The clever French invention opening up Australia’s wildest coast
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Newest first · UTC+11:00‘Speculative’ surge: The $260m fight over western Melbourne’s AI boom
A multibillion dollar surge in data centre proposals across Melbourne’s north-west has triggered a high-stakes stand-off over the bill for the expected power grid overhaul required to run the energy hungry developments.
· Daniella White
‘Speculative pervert panic’: Why these baths’ historic open-air changing shed is making a stir
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· Julie Power
Rose was happily married for 21 years. Then she came out as a lesbian
Carolyn Polley-Peters was 14 years old, sitting an exam in her high school classroom in Mackay, North Queensland, when the thought first occurred to her.
· Courtney Thompson
The Good Food Guide to a road trip around Gippsland
You could try to conquer South Gippsland’s culinary trail on a single weekend, but that would mean driving past some of its best bits – a tragedy for a dedicated foodie.
· Roslyn Grundy
The ‘gentle’ yet profitable solution to Melbourne’s housing crisis
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· Wes Mountain
Commercial childcare operators fight to survive as parents head for exits after scandal
Last year’s childcare sex abuse scandal dropped a bomb on Australia’s for-profit operators, which found themselves at the core of the tragedy, and for good reason. Their high staff turnover and lax standards have been described as fertile ground for predators.
· Colin Kruger
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Michael Atkin is the ABC's national consumer affairs reporter based in Brisbane, Queensland.
'I saw nothing, I did nothing wrong': Bill Clinton faces grilling over Epstein relationship
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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Cruz Beckham launches music career, having fun amid family drama
Cruz Beckham, the youngest son of David and Victoria, is trying to forge a path as the frontman in a rock band, and they started their first headline tour this week. What's more, they're not terrible.
· Ian Youngs
Six-planet parade set to grace the night sky tonight
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· CNN
UN nuclear watchdog unable to verify Iran's suspended uranium enrichment
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· Associated Press
Emails to Chinese dancers allegedly threatened Australian PM
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Australian supermarket giant reins in AI assistant claiming to be human
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México detiene a nueve integrantes de violenta facción del Cártel del Golfo
CIUDAD VICTORIA, México (AP) — México reduce su cerco a los grupos criminales y a días de la muerte del capo más temido y buscado, el líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), el gabinete de Seguridad informó el viernes la detención de nueve integrantes de una violenta facción del Cártel del Golfo, un grupo …
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High-speed rail is an Australian political punchline. After 50 years, will Labor’s newest proposal finally leave the station?
Infrastructure minister says the Newcastle-Sydney project will build on decades of work and planning – but experts ‘won’t be cutting any cakes until there’s shovels in the ground’
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tory-shepherd
The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin review – Simon Burke is extraordinary in this timely queer classic
Belvoir St theatre, Sydney Actor deploys range and comedic skill in this gripping one-man show, which caused a sensation when it premiered in 1976 – and remains relevant today
· Steve Dow
There can be no social cohesion while divisive groups like Advance aim to smear hate against some Australians | Lucy Hamilton
The astroturf group’s strategy event had the theme ‘evolve’ – but its speakers want to take the country back to the past
· Lucy Hamilton
Human rights issues swirl around the Women’s Asian Cup. They cannot be ignored | Samantha Lewis
There is a glaring contrast between the Asian Football Confederation’s corporate dream and the structural realities of the tournament in Australia
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/samantha-lewis
Has Coles been caught with its pants ‘down down’ over its prices promotion?
If the supermarket is found to have deliberately misled with the jingle that ‘sticks in one’s ears’, there will be sector-wide implications
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/catie-mcleod,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonathan-barrett
Two staff stabbed after US contractor used Kia Carnival to transfer Australian immigration detainee: ‘You might as well hire an Uber’
Exclusive: Home affairs department intervened about the use of non-modified people movers after 500 detention centre staff flagged safety concerns
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/christopher-knaus,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ariel-bogle
If only Albanese had the courage to start a new push for an Australian republic | Tom McIlroy
Amid the former Prince Andrew’s disgrace a republican PM leading a progressive government should go out and make the case, fighting to bring the country with him
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-mcilroy
Riding the rightwing algorithm to success: is Karl Stefanovic Australia’s Joe Rogan?
Pauline Hanson, Barnaby Joyce and Anthony Albanese have appeared on news host’s breakaway podcast, which has climbed to No 2 in Australian charts
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amanda-meade
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Greig Johnston is a digital producer in the ABC Perth newsroom. Prior to joining the ABC he worked as a music teacher, writer and sports editor.
