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Topic:Classical Music
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Sydney Sweeney pairs fur with lace and garters in latest seductive lingerie pics
Sydney Sweeney isn’t done showing off her stuff.
· BreAnna Bell
Kyle Sandilands sacked and top-rating radio show cancelled as host vows to fight to return to air
Kiis FM radio host was suspended from work after an on-air argument with co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson
· Amanda Meade
Kyle Sandilands sacked by ARN Media
Kyle Sandilands said on Wednesday his contract had been "terminated". (Supplied)
Kyle Sandilands's contract terminated by ARN Media
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· Sean Thompson
Kyle Sandilands jokes about his job prospects on Australian Idol
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Tropical Cyclone Narelle closes in on Far North Queensland coast
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to make landfall along the Far North Queensland coast on Friday as a category four system. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)
· Sally Rafferty
Demolition derbies cancelled after crash prompts safety changes
Topic:Occupational Health and Safety
· Peter Sanders
By Peter Sanders
Originally from Toowoomba in Queensland, Peter is a reporter with ABC New England North West.
CCTV released, police seek three more men over Sydney grandfather’s death
NSW Police have released CCTV footage of three more men as they appeal for public assistance into the kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian last month.
· Jamie Berry
One Nation is tipped to be a major player in the SA election
Topic:State and Territory Elections
· Briana Fiore
New expense reports show just how much political staff wages cost taxpayers
Topic:State and Territory Government
· Jack Mckay
Sydney resident fears for cousin facing 'unjustified' charges in Iran
Armin Awan in Sydney is worried about his cousin in Iran. (Supplied)
· Nassim Khadem
NSW government paid $700 to get triple killer out of foster home
Topic:State and Territory Government
· Nick Dole
The 90-day question looming over Australia's fuel price pain
Australia's oil strategy has pivoted from producer to importer — with most refined oil coming from our Asian neighbours.
· Sbsaustralia
Obituaries - DailyNews
FERNANDO – LAKSHMAN (LUCKY) – Beloved husband of Charmaine, precious father of Dilhan (Singapore), Jonathan and Shawn (Australia), father-in-law of Ulyana, Ayanthi and Thenuri (Australia), beloved grandfather of Nadya and Kaya, brother of Indrani and late Manjula, brother-in-law of Lorraine, Leslie, Allan,…
· Gayan Abeykoon
TBy Tessa Flemming
Tessa Flemming is a journalist with ABC News Digital, based in Brisbane. She previously worked across southern Queensland and northern NSW.
Sam Kerr’s moment of magic sends Matildas into Women’s Asian Cup final with 2-1 win over China
Samantha Kerr of Australia during the AFC Women's Asian Cup Semi Final 1 match between Australia and China at Optus Stadium in Perth, Tuesday, 17 March 2026. Source: AAP / Dean Lewins
· Sbsaustralia
Rare triple-hit cyclone possible to impact Qld, NT and WA
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is on track to make three separate landfalls on the Australian mainland. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)
· Tom Saunders
Fake cash flooding into Australian market as seizures rise 700 per cent
Topic:Money Laundering
· Fiona Willan
Man charged over alleged Melbourne vehicle pursuit
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Union slams ‘reckless’ staff cuts putting vulnerable train passengers at risk
Vulnerable train passengers will be left without vital assistance at stations under a “reckless” proposal by Queensland Rail, a peak transport union has warned.
· Courtney Kruk
Density push to allow for 20-storey towers in Melbourne's north
Towers of up to 20 storeys will be allowed in select parts of Brunswick and Coburg, under the Victorian government plan to increase housing density across inner and suburban Melbourne.
Trump lashes Australia, allies over lack of help
Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Wednesday, March 18.
· Jorge Branco
Middle East war forces pharmaceutical companies to divert critical medicines
The Middle East war has forced pharmaceutical companies to reroute critical medicines, to ensure they land in Australia. (Pexels: Karolina Grabowska)
· Stephanie Dalzell
‘We don’t need anyone’s help’: Trump lashes out at NATO allies, Australia over Iran war
Washington: Donald Trump has reversed course and claimed he never needed or wanted other countries’ help in Iran, and lashed out at the US’s NATO and Indo-Pacific allies – including Australia – after previously demanding their assistance.
· Michael Koziol
Queen Mary and King Frederik visit Melbourne
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Behind Melbourne Museum's shiny facade sits a world hidden from view
Topic:Libraries, Museums and Galleries
· Anastasia Safioleas
Average Aussie household almost $75 a week worse off than six weeks ago
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Lara Pearce
The kids are watching the AI job carnage. What are they going to do?
