'Very quiet': Family-owned service station struggles as fuel nudges $3 a litre
Sydney taxi driver Frank Tmouti says he has been hit hard by high petrol prices. (ABC News: Abbey Haberecht)
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Students with a passion for chemistry are invited to participate at the International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ), a global competition coordinated by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
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'Visionary' outback museum unfinished with owner near financial collapse
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· Catherine James
Small plane carrying 7 passengers crashes into crocodile-infested waters in Australia
A small plane with seven people on board crashed into crocodile-infested waters in Western Australia, leaving one passenger injured as authorities investigate the cause, according to reports.
· Anna Young
Teen charged after allegedly firing airgun at fellow student
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· Joseph Sahyoun
Cyclone Narelle LIVE updates: Category 5 monster closes in as Far North Queenslanders brace for landfall
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· Dominique Tassell, William Davis, Catherine Strohfeldt
Bulldogs coach needs stitches after glass breaks in 's***house stadium'
Cameron Ciraldo suffered a cut to his hand when glass shattered in his coaching box. (AAP: Mark Evans)
'Take shelter now': Emergency alert issued for towns in firing line
Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of Tropical Cyclone Narelle, this Friday March 20.
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Why these Brisbane bus routes are still not all that popular, despite being almost free
Kelly Stothard can catch a bus from near her home to all of Brisbane’s biggest shopping centres: Chermside, Carindale, Garden City and Indooroopilly.
· Felicity Caldwell
GPs reveal dossier of pharmacy blunders as prescription fight ramps up
GPs have intensified their opposition to the Victorian government’s expansion of pharmacist prescribing powers, releasing a dossier of 64 alleged medical blunders involving pharmacists misdiagnosing patients.
· Henrietta Cook
Study finds ‘significant barriers’ for GPs offering voluntary assisted dying
Queensland doctors need more education and financial incentives to offer voluntary assisted dying, a new study has found, with researchers highlighting “significant” barriers preventing GPs from taking up the scheme.
· Courtney Kruk
Missile lands metres from reporter crossing live on Russian TV from Lebanon
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· Jorge Branco
Iranians brace for Australia's new laws stopping temporary migrants
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· Doug Dingwall
Far North Qld takes shelter as category five Tropical Cyclone Narelle approaches
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is set to cross the Far North Queensland Coast between 7am and 10am. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)
· Emily Anderson
Experts warn of 50 per cent food price spike as fuel crisis deepens
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Emily McPherson
One Nation is circling in SA. It could mean a 'major scare' in the polls
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· April Glover
Aussies warned not to panic as medicine shortages, price hikes loom
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Maddison Leach
He’s the ‘winningest’ coach in Aussie sport. Does Brian Goorjian get the respect he deserves?
With the seating bowl darkened, the basketball court in the middle of Qudos Bank Arena is lit up like a stage. And as Sydney Kings players train hard in the light, ahead of the opening game of the NBL Grand Final series on that stage on Saturday, a man in black paces around it all.
· Iain Payten
Shoppers welcome renovation plans for Melbourne's second-oldest market
More than 1,000 new homes could be built in 12-storey buildings around Melbourne's second-oldest market, as part of a redevelopment expected to cost $1 billion.
· Margaret Paul
M.L Stedman’s achingly human epic is like an Australian Gone With The Wind
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· Tom Ryan
Weekly news quiz: History-making Oscars moments, a royal visit and fans storm the NRL field
Queen Mary has returned to Australia for a royal tour. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)
Why do workers leave good jobs? Because of bad bosses
In 2016, Mandy Hawtin was working two days a week for an Australian university in a supportive, family-friendly work environment. “When one of my three kids got sick, my manager would allow me to make up those days the following week, or the same week,” she says.
· Emily Chantiri
There is war in our backyard and we have forgotten all about it
As everyone was absorbing the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise interest rates on Tuesday evening, one economist received something of a rock-star reception. Sean Turnell, the former senior economic advisor to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and one-time jailbird on spurious espionage charges, was in demand i…
· Michael Ruffles
The charts that show how the oil shock is worsening and hitting motorists
The price of petrol in Australia jumped again this week to reach an all-time high as the war in the Middle East continued with no end in sight.
· Nick Toscano
Stonewall’s not dead, it’s just found its new life in Newtown
As the shutters continue to come down on iconic venues along Sydney’s Oxford Street, city leaders say a lazy space tax could be the answer to reviving abandoned buildings on the once-vibrant night-time strip, forcing landlords to pay if they keep their doors closed.
· Jessica McSweeney, Kayla Olaya
The premier faced criticism over chaotic protests. Most voters back his actions
Most NSW voters feel Premier Chris Minns successfully managed the protest against visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog, despite chaotic scenes erupting and criticisms that Muslims were stopped from carrying out their evening prayers.
