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Victoria Ellis grew up on a sheep and crop farm in the southern Riverina of NSW. She has a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Wollongong.
Child sex offender resigns as Melbourne Karen Buddhist group president
San Maung Saw Wah has resigned as president of the Melbourne Karen Buddhist Association. (Facebook)
'Most powerful': Putin boasts about nuclear-capable missile
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
Lautaro sentencia y el Inter completa el doblete al derrotar 2-0 a Lazio en la Copa Italia
Lautaro Martínez celebra tras marcar el segundo gol del Inter de Milán en la victoria 2-0 ante la Roma en la final de la Copa Italia. (AP Foto/Andrew Medichini)
Teenager charged over home invasion linked to Melbourne arson attacks
Victoria Police say a shot was fired during the home invasion in Pakenham. (ABC News)
Virtual college expands HSC course offering to all NSW students
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ASX to open slightly down as markets continue to digest federal budget
The Australian market is expected to open slightly down as markets continue to make sense of the federal budget, while results from GrainCorp and Xero are out today.
NSW residents fear homes could be lost to sea in next storm
The dune that protects houses from the ocean swell at Surfside is being eroded away. (ABC NSW South East: Jacinta Counihan)
CIT chief told she could be fired for disclosing misconduct probe
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Australia politics live: Albanese denies tax reforms aimed at courting votes from growing gen Z cohort
Angus Taylor to give budget reply speech tonight. Follow today’s news live
Japanese-style tiny apartments coming to Australia's co-living market
Shinoken looks to operate low-rise buildings with 20 to 100 studio units, catering to single professionals. (Shinoken Group)
Fire rips through new home of Australian Open
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Swans move annual Pride Game away from St Kilda after Collard case
Sydney had played St Kilda in their annual Pride Game since 2016. (Supplied)
Short stay accommodation jumps in Tasmania amid rental squeeze
A new short stay accommodation dashboard has been launched which shows there are over 4,700 whole home short stays statewide. (ABC News: Loretta Lohberger)
Will housing reforms make a difference? Migrants weigh in
Rosa Dhayan lives 90km from her university campus because it is one of the only areas where she can afford to rent. (Supplied: Rosa Dhayan)
Former Australian cricketer named first foreign English selector
Marcus North has become a national selector for the English men's cricket team. (AAP: NZPA/Ross Setford)
Two charged with weapons, drugs offences after police raid rural properties
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
Teenager 'groomed' by AFP pleads guilty to terror-related offences
Thomas Carrick's parents are launching legal proceedings against the Australian Federal Police. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Landlords hit with $50k in fines amid no-grounds eviction crackdown
Dozens of NSW landlords have been fined for re-letting their homes and breaking rules around the state's no-grounds eviction policy. (ABC News: Timothy Ailwood)
The ‘big danger’ for Australia as Trump meets Xi
Washington: The last time Donald Trump met Xi Jinping – in South Korea in October – he referred to the encounter as a “G2 meeting”. That language didn’t go unnoticed, and hasn’t been forgotten.
Partner of former Queensland premier to face court today
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‘Friction-free’: Virgin calls time on the check-in kiosk
Virgin Australia is ditching traditional online check-in kiosks for a one-stop system allowing passengers to tag their bags and drop them without a separate scan of the bag label.
King opens UK parliament amid palace concerns over leadership chaos
Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria make their way to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday. (Reuters: Jaimi Joy)
'No one seems to know': Albanese dismisses gas export tax hike calls as 'slogans'
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A travel charge most Australians don't know they pay is rising again
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Accommodation provider fined for guide dog refusal in Qld first case
Janice Whittle and her guide dog Keegan were denied accommodation by a provider in Agnes Water. (Supplied: Janice Whittle)
Angus Taylor proposes one-for-one migration cap tied to housing
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor wants to limit Australia's migration intake. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)
The explosive drama behind the scenes at Australia’s main film and TV awards
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How Mick Molloy became the every-bloke of Australian TV
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Missing piece or trouble magnet? New Salvos cafe fractures a suburb in crisis
On a frenetic shopping strip in Melbourne’s inner-west, Hamada Ahmed is frustrated and desperate.
‘Righting this wrong’: Labor MPs join call to pay back underfunded schools
Three Labor MPs have signed off on a scathing parliamentary committee report that demands the Allan government compensate Victoria’s public schools for starving them of billions of dollars of vital funding over years.
Players consider jumping ship for South Africa T20 unless BBL pay improves
Australia's best cricketers may quit the home summer to play in the lucrative South African Twenty20 tournament in January 2028 unless they can be paid internationally competitive salaries of about $1 million each to take part in the Big Bash League.
'Can't sleep, can't eat': Families say they are blocked from NSW prisons
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
'Enormous injustice': One lucky generation to dodge major tax change
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
Jewish group warned about alleged gunman before Bondi massacre
A Jewish community security team passed intelligence to NSW Police about an Islamic fundamentalist network and identified Naveed Akram as a close associate years before his alleged Islamic State-inspired attack in Bondi, a leaked email suggests.
It’s been talked about for years, but Brisbane’s third CityGlider still hasn’t arrived
A high-frequency bus route linking Stones Corner with Northshore Hamilton was supposed to be running this year – but it has yet to materialise, despite millions of dollars being poured into the idea over half a decade.
The one dish that Ottolenghi can’t wait to eat in Australia
It’s no secret that many of the world’s top chefs have a soft spot for Australian cuisine. Nigella Lawson has never been shy about her love for our fish and chips, while Anthony Bourdain was famously partial to a “dirty street pie”.
By promising to fix Victoria’s budget, Jess Wilson has put a big target on her back
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The seven-year Origin drought that could come to an end on Thursday
It’s been seven years since NSW have won back-to-back women’s Origin titles, but it’s a drought Isabelle Kelly and her team have a chance to break on Thursday night.
The reason the NSW prison population has hit a record high
The NSW prison population has hit record highs with more than 14,000 people in custody, fuelled by a surge in those charged with domestic violence awaiting trial or sentencing.
The NSW Libs were starting to feel better about themselves. Then Farrer happened
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There’s Jack Nicklaus, then Adam Scott: Australian great’s magic moments as history beckons
Adam Scott will take his perfect swing, calm demeanour and sense of style into his 100th golf major (and 99th consecutive) when he tees it up at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club this week.
Venus Williams, de 45 años, jugará dobles femenino en Roland Garros con Hailey Baptiste
Venus Williams devuelve ante Olga Danilovic en la primera ronda del Abierto de Australia, el 18 de enero de 2026, en Melbourne. (AP Foto/Aaron Favila)
'Preposterous' scenes as King forced to spruik under-siege PM's plan
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
1700 stuck onboard after virus outbreak on cruise ship
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Clerk trying to boost book sales blamed for wrecking Murdaugh trial
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
Councils on notice: What’s behind WA’s ‘dysfunctional’ local government saga?
From the top of Western Australia to the heart of Perth, councils across the state have fallen into disarray, begging the question of how can something so “dysfunctional” be fixed.