Last week, Atlassian cut 1600 jobs globally, blaming AI. Late last year, University of NSW student Ahnaf Rakeen changed his degree from a Bachelor of Design to a Bachelor of Architectural Studies. His freelance graphic designer work had become less creative and begun to dry up due to clients using AI themselves.
· Bronte Gossling
Historical IVF mix-up discovery raises questions about Australian industry
Topic:Reproductive Technology
· Judd Boaz
By Judd Boaz
Judd Boaz is a journalist and digital producer for ABC News Melbourne. He previously worked as a journalist at RTHK Radio 3 in Hong Kong, as a weekend news editor at SEN in Melbourne and at regional radio stations in his home town of Alice Springs.
These $78m Sydney wharves opened without ferries. Now there’s a second chance
The NSW government is making another attempt to entice a private operator to run ferry services between Sydney’s new $78 million ferry wharves in Botany Bay, less than two years after a previous shot at drumming up interest failed.
· Matt O'Sullivan
End of the black roof? The overhaul coming to Sydney’s heat-trapping suburbs
Developers could soon be required to abandon heat-absorbing materials such as dark rooftops when building new homes under a sweeping overhaul of NSW planning laws aimed at tackling rising temperatures and the urban heat island effect in fast-growing suburbs.
· David Barwell
‘Rare as the Mona Lisa’: The little-known masterpiece in an outback hall
A theatre’s hand-painted stage curtain, “as rare as the Mona Lisa”, has become the unlikely star of a venue that once hosted performances by Nellie Melba, Eileen Joyce, Joan Sutherland and even AC/DC.
· Julia D'Orazio
Iconic vegie cafe Badde Manors to be reborn as Goode Manors with meat on the menu
When Glebe cafe Badde Manors opened in 1982, Malcolm Fraser was prime minister and the luckless Swans had just relocated from South Melbourne to Sydney. Now the inner-west cafe institution is set for its biggest shake-up in 44 years, reopening with a name tweak and meat on the menu.
· Scott Bolles
Delay in fixing mental health system fails patients and families
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· The Age's View
‘People have had a gutful’: South Australia is about to be hit by One Nation’s orange wave
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· Rob Harris
Labor goes back to the future to replace ‘uncomfortable’ C-Series train seats
The Cook government is adopting a back-to-the-future approach as it sets out to replace the drivers’ seats across its entire C-Series train fleet with the same model used in A-Series trains.
· Hamish Hastie
‘All we wanted to do was go and win the Ashes’: Ollie Pope hits out at England critics
Batter denies the team ‘weren’t fussed’ in Australia
· PA Media
Man once eyed in disappearance of missing California teen now charged with murder
STOCKTON, Calif. — California authorities have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the 2019 disappearance of 17-year-old Victoria Marquina, a high schooler from Sutter Creek.
· Fox News
Iranian women soccer players granted asylum in Australia spotted training in Brisbane
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two players from the Iranian women’s soccer team have joined a practice session with a professional club in Brisbane in their first publicly shared appearance since it emerged they had been granted asylum in Australia.
· Associated Press
Two more top Iranian officials killed, Israel says
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· Associated Press
Australian households fear double whammy of rate hikes and higher petrol prices will lead to recession
Borrowers face losing hundreds of dollars a month in higher repayments and rising pump rices will add to the pain, economists warn
· Luca Ittimani
Will One Nation go mainstream in South Australia’s election? – podcast
South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is predicted to win this Saturday’s state election by a landslide – but that’s not why this poll is attracting so much interest.
SA banned donations to political parties. Now experts fear powerful lobby groups could pick up the tab and dominate the discourse
Special interest groups such as GetUp and Turning Point Australia may be able to outspend opponents, with donations not needing to be disclosed until after state election
· Tory Shepherd
The world’s largest light installation shines on a small Australian town
In Albany, Western Australia, Finnish artist Kari Kola has thrown beams across the night sky with a spectacle that may even be visible from space
Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war
Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection
· Graham Readfearn
‘Brisbane is getting a taste of it’: fire ants at New Farm shows invasive species is on the march – and an outbreak may follow
The detection at a popular park of ‘one of the worst invasive species to reach Australia’ is causing concern that suppression efforts are cracking
· Joe Hinchliffe, Ben Smee
Golden generation still glitters as veterans kickstart misfiring Matildas
Goals from Caitlin Foord and Sam Kerr help see off China and show that they can take Australia to Asian Cup glory
· Jack Snape