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Newest first · UTC+11:00Revealed: Sydney Olympic Park to get 15,000 homes by 2050, but there’s a catch
Sydney Olympic Park is set to take on more homes and provide fewer jobs than originally proposed in the latest bid to turn the underused precinct into a “vibrant community”.
· Ellie Busby
Smartwatches, headphones restricted in classrooms in new device crackdown
Victorian public and private school students will be banned from using internet-enabled smartwatches and wireless headphones next year as part of expanded restrictions on phones in classrooms.
· Jackson Graham
Fits like a glove: Socceroo’s MJ celebration goes viral; Juric won’t stress over World Cup spot
Athletes celebrating goals or achievements with an accompanying favourite song isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but Australia’s rising soccer superstar Nestory Irankunda took things up a notch on Tuesday night in the Socceroos’ final match on home soil ahead of their World Cup assault.
· Scott Spits, Roy Ward
Sydney Sweeney’s ‘holy grail’ French moisturizer is under $27 today— and we’re obsessed too
Oui love this moisturizer — and so does Sydney Sweeney.
· Erica Radol
Tiger Woods had prescription painkillers and failed sobriety tests after crash: police
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Associated Press
‘I’d love to race him’: Irankunda scores Socceroos double then set sights on Gout Gout
20-year-old scores twice in 5-1 win over Curaçao
· Jack Snape
Labor’s draft party platform more assertive on China and omits mandatory jail term stance
Exclusive: the 2026 document is designed to provide ‘scaffolding’ for a long-term Labor government
· Dan Jervis Bardy
What Labor’s changes mean for the price of your petrol – podcast
Facing pressure over mounting petrol prices, the prime minister called an emergency meeting of the national cabinet on Monday to come up with a plan for the fuel shortage crisis.
Australian supermarket Easter eggs taste test: ‘The quality of Easter chocolate is simply worse’
Nicholas Jordan goes on the hunt for good Easter eggs. After nibbling through 29 products, he is glad the ovum ordeal is over
· Nicholas Jordan
‘Not a fix’: the three questionable ideas politicians are pitching to solve Australia’s fuel crisis
Excise cuts, coal-to-liquid fuel and greater use of ethanol have been floated as options to combat price and supply pressures – but experts say cutting fossil fuel dependence is key
· Petra Stock
As Bondi’s Jewish community celebrates Passover, freedom and fear are front of mind
For many bereaved families the holiday – which commemorates their ancestors’ liberation from slavery 3,000 years ago – is going to be ‘very, very confronting’
· Natasha May
What’s new to streaming in Australia in April: Half Man, The Audacity and Beef returns
Plus: Charlize Theron survives the bush in Apex, Elizabeth Banks shrinks in The Miniature Wife and Mark Wahlberg creates a global scandal in Balls Up
China football team sucker-punched by early goals in wake-up call against Cameroon
Defeat to higher-ranked ‘Indomitable Lions’ in Fifa Series in Melbourne comes four days after win over World Cup-bound Curacao
· Reuters
House prices rise everywhere besides Sydney and Melbourne
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· Adelaide Miller
House prices fall in Sydney and Melbourne as interest rates and Iran war fallout spook buyers
Data shows slowdown in price growth across the country after consecutive RBA cash rate hikes
· Luca Ittimani
Deepwater discoveries: scientists find more than 110 new fish and invertebrate species in the Coral Sea
Brittlestars, sea anemones and a catshark among new-to-science species collected during expedition off the Queensland coast
· Donna Lu
House values ease as Sydney and Melbourne population growth slows
Sydney and Melbourne house values have fallen for a second consecutive month as high prices and inflation drive potential buyers out of the market and as population growth in the nation’s two largest cities slows to its lowest rate since the depths of the pandemic.
· Shane Wright
Landlords ‘leveraging up’ by exploiting property tax rules are fuelling Australia’s housing affordability crisis, analysis finds
Exclusive: Capital gains tax discount and negative gearing rules created ‘extra artificial incentive’ for property speculation, the e61 Institute has found
· Patrick Commins
One in five maternal deaths following childbirth are preventable
A world-first analysis from a team of Australian researchers has found one in five maternal deaths in the five years following childbirth are preventable.
· Bronte Gossling
Webby Awards: Cardi B and Sydney Sweeney's bathwater earn nominations
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry reacts from the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Friday, March 13, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
· Mark Kennedy
Train services in south-east Qld to be disrupted due to industrial action
Queensland Rail has advised customers that no trains will be operating between Darra and Rosewood on the Ipswich line and Central and Cleveland on Wednesday, April 1. (ABC News: Christopher Gillette)
Nestory Irankunda double elevates Socceroos to grand farewell win over Curaçao
Australia defeat Curaçao 5-1 in final home match before World Cup
· Jack Snape
Palcis places second in Bangkok chess tournament
Seven-year-old Noah Lucas Palcis placee second in the AISB Chess Without Borders under-9 open chess tournament at the Australian International School in Bangkok, Thailand on March 29, 2026.
