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Red Bull's Max Verstappen calls Formula 1 a 'jungle' amid regulation changes
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)
Girl returned to killer parents despite ‘cult’ warning
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.
· Rex Martinich
Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed
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
· Christopher Knaus
‘Beggars belief’: calls for federal intervention after extension to ‘carbon bomb’ open-cut coalmine approved by Queensland government
Hail Creek is responsible for about 20% of Australia’s coalmine methane, while only producing 1% of the country’s coal
· Donna Lu
‘Worst thing I’ve ever seen’: CSIRO slashes climate modelling jobs
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.
· Bianca Hall
SA Liberals dump candidate who said homosexuality ‘opens up demonic realms’ after initially standing by him
Party leader Ashton Hurn confirms Carston Woodhouse will not run for Liberals in SA’s state election, but says ‘people are entitled to have their views’
· Daisy Dumas
Not just Tasmania: Look out Collingwood, Victorian rivals are circling Daicos
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· Sam McClure
Rules around sensitive information ‘impeding’ interim report into Bondi terror attack, head of antisemitism royal commission warns
Virginia Bell warned parliamentary inquiry of legislative gap just days before resignation of former spy chief Dennis Richardson
· Dan Jervis Bardy, Josh Butler
‘It’s chaos’: Surgeries delayed, staff resort to pen and paper amid Sydney hospital IT outage
Sick children had surgeries postponed and staff were forced to revert to pen and paper after a major IT outage at Sydney’s two paediatric hospitals.
· Angus Thomson
Perth music promoter Andrew Scally's killer sentenced to jail
Andrew Scally, known as Andy, was a well-known figure in the Perth entertainment and nightlife industry. (Facebook: Andy Scally)
· Piper Duffy
Meghan Markle slammed for sky-high price of luxury retreat in Australia
As Meghan Markle prepares to headline a luxury women’s retreat in Australia, critics are raising eyebrows over the price tag – questioning the motive behind the duchess’ latest venture.
· Fox News
Roosters NRL player involved in e-bike accident ahead of Rabbitohs clash
Billy Smith was being assess by the Roosters' medical staff on Thursday. (Getty Images: Brett Hemmings)
Cruise ship had 'small margin for error' in poor light, report says
The transport safety authority has released its first report into the grounding of a Queensland cruise ship off PNG last year.
· Conor Byrne
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More airlines hike flight prices as Iran war continues to disrupt oil supply
Cathay Pacific, AirAsia and Thai Airways join Qantas in increasing prices, as travellers flock to airlines that don’t have Middle East stopovers
· Luca Ittimani
Perth businessman pursued for nearly $7 million amid fallout from Modco collapse
A Perth businessman once linked to a high-profile collapsed building company is being pursued by the tax office for almost $7 million.
· Carla Hildebrandt
Newborn baby found in Melbourne backyard
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Airport planners brace for weeks of travel chaos even after the war
With the Iran war continuing to escalate, the company overseeing take-off and landing slots at Sydney Airport expects travel disruptions to drag on for weeks even after the conflict ends.
· Chris Zappone
Queensland emergency departments hit 10-year low, report shows
The percentage of Queenslanders seen within the recommended four-hour timeframe after presenting to emergency has hit a 10-year low, a new report on public hospital performance has found.
· Courtney Kruk
Woman and child found dead in Queensland home
Police discovered the bodies of the mother and daughter after reports of an injured man, covered in blood, in Logan, in Brisbane’s south
· Australian Associated Press
CityCat worker fired after calling in sick for half of year’s workdays
A fired Brisbane CityCat worker has failed to get her job back after she was absent for almost half of the time between mid-2024 and mid-2025, according to Fair Work Commission ruling.
· Catherine Strohfeldt
Two dead in horror crash in NSW Northern Rivers
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Afternoon Update: Labor fuel quality downgrade to pump supply into regions; Atlassian’s AI-driven layoffs; and finding your personal style
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· Kris Swales
Helicopter rescue saves men, dog from Australian floodwaters
SYDNEY — A helicopter pilot airlifted two men and a dog from the roof of a car engulfed in raging floodwaters in a dramatic rescue in northern Australia that was captured on video.
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US-Ied air assault on Iran nears 13th day with no end in sight
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· April Glover
The stories of the Iranian footballers granted asylum by Australia, and those who went home
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· Emma Kemp, Billie Eder
The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’
Dennis Richardson’s shock resignation from the antisemitism royal commission will rattle Australians’ faith in the inquiry’s ability to determine how the worst terror attack in Australian history occurred.
