Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’
Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searched
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Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searched
Rejection letters for those applying to enter Australia while they wait for their partner visas read like ‘cut-and-paste’ refusals, migration agents say
While not approved in Australia, the procedure is on the rise in the US. But there are questions of safety – and the ethics of using donated tissue to plump up the living
One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groups
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The actor, who reunites with Warwick Thornton in his frontier western Wolfram, reflects on her late parents, the failed voice referendum and her obsession with space
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Transition and legal handover of hospital from private operator Healthscope to NSW Health occurs at 7am on Wednesday
Senior state public servants would have their base salaries capped at the same level as Victoria’s top law officers under a Coalition plan to rein in the trend of executives being paid well above their maximum band.
The Iranian embassies in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Sri Lanka have openly attempted to recruit fighters willing to “sacrifice their lives” in a new campaign as Tehran continues to refuse terms for an end to the war with the US and Israel.
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Super Netball showcased an all-female Anzac Day ceremony in Sydney. (Getty: Mark Metcalfe)
A distinct smell in the streets of Holland Park has been puzzling Brisbane locals for decades.
We didn’t get an Anzac Day break this time, but the Labour Day public holiday arrives on Monday, May 4. Outback Queensland has plenty of petrol, so why not revive those travel plans?
TOKYO — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Tuesday the war in the Middle East has had a "disproportionate impact" on the Asia-Pacific region, as she vowed to work closely with Japan to "navigate global disruption."
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The government's plan has been welcomed, but it's raised some questions. (ABC Pilbara: Kimberley Putland)
A Sydney childcare centre that repeatedly lost children and left toddlers in soiled nappies all day has joined a growing number of centres leaving the sector rather than meet stringent new safety laws.
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Teacher at Marist College Ashgrove claims she suffered ‘serious psychiatric injury’ after the schoolyard incident
The government wants to charge a dedicated levy on the Australian revenue of tech giants unless they strike deals with news outlets. (ABC News: Stuart Carnegie)
SYDNEY — Australian film star Rebel Wilson dismissed as "nonsense" claims she had bullied women on the set of her directorial debut film "The Deb," as she gave evidence in a Sydney court on Tuesday.
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A Supreme Court jury has been shown CCTV footage of the 2023 shooting of Melbourne underworld figure Gavin Preston.
Penny Wong met Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo on Tuesday. (Supplied: Daniel Walding/Department of Foreign Affairs)
Police have charged a teenage girl with assaulting and robbing several teenagers in a crime spree in Melbourne’s north-east, including at the train station where a young man recently died while trying to protect a teenage robbery victim.
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Police rushed to the scene in Clarkson in February last year. (ABC News: West Matteeussen)
The home pages of Meta, Google and TikTok are displayed on devices in Sydney, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Briefings obtained by freedom of information warned a ‘cascade of withdrawals’ could lead to collapse of 2026 South Australian festival
NuGrow is intending to fight charges of nuisance odours emanating from its Ipswich recycling facility. (Supplied)
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A hit list of venues to be targeted by arsonists has been compiled by those behind a wave of firebombings on Melbourne’s nightlife industry that has prompted police to establish a specialist taskforce to hunt them down.
Lauren Mastrosa will serve a community corrections order over child abuse material found in one of her novels. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts)
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Victorian teachers will be offered a 28 per cent pay rise over four years by the state government, as it tries to avoid weeks of school strikes planned throughout May and June.
Lauren Ashley Mastrosa given 18-month community corrections order after book was read by handful of advance readers
A plan to inject more than 500 new houses into Western Australia’s Government Regional Officer Housing Program using money from the state’s biggest miners has been panned as an admission Labor had dropped the ball on regional development over the past decade.
Replacing the Coalition’s news media bargaining code, the incentive is the latest move to force companies to make deals with publishers and help fund journalism
In the wake of the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, Donald Trump and the White House machine have come out fighting – blaming the press and the Democratic party for increased violence against politicians.
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Queensland’s peak rail union has vowed to intensify its industrial campaign and has flagged possible strike action during the May 15 to 17 Magic Round weekend, after negotiations with the state government broke down.
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