18 h. ago What to stream this week: A drama about Australia’s most wanted and five more picks

Don’t miss the true-ish tale of the Postcard Bandit, a stand-up set from Kumail Nanjiani and ace Kiwi drama Top of the Lake.

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22 h. ago Mamdani uses first speech to make clear he will stand up to Trump

The New York mayor unapologetically promised to lead as a democratic socialist, issuing a warning to those who believed he might moderate his positions after taking office.

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22 h. ago ‘This is our grand final’: But SCG curator isn’t feeling the heat ahead of Ashes finale

The Boxing Day Test was over inside two days. SCG curator Adam Lewis has given an early indication of how the pitch will play in Sydney.

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32 h. ago Trump made a barrage of tariff threats in 2025. Some never materialised

Here’s what Trump said when announcing some of his biggest tariff threats and promises this year, and where things stand today.

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47 h. ago Australia demands China respect trade deal after shock beef tariffs

Australia’s trade and agriculture ministers have condemned China’s decision to impose new tariffs that could cost the beef industry $1 billion a year.

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69 h. ago What’s up, what’s down: The price changes and new laws coming to NSW in 2026

An extension of the $60 toll cap is the main source of relief at the state level, but there are also new rules over gas, as well as behavioural standards for councillors.

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69 h. ago I don’t want you to like me for my morality: comic Gianmarco Soresi

The musical theatre student-turned-stand-up understands that the line between skewering the sacred and being plain mean is a wobbly one.

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3 d. ago Ricky Gervais created two of TV’s greatest comedies. But his standup is slipping

The Office legend’s latest special is another reminder that being funny seems to have dropped down his list of priorities.

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4 d. ago Dramatic arrest in Sydney Westfield after allegedly armed man flees police pursuit

Vision from the scene shows police standing on top of a knife and surrounding a man on the ground.

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5 d. ago ‘This one’s going to sting’: The blunt phone call from cricket boss to the MCC amid Boxing Day disaster

The inside story of a two-day Test match, the commercial fiasco that followed, and the curator at the centre of it.

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5 d. ago What’s the one big standout in the health trends for 2026? We asked the experts

What exciting and wacky health trends can we look forward to in the year ahead? These five health and fitness experts share their take.

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6 d. ago ‘He would be nervous’: Pressure mounts on SCG curator after MCG debacle

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg says the “spotlight” is on the SCG pitch ahead of the Ashes finale.

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6 d. ago ‘I was in a state of shock’: MCC stands by curator after two

The MCG’s reputation as the best Test pitch in the country has taken a battering after staging just the 27th two-day Test in the format’s 148-year history.

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6 d. ago Dirty utensils, rat droppings: Sydney’s worst food safety breaches revealed

Burger restaurants, chicken shops and kebab outlets are among the latest businesses fined for violating food safety and hygiene standards in NSW.

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6 d. ago There are three kinds of antisemitism – each needs to be dealt with differently

As the situation stands, there appears to be no singular, monolithic antisemitism festering in Australia but rather multiple different mutations of this ancient virus.

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7 d. ago Man fights for life after being hit while stopped on side of motorway

A man is fighting for life after he was hit while standing in an emergency bay on a motorway south of Brisbane.

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7 d. ago ‘I’m not scared’: In the heart of Jewish Melbourne, a community reckons with hate

The community is still in the throes of wide-ranging emotions after the Bondi massacre – grief, shock, anger and devastation.

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7 d. ago Fears for man hit by car while stopped in motorway emergency bay

The man is believed to have been standing outside his car in the bay when a car crashed into him and his car.

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8 d. ago Bondi shows us that politics is the very worst forum for us to try to stand together

Overcoming this horror, grief and division requires something far more radical than politics can offer.

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9 d. ago ‘I couldn’t track the ball’: Steve Smith details his health battle to get to Boxing Day

Australia’s stand-in captain has described the health concerns that ruled him out of the Adelaide Test, and what it’s taken for him to lead the team out at the MCG.

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