· Alexandra Smith, Jessica McSweeney
Filipinos’ Flinders Street plan: Melbourne’s largest hotel with 766 rooms
Philippines-based hotel developer Hotel101 has quietly snapped up a Flinders Street development site where it has big plans to build a 766-room hotel, Melbourne’s largest.
· Nicole Lindsay
How one CEO’s chatbot could cost his company $355 million
Australia’s most expensive barristers can charge tens of thousands of dollars a day. The solicitors who brief them earn less, but swarm cases in far greater numbers. America’s legal system makes that all look cheap: their litigators can charge $US3400 an hour ($4800).
· Nick Bonyhady
Team behind Bar Copains to open French wine bar at landmark Potts Point site
The former Challis Avenue home of Potts Point institution La Buvette will be born again as a Gallic venue, with the team behind hatted restaurants Bar Copains, Bessie’s and Vin-Cenzo’s opening a French wine bar at the site.
· Scott Bolles
Arsenal-Man City, mucho más que la final de la Copa de la Liga inglesa
El técnico de Arsenal Mikel Arteta (izquierda) celebra la victoria ante Bayer Leverkusen en los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones, el martes 17 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ian Walton)
· James Robson
Iranian women’s soccer players look terrified as they are greeted back home by officials after being branded ‘traitors’
Iranian female soccer players have been filmed looking scared and glum-faced as they return home after a scandal over claiming asylum in Australia.
· Anthony Blair
Wild possum found among plush toys in Australian airport shop
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Possum disguises itself among plush toy animals in Australian airport gift shop: ‘It wanted to blend in’
On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving.
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Queen Mary returns to Australian hometown for the first time in nearly 20 years
The Danish King Frederik and Aussie-born Queen Mary touched down in the Queen’s home state of Tasmania for the first official time in over twenty years, with Queen Mary holding up a lobster as her husband shot a pic.
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WA police investigate flyers targeting LGBTIQ+ community distributed to homes
The anonymous leaflets display pictures of LGBTIQ+ people along with accusations of crimes such as drug trafficking and paedophilia
· Adeshola Ore
Record crowds, empty seats and the Matildas in a dream final: has the Women’s Asian Cup been a success?
Tournament organisers point to strong TV audiences and reaching a wider range of fans even as Australia have failed to sell out matches on home soil
· Jack Snape
Bernardi vows to pay for flights taken with Hanson on Rinehart’s plane amid confusion about SA’s donations ban
World-leading laws to be tested ahead of South Australian state election, complicated by Hanson and Bernardi’s political status
· Tory Shepherd
Just two flavours of chips and pub theme nights: how these isolated Queensland towns have survived being cut off for weeks
Birdsville and Bedourie locals are used to being trapped by flooding – but if they run out of Tim Tams and chocolate, ‘that’s a big problem’
· Caitlin Cassidy
More than 500 reports of possible petrol price-gouging made to ACCC since start of Iran war
Fuel retailers put on notice as watchdog promises to come down hard on those doing the wrong thing
· Tom Mcilroy
Tropical Cyclone Narelle: how did global heating fuel one of Queensland’s most severe storms in years?
Ocean temperatures can dictate a cyclone’s intensity – and the waters off far north Queensland have just had their hottest months on record
· Graham Readfearn
Newsroom edition: how Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is changing politics - podcast
Josephine Tovey speaks with Mike Ticher and Sarah Martin about why the electorate is flocking to the rightwing political movement, and what major parties can do to win voters back
The Minstrels by Eva Hornung review – an audacious, confronting epic
The award-winning Australian author is at her most ambitious with this sweeping rural drama, tackling difficult topics with dazzling prose
· Nigel Featherstone
Australia falls to new low in World Happiness Rankings
Australia has fallen to its lowest ranking in the World Happiness Report, as social media makes young people feel worse than ever before.The annual report ranks 140 countries on the general wellbeing of their citizens, with Australia falling to 15th in the rankings, a drop of four places from last year.The report, t…
· Patrick Brischetto
NSW warns GST system is ‘broken’, wants WA’s sweetheart deal watered down
The Minns government has set itself on a collision course with Western Australia, complaining that NSW taxpayers are subsidising the rest of the country while demanding massive changes to the annual carve-up of the GST.
· Shane Wright
Un título de béisbol desata una felicidad que los venezolanos guardaron durante años
Aficionados de Venezuela celebran la victoria de su país contra Estados Unidos en el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol el día anterior, en Caracas, Venezuela, el miércoles 18 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ariana Cubillos)
· Regina Garc A Cano
Gallen backs Preston for NSW call-up
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