Patients of retired Sydney dentist advised to test for bloodborne viruses
Patients may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C and are advised to get tested as a precaution. (ABC Mid North Coast: Kerrin Thomas)
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Newest first · UTC+11:00A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget
The Murdoch papers sharpened their sickles and hammered Jim Chalmers’ budget for ‘the most radical redistribution of wealth since the Whitlam era’
· Amanda Meade
Crisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn
Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle, as ‘dangerous, ignorant and wrong’
· Douglas Smith
Troubling conspiracy theories in Donald Trump's late night Truth Social spree
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Nick Pearson
With Healy retired, Molineux to captain Australia at the T20 Women's World Cup
FILE -Australia’s Sophie Molineux, center, celebrates with teammate the wicket of New Zealand’s Suzie Bates during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup cricket match between New Zealand and Australia at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, India, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
Coalition vows to repeal Labor’s ‘toxic’ negative gearing and capital gains tax budget changes
Opposition leader Angus Taylor and shadow treasurer Tim Wilson say future Coalition government would reinstate generous rules for property investors
· Tom Mcilroy, Sarah Basford Canales
Safety recall of children's toy after traces of asbestos found
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· Joseph Sahyoun
Mornington icon 'Sammy the seal' believed to be dead
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· April Glover
Retired top NSW cop to lead child protection review after NT girl's death
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· Lara Pearce
Australia backs UK-France led mission in Strait of Hormuz
Australian defence minister Richard Marles said Australia will join a multinational mission aimed at protecting freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz after holding talks with defence counterparts from more than 40 countries.
· Middleeasteye
Government 'watching' as outback gold mine sets financial deadline
Topic:Mining and Metals Industry
· Meghan Dansie
Jim Chalmers’ budget doesn’t fix everything – but it’s an overdue first payment to future generations | Ken Henry
The treasurer has shown economic reforms should not be left to the too-hard basket, and instead be pursued with a sense of urgency
· Ken Henry
Ransom ‘paid’ to hackers who crippled online learning in Australia
The parent company of Canvas, the online learning platform used by hundreds of thousands of Australian students and teachers, has struck a deal with the cybercriminal gang that stole personal data from an estimated 275 million users and sought a $13 million ransom.
· David Swan
Mornington Peninsula community mourns as Sammy the seal believed dead
Sammy the seal was often spotted sleeping in several locations around Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. (Facebook: Sammy the Seal)
· Ethan White
Man granted bail over synagogue ramming had religious 'preoccupation', court hears
A 32-year-old man charged after ramming his car into the gates of a Brisbane synagogue has been released on bail.
· Talissa Siganto
Man accused of ramming synagogue gates granted bail
A man accused of ramming a synagogue’s gates and later referencing the Bondi shootings has been granted bail after a psychiatrist found his psychosis was linked to drug use.
· Rex Martinich
Football academy praises 'much-loved' student who became trapped under train
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· Emily McPherson
The $67m Sydney university car park its own experts don’t want built
A car parking stoush is brewing at the University of NSW as a coalition of prominent academics moves to derail a $66.7 million expansion of a campus car park, warning the project risks locking in car dependence and undermining the institution’s climate goals.
· David Barwell
World in pictures, May 13, 2026
A young girl climbs to look through a gap of the closed doors of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven on May 12, 2026 in Beijing, China. In a rare occurrence, the popular historic site has been closed for the next three days in preparation for a tour by U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese…
· Danie Sprague
Former Good Food Guide Chef of the Year swaps bowlo for revamped motel restaurant
Two years after closing her unique restaurant set within Lorne’s bowling club, chef Jo Barrett is back cooking on the Surf Coast with a similar community-first mindset.
· Dani Valent, Emily Holgate
Pacific nation Nauru to change name in break from colonial past
SYDNEY, Australia — Pacific island Nauru said it will hold a referendum to change its official name, described as a colonial relic from a time when "foreign tongues" mangled the native language.
