88 m. ago Alexander Skarsgard channels Robocop in this goofy satire about a murderous cyborg

The actor has always tried to dodge his leading-man looks, so a self-deprecating killing machine feels like a natural progression.

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3 h. ago ‘There is four of them, four of them!’ Has more umpires led to better decisions? The jury is out

AFL clubs don’t expect umpires to get every decision right, but they are concerned whether young umpires are getting enough training to improve at the rate required.

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4 h. ago ‘There are no excuses’: Nine dead in three days on Victorian roads

A woman whose family’s car rolled down an embankment is among nine people killed in a spate of crashes over the weekend and into Monday.

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6 h. ago ‘He lost money, he was angry’: Accused killer racked up ‘big losses’ gambling, court told

A man accused of murdering his Hamilton flatmate enjoyed the “high life” but had “champagne taste on a white wine budget”, a court has been told.

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8 h. ago Killer’s mum pleaded for help, but his dad was haunted by ‘demons’ too

Clinical notes, Joel Cauchi’s own writings, and emails from his desperate mother, have painted the fullest picture of his fatal disintegration after he stopped taking medication.

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8 h. ago Killer’s mum pleaded for help, but dad haunted by ‘demons’ too, Bondi Junction stabbing inquest told

Clinical notes, Joel Cauchi’s own writings and emails from his mother have painted a picture of the killer’s disintegration after he stopped taking medication.

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15 h. ago Mother’s Day horror: Teens mourn mum from hospital as five killed in road tragedies

A woman whose family’s car rolled down an embankment is among five people killed in a spate of crashes around Mother’s Day in Victoria.

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15 h. ago Mother’s Day horror: Teens mourn mum from hospital as six killed in road tragedies

A woman whose family’s car rolled down an embankment is among six people killed in a spate of crashes over the weekend and into Monday.

Events

17 h. ago ‘I carry in my heart the suffering’: New pope’s plea for peace before 100,000 pilgrims

In his first Sunday address as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV appealed for a ceasefire in Gaza, peace in Ukraine, and applauded the tentative truce between India and Pakistan.

Politics

18 h. ago Last surviving American hostage in Gaza to be released, Hamas says

The group says Edan Alexander will be handed over as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the territory and resume the delivery of aid.

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19 h. ago This Perth teen had half his brain removed. Now he’s chasing Paralympic gold

The incredible story of Alexey and the ground-breaking WA medical interventions that brought him from barely clinging to life to breaking records in the pool.

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28 h. ago ‘They killed my baby twice’: The women being used and abused for visas

Harpreet was lured into a sham marriage in which she was beaten, raped and threatened after her family handed over tens of thousands of dollars as a dowry.

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31 h. ago Alex Pearce shared a post. Jewish groups took offence. The AFL said nothing

Only one group was prepared to give context to why Fremantle captain Alex Pearce should not have reposted an Irish band’s statements about the war in Gaza. It wasn’t the AFL.

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37 h. ago In attempting to deport a troublemaker, Australia helped create a martyr

Prospector Paul Freeman lies in an unlikely grave – at the foot of the Kremlin wall beside Soviet leaders and revolutionaries.

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43 h. ago Explosions reported hours after India and Pakistan agree to a ceasefire

India accused Pakistan of violating a ceasefire deal made hours earlier after US-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.

Events

62 h. ago Loves Tim Tams, hates Vegemite: The day Pope Leo said Mass at iconic Sydney beach

The children at one Sydney Catholic school think it’s “pretty cool” that the new pope once graced their halls.

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62 h. ago Loves Tim Tams, hates Vegemite: The day Pope Leo said mass at a Sydney beach

The children at one Sydney Catholic school think it’s “pretty cool” that the new pope once graced their halls.

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62 h. ago Who stole my recipe? Maehashi and Bellamy must realise they’re already cooked

Big tech has already stolen millions of samples of creative work to feed its AI bots. Copyright is all but dead. Can anyone stop this mass theft?

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64 h. ago Pope Leo XIV warns of ‘desperate’ global loss of faith in inaugural Mass

The newly elected leader of the Catholic Church also said Jesus couldn’t be reduced to a type of “superman”, in an apparent message to evangelical Christians.

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67 h. ago ‘Working in the dark’: Patients wait almost a year for medical scans

Hospitals are grappling with a backlog of non-urgent medical scans, delaying diagnosis and treatment for thousands of patients.

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