8 h. ago ‘Like a giant game of Tetris’: Rebuilding one of Australia’s busiest motorways cone by cone

A $2 billion upgrade to the Warringah Freeway is regarded as one of the toughest road-building projects in Sydney in decades.

Transport

17 h. ago In 37 years of HSC marking, Lindy always sees students make this mistake

Castle Hill High School’s English head is one of the longest standing HSC markers: one of just 30 to have marked students across four decades.

Politics

29 h. ago Sudden wind change could worsen fires on the NSW Central Coast

Multiple fires are still burning on the NSW Central Coast as a sudden wind change is expected to fan the flames.

Events

3 d. ago Oprah Winfrey praises Hugh Jackman and social media ban – but avoids key weight

The 71-year-old talk-show host is touring for the first time in a decade in partnership with the pharmaceutical company behind a weight-loss drug.

Politics

3 d. ago Inglis kept England and Root at bay. His next move could seal Khawaja’s fate

One moment of Josh Inglis brilliance has kept Australia in the hunt at the Gabba. His next move, however, could spell the end for a hometown hero.

Politics

3 d. ago It’s a narrow path to victory, but this is why Oscar Piastri can still win the Formula 1 world title

We examine every permutation in what has to happen for Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri to seal the crown in the final race of the season Abu Dhabi.

Politics

3 d. ago Choked by algae decades ago, the risk of a Moreton Bay bloom is rising

A huge surge in nutrients dumped in the bay over the past decade has provided the perfect food for an algal bloom, which experts say is imminent.

Politics

3 d. ago After decades in combat, a top SEAL suddenly comes under scrutiny

Admiral Frank Mitchell Bradley is now an example of the potential legal peril the US military faces as it carries out the orders of Donald Trump and his defence secretary.

Politics

4 d. ago After decades thinking they had little in common, these siblings finally became friends

Opera Australia baritone Samuel Dundas and brother Toby, drummer with The Temper Trap, were “radically different” growing up. In becoming dads, they bonded.

Politics

4 d. ago Alarm over security risks in state public service IT systems

Finance systems came in for particular scrutiny, with half being used “well beyond their expected lifespan”.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘I didn’t want to be pigeonholed’: The Sydney actor making in her mark in Star Wars and beyond

After a decade in Hollywood, Natasha Liu Bordizzo has returned home to find things have changed for the better.

Events

4 d. ago ‘I didn’t want to be pigeonholed’: The Aussie actor making in her mark in Star Wars and beyond

After a decade in Hollywood, Natasha Liu Bordizzo has returned home to find things have changed for the better.

Events

5 d. ago Victoria introduces 'adult time for adult crimes” laws into parliament

Victoria is formally introducing tougher sentences for youth criminals in an 11th hour bid to combat the state's crime crisis.

Events

6 d. ago ‘Adult time’ youth sentencing laws to pass with token scrutiny

The Victorian government’s “violent crime, adult time” reforms will become law after the Coalition voted to support the legislation that they once criticised.

Politics

7 d. ago Truck driver responsible for horror school bus crash jailed for 12 years

Brett Michael Russell will spend more than a decade behind bars after crashing his truck into a school bus carrying dozens of Loreto College students.

Events

7 d. ago ‘Bloody amazing’: Metro Tunnel opens to huge crowds, minor hiccups

Melbourne’s new cross-city rail line opened to passengers for the first time on Sunday, marking the biggest upgrade to the city’s public transport system since the City Loop opened more than four decades ago.

Events

8 d. ago Cricket Australia to seek ‘please explain’ over Khawaja’s pitch criticism

The veteran opener will begin another week of intense scrutiny after his incendiary remarks about the Perth pitch.

Politics

8 d. ago Cricket Australia to seek explanation over Khawaja’s pitch criticism

The veteran opener will begin another week of intense scrutiny after his incendiary remarks about the Perth pitch.

Politics

9 d. ago Ray’s Metro Tunnel idea was blocked. So he broke the rules (and won)

We reveal the secret history of how Melbourne’s landmark rail network project became a reality almost three decades later in a series of fortunate coincidences.

Politics

9 d. ago Graphics and video show Hong Kong fire’s rapid, deadly spread

Investigators are piecing together how the city’s worst fire in decades tore through seven high-rise buildings in minutes.

Events