Australia star acknowledges players’ careers on line at Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens
Aden Ekanayake making second appearance in the city and challenging team to end four-year drought, not fret about demotion to second-tier
· Paul McNamara
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Newest first · UTC+11:00‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal
Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land
· James Norman
What Gallipoli can teach us about conflict in the Strait of Hormuz
A British soldier pays his respects at the grave of a colleague near Cape Helles, where the Gallipoli landings took place. (AAP)
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Twenty protesters arrested for violating Queensland's ban on pro-Palestinian phrases
Officers arrested 20 people for 14 charges of displaying a prohibited expression and seven charges of reciting a prohibited expression. Source: Facebook / UQ Greens
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'Borrowing from the past': This old way of living is making a comeback in Australia
New research says more Australians are open to the idea of multigenerational living amid rising property prices and cost of living pressures. Source: SBS, Getty / Westend61; graphic art by Aaron Hobbs
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Australia ‘stands ready’ to support security in Strait of Hormuz, PM says
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia “stands ready” to support efforts to restore stability and security in the Strait of Hormuz, adding he hopes an announcement that the waterway has reopened will hold.
· Middleeasteye
The month-long preparations behind an act of Anzac Day remembrance
Wreaths have been a key part of Anzac Day traditions since memorials were first created to commemorate Australian military personnel. (Supplied: Australian War Memorial)
· Emily Anderson
Search underway for man missing from cruise ship off Brisbane
Topic:Marine Incidents
· Stephen Clarke
Bubbly Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death was preventable: WA Coroner
A blood test two days before his death would have revealed Sandipan Dhar’s undiagnosed leukemia and likely saved his life, the WA coroner has found.
· Hamish Hastie
Brian Gay and Scott Hend share the lead in the Senior PGA Championship
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Brian Gay finally figured out how to play the par 5s at Concession Golf Club, making up ground with an eagle-birdie finish for a 4-under 68 to share the 36-hole lead with Scott Hend of Australia in the Senior PGA Championship on Friday.
'Wake-up call': How global crisis could be catalyst for reshaping our food supply
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· Tilli Andrew
Experts: Government will have to walk budget tightrope to cut oil dependence, ease inflation
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the 2026 Federal Budget on 9 May. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
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Five Great Reads: a month in tradwife land, Francesa Albanese’s ‘rollercoaster’ life, and the problem with six-second hugs
Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
· Imogen Dewey
Producer backs pitch for major film studio in Port Kembla
Film advocates believe a film studio should be built in Port Kembla. (ABC Illawarra: Justin Huntsdale/ Supplied)
· Brooke Chandler
Whirlwind Sussex Sydney tour wraps up
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Albanese welcomes reopening of Strait of Hormuz but says arrangement still 'very fragile'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined the virtual summit of about 50 countries on Friday evening, hosted by France and the United Kingdom. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
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New scooters and e-bikes have arrived in Canberra. Here's what that means
Lime e-bikes and scooters have started operating in Canberra. (ABC News: Niki Burnside)
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Man hospitalised after machete attack at Melbourne shopping mall
An 18-year-old man has been hospitalised after a being attacked with machetes by a group of men at a popular shopping strip in Melbourne's south-east.
DBy Dana Morse
Dana Morse is an Indigenous Affairs reporter based at Parliament House in Canberra. Previously, she was a senior political producer at 7.30, and a federal political reporter. She was also a reporter in the Adelaide and Melbourne newsrooms. Dana is a Plangermaireener and Trawoolway woman from Tasmania.
Two words threaten to derail Minns's plan to ban controversial phrase
Topic:State and Territory Government
· Alexander Lewis
By Julian Fell
Julian Fell is a Brisbane-based journalist at ABC News Story Lab. He was awarded the "Gold Lizzie" for Australia's IT Journalist of the Year in 2025, and his reporting has won several Clarion Awards.
'High-octane world' of drifting told through music in new concerto
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra clarinettist Dean Newcomb is performing a concerto inspired by his love of motorsport. (ABC News: Stephen Opie)
· Olivia Mason
'Obscene': One thing most Aussies agree on about Harry and Meghan's tour
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· Maddison Leach
Kate has been running into danger for photos like this for 25 years
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Maddison Leach
The 'immense complexity' facing Ben Roberts-Smith's prosecutors
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· Victoria Pengilley
'Derek' the dingo a concern for some as he roams streets in outback town
A lone dingo has been spotted in suburban Alice Springs, prompting some concerns from local residents.
