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Western Australia’s water utility was shut out of Alcoa’s mining sites in state forest, newly released documents reveal, raising concerns the lack of oversight could be detrimental to Perth’s drinking water supply.
Australia’s kaftan queen, Camilla, is closing one of its high-profile stores in upmarket Mosman on Sydney’s lower north shore after more than a decade serving customers in the high-end strip.
Agents and home owners will no longer be able to keep the sale prices of properties secret under a state government plan to help expose underquoting and improve the accuracy of price guides.
The parents of three young children have been sentenced in Western Australia’s District Court after they left their kids home alone for days on end at their semi-rural property with access to guns and ammunition.
Sydney Sweeney knows how to take the red carpet to date night.
Police are investigating after chasing a car carrying two gunshot victims following a brawl in Sydney's western suburbs.Officers called to Boundary Road in Chester Hill about 10.30pm yesterday were told about 15 people were fighting before two people were shot.Everyone left the scene but a short time later police sp…
A dramedy series starring Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden sounds like something that was created and streamed in the U.S., right? But Sunny Nights is actually an Australian show; it takes place in Sydney and originally ran on that country’s Stan streaming service in December. Now its streaming here in the States, thank…
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Federico Valverde (centro) celebra tras marcar su tercer gol para el Real Madrid en la victoria 3-0 ante el Manchester City en los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones, el miércoles 11 de marzo de 2026, en Madrid.(AP Foto/Jose Bretón)
An urgent fundraiser for the brave Iranian women footballers who escaped their minders during the Asian Cup to claim asylum in Australia has surged past $50,000 in less than 48 hours.
Four fatherless girls in a band set out to escape their deprived Australian coastal town, in a dark, raw tale of friendship and abuse
Iraq’s national security adviser Qassim al-Araji says he told Australian ambassador that countries should repatriate prisoners
The Emmy-nominated Australian crime comedy ventures to the Top End, where its creators found big characters, comic set-pieces and lots of crocs
The festival became a political flashpoint well before the program reveal – but the featured works focus not on spectacle and slogan but on a polyphony of voices singing their own songs
Chief executive of Acoss, who undertook the study, says ‘it’s clear this tax break funnels billions into the wealthiest parts of our country’
Moree in NSW is the ‘perfect location’ for remote drones, police say. But critics worry about impact of increased surveillance on local Aboriginal community
Child welfare advocates demand accountability after revelations two children in care of state lived with triple killer Regina Arthurell
The Albanese government has rushed through new powers for use during global crises but asylum lawyers say it sends a ‘disturbing’ message
As the second week of the war with Iran draws to a close, any suggestion that Australia’s involvement would be limited to in-principle support has evaporated. Last Friday, the Guardian and other media outlets reported that three Australians were on the US submarine that torpedoed an Iranian warship, killing 87 peopl…
Fencing installed around Alcoa’s bauxite mine sites in 2025 blocked rangers conducting inspections, Water Corporation documents say
The author confronts the trauma of losing her parents as a teenager in a succession of fragments – almost all of which contain the word ‘fourteen’
Escalating Middle East conflict, currency fluctuations make destinations like Southeast Asia, Australia attractive, top business leader says
Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has called on Gulf states to "shut down US bases" and declared the closure of a key oil transit point should be used as leverage, in his first public comments since replacing his father.The statement, read on television by a news anchor, came hours after all but…
Seven-time world champion, who won the sprint in Shanghai last year, sounds optimistic after making a decent start last week in Melbourne
“Further to Carol Dawes’ (C8) reminder of kids’ colour patches on elbows and knees, we had two distinct tribal markings in our neighbourhood: the Yellow (Acriflavine) and Red (Mercurochrome), depending on what Mum had in the medicine cabinet,” says Warren Mitchell of Mosman. “The old Mercurochrome contained mercury,…
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A driver has spoken out against AI traffic cameras, calling them an “outrageous overreach” after receiving a $392 fine because his daughter’s seatbelt slipped for a few seconds.
Max Verstappen de Red Bull se sale de la pista durante la clasificación del Gran Premio de Australia, el sábado 7 de marzo de 2026, en Melbourne. (AP Foto/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
Singapore/Jakarta: Australia and Indonesia, drawing ever closer on matters of security, plan to develop World War II-era defence facilities on the small island of Morotai into a joint training base.
Pressure is mounting on the Home Affairs Minister to deport an accused paedophile back to New Zealand after he was discovered living as a free man on the Sunshine Coast.
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Protester alleges that Iranian handler ‘turned around and looked at us and then drew a line on his throat and pointed to us’
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It took a once-in-a-century pandemic to drive Australia into its first recession in a generation. It could take oil prices at $US200 a barrel and an inflation breakout to again push the nation to the economic brink.
Premier Jacinta Allan has denied her government is using multicultural events for party-political purposes, fresh from hosting an Iftar dinner where dozens of Labor ministers and backbenchers attended alongside a solitary Coalition MP.
Greens MP says arrests under new pro-Palestine slogan bans bear hallmarks of ‘authoritarian police state’ as deputy premier says ‘the law’s the law’
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A long-serving Brisbane CityCat staffer has lost her job after a workplace tribunal backed her employer’s decision to sack her following a year of heavy absences.
Workers at the University of Melbourne are hoping to be the first Australian tertiary education employees on a four-day full-time working week, and are seeking a 20 per cent pay rise over three years.
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands’ car is taken from the track after a crash during the qualifying session for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
A little girl was killed by her parents after being returned home by authorities despite concerns from medical experts over her family’s extreme religious beliefs, a coroner has heard.
The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken
Hail Creek is responsible for about 20% of Australia’s coalmine methane, while only producing 1% of the country’s coal
Australia’s capacity to predict climate change and its impacts on our way of life has suffered a heavy blow, with dozens of scientists from CSIRO’s Environment Research Unit to face the axe.