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A children’s courtroom was evacuated on Friday in dramatic scenes when a 16-year-old accused of torching a liquor warehouse refused to leave the dock after learning he would not be granted bail.
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‘Every activist on the flotilla … has only had their heart more emboldened by witnessing and experiencing the brutality of the Israeli state,’ Zack Schofield says
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Queensland’s $1.2 billion mental health levy is directionless and poorly run, a review from the auditor-general has found, prompting fears taxpayer money is being wasted on ineffective services.
After the bloodshed of last week’s budget, Australian markets have calmed a little this week. Aided by US President Trump’s latest truth social tirade, the temperamental leader of the free world suggested that the US and Iran were once again in the “final stages” of negotiations.
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Nationals leader Matt Canavan has described a defiant podcast host who has called for the mass, race-based deportation of migrants as a “good Australian” after Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price made a controversial appearance on the host’s show.
Two of the figures at the centre of a years-old probe into a Labor Party scheme to circumvent donation laws will escape prosecution over charges they hindered an investigation for what the Independent Commission Against Corruption said were evidentiary and discretionary reasons.
A win for the Black Knights in front of a fervent home crowd could sell its own story, but Patrick Kisnorbo’s dogged Sky Blues stand in the way
Fri 22 May 2026 at 3:51pm
Queensland Maroons debutant Sam Walker has refused to shy away from being compared to the legendary Allan Langer, as he rubbished suggestions his defence will be a weak spot in the State of Origin series launch.
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On this day 50 years ago, Australia’s Linda McGill completed the first 45km swim around Hong Kong Island in 17 hours
On this day 50 years ago, Australia’s Linda McGill completed the first 45km swim around Hong Kong Island in 17 hours
Like most NSW high school students in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Thursday mornings after State of Origin was often a tough time for Victor Radley.
Peshawar Zalmi’s Babar Azam walks off the field after his dismissal during the Pakistan Super League final cricket match between Peshawar Zalmi and Hyderabad Kingsmen, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
The Queensland government will put millions of dollars towards an ecotourism venture in the Gold Coast hinterland, with a camping ground and zipline development bordering protected land.
A Sydney high school teacher has been charged with 10 offences after police allegedly found a “significant” amount of child abuse material in his possession, including photos of a former student.
The Trump administration’s portfolio of strategic technology companies has expanded across the Pacific, with the US government taking equity stakes in two Australian-founded quantum computing pioneers as part of a $US2 billion ($2.8 billion) funding round.
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Two former childcare workers have escaped conviction despite admitting to yanking a toddler by their arm and pushing the same child against a wall.Julie Gay Minter, 55, and Bhawna Joshi, 28, admitted to assaulting an 18-month-old in their care at a western Sydney childcare centre in October 2025.Minter ripped a bask…
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A senior member of the so-called Coconut Cartel, a gang locked in a months-long feud with the notorious Alameddine crime family, has been shot dead in Vietnam.
Sydney Metro chief executive Peter Regan has left the top job at the agency after about five years, leaving the Minns government to search for a replacement at a pivotal moment in the construction of the city’s train mega-projects.
A second group of Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group has departed a refugee camp in northeast Syria and may be returning to Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday.
Fri 22 May 2026 at 1:00pm
Columnist Jennifer Hewett took part in and wrote about conference that she attended courtesy of oil and gas lobby. Plus: Kim Williams v Chris Kenny
Fri 22 May 2026 at 12:44pm
In an era when many stargazers are wasting their shooting-star wishes on falling space junk, what blazed across eastern Australian skies on Thursday night was a bona fide meteor – an exploding offcut of an asteroid or comet.
A 31-year-old homeless man allegedly armed with a knife has been charged with threatening to kill after calling a media outlet and issuing a threat about an incident he alleged would take place in Bourke Street in Melbourne CBD.
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Company founder Steven Marks says US stores will close as it can no longer justify cost of trying to break into crowded market
Melbourne Theatre Company, Arts Centre MelbourneRyan Calais Cameron’s play dramatises a real meeting the film star had in the 1950s that became a moral reckoning
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Before she started work at the City of Parramatta, Roxanne Thornton called its then-mayor “a fat cow” and her colleagues at another council “a bunch of f--- wits” in text message exchanges with the council’s newly appointed chief executive, Gail Connolly.
In his biggest address so far, shadow treasurer Tim Wilson described the federal budget as an ‘economic earthquake’ at the National Press Club this week.
A mystery party has launched Supreme Court action to stop IBAC from publishing a report into corruption allegations centred on dealings between former premier Daniel Andrews and union boss Peter Marshall.
Victoria’s peak anti-corruption body says the latest attempt to stymie a long-running investigation into dealings between former premier Daniel Andrews and a union boss shows it needs greater powers to do its job.
Shares of Guzman y Gomez rose as much as 20.58% on Friday, after the Mexican-themed fast-food chain said it would exit the U.S. market and refocus on Australia.
The AUKUS submarine project has passed the point of no return and will be delivered successfully, says Australia’s recently departed ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd.
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