44 m. ago Origin recall beckons: Four things learnt in Dolphins’ breakthrough win

The Dolphins’ leading man of 2025 has not played State of Origin for four years, but a recall beckons as he at last received support.

Politics

6 h. ago ‘Ticked the box’: Small $437k Thornbury unit ignites auction bidding war

A small apartment in Thornbury sparked a quick-fire bidding war, selling for well above its reserve at $437,000 to a first home buyer.

Economics

13 h. ago Hugh once delivered cheese to the Queen. Now he’s built the key to synthetic life

The first-ever synthetic multicellular organism is ready to come to life after a Sydney breakthrough 10 years in the making.

Politics

16 h. ago Trump extends lifeline for TikTok amid growing trade war with Beijing

The US president acknowledged the tariffs on China may complicate a potential deal, and said he did not want the app to “go dark” in the meantime.

Politics

38 h. ago Trump says Europe is a ‘pathetic’ freeloader, ripping off the US. Rubio says there’s nothing to worry about

Donald Trump’s top diplomat is trying to ease security security fears in Europe, in the same week the US President hit the continent hard in trade war.

Politics

51 h. ago US bans government staff in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens

Though some US agencies already had strict rules on such relationships, a blanket “non-fraternisation” policy, as it is known, has been unheard of publicly since the Cold War.

Politics

54 h. ago Search for man allegedly linked to arson death of 'innocent' Melbourne woman

Police have released an image of a man they believe is responsible for the botched tobacco war firebombing at Truganina that killed an innocent woman.

Events

55 h. ago Donald Trump spent 48 minutes declaring war on trade. We fact

The US president unveiled his global tariff policy during a long and sometimes meandering press conference on what he dubbed ‘Liberation Day’. We analysed what he said.

Politics

60 h. ago Breakthrough in tobacco war firebombing that killed Katie Tangey

The image of a person of interest has been released as police return to the site of the Truganina house fire that killed a 27-year-old burlesque performer earlier this year.

Events

61 h. ago Brisbane news live: Cyclist killed after car crash | Murder charge of prescription pills death | Inquiry into LNP plan to make it easier for police to wand people for knives

For today’s news updates in Brisbane and beyond as they happen, follow us here.

Events

61 h. ago Police release image of person of interest in firebombing tragedy

The facefit image, compiled from CCTV footage, is of a man police believe is linked to a house fire that killed innocent woman Katie Tangey in January.

Events

66 h. ago After Port Arthur, Walter Mikac found a ‘superpower’. He’s sharing it with Izzy

Isabella was born five years after the tragedy in which Walter’s first two daughters and their mother were killed.

Politics

66 h. ago A beetle is killing some of Perth’s grandest trees. The eastern states could be next

In the WA capital, century-old Moreton Bay figs are among the trees falling victim to an alarming pest – and the city is taking extreme measures to counter it.

Events

3 d. ago Prosecutors to appeal against Taser cop’s ‘inadequate’ sentence

Clare Nowland’s children have welcomed the decision, saying the police officer responsible for killing their 95-year-old mother has not been punished “at all”.

Events

3 d. ago From a twisty thriller to a moving Ukrainian war diary: eight new books

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.

Events

3 d. ago This is one of America’s most shocking economic defeats in 40 years

A photo taken on the weekend shows just how much the world is uniting to fight back against Donald Trump’s damaging trade war.

Events

3 d. ago ‘Not a declaration of war’: Arbib vows to take on AFL, NRL to keep Olympic talent for Brisbane 2032

Former Labor powerbroker takes up one of Australian sport’s most prized positions.

Sport

3 d. ago When Jason Sangha was 12, an opponent threatened to kill him. He has some advice for Sam Konstas

Jason Sangha made himself a legendary figure with his mighty Shield-winning knock last week. But his path from a teenage sensation compared with Sachin Tendulkar has not been smooth.

Events

3 d. ago US prosecutors to seek death sentence for accused killer Luigi Mangione

US prosecutors to seek death sentence for Luigi Mangione, accused killer of healthcare boss.

Events

3 d. ago The players at the centre of the AFL’s recruiting war, and five others to watch

These players to sign on the dotted line, and while that remains the case, they’ll be at the centre of trade talk in 2025.

Sport