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Newest first · UTC+11:00Inmates accused of sexual assault in prison continued to share cells, report finds
A new Queensland Ombudsman report has found prisoner sexual assaults had gradually increased and were likely under-reported. (AAP: Jono Searle)
· Alex Brewster
‘The roads are dead’: PM’s fuel warning doomed outback tourism
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· Dominique Tassell, Marissa Calligeros
Ben Roberts-Smith attends Anzac Day event
Ben Roberts-Smith watched the ceremony among a crowd. (ABC News)
· Liana Walker
Vic govt announces $860m for 7,000 extra social housing properties
Recently constructed social housing in Heidelberg West. (ABC News)
· Rachel Eddie
'Things could get ugly': CFMEU interference under spotlight at inquiry
A commission of inquiry is underway into the CFMEU in Queensland (ABC News: Brian Hurst)
· Tobi Loftus
By Tobi Loftus
Tobi Loftus is a journalist who has worked across print and online media since 2016. He has worked all over regional Queensland including in Mundubbera, Kingaroy and Toowoomba. He joined the ABC in 2020 and has worked in Mackay, Gladstone and Toowoomba. In 2024 he joined the ABC Brisbane team, based out of the Ipswi…
Fiji is an odd place to try and solve Australia’s waste crisis – and the locals are not happy
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· Nick O'Malley
Vegan meat mogul charged with strangling social media star ex in ritzy NYC hotel — where he was allegedly ‘hiding’ from crypto fraud suit
An Australian entrepreneur who launched a prominent vegan chicken nugget startup has been accused of strangling his social media star girlfriend inside a luxe Manhattan hotel — where he was allegedly hiding out from claims he fleeced investors in his crypto company, The Post has learned.
· Ben Kochman, Matt Troutman
The 'internationally acclaimed' French sculptor who is nowhere to be found
An Australian gallery said their artist was an "internationally acclaimed" Parisian sculptor. Then the story changed.
· Julia Bergin
Family history drives Wallaroos star in Anzac Day Test against NZ
Piper Duck is honoured to have the opportunity to play in the Anzac Day Test. (Getty Images: Bradley Kanaris)
· Luke Pentony
‘APEX’ Ending Explained: What Happens in the Charlize Theron Netflix Movie?
The set-up of APEX—the new Charlize Theron Netflix movie that began streaming today—is simple. Taron Egerton is a deranged killer, and Charlize Theron has to outrun him in the Australian wilderness. It’s straight-forward, looks great, and it’s super entertaining. What more could you want from a Netflix movie?
· Anna Menta
Inside Sydney’s historic military sites and the battle over whether they should be sold
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· Megan Gorrey
Sydney rents are on the rise – again. This strategy to save money no longer works
Rents in some parts of the Central Coast and western Sydney are on their way to catching up with the rest of the city, as vacancy rates tighten to a record low, new data reveals.
· Robyn Willis
A breach of etiquette: Inside the power move that humiliated Sydney’s billionaire hospo king
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· Cara Waters
Meet Fred, the Sydney Harbour Bridge-loving, Trump-hating 100-year-old veteran
World War II veteran Fred Whitaker, 100, is drinking a Guinness out of a relative’s pewter mug when I ask if he considers himself wise. He puts down the beer. “Wise? No. Stroppy.”
· Anthony Segaert
108yo and 103yo WWII veterans meet after more than 80 years
Two of Australia's oldest World War II veterans, Colin Wagener (left) and Wilfred Taylor, meet for the first time. (ABC News: Emma Masters)
· Josephine Lim
How Paul Dempsey became Australia's 'king of covers'
Something For Kate frontman Paul Dempsey has been called Australia's King of Covers, but what's the secret to his success? (Supplied: Ashley Ludkin)
· Matt Neal
The isolation of rural Australia causes chaos in Alphabet Lane
Jack (Nicholas Denton) and Anna (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) get caught up in their efforts to make new friends in the new rural hometown. (Supplied)
· Velvet Winter
‘Changing ground rules’: Fury over bill change that could burst the battery boom
Australia’s battery boom has expanded so far it accounts for one in every 10 units of new capacity installed around the world, but industry leaders say proposed power bill changes would lead to thousands of dollars of losses for households that have invested in government schemes.
· Mike Foley, Nick Toscano
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Apex’ on Netflix, a Survivalist Tale Starring Charlize Theron as a Serial Thrillseeker in Peril
As if Charlize Theron hadn’t been through enough already in Australia, Apex (now on Netflix) puts the Mad Max: Fury Road star in deep doodoo, deep in the bush. The versatile actor – kinda recently rebranded as an action hero, thanks to the Fast/Furious series, Atomic Blonde and The Old Guard – straps on a climbing h…
· John Serba
How Australians celebrate Anzac Day with a bit of gambling
Two-up is a coin toss betting game, with two people betting against each other on whether they will land on heads or tails. Classified as unregulated gambling, the game is illegal in most parts of Australia. But on 25 April people rush to the pub to play, when it’s permitted across the country for a few hours. The B…
Where Was ‘APEX’ Filmed? Discover the ‘APEX’ Filming Locations for Charlize Theron’s Netflix Movie
Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton take viewers all over the Australian wilderness in their new thriller, APEX, which began streaming on Netflix today.
