6 h. ago ‘Dangerous and extremely regrettable’: Chinese fighter ‘locked on’ to Japanese jets

Australia and Japan have sounded the alarm after a Chinese J-15 fighter directed fire-control radar – one of the most threatening acts a military aircraft can take – at Japanese jets near Okinawa islands.

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9 h. ago Detained in China, Cheng Lei missed ‘being a human’. One defiant act helped her survive

The Australian journalist and author, who was incarcerated in Beijing in 2020 for three years, on enduring prison, embracing life – and keeping perspective.

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24 h. ago Could this town solve Sydney’s waste problem? Locals don’t think so

A plan to generate electricity by burning 600,000 tonnes of Sydney’s waste near a western NSW town has locals worried about their health and livelihoods.

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49 h. ago Town and country: The bunfight over McDonald’s in two very different locations

Local councils have rejected the fast food outlet at two separate sites, but opponents say a legal challenge is inevitable.

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66 h. ago This beachfront stunner boasts views of the Pacific Ocean through floor

From urban hideaways to coastal retreats, here are some of the best properties on the market in NSW right now.

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68 h. ago ASX Runners of the Week: Phoslock, Black Horse, DGR & African Gold

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is Phoslock Environmental Technologies, after it flicked the switch on its Chinese water treatment factory after four long years.

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2 d. ago While police searched for Pheobe, one man allegedly used her phone

Kieran Mittelheuser was charged about a month after police found Pheobe Bishop’s body in remote bushland.

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3 d. ago ‘Who are these people?’ Hastie sounds alarm after Chinese nationals found wandering in remote Aboriginal community

It is the second time a group of foreign nationals have been detained after arriving by boat in the remote Kimberley region since February 2024.

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3 d. ago Border authorities detain foreign nationals found wandering in WA community

WA police handed over the six men, who were found wandering in the remote Aboriginal community Kalumburu earlier this week, to border authorities.

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3 d. ago Tensions erupt over arrival of six Chinese nationals found wandering in remote Aboriginal community

It is the second time a group of foreign nationals have been detained after arriving by boat in the remote Kimberley region since February 2024, and comes amidst a steady rise in the number of illegal fishing boats recorded in Australian waters.

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4 d. ago Man shot dead, two wounded in Northern Rivers ‘property dispute’

Police are trying to piece together what happened at a remote property on the NSW-Queensland border after charging one man with murder.

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4 d. ago Chinese men detained after being found wandering in remote WA coastal town

Six Chinese nationals were found by authorities at the community of Kalumburu on Western Australia’s remote northern coast earlier this week.

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4 d. ago Drone footage shows devastation in Ukrainian town all but encircled by Russian forces

Barely a street appears untouched in Myrnohrad in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, not far from the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk that Moscow claims to now control.

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4 d. ago ‘Trying to erase it from the face of the earth’: Drones show carnage in Ukrainian town

Russian forces have nearly encircled a town that was once home to 46,000 people, but which is now an uninhabitable shell after a brutal year-long assault.

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4 d. ago ‘Trying to erase it from the face of the earth’: Drones reveal devastation in Ukrainian town

Russian forces have nearly encircled a town that was once home to 46,000 people, but which is now an uninhabitable shell after a brutal year-long assault.

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4 d. ago Drone reveals impact of war on Myrnohrad in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

The footage supplied by the Ukrainian Defence Forces shows the devastation in a town that had a population of more than 45,000 before Russia’s 2022 invasion.

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6 d. ago Departing intelligence chief calls out Chinese intimidation as Australia monitors fresh flotilla

The country’s outgoing intelligence chief has accused China of seeking to coerce Australia by sending a naval flotilla to circumnavigate the continent.

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6 d. ago How do we compete with Beijing when so few of us can speak Chinese?

The tiny numbers of students learning an Asian language is a “systemic failure” which will cost us dearly.

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6 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Australia monitoring Chinese fleet near the Philippines, destination unknown

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

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7 d. ago Sharon Millerchip’s remarkable performance will break your heart

Our reviewers deliver their verdicts on the latest shows around town.

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