55 m. ago Sydney weather LIVE updates: Total fire bans in place across NSW amid forecasts of record

Extreme heat, damaging winds and thunderstorms are expected to hit NSW on Wednesday.

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1 hour ago Sydney weather LIVE updates: NSW braces for extreme fire danger, heavy winds; BOM forecasts heat to peak at 39 degrees

Extreme heat, damaging winds and thunderstorms are expected to hit NSW on Wednesday.

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2 h. ago Sydney weather LIVE: Extreme fire danger, dangerous winds, heat records expected to fall

Extreme heat, damaging winds and thunderstorms are expected to hit NSW on Wednesday.

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2 h. ago Trump says Murdoch can’t prove Epstein birthday note is real

President Donald Trump urged a judge to let him continue a $US10 billion libel lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch over a Wall Street Journal article claiming he sent a bawdy birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein

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4 h. ago Keep calm and hit the stumps: How Boland will handle Bazball assault

Scott Boland admits his first encounter with Bazball compelled him to work on how to handle the emotions that come when a proud fast bowler is smacked all over the park.

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4 h. ago ‘Exquisite timing’: How Albanese, through preparation and some luck, won over Trump

As in this year’s election campaign, a long delay and the whims of Donald Trump played into Anthony Albanese’s hands.

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4 h. ago Albanese’s won over Trump. Convincing the Australian people about what comes next will be tougher

Canberra’s next security dialogue will not be at the White House. It will be a national conversation with the Australian people about preparedness, resilience and risk – and an unreliable ally.

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9 h. ago ‘They’re watching’: How Monday’s internet crash became China’s training

Trump’s former cyber boss warns China and criminals are studying internet crashes such as the AWS outage to launch devastating strikes on Australia.

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15 h. ago Albanese’s success in America exposes Coalition’s lack of ideas

The opposition’s predictably negative response to Australia’s progress in Washington does it no favours.

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15 h. ago Trump, Albanese ink $8.5b critical minerals deal in historic meeting

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese have signed a rare earths deal after a long-awaited meeting at the White House.

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15 h. ago Trump says AUKUS is ‘full steam ahead’ and three other key takeaways from Albanese meeting

Donald Trump says he intends to honour and expedite the nuclear-submarine pact as Australia and the US signed a rare-earths agreement.

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16 h. ago Albanese secured the least expected outcome of his Trump encounter: harmony instead of hysteria

Australia and America have drawn closer because of mutual anxiety and hostility towards Beijing. Like it or not, it was a good day for the alliance.

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16 h. ago As it happened: Critical minerals stocks soar after deal signed in Albanese

Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.

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17 h. ago Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Just before the meeting started, the president was checking the TV cameras to make sure they were in the correct position.

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17 h. ago Kevin Rudd set to remain in Washington for long haul despite Trump spat

While the US president showered the PM with praise at the White House, his feelings for Australia’s man in Washington were very different.

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17 h. ago Trump’s critical minerals deal unearths a bonanza for Aussie miners

Billionaire Gina Rinehart will be just one of the beneficiaries of Trump’s multibillion dollar announcement on critical minerals and rare earths with Australia.

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17 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Critical minerals stocks soar after deal signed in Albanese

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20 h. ago Albanese knows Trump loves nothing more than making deals. He came prepared

Finally meeting the famously transactional US president, the prime minister extracted a critical minerals deal – and struck a major political blow.

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20 h. ago Gowers explains why Hawks rejected ‘ridiculous’ demands that doomed Merrett trade bid

Hawthorn president Andy Gowers has opened up on the failed trade for Essendon star Zach Merrett, while one club great said he never expected a cordial deal to be struck because of the history between the two clubs.

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20 h. ago Miners send ASX higher after Wall Street rally; Rare earths stocks soar

Rare earths stocks are up strongly as investors pile into the sector after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump signed their landmark critical minerals deal.

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