Minjee Lee climbs World Championship leaderboard, amateur leads in New Zealand
Australian three-time major winner cards eight-under-par 64 at Sentosa to move to second, while Yuki Miya shoots 67 at Millbrook
· SCMP Sport
Voll century fires Australia to crushing win over India
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· Joel Gould
A Tour of Naked City, Melbourne's hidden history of organised crime
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Young gun blazes century as Australia takes charge of India series
Voll's century led Australia to victory in Hobart. (Getty Images: Steve Bell)
Teen dies after being hit by two cars in Perth after getting off bus to go to school
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· 9News Staff
Jack Doohan received ‘serious death threats’ and called for police help before Alpine exit
Australian F1 driver was replaced after 2025 Miami GP
· Associated Press
Teen killed after being hit by two cars in Perth
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Jack Doohan says he received death threats before he was dropped by F1 team Alpine
FILE -Alpine driver Jack Doohan of Australia walks through the paddock ahead of the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
Manifesto planning ‘mass casualties’ allegedly found at home of WA man charged with preparing terror attack
Prime minister says reports 20-year-old was allegedly going to target mosques, WA police and parliament are ‘distressing’
· Guardian staff
Albanese’s clumsy word game turns up the temperature
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WA man arrested after police uncover alleged terrorism plot
A 20-year-old man from WA has been arrested and charged after police uncovered his alleged plans to commit “an ideologically motivated attack of violent extremism involving mass casualties.”
· Holly Thompson, Michael Philipps
Man arrested over alleged ‘mass casualty event’ terrorist plot
A 20-year-old man from WA has been arrested and charged after police uncovered his alleged plans to commit “an ideologically motivated attack of violent extremism involving mass casualties.”
· Holly Thompson, Michael Philipps
Boy, 13, dies after being hit by two cars in Perth's south
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· https://www.abc.net.au/news/lauren-smith/13666530
State can’t wish away the financial problems of local councils
When the Kennett government moved to amalgamate Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda councils into a single City of Port Phillip, one of the steps taken was to transfer Fishermans Bend to the City of Melbourne, almost halving Port Melbourne’s rate base and rendering it unsustainable on the remainder.
· The Age's View
Super-sized CBD or soaring suburbs: The competing visions to reshape Melbourne
When Opposition Leader Jess Wilson toppled crime-focused Brad Battin as Liberal leader late last year, she sought to make housing affordability a key plank of the party’s re-election pitch.
· Daniella White, Patrick Hatch
Former NSW MP Rory Amon tells court 13-year-old boy said he was 17 before alleged sexual abuse
Former state Liberal MP begins his evidence after pleading not guilty to 10 charges for various sexual acts
· Australian Associated Press
The man who built modern Melbourne – from the MCG, to Marvel to our first skyscraper
Daryl Jackson, the son of a bank manager, was born and spent his early childhood in Clunes, the town that gave Victoria its gold rush when the precious metal was found there in 1850.
· Tony Wright
Police, firefighters join call for review of assault loophole
Police and firefighters’ unions have joined calls to urgently review mandatory sentences for assaulting emergency service workers, after a paramedic was hospitalised but fell through gaps in the law because she was not treating a patient at the time she was attacked.
· Rachel Eddie, Grant McArthur
Brewery closure to leave hole in heart of West End pub scene
Brisbane’s Catchment Brewing Co has closed its venue in West End, joining a growing line-up of local venues falling to rising costs in an increasingly volatile industry.
· Catherine Strohfeldt
‘Dangerously low bar’: Labor says hate speech laws a gag on freedom of speech
The Queensland opposition has aired reservations about supporting proposed hate speech laws and accused the Crisafulli government of playing politics in the aftermath of a national tragedy.
· Julius Dennis
3-time major winner Minjee Lee moves up the LPGA Singapore leaderboard with a 64
Minjee Lee of Australia tees off during the HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah)
The American investigator who exposed Melbourne’s mafia was ignored
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Teenager faces court following kidnapping of Sydney tobacconist
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Sydney man dies following assault in popular Thai holiday spot
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Liberal party executive agrees to permanently bury review into catastrophic 2025 election defeat
Party says ‘what’s important now is that we strengthen our party for the future’ but some MPs concerned they will not learn from loss
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dan-jervis-bardy
‘How many hoops do women have to jump through?’ NSW Libs deputy faces challenge
The deputy leader of the NSW Liberals and its second most senior woman, Natalie Ward, is facing a preselection challenge – the only female at risk of being dumped from the party’s ticket.
· Alexandra Smith