· The Manila Times
Two men arrested over woman's death in unit complex fire
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Eleanor Wilson
Medicos get favourable feedback
“Before you end the discussion on band names (C8), one more, please?” implores Neil Nicoll of Waverton. “In the early 1980s when I was in Toowoomba General Hospital with suspected tuberculosis, there was a myriad of blood tests. One was an Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) and yes, that was the name of the hospital staff’s ja…
Israel’s ambassador stops short of apologising for Australian volunteer’s death
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Brisbane train lines to be disrupted during union action on Wednesday
At least two Brisbane train lines will be disrupted on Wednesday after a partial work ban planned by controllers was escalated by the government, according to the rail workers union.
· Julius Dennis
13yo girl charged after alleged antisemitic rampage in Melbourne
A 13-year-old girl has been charged over a spree of motor vehicle crimes in Melbourne's south-east over the past week. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
Bridge closure the final straw as acclaimed East Fremantle restaurant closes its doors
It’s not a goodbye, it’s a see you later.
· Indigo Lemay-Conway
Track closures on Queensland train lines amid fuel crisis
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How the Moira Deeming preselection debacle reopened deep party wounds
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· Rachel Eddie, Chip Le Grand
‘We feared he might show up’: Town’s relief and lingering sadness over Dezi Freeman
Those who have lived closely with police killer Dezi Freeman are not surprised he may have worn out his welcome with those helping to harbour him.
· Grant McArthur, Carla Jaeger
Victoria, NSW divided over plan to slash GST from soaring fuel prices
Australia’s largest states are at odds over how to apply GST to fuel as the first cracks emerge in the national response to the global oil crisis.
· Chip Le Grand, Paul Sakkal, Jessica McSweeney
Live: Socceroos face Curaçao in World Cup farewell match
It may still be March, but this is the Socceroos' farewell match for the World Cup.
· Amanda Shalala
‘A place I could be me’: Meet the Aussies with dedicated hobby rooms
Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a living area, and a lock-up garage: this describes many Australian houses, but for Melbourne man Goro Gupta, there’s one important space missing.
· Shona Hendley
‘Its identity is being erased’: Frustrated families speak out against Lindfield school changes
The decision to turn alternative Lindfield Learning Village mainstream by making students wear uniforms and introducing report cards has been met with outcry from parents, who say a department consultation was misused and that the school is a victim of its success.
· Emily Kowal, Christopher Harris
Nathan Merritt has been given 12 months to live. He has one dying wish
Nathan Merritt has been given about 12 months to live, and has one simple dying wish: “To see South Sydney win the premiership.”
· Christian Nicolussi
Jim Chalmers claims removing card surcharges will ease cost-of-living pressures. But will you be better off?
The reforms announced by the Reserve Bank on Tuesday will have ripple effects across the whole payments system, experts say
· Luca Ittimani
Australia v Curaçao: Fifa Series men’s international football friendly – live
Updates from the Socceroos’ home farewell at AAMI Park
· Joanna Khan
The Gwyneth-approved exercise trend about to take over Australia
Anyone who has ever done a HIIT class walks in with a certain set of expectations: loud music, burpees and muscles that will hurt a little afterwards.
· Gyan Yankovich
'It's going to be painful every year': Zomi Frankcom's family call for answers
Zomi Frankom was killed by an IDF strike two years ago. (Facebook)
· Katie Mcallister
Australia to refine more oil to combat rising fuel costs
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Meta, Snapchat, TikTok y YouTube no cumplen del todo el veto a cuentas infantiles, dice Australia
Un cartel de YouTube se ve cerca de la sede de la firma en San Bruno, California, el miércoles 12 de marzo de 2025. (AP Foto/Jeff Chiu, Archivo)
· Rod Mcguirk
Police tracked car's repeated trips before fatal shootout that killed Dezi Freeman
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· Eleanor Wilson
Ghost Bat vs Valkyrie: Australia in fierce battle with US for German war drone market
Australia is closing in on a breakthrough deal to sell hundreds of locally designed combat drones, called Ghost Bats, to the German military in an agreement that could pave the way for the cutting-edge aircraft to be exported around the world.
· Matthew Knott
Why Cricket Australia will cut player contracts despite 20 Tests in 12 months
Australia is set to slash its contract list to be able to pay a premium to the likes of captain Pat Cummins and freewheeling deputy Travis Head ahead of an unrelenting schedule of 20 Test matches within 12 months.
· Daniel Brettig
‘The very best of who we are’: Freeman joins race to help deliver 2032 Games
Athletics great Cathy Freeman is set to make an impact on another home Olympics after joining the race to deliver the Brisbane 2032 Games.
· Laine Clark