter
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Kid-gloves treatment as ‘ISIS brides’ land in Sydney and Melbourne
Nineteen Australian women and children linked to Islamic State have landed in Australia after more than seven years trapped in camps in Syria, and are expected to be allowed to quietly leave airports in both Melbourne and Sydney.
· Michael Bachelard, Mostafa Rachwani, Angus Delaney
The Australian wedding dresses Taylor Swift could wear down the aisle
Taylor Swift’s love affair with Australian designers stretches back further than her relationship with her footballer fiance Travis Kelce.
· Damien Woolnough
Tigers chair O’Farrell backs V’landys for all-powerful rugby league job
Wests Tigers chairman and former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell has endorsed Peter V’landys becoming rugby league’s executive chairman as the future of the influential administrator grips two sports.
· Chris Barrett
NSW premier says Bondi terror attack was failure of policing and intelligence
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Romanian man jailed for targeting elderly Australian shoppers
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· Grace Crivellaro
Party that offers hope to younger generations will win
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Heavy rain and storms expected in Australia’s south-east as severe weather warning issued for Tasmania
Bureau of Meteorology says thunderstorms could bring widespread rainfalls and flash flooding while there are ‘signs of El Niño development’
· Cait Kelly, Graham Readfearn
Quad ministers hold strategic talks amid Mideast turmoil
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a press conference after their Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 26. © Reuters
· KIRAN SHARMA
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Second group of Australian women linked to Islamic State to return home
A group of seven Australian women and 12 children linked to the Islamic State terrorist group have made travel plans to return home, authorities said on Tuesday, in what would be the second such Australian group to leave a Syrian refugee camp this month.
· REUTERS
Parliament rebellion erupts as Sharpe cops unprecedented fortnight suspension
The NSW government’s leader in the upper house, Penny Sharpe, has been suspended from parliament for a fortnight, an unprecedented expulsion that marks a dramatic escalation in the power struggle between the Minns government and the Legislative Council crossbench.
· Michael McGowan, Jessica McSweeney
NT police will not lay charges against officers over Kumanjayi White’s death while being restrained at Coles
Police commissioner acknowledges outcome causes ‘significant distress’ for 24-year-old Warlpiri man’s family and wider community
· Sarah Collard
Quad ministers announce new Indo-Pacific initiatives on maritime security and energy
NEW DELHI — The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the United States announced new initiatives Tuesday on maritime security, port infrastructure and energy, as the group known as the Quad seeks to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific over concerns about China’s growing influence in the region.
· Associated Press
As Trump woos China, the Quad grouping drifts towards irrelevance
As the foreign ministers of India, Japan and Australia lined up with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a “family photograph” at the start of a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, their body language was stiff, with only the top Indian diplomat, S Jaishankar, trying to smile.
· Urooba Jamal
Watch: Light drones fall during display in Sydney
Almost 90 drones fell into the water of Sydney's Darling Harbour during a light festival on Monday.
Perth FIFO worker who praised Bondi gunmen pleads guilty to racism, weapons charges
A Perth man who made social media posts supporting the gunmen who attacked a Jewish community at Bondi Beach in December has pleaded guilty to racism and weapons charges.
· Rebecca Peppiatt
‘We want to play like other teams’: Afghan women’s cricket dreams remain undimmed
Benafsha Hashimi fled the Taliban to Australia in 2021 and is determined to fight for the ICC to follow Fifa’s lead and recognise Afghanistan’s exiled players as the national side
· Taha Hashim
Woman charged after allegedly assaulting Melbourne waitress
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