· Stewart Brash
Fishers deploy 'ninja tactics' to outsmart fish-stealing seals
Long-nosed fur seals are protected by state and Commonwealth legislation. (ABC South East SA: Caroline Horn)
· Becc Bird
An activist’s bid for Broncos to oust News Corp as major shareholder
Shareholder activist Stephen Mayne has launched a bid to join the Brisbane Broncos board, with one aim in mind – the removal of News Corp as the club’s majority shareholder.
· Cameron Atfield
The difference between Meghan and Kate has never been greater
On the final day of her unofficial Australian tour, it was clear that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has replaced Catherine, Princess of Wales as a commercial fashion force.
· Damien Woolnough
This man rigged a pokie to bleep when players lost. Here’s what happened
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· Courtney Kruk
Popular outback motoring rally cancelled due to fuel crisis
The Variety NSW Bash event for this year has been cancelled due to fuel availability. (Supplied: Variety NSW/ACT)
· Peter Sanders
Australia enters drone warfare era with Ghost Bat and Ghost Shark
Topic:Defence Industry
· Annika Burgess
Sri Lankan U-19 Women make it three in a row
Sri Lanka women’s Under 19 team continued their performance to get third consecutive win when they scored a 35 run victory over England women’s Under 19 in their Tri Nation T -20 cricket fixture played at Ian Healy Oval grounds Brisbane yesterday.This victory guided Sri Lanka lasses to maintain their unbeaten record…
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The murder allegations against decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith
Warning: This story contains distressing content
· Tiffanie Turnbull
The battle for Bendigo East: Inside the race that could upend the state election
It was more than a quarter of a century ago that a young Jacinta Allan pulled off an upset few political watchers saw coming.
· Annika Smethurst, Benjamin Preiss
One Nation candidate told to use personal bank account for donations
One Nation’s first big test in Victorian politics – the Nepean byelection – may have put the fast-rising party in breach of Victoria’s electoral laws, after state president Warren Pickering advised candidate Darren Hercus to use a personal bank account to accept campaign donations.
· Chip Le Grand
Buckingham Palace’s fears have come true. Harry and Meghan can have their cake and eat it too
Standing on a wharf in Sydney Harbour on Friday, it was clear what Buckingham Palace was worried about has come to fruition: Prince Harry and Meghan can have their cake and eat it too.
· Bronte Gossling
Outcry over 'disturbing' video of off-duty police officer pinning 13yo girl on train
A 13-year-old girl alleges she was violently restrained by an off-duty police officer during an arrest on a Perth train.
· Mya Kordic
Turbulence ahead as airfares fluctuate amid Middle East conflict
Topic:Travel and Tourism
· Kristy Sexton Mcgrath
The Australian luxury lodges going global
Few Australian travellers would instinctively link Baillie Lodges with Chile’s remote desert and Patagonian wilderness. Yet that connection has existed for several years, with both Baillie Lodges and Tierra Hotels owned by US-based investment firm KSL Capital Partners.
· Julietta Jameson
Why one former international student risked her future to feed Melbourne’s forgotten workers
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· Dani Valent
Private island owner selling $11 million North Bondi apartment
Martin Veall, from a Melbourne financier family, has put his North Bondi penthouse on the market with a price guide of $11 million, local sources have revealed.
· Kristy Johnson
Former Quay chef takes fine dining to brunch fare at new harbour cafe
“I want to bring fine dining to cafes,” says Sydney chef Jerry Jeong. After more than six years working at high-end restaurants such as Saint Peter, Quay and Korean omakase Matkim, he’s become part of the founding team at new Dawes Point cafe-bakery Jinius.
· Isabel Cant
How the Herald became an instant hit in 1831 – and what that means for our journalists today
Sydney was just 43 years old when the Herald published its first issue from a stone warehouse in George Street amid a wild storm that washed away some of the colony’s streets. The printers worked under borrowed oil lamps and paused their presses for late-breaking news brought by a boat from Hobart.
· Jordan Baker
Prosecutor’s office in turmoil amid criminal charges against lawyer
The NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions spent almost $300,000 on external media advisers in two years after seeking a crisis communications plan, documents produced to parliament reveal.
· Michaela Whitbourn
Four tree-change towns that are close to Melbourne but much cheaper
Work in Melbourne but can’t afford the property price tag? With the capital city’s median house price reaching $1.11 million in December, the dream of owning a home is out of reach for many.
· Shona Hendley
Four tree-change towns that are close to Sydney but much cheaper
Burnt-out Sydneysiders are increasingly upping sticks and moving to quieter communities within easy reach of the city, say agents.
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