18 h. ago Beside Trump, Prabowo was in his happy place – at home it’s a different story

The Indonesian president returns from the backslapping at Egypt to plummeting approval ratings and his signature policy embroiled in a crisis of his own making.

Politics

52 h. ago A quarter of Optus customers consider leaving telco after fatal Triple Zero outage

A survey shows the potential commercial damage to the telecommunications giant from the outage, which follows a similar outage in late 2023.

Economics

66 h. ago Kristie and Isabel are the faces of WA’s youth homelessness crisis. Here’s what can be done to help them

In the last three years there has been a huge increase in young people experiencing homelessness. Experts are calling for immediate change in a system that is stacked against them.

Events

4 d. ago ‘It’s 115 a day, almost every day’: Measuring America’s ‘insanely predictable’ crime

From his home office in Kentucky, a data and systems analyst tracks the grim totality of the country’s firearm incidents – and tallies some disturbing figures.

Events

4 d. ago The NSW Libs have picked a side in the housing war. Now they face their next fight

The NSW Liberals have accepted that the housing crisis is so pressing that they must be united in their stance. The same cannot be said about their approach to energy.

Events

5 d. ago French PM bows to pressure with extraordinary move to save his job

Plans to increase the pension age have been shelved by an increasingly desperate Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, amid the worst political crisis in decades.

Politics

6 d. ago Trump stakes claim as global peacemaker, says he urged Netanyahu to take the win

The US president predicted “the historic dawn of a new Middle East” in a loose and colourful speech to the Israeli Knesset in which he said he had told Benjamin Netanyahu that it was now time to stop the war.

Politics

7 d. ago Victoria Police announces major force restructure to tackle crime

Victoria's top cop has unveiled a plan to overhaul the structure of the police force in an effort to rein in the state's crime crisis.

Events

1 week ago Home monitoring technology could help predict asthma attacks

An Australian study has shown for the first time that home monitoring technology could be the answer to predicting when an asthma attack will strike.

Events

1 week ago ‘Just extraordinary’: What the gold mania means for your jewellery box

Australians are queueing in the streets to buy gold amid a global boom for the precious metal. The mania surrounding gold is predicted to make jewellery more expensive, and even delay our energy transition.

Politics

1 week ago Deaths, failed calls and email stuff ups: The burning questions that remain in the Optus saga

After a fiery senate probe into the department and the regulators, there appears to be more questions than answers.

Events

1 week ago ‘No playbook’: eSafety boss backs social media ban despite expert warnings

The commissioner insists age verification can work, despite expert warnings of deep flaws with just over two months until the start of the ban.

Events

1 week ago $630k training deal to renovate councillor’s property scrapped

The state-funded project, which would have seen a south-east Queensland councillor’s property renovated for crisis housing, has been cancelled.

Society

1 week ago ‘Only hit when I saw the photos’: How Park was caught in deepfake porn ring

Park was shocked when she found out who had doctored her image, as South Korea grapples with a digital sex crime crisis that has even seen brothers target their sisters.

Events

1 week ago Labor’s housing agenda in crisis amid complaints, resignations

A senior whistleblower says a slew of top executives at the agency in charge of Labor’s housing agenda quit amid claims of bad behaviour.

Events

1 week ago Optus sent outage alerts to wrong email address during Triple Zero crisis

The Department of Communications has said that two emails sent on the day of the September 18 Optus outage were sent to the wrong email address.

Events

1 week ago ‘There’s no ceiling’: Walsh’s sports psychologist predicts he will get better

What makes Reece Walsh tick? We put the question to the sports psychologist who has helped take the Broncos star’s game to a new level.

Science

1 week ago ‘Vanish in a puff of smoke’: Monash plans to close climate crisis institute

Fears that “redundancies by stealth” could hit about 100 researchers, staff and climate scientists on short-term contracts.

Events

1 week ago Higher rainfall, temperatures predicted amid calls to prepare for the worst

Queensland residents have been urged to prepare for possible flooding, storms or other natural disasters in the coming months, with wild weather predicted.

Politics

1 week ago ‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis

The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage.

Events