Indigenous woman dies weeks after giving birth and being evicted from public housing: ‘She was failed completely’
Noongar woman Mary Ann Miller died of sepsis, while homeless to avoid an allegedly abusive ex-partner
· Sarah Collard
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Newest first · UTC+11:00‘You can see why I love this car’: even amid a fuel crisis some Australian drivers can fill up for $60
Carl Camilleri is one of a dwindling number of owners of LPG-fuelled cars. As petrol and diesel prices go through the roof, they’re sparking a dose of Australian car industry nostalgia
· Jack Larkin
Shelley’s hair to Schindler’s list: the most fascinating objects in the State Library of NSW – in pictures
View image in fullscreenThe smallest bookThe smallest book in the State Library’s collection contains the Lord’s Prayer in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish. Measuring 6mm by 6mm, the minuscule pages were printed with metal plates then hand-folded, sewn and bound in leather. The finished book, publ…
The new Ange? John Aloisi makes his mark with attacking brand of football in China
Chengdu Rongcheng are riding high in the Chinese Super League under the Australian coach, who is fast becoming a hero in the Sichuan capital
· Johnduerden
Peter James rushed to help during the Port Arthur massacre: ‘Some people were falling apart. I would become one of them’
When the paramedic entered the Tasmanian cafe where a gunman had killed scores of people, he was warned he would never be the same again. The warning proved true
· Martin Mckenzie Murray
Families of children with autism say their NDIS plans are already being cut – and the alternatives aren’t there
Ahead of a massive overhaul of the disability scheme, families says plans are already being slashed or rejected, as they’re told to wait for support programs that don’t yet exist
· Cait Kelly
‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Wedding Bell Blues
Like Cerberus, guard dog of the underworld, this episode of Euphoria is a three-headed monster. It follows three cohesive storylines, each centered on the show’s most charismatic and famous actresses: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, and Sydney Sweeney. Each one is a crime story, to one extent or another, and each one is lu…
· Sean T. Collins
Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts blockade and war ends, officials say
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· Associated Press
Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Euphoria’ wedding dress is fit for a ‘bridezilla’
Cassie Howard’s wedding dress is as outrageous as the character herself.
· Melissa Minton
Taylor makes $800m pitch to double Australia's minimum fuel reserves
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· Clare Armstrong
Taylor proposes $800m plan to double fuel stockpile amid Hormuz closure
Australia’s fuel stockpile would be doubled under an $800 million Coalition proposal that comes as Foreign Minister Penny Wong flies to China, Japan and Korea to scour the region for diesel and petrol deals.
· Paul Sakkal, Mike Foley
Low bridge, high anxiety
Ken Hudson of Evans Head confirms the danger from above in Burwood (C8): “As a young resident in the ’50s and ‘60s, I did see the occasional ‘dropping’ at the Railway Bridge and had to check the footpath just in case. The bridge’s biggest worries, however, were the old double-decker buses that tried to drive under i…
Sydney teenager flown to intensive care after e-bike collision
A 15-year-old boy has been flown by ambulance helicopter to Randwick Children’s Hospital after his e-bike collided with a car in Sydney’s northern suburbs.
· Emily Kaine
Australians will call ‘bullshit’ on green energy without clearer benefits, Rudd warns
Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices, while Malcolm Turnbull points to some progress in US
· Petra Stock
Smith backs Bellamy's NSW exit
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Mind the byelection for Metro North chief in curious committee call-up
Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: health service’s political run-in, council’s AI warning about… its own services, Powerlink’s (coming) new boss, and more.
· Matt Dennien
Put Labor last if that’s your preference
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PNG has the world’s second-worst crime rate. But a ‘suit of armour’ eases the NRL’s fears
In the decade former rugby league player Dave Maiden has been travelling to Papua New Guinea – the Australian neighbour where the federal government warns tourists to “exercise caution” when visiting – he remembers only one incident when he was nervous about his safety.
· Nick Wright
Ilia missed out on selective school – until he found another way in
When Ilia Ebrahim Nejad failed to score the required marks for selective school he thought his inability to gain entry was permanent.
· Christopher Harris
Ben Roberts-Smith’s girlfriend calls potential criminal witness and MP a ‘traitor’
The girlfriend of Ben Roberts-Smith has accused former SAS soldier and potential war crimes witness Andrew Hastie of being a “traitor” after the Liberal MP posted a photo of himself and his children remembering the fallen on Anzac Day.
· Clare Sibthorpe
Newbury pledges to cull ‘Labor cronies’ from government board positions
Labor members and associates would be sacked from Victorian government boards if the Coalition is elected in November, with shadow attorney-general James Newbury declaring “Labor cronies” are officially on notice.
