92 m. ago Reynolds lands top job in Perth as WA councils face election shake

Local government elections have come to a close across WA – and there have been several notable shakeups despite only 30 per cent of people turning out to vote.

Politics

8 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Flawless Verstappen wins US GP; Piastri stays optimistic while his lead narrows

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

Politics

8 h. ago Flawless Verstappen wins US GP; Piastri stays optimistic while his lead narrows

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

Politics

8 h. ago Barnaby Joyce reveals call with Pauline Hanson, dodges defection questions

The Nationals MP faced repeated questions about the potential shift in an interview on Monday morning and said nothing had been locked in.

Politics

8 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Flawless Verstappen wins US GP; Gap between McLaren rivals narrows

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

Politics

9 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Norris snatches second; Piastri stuck in fifth with tyre struggles

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

Politics

9 h. ago Israel launches Gaza airstrikes and halts aid , blaming Hamas for ceasefire ‘violations’

The Israeli military said it was responding to being fired upon, in what is the most serious test yet of this month’s US-brokered truce.

Events

10 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Championship battle tightens as Piastri and Norris face off in Austin

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

Politics

20 h. ago This Gippsland tap dancer is about to become the hottest property in the AFL

Willem Duursma will be the fourth member of his family drafted to the big league, and he’s shaping up as the No.1 pick in next month’s draft. But first, there’s a Disney dance production to star in.

Politics

21 h. ago ‘Cookie Monster union’: How a backroom deal for Victoria’s upper house got pushed out to 2026

Labor’s factional bosses have gone from faceless to red-faced after a collapse in backroom negotiations left the party unable to decide on its upper house candidates for next year’s Victorian election.

Society

35 h. ago Childcare to close after 120 years amid warnings Sydney is losing grandchildren

The Millers Point childcare centre will close this year due to dwindling enrolments, as locals say high housing prices are forcing out young families.

Events

35 h. ago Millions were spent on a ‘backup’ Triple Zero system that could have kicked in this week. It was quietly shelved

Insiders liken the Triple Zero system to the unstable building brick game Jenga, but a replacement system has just been pushed out “at least six months”.

Economics

45 h. ago This Channing Tatum movie is crazy. The story it’s based on is even crazier

A super courteous robber who hid in a toy store for months after escaping from prison? Roofman seems stranger than fiction – but it’s not.

Politics

59 h. ago Australian court ruling in shaken baby case was ‘ignorant and embarrassing’

A precedent-setting legal judgment in Australia was based on scientific evidence that was “very weak”, says an international expert who gave evidence.

Events

59 h. ago Kristie and Isabel are the faces of WA’s youth homelessness crisis. Here’s what can be done to help them

In the last three years there has been a huge increase in young people experiencing homelessness. Experts are calling for immediate change in a system that is stacked against them.

Events

67 h. ago This ‘hothead’ made Sam Walker ‘cranky’. Now a Wallabies’ berth beckons

As he forged a lethal combination with NRL star Sam Walker, a new Wallabies face was putting in the foundations to become a Test star.

Politics

69 h. ago The MRC parted ways with two CEOs in 12 months. It cost the club $2 million

The Melbourne Racing Club forked out millions in severance payments to cut ties with its past two chief executive officers.

Economics

3 d. ago ‘Imagine I hadn’t gone to the doctor’: Nic Maddinson’s private battle with cancer

Nic Maddinson was a few good innings away from maybe being back in the Australian cricket team to face India. Five months later, cricket was the last thing on his mind.

Science

3 d. ago Ben Stiller made a film about his parents. What he found was not always easy

Faced with his father’s accumulated treasures, the acclaimed writer and director did the only thing that made sense to him.

Politics

3 d. ago Bidding for a home is a bit like buying off Facebook Marketplace – but worse

While second-hand online purchases can be hit or miss, every home auction I’ve been to this year has ended the same way.

Technology