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One Nation proposal would abolish offshore gas profits tax and acquire 30% equity in new projects in a move the Coalition says is ‘borrowed from Venezuela’
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As the superstar Australian approaches a historic milestone, the SCMP takes a look back at his rise in Hong Kong
As the superstar Australian approaches a historic milestone, the SCMP takes a look back at his rise in Hong Kong
Victorian Labor members will press the Allan government to permanently waive public transport fares, fully fund public schools and scrap council rate caps at the party’s final state conference before moving into election mode.
Thu 21 May 2026 at 6:42pm
Thu 21 May 2026 at 6:37pm
Topic:Sexual Offences
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Former Melbourne Rebels president Paul Docherty never expected rugby’s governing body to take over the financially troubled club until it had reduced its debts, a court has heard.
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When Natasha Tualau walked into a clinic owned by one of Australia’s largest cosmetic dental chains, she claims she was looking for a simple fix for a discoloured front tooth.
CCTC cameras have captured the moment a truck was split in two by a train after it failed to clear a railway crossing in Guildford in Perth’s east on Wednesday.
Conservation groups have lined up to give Premier Roger Cook brickbats after he remarked that WA could be forced to start fracking the Kimberley region if Woodside’s Browse gas project was not developed.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has acknowledged growing concerns that changes to capital gains tax could impact Western Australia’s mining industry – particularly mineral exploration, which has been labelled as the nation’s “original startup”.
Topic:State and Territory Government
Thu 21 May 2026 at 5:04pm
An Australian man was arrested on Wednesday for the theft of Bondi Beach massacre victim and event photographer Peter Meagher’s camera in the aftermath of the attack, the New South Wales Police announced on Thursday.
The federal health minister has thrown millions of dollars at trying to get the worst outbreak of diphtheria in Australia's recorded history under control.Mark Butler confirmed there have been 230 cases of the rare bacterial disease reported so far this year, with about 60 per cent being in the Northern Territory an…
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Journalists from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have been named among the finalists for the nation’s most prestigious journalism awards.
A Sydney mother has beaten back an attempt to force her into the office twice a week, after the Fair Work Commission ruled she was allowed her to work from home all but one day a fortnight, when she is allowed to arrive late to let her drop her children at school.
Thu 21 May 2026 at 4:07pm
Topic:Public Transport
The financial crimes watchdog has ordered the state’s second most profitable club to appoint an external auditor to assess whether it has left itself open to criminal infiltration, as it broadens its crackdown on money laundering in suburban clubs.
Topic:Scams and Fraud
Topic:Scams and Fraud
Topic:Local Government
Melbourne's Avalon Airport was partially shut down for several hours on Thursday after a laser hair removal device and a hot chocolate container sparked a bomb scare.
Thu 21 May 2026 at 3:34pm
Topic:Electric Vehicles
It arose out of a need for a short-cut across the narrow peninsula that straddled The Rocks and Millers Point.
Ben O’Connor, Jai Hindley, Michael Storer and Chris Harper are flying the flag with hopes for an overall podium finish, or even a grander prize
Commonwealth Sport officials are confident the 2026 Games in Glasgow can succeed with an Australian audience despite Victoria’s abandonment of the Games costing state taxpayers $200 million and forcing event organisers to halve the number of sports on offer.
Topic:Scientific Organisations
Junior doctors at a Sydney hospital are furious after receiving a memo from their bosses that they characterise as a thinly veiled threat to their careers, and the suggestion that they’re not tough enough to work in the state’s healthcare system.
Almost two months before he was shot dead in Sydney’s south-west in 2023, Marvin Oraiha was kidnapped and held for ransom, police allege.
Former City of Parramatta chief executive Gail Connolly was investigated by the local government watchdog in 2024 over allegations of misconduct and had council staff use their personal email addresses to co-ordinate a response to the probe, the ICAC has heard.
Newcastle mother Joanne Jaworowski was informed by this masthead this morning that consular officials from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be visiting her son, who is detained in Israel, for a welfare check today.
Topic:Alzheimer's and Dementia
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
Mander has been under intensifying political pressure over the enrolment claims and revelations over his relationship with a fellow minister
A teenage boy accused of attempting to hijack a Jetstar aircraft stopped off at Hungry Jack’s shortly before sneaking onto a plane wearing a high-vis disguise and carrying a bag containing weapons and a teddy bear.
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
Fresh off a string of high-grade drill hits and stellar metallurgical results, Advance Metals has moved to consolidate its ownership of the high-grade Myrtleford and Beaufort gold projects in Victoria’s goldfields.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae and his Sydney counterpart Dean Cox have expressed opposing views about bench etiquette after McCrae’s in-game comment to Swans ruckman Brodie Grundy.
The idea that Australia is being mobbed by selfish foreigners is both entirely untrue and impossible
Surprise rise in jobless rate will give Reserve Bank more reason to delay another interest rate hike at June meeting
Australian eSafety legal notice issued to US-based company for failing to provide information on how it was tackling online child abuse material