7 d. ago Australian police respond to woman’s report of attempted break

Officers in Melbourne were prepared for a burglary but instead came face-to-face with a koala

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8 d. ago Anthony Albanese calls Australian federal election for 3 May

Albanese visits governor general to kickstart Labor’s five-week election campaign, as Peter Dutton frames Coalition’s pitch around living standardsAustralian election campaign 2025: live updatesSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has framed the federal election as a choice between Labor’s plan to “keep building” and Peter Dutton’s “promises to cut” after announcing voters will head to the polls on 3 May.The prime minister visited the governor general, Sam Mostyn, on Friday morning to dissolve the 47th parliament, triggering a five-week race to form the next government.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Australian federal election date: Anthony Albanese calls poll for 3 May

Albanese visits governor general to kickstart five-week election campaign, with polls suggesting Labor is in a tight contest with Coalition under Peter DuttonAustralian election campaign 2025: live updatesSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians will head to the polls on 3 May after Anthony Albanese fired the starter’s gun on the federal election campaign.The prime minister visited the governor general, Sam Mostyn, on Friday morning to dissolve the 47th parliament, triggering a five-week race to form the next government.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Perfect space crop’: Australian company to attempt to grow first mushrooms in orbit

Experiment onboard upcoming SpaceX mission will examine how nutrient-rich oyster mushrooms grow in microgravityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian company will attempt to be the first to grow a crop of mushrooms in space, aboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission set to launch in early April.In an experiment aboard Fram2, the first human spaceflight mission to orbit Earth’s polar regions, the Australian firm FOODiQ Global is aiming to grow oyster mushrooms in microgravity.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australia's science agency sent questions from Trump administration asking if it is taking ‘appropriate measures’ against gender ideology

Other questions include whether science organisation receives funding from China and whether it is a climate or ‘environmental justice’ projectFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government’s scientific agency has joined more than a dozen universities in being sent a questionnaire from the Trump administration asking to confirm whether it aligns with US government interests.On Tuesday, the CSIRO revealed it had received the correspondence from the US. A spokesperson at the CSIRO said it was aware of a “small number” of researchers who had received the questionnaire in recent weeks and was “determining an appropriate response”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Anatomy of a ‘thought bubble’: is the Coalition serious about a referendum on deporting criminals?

Will Peter Dutton take his plan to the election? Comments in public and behind the scenes on Tuesday suggested mixed feelings among the Coalition See all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt 7am on Tuesday, Peter Dutton was publicly discussing reports of his suggestion for a referendum on stripping citizenship from dual nationals convicted of serious crimes.But by mid-morning, the opposition leader’s shadow attorney general, Michaelia Cash, was telling media: “We have no plans to hold a referendum at this stage.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gout Gout, 17, makes Usain Bolt stance clear as sprint records continue to fall

Gout Gout is yet to turn 18, but the Australian sprinter is already breaking records and his achievements have seen him compared to legendary sprinter Usain Bolt

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2 w. ago BREAKING: Australian GP result changes as F1 stewards make U

Andrea Kimi Antonelli finished fourth on the road in Melbourne but dropped to fifth because a penalty given by the stewards which has since been rescinded after an appeal

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2 w. ago Lewis Hamilton fumes at Ferrari error as Lando Norris wins chaotic Australian GP

McLaren were the overwhelming favourites for victory with Lando Norris on pole ahead of Oscar Piastri but Max Verstappen was right behind them while Lewis Hamilton had to cut through the pack

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2 w. ago Who won the Australian Grand Prix? Lewis Hamilton fury, Max Verstappen settles

McLaren were the overwhelming favourites for victory with Lando Norris on pole ahead of Oscar Piastri but Max Verstappen was right behind them while Lewis Hamilton had to cut through the pack

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2 w. ago Unruffled, unstoppable: Gout Gout’s sparkling summer continues with 100m title in Brisbane

Teen sensation clinches state under-20 title with 10.38 Gout broke 56-year Australian 200m record in DecemberUntapered, unruffled and unstoppable, sprinter Gout Gout has continued his sparkling summer by adding another title to his cabinet at the Queensland Athletics Championships in Brisbane.Three months after breaking the Australian 200m record at the same track, the teenager warmed up for the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne by claiming the state under-20 100m crown on Saturday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BREAKING: Lewis Hamilton replacement at Mercedes Kimi Antonelli suffers horror first F1 qualifying

Max Verstappen's new team-mate Liam Lawson also endured a difficult first qualifying as a Red Bull Racing driver as, like Kimi Antonelli, he was knocked out in Q1

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3 w. ago Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world

Sydney surgeons ‘enormously proud’ after patient in his 40s receives the Australian-designed implant designed as a bridge before donor heartFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian man with heart failure has become the first person in the world to walk out of a hospital with a total artificial heart implant.The Australian researchers and doctors behind the operation announced on Wednesday that the implant had been an “unmitigated clinical success” after the man lived with the device for more than 100 days before receiving a donor heart transplant in early March.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says leaders must stand up to bullies after being lashed by Donald Trump

US president’s late-night social media post came after Turnbull criticised Trump’s leadership as ‘chaotic’Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said leaders should “not give in to bullies” after he was lashed by Donald Trump in a late-night social media post.Taking to Truth Social platform just before midnight Sunday night in Washington DC, the US president said Turnbull led Australia from “behind” and did not understand China.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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