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Newest first · UTC+11:00Australia politics live: speculation teals may form new party; Gaza flotilla activists arrive home
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Australia news LIVE: Teals in talks to form new political party; Flotilla activists return home; Antisemitism royal commission to recommence today
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· Emily Kaine
'More imaginative than Bays West': New waterfront Sydney suburb needs a name
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· Nick Dole
Morning Mail: Immigration detention security failures revealed; alarm over ‘prediction market’ bets; Spurs secure survival
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· Paul Gallagher
Yasmin went to court to see her rapist jailed. That's not what happened
Topic:Sexual Offences
· Tahlia Roy
Progressive governor of SA or 'ruthless' manipulator? Who was Grey?
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· Luke Lay
First Australian activist detained from Gaza flotilla returns home
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· Nelli Saarinen
Truro businesses call for certainty on freight bypass project
Mon 25 May 2026 at 6:17am
· Will Hunter
Coronial inquest into Dezi Freeman, police shootings kicks off today
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· William Ton
Unlocking Australia's 'distinctive strength' in the early hours
Topic:Community and Society
· Claudia Williams
Senator billed public to attend son’s wedding
Top Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie billed taxpayers for flights and accommodation to Tasmania before and after her son’s wedding in the Tamar Valley.
· Annika Smethurst
Research arrives a day late for horse trainers fined over banned substance
Barely 24 hours after five Victorian stables were fined $24,000 for their horses testing positive to a substance used to treat breast cancer, breakthrough research emerged at an international conference in Melbourne that had the potential to clear their names.
· Danny Russell
Businesses warn of unpredictable tax system as CGT backlash continues
Australia’s biggest business groups have accused the federal government of creating an increasingly unpredictable tax system that risks driving away investment, escalating the backlash over the government’s sweeping capital gains tax overhaul in the budget.
· Rob Harris
ASX on edge, Trump says no rush for Iran deal
The Australian sharemarket is set for an uncertain start to the session as US President Donald Trump said he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, appearing to dampen hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised by both sides a day earlier.
· Stan Choe
Head of Victoria's new childcare watchdog vows to protect kids
Topic:Early Childhood Education and Care Services
· Richard Willingham
Why global conflict is reshaping Australian politics
Topic:Government and Politics
· Patricia Karvelas
Plans to hand over historic West End police station to community services scrapped
The Queensland government has abandoned plans to turn West End’s old police station into a health and community services hub, claiming the Labor-appointed deal did not have adequate funding and the building was not fit for purpose.
· Courtney Kruk
‘Why keep it secret?’ Commuters demand a date for metro line’s opening
The NSW government is refusing to release documents detailing when the long-delayed final stage of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro line might open, sparking calls for it to name a date as commuters are set to endure more than two years of major disruptions.
· Matt O'Sullivan
New hospital in the west opened three months ago but already faces cuts
It opened to patients just three months ago, but doctors at the new Footscray Hospital fear they will soon have to wind back cancer services for some of the sickest Victorians.
· Henrietta Cook
The Bondi image that raises questions about security at Jewish event
The decision to send just three police officers to safeguard the Jewish festival at Bondi Beach where alleged Islamic State radicals shot dead 15 people and the failure of intelligence agencies to detect the terrorist plot will be the focus of the royal commission’s second tranche of hearings this week.
· Perry Duffin, Alexandra Smith
Australia’s most seen bird? After 5 million sightings, the answer’s in
The Australian magpie is the country’s most commonly spotted bird, registering in about half the reported bird sightings in the latest annual count.
· Bianca Hall
AI poses ‘urgent threat’ to student learning and the HSC
The education system is facing real and urgent risks from students’ use of artificial intelligence to cheat and avoid thinking for themselves, warns a new report that sounds the alarm on the emerging technology.
· Christopher Harris
‘Exploitation isn’t sustainable’: $400 trillion investor coalition demands overhaul of modern slavery laws
A coalition of more than 100 investors, businesses, unions and advocacy groups has launched a push for the federal government to strengthen Australia’s modern slavery laws, warning that the existing regime has failed to improve conditions for workers and left the country lagging international standards.
· Rob Harris
Minns faces internal push for action on poker machines
Premier Chris Minns is facing a concerted internal push to significantly reduce the number of poker machines in NSW, with senior figures from left and right Labor factions saying the government has not done enough to overhaul gambling laws during its first term.
