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SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Australia agreed Thursday to enhance cooperation to ensure stable supplies of diesel and other energy resources amid global supply disruptions caused by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
Brisbane is rife with examples of quiet ways people are encouraged not to linger.
Rebel Wilson has told a Sydney court social media posts targeting The Deb lead actor are true. (ABC News: Abubakr Sajid)
An interim report into last year's Bondi Beach mass shooting on Thursday advised increased security around Jewish public events and further gun reforms among 14 initial recommendations, but found Australia's legal and regulatory frameworks did not hinder security agencies in preventing or responding to the attack.
Residents are calling for the town of Harcourt to be prepared against future disasters. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Victoria, WA and Tasmania had supported privatising Big Bash
Australian white supremacist killer Brenton Tarrant has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction and sentence for shooting dead 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019, court documents show.
A man has been arrested after a paramedic was stabbed in the neck and slashed in the face while getting a coffee this morning.The male paramedic was waiting for a coffee outside a cafe on Broadway in Reservoir around 11am when a man got out of a small, red car and attacked him from behind, police allege.The victim …
An ACT Legislative Assembly committee inquiry has made 33 recommendations after probing Canberra's strata management. (Unsplash: Matt Halls)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds up the report on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion during a press conference at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image via AP)
‘It’s nice to see people enjoying it, but really, it’s just getting a bit too much,’ a resident says as visitors descend on Gerringong
‘It’s nice to see people enjoying it, but really, it’s just getting a bit too much,’ a resident says as visitors descend on Gerringong
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Pilungah Reserve, which features vast sandy dunes home to rare wildlife, will now have the same protections as a national park. (Supplied: Bush Heritage Australia)
Between the late 18th century and the late 19th century, Britain sent more than 160,000 convicts and others deemed undesirable to Australia as punishment. Today, the threat of being sent to Africa is being used by the US to deter migrants, and activists complain that the continent is being used as a “human dumping g…
Adelaide captain Jordan Dawson has been ruled out for Friday's Showdown at the Adelaide Oval. (Fox Footy)
Taylor Otto joined Melbourne City ahead of the 2023/2024 season. (Getty: James Worsfold)
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
Augustus Minerals has struck paydirt in a first-ever drilling campaign at its Clifton East prospect north of Leonora in Western Australia, returning a swag of shallow intersections at the untouched gold ground.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in high-end jewellery, handbags and shoes have been stolen from a Double Bay luxury store in a smash-and-grab ram raid after thieves used a stolen car to smash open the shopfront.
PNG Chiefs officials have revealed a family barbecue in western Sydney and a personal plea from Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape helped them land the historic and prized signature of Jarome Luai.
The One Nation leader now has a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, and for the first time in the Essential poll – the right wing populist party is outperforming the Coalition.
Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims said poor mental health made him admit to crimes
Matt Olson (28), de los Atlanta Braves, conecta un jonrón de dos carreras que le da la victoria a su equipo en la novena entrada de un partido de béisbol contra los Detroit Tigers el miércoles 29 de abril de 2026 en Atlanta. (Foto AP/Brynn Anderson)
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The Pitch Perfect star is being sued for defamation by Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actor of Wilson’s directorial debut, The Deb
Two men have been charged today over allegedly smuggling drugs by drone south of Sydney.Events began about 11.45pm on Tuesday when police were called to a unit complex on Corrimal Street, Wollongong, after two men were reported acting suspiciously.Officers found the pair – aged 43 and 24 – allegedly hiding inside t…
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
The Liberal party would rather sow division than solve problems – but grievance yields a bitter harvest
The Queensland government has launched Supreme Court action against one of Australia’s biggest companies to recoup almost $66 million it ploughed into a failed green hydrogen plant in Gladstone.
An accused murderer who will face trial over the death of his girlfriend, whose body was found at the bottom of a beach cliffside almost 30 years ago, had told a friend he “snapped”, a Queensland court has heard.
The cookbook author and food stylist shares a trio of simmer winners – just in time for soup season
Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu will on Thursday unveil a program offering young Australian artificial intelligence founders $100,000 in equity-free capital, as the global payments giant moves to deepen its local roots while navigating a financial crimes investigation and a stalled run at a public listing.
Liberty Bell Bay, in northern Tasmania, is in administration and faces an uncertain future. (ABC News: Mitchell Woolnough)
Washington: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth noted the Albanese government’s commitment to boost military spending but indicated there was still more to do before Australia would be considered a “model ally” in the Indo-Pacific.
Football Australia has less than two months to pass a key governance reform or risk losing recognition as a national sporting body by the Australian Sports Commission - and the millions in high-performance funding that comes with it.
Mark Latham vilified fellow NSW MP Alex Greenwich based on his sexuality and must pay $100,000 in compensation, a Sydney tribunal has ordered.
A family involved in an embryo mix-up that saw a Queensland woman give birth to a stranger’s baby are suing Monash IVF for negligence.
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
A dark and complex portrait of Australian actor Jacob Collins in character as Hamlet by Melbourne-based artist Sean Layh has won this year’s Packing Room Prize, the much anticipated prelude to the $100,000 Archibald Portrait Prize.
Melbourne artist Sean Layh's portrait of actor Jacob Collins, The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. (Supplied: AGNSW/Jenni Carter)
Kingswood Primary teacher Timothy Blamires was charged with possessing and producing child abuse material. (Supplied)
Treasurer tells Commonwealth Bank podcast that he aims to ‘recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past’
Australia’s largest supermarket chain says higher prices are already flowing into fresh produce, milk, bread and other staples as the fuel crisis drives up inflation across the economy and, in response, Woolworths says it will freeze prices on 300 items for three months from Friday.
The winner was chosen by the Art Gallery of NSW staff who hang the finalists for exhibition, ahead of the main prize announcement on 8 May
Interim report contains 14 recommendations, after inquiry examined agencies’ actions before the attack in which 15 people were killed
Police allege illicit drugs were found in a doggy bag attached to a crashed drone. (Supplied: NSW Police)
The third-largest cohort comprises those born in China, at 732,000, followed by 638,000 from New Zealand
The third-largest cohort comprises those born in China, at 732,000, followed by 638,000 from New Zealand