2 h. ago Former Labor ministers grilled over delayed child protection scheme

As MPs returned to state parliament on Tuesday, the government went on the attack over a damning report into the state’s worst childcare paedophile.

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2 h. ago Social media fight sparked alleged stabbing at Perth high school, court told

The incident sent the high school into lockdown on Monday, with the injured teen stabbed in the arm and head.

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2 h. ago Australia news LIVE: RBA keeps interest rates at 3.6 per cent; Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation

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

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3 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Victorian premier formally apologises to First Peoples

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

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4 h. ago Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about

The Pentagon’s AUKUS review might be an American document, but the Australian government has a duty to its own taxpayers to insist upon greater transparency.

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10 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Reddit expected to challenge government’s social media ban in court

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

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12 h. ago Australia needs to grasp chance to reset defence expectations with the US

When Marles and Wong go to the US, it would benefit us all if they got down to brass tacks about the defence of Australia in the event of war – above and beyond our own military spending.

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12 h. ago ‘Cities change’: The plan for thousands of new homes in inner Sydney revealed

Greyhound racing will end in inner Sydney as the NSW government pushes on with its ambitious housing plans.

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21 h. ago Why Australia’s social media ban for under 16s is set to go global

The new law will not solve every problem with “surveillance capitalism” and predatory online behaviour, but it shows governments can address public worries and not just shrug them off.

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23 h. ago The red flags childcare regulators may have missed in the Joshua Brown case

The rise of for-profit chains means the government now has to hunt “bad faith” providers through a complicated chain of company names, an inquiry has heard.

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25 h. ago From Tim Tam to Four’N Twenty: Aussie icons enjoy government sweeteners

The federal government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is typically associated with funding cutting-edge local ventures, so why is it tipping money into biscuits and pies?

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32 h. ago Piastri led the F1 title race by 34 points, but ended up third. One moment in his slide will hurt more than most

For now, Oscar Piastri will process 2025, wonder if he could have handled the tough times better, and keep his fingers crossed that McLaren’s policy of letting its drivers fight fairly persists now one of them has the world champion’s No.1 on the nosecone of his car next year.

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35 h. ago Inside David Crisafulli’s ambitious bid to bring Trump and co to Queensland

A day after his request to meet with the federal government was knocked back, the Queensland premier directly lobbied two foreign PMs.

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35 h. ago Developer fighting to avoid restoring native grassland he helped destroy

A council’s legal bid to compel a developer to revegetate endangered grassland on an $11 million Melbourne property has been likened to the fight to rebuild the Corkman pub.

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35 h. ago Girls top NAPLAN across government, private and Catholic schools in Victoria

Around the state, girls’ schools are maintaining their academic edge in the latest secondary school results.

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45 h. ago Inner West mayor calls for state government intervention in Wests Tigers’ battle

Darcy Byrne wants the NSW government to resolve the Wests Tigers’ boardroom fight with an intervention similar to that at Parramatta in 2016.

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49 h. ago Trump was expected to enforce hard Christian values. The reality has been different

For all the concerns that the US president would enforce “Christian nationalism” on America and the world, we’ve seen another set of values define his government.

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51 h. ago US allies that don’t step up ‘will face consequences’, Hegseth warns on eve of Ausmin

At a major defence conference, civilian and military officials also spoke of the ongoing difficulty in building more nuclear-powered submarines, which Australia will depend on under the AUKUS agreement.

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57 h. ago Sudden wind change could worsen fires on the NSW Central Coast

Multiple fires are still burning on the NSW Central Coast as a sudden wind change is expected to fan the flames.

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68 h. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: Scott Boland sends Ben Duckett packing as England chase massive deficit under lights

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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