41 m. ago Twins building twin paddle steamers to embrace the joy of slow travel

Twins Craig and Rohan Burgess have invested $8 million to build a new luxury paddle steamer, based at Echuca.

Politics

2 h. ago Worker remains trapped after central Queensland mine collapse

The search continues for a man trapped for more than 18 hours at a Queensland coal mine, where two workers have died in the past five years.

Politics

8 h. ago Meet the women who unlocked the secret history of this Sydney site

Ancient camping sites where Indigenous people fired clay balls for underground ovens proved this development in south-west Sydney was anything but undeveloped.

Politics

8 h. ago Cyber threats, cost blowouts: $969 million health overhaul facing rocky start

A huge project modernising the medical records of NSW patients has received a fail mark on its cybersecurity just months before it is due to be rolled out.

Economics

8 h. ago How we found isolated property where Bondi gunmen allegedly did ‘military

In the NSW bush, Sajid and Naveed Akram allegedly filmed themselves firing high-powered weapons in the weeks before the December 14 massacre. This masthead has tracked down the site.

Politics

16 h. ago Evacuation centre opens as bushfire threatens lives and homes in Perth hills

Firies have issued an alert, telling people they are in danger and need to act immediately to survive.

Events

18 h. ago Here’s jeers to the $6 cafe latte (from a coffee philistine)

Just to save a few sad coins, I confess I’ve been trying those coffee sachets – permanently half-price in supermarkets.

Politics

18 h. ago People are drowning because beach flags are too hard to understand

Large numbers of visitors to Australia misinterpret the signs, with deadly consequences. The warnings need to be clearer.

Politics

18 h. ago Fears for workers trapped in mine collapse in Central Queensland

Emergency crews have raced to the scene of a mine collapse in Central Queensland.

Politics

18 h. ago ‘Extremely timid’: Expert slams state’s limited trial for power line tree pruning

Strict regulations that require severe pruning of street trees around power lines could be eased in a trial aimed at improving urban canopy cover.

Events

18 h. ago How contentious taxes have helped make Melbourne a beacon of housing affordability

Investors have a saying: “Anywhere but Melbourne.” But that sentiment has had an upside for home buyers.

Economics

18 h. ago How hated taxes helped make Melbourne a beacon of housing affordability

Investors have a saying: “Anywhere but Melbourne.” But that sentiment has had an upside for home buyers.

Economics

18 h. ago Calls for royal commission into Bondi terror attack grow louder

Calls for a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack are growing louder and harder for the prime minister to ignore.

Events

21 h. ago WA man sentenced over horror kidnap of two little boys from sleeping beds

Jonathan Richard Anthony said he was suffering a psychotic episode when he donned a disguise and took two little boys form their Moora home in 2023.

Events

22 h. ago Perth house prices spike nearly 16 per cent in a year as affordability pressure looms

Perth house prices have jumped almost 16 per cent over the past year, one of Australia’s strongest-performing housing markets, despite signs momentum is cooling.

Politics

24 h. ago Search resumes for missing snorkeller off Perth’s north coast

Police were notified that two snorkellers went swimming at Ledge Point, but only one made it back. 

Events

25 h. ago Australia’s biggest industry groups demand an antisemitism royal commission

The Business Council of Australia has backed prominent captains of industry who petitioned Albanese to reverse his stance on a national inquiry following the Bondi terror attack.

Events

26 h. ago A strangled man and failed pregnancy plot: The tragic tale of the last woman hanged in Australia

In 1951, Jean Lee was the first woman in more than five decades to be hanged in Victoria. Now, for the first time in 75 years, the troubling records of her case have been made public.

Events

32 h. ago Artbank is now 45. But what is it, and why is it marking such an odd birthday?

Artbank’s recent history has been a little turbulent but things are on the up for an organisation with a big job to do.

Politics

32 h. ago Murder, manslaughter and mayhem: The court stories that shook WA in 2025

It was a dramatic year in the Perth courts with some narrowly avoiding jail and others facing the next quarter of a century behind bars for crimes that horrified the state.

Events