· Agence France-Presse
'Survivors won': Good character references abolished for sexual offenders
Topic:Sexual Offences
· Isabella Ross
Eurovision pays musical homage to Austria-Australia confusion
Moldova's Viva, Moldova! is one of the 10 songs to make it through the first semifinal to be performed at the upcoming grand final. (Reuters: Lisa Leutner)
How Australia’s mining giants are helping China to globalise the yuan
Mining firms are increasingly using the yuan for financing and settlements, as China pushes to reduce its reliance on the US dollar
· Kandy Wong
How Australia’s mining giants are helping China to globalise the yuan
Mining firms are increasingly using the yuan for financing and settlements, as China pushes to reduce its reliance on the US dollar
· Kandy Wong
Plans for Australia's first Trump Tower scrapped due to 'toxic' brand, developer says
Plans for a A$1.5bn ($1.1bn; £802m) Trump Tower in Queensland have been scrapped with an Australian developer blaming the "toxic" Trump brand and the Iran war for the project's demise.
· Lana Lam
New search for SA mother missing from outback opal town
Trisha Graf was last seen on December 12. (Supplied: SA Police)
Coronial inquest into death of tasered 95yo Clare Nowland begins
Clare Nowland, who had symptoms of dementia, died in Cooma Hospital after being tasered. (Supplied: NSW Police)
· Isla Evans
Ken Hinkley speaks on Carlton coaching vacancy
Former Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has not ruled himself out of the vacant Carlton coaching job, but has given a ringing endorsement of another possible candidate for the job.
'Absolutely thrilled': Canberra's RSPCA to get new facility out of federal budget
RSPCA ACT CEO Michelle Robertson has welcomed the federal government's $30 million to build a new RSPCA campus at Pialligo. ( ABC News: Lottie Twyford )
· Niki Burnside
Capital gains tax and negative gearing benefit the 1% and this chart shows it
More than half of the benefit of the CGT concession went to the top 1% of income earners, the most recent data shows
· Josh Nicholas
Australian Wedgetail spy aircraft to return to the Middle East on Hormuz mission
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'Grandfathering' vs new builds: The key housing terms and who will get a tax perk
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· Sbsaustralia
Five things buried in the federal budget you didn't know about
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· Sbsaustralia
Australia axes quick as Women's T20 World Cup squad is named
Darcie Brown has been left out of Australia's Women's T20 Cricket World Cup squad. (AAP: Photosport/Andrew Cornaga)
Australia’s top sprint hope Kaden Groves quits Giro d’Italia due to crash injuries
Groves was involved in a crash as race opened in Bulgaria last week
· Australian Associated Press
Star quick omitted with Lucy Hamilton called into Australia’s T20 World Cup squad
Darcie Brown omission based on expected conditions in UK
· Australian Associated Press
E-scooter rider dies after being hit by car while crossing Perth highway
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
· Callum Liddelow
‘Never easy to select’: The conundrums facing Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign
Australia have persevered with Sophie Molineux as captain for the Twenty20 World Cup in England despite an injury-blighted start for her stint as Alyssa Healy’s leadership successor.
· Daniel Brettig
Shaun Micallef has dissected gambling’s dark arts – and it will leave you shattered
If you’ve watched a footy game on TV, flicked through a newspaper, listened to a radio or glimpsed the games and social channels that contemporary adolescents are glued to, you’ll know how pervasive and inescapable gambling has become in Australia today. The statistics around the $32 billion industry are alarming. J…
· Paul Kalina
Swimmer mistakenly joins Australian Fashion Week show
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‘You don’t want the integrity questioned’: Hodge off the All-Australian committee, keeps ties with TAB
The AFL has lost a second member of this year’s All-Australian selection panel after Luke Hodge joined Kane Cornes in stepping down to maintain his commercial arrangement with a bookmaker.
· Scott Spits
Plans for $1.5b luxury Trump Tower on Gold Coast axed, developer confirms
Controversial plans for a $1.5 billion Trump Tower on the Gold Coast have been scrapped less than three months after a deal was signed.
· Marissa Calligeros, William Davis
Labor’s budget resembled a seven-course degustation. It was welcome, but why don’t voters feel sated? | Nicki Hutley
None of the budget measures will change the outcome for most would-be home buyers in the short term, but Jim Chalmers’ reforms go well beyond one electoral cycle
· Nicki Hutley
Finland, Greece set up clash with Delta Goodrem in Eurovision final
Finland and Greece have emerged as the two strongest contenders at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Both delivered stunning performances in the competition’s first semi-final overnight, booking a showdown with Australia’s Delta Goodrem in this weekend’s final.
· Michael Idato
Man injured while allegedly blowing up ATM at Queen Victoria Market
Police said three people used explosives to access an ATM near Victoria Market. (ABC News)
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Tensions flare outside Midland court
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