· Michael McGowan
US, Lithuania dispute World Pro Tour crown
LITHUANIA and Team US set up a women’s gold medal showdown while Switzerland and Australia booked their spots in the men’s finale of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Nuvali Challenge on Sunday at the Nuvali Sands Courts in Laguna.
· The Manila Times
Escapes, fires, stabbing: catastrophic security failures revealed in Australia’s immigration detention network
Exclusive: prison multinational MTC uses a ‘minimalist staffing model’ that critics say is putting detainees and staff in serious danger
· Christopher Knaus, Ariel Bogle
Labor urged to use anti-corruption commission appointment to restore public confidence in watchdog
Helen Haines says ‘the clock is ticking’ on replacing deputy commissioner Nicole Rose
· Tom Mcilroy
By a whisker: the Ballarat Beard & Stache competition – in pictures
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‘We’re concerned’: US-based prediction markets taking bets on Australian elections and Albanese’s word choices
Regulators and gambling harm advocates have been closely watching the rise in popularity of Polymarket and Kalshi
· Josh Butler
Why it seems like ‘everyone’ in Australia is travelling to Vietnam
The number of Australians taking short trips to Vietnam has more than doubled since 2016 as holiday-makers seek affordable experiences close to home
· Isabella Lee
GWS Giants unleash spirit of 2016 as bereft Brisbane hit the skids… again
A record third quarter at Engie Stadium was akin to a flawless training session for the Giants while the signs are there that all is not well at the Lions
· Jonathan Horn
Last of Australian ISIS linked families leave Syrian camps
More than a decade after tens of thousands of foreign Islamic State (ISIS) supporters arrived in Syria, some of the last foreigners appear to be leaving, including a group of Australian supporters that has been in the spotlight for months.
· SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Lower electricity bills on the way for half a million households
More than half a million Victorian households will see their electricity prices drop by an average of $84 next financial year, while small business owners will save an average of $241.
· Ashleigh McMillan
Victoria Pendleton: ‘At school I discovered the traits that make an Olympic champion do not make for a popular teenage girl’
The athlete on the joy of receiving her first bike, her lonely teenage years, and a life-changing phone call
· Harriet Gibsone
‘I’m enraged’: Family demands answers from Israel, meeting with PM as activists arrive home
A Melbourne woman has touched down in Australia, alleging she and fellow detainees were mistreated by Israeli authorities after their Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted.
· Roy Ward
The priority of housing should be as a home for people
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The final moments of the man who died in Marine Rescue tragedy
Down the lens of her camera, Ange Tedling watched the little boat duck through the rough swell, its lone sailor so determined to cross the treacherous bar beyond Yamba breakwall that his gaze never broke from the horizon.
· Angus Dalton
Muere un pescador en el 2do ataque mortal de tiburón en una semana en Australia
Un cartel se ve en el lugar de un ataque letal de tiburón en la playa Dee Why Beach en Sydney, Australia, el sábado 6 de septiembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Mark Baker, Archivo)
· Rod Mcguirk
Tributes to 28-year-old killed in rideshare crash after celebrating birthday
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· Sarah Swain
Cecilia got into six top US universities. This is how she did it
Most school leavers would be ecstatic to score a spot at a prestigious university – so when Melbourne teenager Cecilia Xu received offers from six of the world’s top colleges, her reaction was understandably extreme.
· Nicole Precel, Noel Towell
The inner Sydney school, the warring parents and a missing principal
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· Alexandra Smith, Emily Kowal
‘People are like: you’re a crackpot’: how Sam Campbell became comedy’s oddball superstar
Having enjoyed breakout fame on Taskmaster and Last One Laughing, the subversive Australian comic has been handed the reins of his own, very strange sitcom. Get ready for feet animations and a character called Super-Breast …
· Rachel Aroesti
Teenager fighting for life after stabbing west of Brisbane
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Perth's Cottesloe revamp to go ahead but more funding needed, says mayor
Topic:Urban Development and Planning
· Yiying Li
Spearfisher mauled on Great Barrier Reef in Australia's second fatal shark attack in a week
A sign is seen at the site of a fatal shark attack at Dee Why Beach in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
· Rod Mcguirk