Australia’s unemployment rate jumps to 4.5% in ‘tentative signs labour market is buckling’
Surprise rise in jobless rate will give Reserve Bank more reason to delay another interest rate hike at June meeting
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Elon Musk’s X fined $650,000 after failing to comply with Australian child safety notice
Australian eSafety legal notice issued to US-based company for failing to provide information on how it was tackling online child abuse material
· Australian Associated Press
Australia backs landmark UN climate change ruling as others try to block it
Thu 21 May 2026 at 1:16pm
· Stephen Dziedzic
‘We will hurt you in ways your brain can’t comprehend’: Venues hit with $10k extortion demand
Bar owners targeted in a spate of firebombings across Melbourne have begun receiving extortion demands for $10,000 a month as the city’s so-called bar wars continue to rage.
· John Silvester
Australia's Arafura rare-earth project to start construction in September
Arafura's rare earth project in Australia's Northern Territory underscores the shift by Western governments and major manufacturers to financially back supply chain diversification. (Screenshot from the Arafura's YouTube page)
· Staff Writer
He was funny, charismatic and a mastermind behind the Great Bookie Robbery. He was also my brother
In 11 minutes it was all over, but the repercussions of the Great Bookie Robbery would rock Melbourne for years.
CSIRO cuts climate research jobs, despite budget funding boost
Australia’s national science agency has confirmed it will shed 92 jobs, the majority of which will come from environment and climate modelling teams.
· Bianca Hall, Mike Foley
Cross the ditch? Startups told to ‘do it in NZ’ to dodge CGT
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent the fourth anniversary of his election win defending the budget while New Zealand’s finance minister encourages Australian business owners to cross the ditch to benefit from lower taxation.
· Nick Newling
Cross the ditch? Start-ups told to ‘do it in NZ’ to dodge CGT
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent the fourth anniversary of his election win defending the budget while New Zealand’s finance minister encourages Australian business owners to cross the ditch to benefit from lower taxation.
· Nick Newling
Australian judge fines X Corp. for online safety breach
Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant smiles during a conversation with former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard during the Women Deliver 2026 Conference in Melbourne, Australia April 28, 2026. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)
· Rod Mcguirk
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Australian family's query about new trust tax law sparks debate
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· April Glover
Fortescue claims paying back $66m for failed hydrogen project ‘overreach’
Mining giant Fortescue says the Queensland government’s bid to claw back nearly $66 million for a failed green hydrogen project is an “overreach” that risks discouraging future investment in the state.
· Julius Dennis
Major staff cuts on the horizon as Football Australia posts record loss
Thu 21 May 2026 at 12:17pm
Earthquakes hit near regional Queensland town twice in four days
Thu 21 May 2026 at 12:13pm
· Nikki Sorbello
Olympic coach who sent bikini photo to athlete given four-year ban
An Australian Olympic sprinter has been banned from coaching athletics for four years after a tribunal found he had sexually harassed female athletes, including commenting on their racing attire telling one “Jesus Christ [redacted], what are you doing to me wearing those shorts”.
· Frances Howe
Elon Musk’s X loses Australia child protection compliance lawsuit
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Musk’s X admits breaking Australian child safety law, fined $650,000
Elon Musk’s social network X has admitted breaking Australian law by failing to disclose the steps it was taking to combat child sexual exploitation material on its platform, ending a near three-year legal fight by conceding to a $650,000 Federal Court penalty.
· David Swan
Financial lifeline for NSW businesses, communities hit by highway closure
Thu 21 May 2026 at 11:50am
· Xanthe Gregory
Queensland Olympics Minister referred to AFP over voting registration
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Big on tennis, not on Adelaide: Trump’s ambassador to Australia speaks
Washington: David Brat, the former Republican congressman whom Donald Trump has nominated to be his man in Canberra, is a big tennis fan.
· Michael Koziol
Why the Waratahs’ Mr Fix-It wants permanent home at No.10
Away from rugby, Waratahs utility Lawson Creighton is a qualified electrician learning about the business behind the tools. On the field, he is chasing a new contract in Sydney and wants to specialise in a single trade: five-eighth.
· Jonathan Drennan
Olympics Minister referred to federal police over voter enrolment saga
Queensland’s minister for the 2032 Olympics has been referred to the federal police over allegations he falsely enrolled to vote at a staffer’s home while not living there.
· Matt Dennien
'Remarkable' Australian doctor and social enterprise founder dies aged 32
Thu 21 May 2026 at 11:38am
· Declan Bowring
Terror on the hairlines: laser hair removal device sparks evacuation of Melbourne’s Avalon airport
Police say bomb response unit was called in over suspicious item, which led to evacuation and flight delays
· Nick Visser
Three arrested for alleged role in Melbourne nightclub fires
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Man charged with stealing from Bondi shooting victim
SYDNEY — Australian police said Thursday they had charged a man with allegedly stealing from a victim during last year's deadly mass shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
· Agence France-Presse
Does an El Niño loom? Here's what winter could look like across Australia
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· Sbsaustralia
'We don't need more reviews': Australia's femicide inquiry debate
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Australia endorses historic UN resolution for climate change accountability
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Neo-nazi group lodge legal challenge against hate group listing
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'Come over': NZ minister invites Australians unhappy with CGT changes
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· Sbsaustralia
Deported Australians on Gaza-bound flotilla allege abuse while detained by Israel
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· Sbsaustralia
Australia condemns Israel for 'degrading' treatment of detained Gaza-bound flotilla activists
Australia is the latest country to slam Israel for what it has described as "shocking and unacceptable" treatment of flotilla activists.
· Middleeasteye
WA news LIVE: Trains back up and running on Midland line after Guildford crash
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Last private midwife north of Perth to close as costs of business rise
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· Brianna Melville
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Lauren Day is a North America Correspondent based in Washington DC. She was previously South-East Asia correspondent, based in Bangkok. Prior to becoming a foreign correspondent, Lauren worked as an award-winning reporter for 7.30 in Melbourne and researcher for Four Corners in Sydney. Lauren has been at the ABC for…
Outback landholders opening gate to large-scale renewable projects
Topic:Renewable Energy
· Oliver Brown
Bomb squad called as Melbourne's Avalon Airport evacuated
Thu 21 May 2026 at 9:03am
Elderly woman dies 11 days after fatal crash on Queensland's Southern Downs
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
· Dan Mccray
‘Total shutdown’: Arrest over Avalon bomb scare as travellers face chaos
Avalon Airport has been plunged into lockdown and flights are delayed after a bomb scare about 6am on Thursday morning.
· Angus Delaney
Whitsunday tour operators fear e-bike ban could destroy business
Topic:Travel and Tourism
· Bryn Wakefield
Football Australia to post $15.3 million loss as full scale of financial troubles revealed
The true extent of Football Australia’s financial turmoil can be revealed, with the game’s governing body set to post a staggering loss of $15.3 million - almost double the previous record deficit of $8.3 million set last year.
· Vince Rugari
Beach-loving capital warned of perfect storm for sharks
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Adam Vidler
Shark warning for Sydney beachgoers
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Australia news live: Penny Wong rebukes Israel over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists
Australia’s foreign minister condemns video posted by Israel’s national security minister taunting detained activists. Follow today’s news live
· Nick Visser, Krishani Dhanji, Josh Butler