· Matthew Knott
Hyosung Heavy secures first ESS project in Australia
W142.5b battery storage project in Queensland to support grid stability
· Byun Hye-jin
Wife of Australian footballer accused of child sex abuse testifies in his defence
Helen Cable's (middle) testimony will form a key part Barry Cable's defence in his child sex abuse trial. (ABC News)
· David Weber
Perth man charged dousing himself in accelerant, setting car alight in fiery end to police chase
A man has been charged after he allegedly doused himself in an accelerant and set his car alight when a police pursuit came to an end in Gosnells earlier this year.
· Hannah Murphy
Four decades, 40 defining moments in the life of Melbourne’s Comedy Festival
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· John Bailey
What to see (and how to see it) at the 2026 Biennale of Sydney
“Rememory” suggests a retelling of the past. Visitors to the 25th Biennale of Sydney, which takes the word as its theme and spreads from the Nepean River just below the foothills of the Blue Mountains, to the sea at Sydney Harbour, will see that Faulkner was right: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
· Joanna Mendelssohn
A bitter pill: Tension between premier and minister over contentious health plans
Tension is brewing between Premier Jacinta Allan and Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas over two contentious health policies that will expand the prescribing powers of pharmacists and GPs.
· Henrietta Cook, Kieran Rooney
Oil price could fly past unheard-of milestone, major bank warns
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· Emily Bennett
One Nation accuses Cook government of blackmailing conservative parties over extra staff
WA One Nation MP Rod Caddies has accused the Cook government of trying to blackmail him by withholding an extra part-time staff member for his office in return for him publicly supporting the biggest shake-up of electorate office staffing in decades.
· Hamish Hastie
Police accused of 'overreach' after 'from the river to the sea' arrests
Queensland Police on Wednesday arrested two protesters for using the phrase "from the river to the sea", which is banned in some circumstances under the state's new hate speech laws.
· Lottie Twyford
Fuel quality rules relaxed to add 100 million litres more petrol
Australia's fuel quality standards will be temporarily relaxed to bring on more supply. (ABC News: Ed Gannon)
· Jake Evans
NSW prepares for fuel shortages at hospitals as Australia relaxes petrol standards for 60 days
Chris Minns says ‘no need for panic buying’ as state government considers emergency supplies and impact on critical services
· Patrick Commins, Penry Buckley
Auric converts $1.2M punt into $16.5M from overlooked WA gold play
Auric Mining has tied a golden bow around its maiden mining venture, banking a final $2.2 million cash distribution from the company’s Jeffreys Find gold mine, near Norseman in Western Australia.
· Doug Bright
Rinehart donation triggers WA parliament meltdown after Greens lash backing of right-wing lobbyists
West Australian Greens MP Sophie McNeill triggered a fierce debate in the state’s parliament on Wednesday as she lashed the influence of the nation’s richest person in politics while demanding Labor cut ties with Gina Rinehart and her company.
· Hamish Hastie
Grace Tame’s bookings cancelled for 2026 amid ‘national smear campaign’
Former Australian of the year Grace Tame has said she will not appear at any more paid speaking events in 2026 after losing the rest of the year’s bookings due to what she has called “an ongoing national smear campaign” against her.
· Wendy Tuohy
Two dead in horror boat crash in northern NSW
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Joseph Sahyoun
Violent youths on the run after cutting off ankle monitoring devices
Two of the state’s most high-risk youth offenders are on the run after allegedly removing their state-issued ankle monitoring devices designed to track their every move.
· Erin Pearson
Sydney's highly infectious disease outbreak linked to Asia
An outbreak of measles in Sydney has been predominantly linked to return travellers from Southeast Asia.A report from NSW Health said of the 60 cases of the highly infectious disease seen in the state since the start of last year, over half had come from people who had travelled in the region.While Australia has off…
· Patrick Brischetto
“Parasites”: alleged attack on Jewish students at University of Sydney
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Queensland man allegedly tried to sneak wanted men into Indonesia via aircraft
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Trump endorses Jake Paul, praises boxer's 'beautiful' fiancee in surprise speech
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· April Glover
[Photo News] Jinro pop-up pocha in Melbourne
HiteJinro said Thursday it opened Jinro Pocha Melbourne, to promote accessibility to the soju brand, on Feb. 27. The space is decorated in the style of a Korean pocha, featuring Jinro’s signature toad figurines and limited-edition merchandise. The menu includes Jinro soju, Terra beer, as well as specialty highballs …
· Lee Han-gyoul