2 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton spruiks foreign student cuts to get young Australians into homes; Albanese campaigns on $4000 home battery subsidy

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are into the second week of their campaigns. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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7 h. ago ‘I went out with a lot of gay men. I even married one’: Ruby Wax

The comedian, who’s touring Australia, shares her celebrity crushes, and the actor whose death still affects her.

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7 h. ago From battlers to basket weavers: a guide to Australia’s voter types

A rich vocabulary has emerged to describe different voter groups in increasingly complex electorates.

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23 h. ago “It’s disgusting”: WA Premier speaks out after alleged head stomping

A 15-year-old schoolboy has been arrested and charged over the alleged assault that reportedly left the victim with a broken jaw requiring surgery to have metal plates inserted. But he won’t appear in courts for weeks.

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31 h. ago How housing, hope and, yes, even horses have shaped this suburb

It’s home to Australia’s most famous racecourse, but there is so much more to Flemington.

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32 h. ago Qantas’ Project Sunrise could take passengers over the Arctic

The extraordinary range of the Airbus A350-1000 ULR – for ‘ultra-long range’ – will give Qantas passengers the ability to skip time-consuming stops and fly direct from Australia to any point on the globe.

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32 h. ago Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

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37 h. ago Dunstall’s huge call on Dangerfield’s forward future; Petracca’s emotions show after Demons loss to Cats

The Cats were too good for the Demons scoring a comfortable win at GMHBA Stadium. Relive the action here.

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39 h. ago Dad's anger after son hospitalised from alleged coward punch

A Western Australian father has expressed his anger after his son was hospitalised from an alleged coward punch.

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41 h. ago An Australian star’s Formula 1 spot was already under threat. This monster crash hasn’t helped

Jack Doohan walked away from the wreck in a stunning testament to the safety features of modern F1 cars, but he appeared to move gingerly as he exited the track.

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41 h. ago The world No.12 switched to Australia after a secret meeting with Craig Tiley. In her homeland, some call her a ‘traitor’

Daria Kasatkina’s shock switch to Australia gained momentum in a secret catch-up with the Tennis Australia boss at this year’s Australian Open.

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42 h. ago Perth school, dad speak as student attacked at shops still in hospital

The school has released a statement, as the distraught father of the teen allegedly coward-punched and head-stomped at a suburban shopping centre asks for justice.

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42 h. ago As it happened: ASX falls sharply as fallout continues from Trump tariffs; worst trading day on Wall Street since 2020 as $2.4 trillion wiped

Read all the headlines from day eight of the 2025 federal election campaign on Friday, April 4.

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44 h. ago Trump’s beef attack rejected by top Australian biosecurity experts

American farmers are calling for their beef exports to be welcomed into Australia, but their imports are the problem.

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44 h. ago Zempilas unveils new shadow cabinet with a pitch to ‘deregulate’ and reform the public sector

The Liberals and Nationals have agreed to form a joint interim cabinet ahead of a raft of new upper house MPs entering parliament in May.

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46 h. ago Chalmers ‘untroubled’ as protesters sneak into Perth press conference

The women entered a closed-off facility masquerading as journalists and peppered the treasurer with questions about his government’s support of gas and Israel.

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48 h. ago Who gets the friends in a divorce? It depends on who you ask

By its very nature, divorce is about dividing assets – but sometimes hardest of all is realising your friendships are up for negotiation as well. Here’s how to truly find your people.

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49 h. ago The park where Anzac Day comes early, beneath Australia’s oldest Lone Pine

Each year hundreds flock to the Anzac service that is held in Wattle Park a week before Anzac Day. This year, it will be two weeks early.

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49 h. ago Min Woo Lee needed a ‘kick in the butt’. Now he’s Australia’s biggest Masters hope

Min Woo Lee didn’t want to be just a social media star. Now he’s a social media star and our No.1-ranked male golfer.

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50 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ASX falls sharply as fallout continues from Trump tariffs; worst trading day on Wall Street since 2020 as $2.4 trillion wiped

Read all the headlines from day eight of the 2025 federal election campaign on Friday, April 4.

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