· Anna Menta
Jim Furyk regresa como capitán de Estados Unidos para la Copa Ryder 2027
El capitán estadounidense Jim Furyk durante una rueda de prensa tras la victoria de Europa en la Copa Ryder, el domingo 30 de septiembre de 2018, en Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, Francia. (AP Foto/Alastair Grant)
· Doug Ferguson
How a White House photo obscured an elite women’s tennis team – video
The Guardian Australia picture editor, Carly Earl, explains why an official photo from the White House celebrating a champion women’s sports team has drawn backlash
Man accused of kicking at airline staff and biting passenger while flying
A man has been charged after allegedly kicking at an airline crew member and biting a passenger trying to restrain him while on a flight from Canberra to Perth.
· News.com.au
Fast-tracking or ploughing through? Renewable energy shaping up as defining issue for Victorian election
Most landholders in regional Victoria support renewable energy – if they get a say. But planning approvals are riding roughshod over community concerns
· Benita Kolovos
Back to Back Barries: Can Labor’s 'tough decisions' save the NDIS?
Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine health minister Mark Butler’s announcement this week that Labor will move thousands of people off the NDIS to save costs.
Anzac Day isn’t what it used to be – 111 years on, what place does it have in modern Australia? | Paul Daley
The further we get from the Gallipoli landings, the more hard historical perspective the events warrant
· Paul Daley
‘Take them to Byron’: Gold Coast glitter strip cracks down on people living on the streets
A report presented to the Gold Coast council says its compliance-led approach has had ‘positive results’
· Andrew Messenger
Something has changed in Australia. The voters of Farrer may tell us what, and how much
The major parties look like also-rans in the byelection on 9 May, with One Nation and an independent favoured to fight it out. Is this a minor curiosity, or a political earthquake?
The supersonic strike navigator who discovered the surprising truth about his heritage
Retired Group Captain Lyle Holt comes from a family of servicemen – but their Indigenous ancestry was concealed in official records
· Kelly Burke
Lisa Wilkinson: ‘Evelyn was my safe place. She was my refuge’
The TV presenter turned author on the toll the past five years have taken and how telling the story of Australia’s only Titanic survivor helped her navigate them
Kysaiah Pickett was in Darwin during the week. He paid the Dees back with an epic display
Melbourne captain Max Gawn has seen plenty in his decorated career, but even he is running out of ways to describe Kysaiah Pickett.
· Sam McClure
The Australian soldiers who fought epic battle in the 'forgotten war'
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· Richard Wood
Victoria Beckham’s Gap collection starts at just $34, and it’s selling out fast
It’s posh without the price tag.
· Hannah Southwick
Adelaide family forced to crowdfund boy's life-saving cancer therapy
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· 9News Staff
Australian families leave Syria camp linked to Islamic State militants
ROJ CAMP, Syria (AP) — Four Australian families on Friday left a camp in Syria that houses people with alleged ties to militants of the Islamic State group, in a renewed attempt to return to their home country, officials said.
· Hogir Abdo
Australian 'ISIS brides' leave camp in Syria months after failed attempt
The Australian families last tried to leave the Al-Roj refugee camp in Syria in February. (Supplied)
· Matthew Doran
Almighty ambush: How wounded Broncos delivered one of the great premiership statements
At a time when the Brisbane Broncos desperately needed a leader to rise above adversity, Adam Reynolds has done so once again to orchestrate the finest of boilovers against the Bulldogs – and in doing so, announced himself as one of the glamour club’s greatest captains.
· Nick Wright
Will China’s deal with Australian mining giant BHP boost yuan internationalisation?
The agreement to partly link iron ore pricing to the yuan is a breakthrough but US dollar dominance in the trade remains entrenched for now, analysts say
· Sylvia Ma
Will China’s deal with Australian mining giant BHP boost yuan internationalisation?
The agreement to partly link iron ore pricing to the yuan is a breakthrough but US dollar dominance in the trade remains entrenched for now, analysts say
· Sylvia Ma
Cowboys sink Sharks in try-fest as Drinkwater dazzles
Scott Drinkwater has shaken off rumours surrounding his future with North Queensland, powering the Cowboys to a 46-34 try-fest victory over Cronulla.
· Sebastian Tan
Woman trapped in poo for three hours after outback toilet collapses - DailyNews
A woman who was taking a toilet break while on a road trip in the Australian outback ended up getting stuck waist-deep in a pit latrine after it collapsed.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
Teenager who murdered Queensland grandmother loses appeal
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How the likes of Cartier, Chaumet and Boucheron are turning centuries-old archives into modern high jewellery | The National
Last year, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London staged a major exhibition of Cartier’s archive. Two years earlier, Louvre Abu Dhabi did the same. Each took a different lens: the V&A focused on Cartier’s London story, while the UAE museum explored its long dialogue with Islamic design.
· Francesca Fearon
Everything you need to know for Anzac Day
Thousands of people are expected to pay tribute to Australia’s veteran community at Anzac Day ceremonies and events across NSW and around Australia this long weekend.
· Jack Gramenz
Don’t forget the needs of children in the NDIS
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