· Kieran Rooney, Chip Le Grand
My suburb’s about to be transformed. But constant change is part of its DNA
April 27, 2026 — 7:29pm
· Mostafa Rachwani
Labor senator deletes Anzac Day video after mistakenly including raunchy rap song in Instagram post
Images in Helen Polley’s post included a marching band, people laying wreaths and ex-serving members giving speeches set to a track by US rapper Chingy
· Josh Butler
Rescuer scales Sydney high-rise to reach missing dog trapped on ledge for days
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Eleanor Wilson
Who wanted Gavin Preston dead? Jury hears of $5m bounty claim and alleged retribution plans
Underworld figure Gavin Preston purportedly had a $5 million contract on his head after trying to steal the interred body of a rival’s sister and spent the final months of his life allegedly seeking retribution for old friends while making new enemies, a court has heard.
· Erin Pearson
Lost dog rescued from ledge in Sydney
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Anti-immigration group asked followers before Anzac Day if they would boo welcome to country ceremonies
Booing by right-wing groups of Indigenous leaders giving speeches marred Anzac Day ceremonies for a second year running
· Josh Butler
Lost dog rescued from 13th-floor ledge in Dee Why
After his son Jake turned 18, Alex Dobrin decided he was old enough to stay at home alone in their Dee Why apartment while he travelled overseas. He left the young man with strict instructions on how to look after their two dogs, Elbie and Noi.
· Emily Kaine
Women, kids linked to ISIS fighters secure tickets to Australia
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Adelaide motorists fined nearly $700,000 at new 40km/h school zones
The new 40km/h speed limit signs light up from 8-9:30am, and 2-4pm on public school days. (891 ABC Adelaide: Malcolm Sutton)
Citizen's arrest halts alleged tiny home thief in Queensland
Eduardo Giraldes, left, and Diego Sanches Nogueira performed a citizen's arrest after believing a tiny home may have been stolen. (ABC News: Jessica Ross)
· Josh Dye
Lost dog rescued from hotel ledge in Sydney
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RSL to review Welcome to Country policies after Anzac Day booing
RSL Australia national president Peter Tinley said the veterans league would review its guidance about Welcome to Country addresses on Anzac Day.
Friday could be Tasmania's hottest May day in nearly 140 years
Last week's bushfire at Dolphin Sands was "expected to be difficult to control". (Supplied: Jessica Ross)
· Sandy Powell
Australia’s addiction to Amazon is set to blow past $5 billion
More Australians than ever before spent almost $5 billion with Amazon last year, as the American e-commerce behemoth starts pulling in more money from advertising, subscriptions and charging fees on merchants than actually selling goods.
· Jessica Yun
Residents of trendy Melbourne suburb lose bid to block 24/7 Macca’s
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Two children killed in horror house fire north-west of Sydney
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Multi-billion-dollar hit coming to crop exports as mouse plague hits WA farmers
Farmers already contending with fertiliser and fuel shortages due to the Middle East war are faced with another “absolute emergency”, as a mouse plague takes hold in Western and central Australia and threatens to spread into more of the country’s key cropping areas.
· Connor McGoverne
Wong warns ISIS families they could be arrested on arrival in Australia
ISIS families trying to return Australia have been warned they could be arrested once they land, as the Coalition calls on Labor to find a way to block “terrorist sympathisers”.
· Paul Sakkal, Mostafa Rachwani
'ISIS brides' and children secure flights to Australia
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· 9News Staff
Australia’s south-east set for drier and hotter winter as BoM forecasts potential El Niño
Queensland and NSW set for lower than usual rainfall in May, June and July, while temperatures in most of the country likely to be higher than normal
· Graham Readfearn
Queensland yet to buy devices for e-bike compliance testing as crackdown looms
New restrictions for e-bikes and e-scooters will be rolled out in Queensland within months, but the state has yet to source testing devices or finalise the system it will use to seize suspected illegal devices from the streets.
· Catherine Strohfeldt
Montrachet and Masterchef winner to host ‘ultimate Parisian dinner’
Montrachet has the capacity to transport people like few other local restaurants.
· Matt Shea
'ISIS brides' secure tickets to return to Australia
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The Good Guys lashed for botched bullying probe before worker’s death
A mother of two from Melbourne’s north took her own life after The Good Guys “let everyone down” by failing to properly handle her bullying complaints.
· Lachlan Abbott
(LEAD) Top diplomats of S. Korea, Australia to hold talks this week amid Mideast crisis
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· Kim Seung-yeon
‘Deeply troubling’: Basketball’s battle of the billionaires reignites
The feud between Australia’s billionaire basketball barons is escalating.
· Jon Pierik
Magistrate's son to face trial over child abuse charges
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· Rex Martinich
Police foil teens with jerry cans in latest attempted attack on Melbourne’s bar scene
Police have caught a pair of alleged would-be arsonists moments before a second attempted firebombing on a Southbank restaurant.
· Angus Delaney, Lachlan Abbott