11 h. ago I’m 86 – this bill to restrict voluntary assisted dying is cruel and callous

Susan Carter’s bill to allow NSW aged care providers to restrict or deny access to voluntary assisted dying is discrimination at its very worst.

Politics

12 h. ago What are hospitals hiding? Key financial indicators vanish from government reports

Health services did not report how many days of cash they had available at the end of each month in the flurry of documents released last week.

Politics

12 h. ago I avoided responding to a text for two weeks and now it’s driving me insane

How long is too long to reply to a text? My cousin asked me a simple question but for some reason I can’t answer it.

Politics

17 h. ago ‘I felt my skin melt away’: Mandurah mum describes moment of firebomb attack

Penelope Travers, 38, was hospitalised for 17 days with burns to 25 per cent of her body after her home was targeted.

Events

36 h. ago Ley has entered the most dangerous moment of her leadership – how much of it is her fault?

There were only three topics that Liberal MPs and their Nationals cousins were talking about. Ley must have an answer for each of them.

Politics

40 h. ago As the world’s greatest human crisis takes a hideous turn, Trump turns away

For a White House that loves a quick deal and a photo-op, a US-led answer to this crisis – which has rapidly deteriorated in the past week – seems unlikely.

Politics

43 h. ago As world’s greatest human crisis takes hideous turn, Trump turns away

For a White House that loves a quick deal and a photo-op, a US-led answer to this crisis – which has rapidly deteriorated in the past week – seems unlikely.

Politics

2 d. ago This patient lives in seclusion, while completed hospital expansion sits empty

A violent, mentally unwell woman spends her days shackled and in solitary confinement, waiting for the state to open a safer and more humane hospital unit.

Science

3 d. ago ‘Bashed, stabbed and spat at’: Violence in public hospitals on the rise

Queensland Health data shows rates of violence have almost doubled in Brisbane’s public hospitals in the last six years.

Events

3 d. ago Revealed: The state’s plan to win over critics of Sydney’s next cycleway

New concept images have provided a glimpse of what the second stage of the Oxford Street cycleway project could look once the bike path linking Centennial Park to Taylor Square opens.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘You should play a back five’: I used ChatGPT for advice on tactics, soccer coach admits

Laura Harvey, the head coach at NWSL club Seattle Reign, had admitted she turned to the AI chatbot with questions on strategy and tactics, then implemented the advice it provided.

Sport

4 d. ago He quotes The Godfather and has a private jet. Some say he wields too much power in Victorian racing

Jonathan Munz is an influential racehorse owner who made his fortune in a plumbing supplies business. As the Melbourne Cup carnival begins, we profile the man dubbed Victoria’s answer to Peter V’Landys.

Politics

4 d. ago On hold for two hours: How the super system is failing everyday retirees

A woman called her fund asking for help with a simple question. Three hours later, she still didn’t have an answer.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘Huge risk’: ChatGPT’s suicide prevention not enough, experts say

OpenAI says its latest models can provide support for vulnerable people, but some experts still have concerns.

Events

4 d. ago Investigation into police actions under way after motorcyclist hospitalised

The actions of police will be investigated after a motorcycle rider was seriously injured near Newcastle.

Events

4 d. ago Rocky and Jenna revealed shocking abuses in hospitality. Now bad venues will pay the price

NSW Police and liquor inspectors will be given the power to strip licences from venues “that are notorious for a culture of inappropriate behaviour”.

Economics

4 d. ago Brisbane news live: Update on hospital services bungle, doctors from Brisbane recruited to help | Lightning strike kills woman | Two shot in drive

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

Events

4 d. ago Woman charged with murder after baby found dead at Perth home

The eight-month-old was discovered dead at the house in the Rivergums Estate in Baldivis just after 10am on Thursday.

Events

5 d. ago Girl, 5, critical after being hit by ute outside Sydney school

The young girl was rushed to Westmead Hospital after being struck while riding a scooter in the city’s north-west.

Events

5 d. ago AFL stars Dion Prestia and Steven May charged over Boxing Day brawl

Two AFL stars have been charged by Victoria Police for their alleged involvement in a pub brawl that left two men in hospital.

Sport