14 h. ago Chinese aircraft makes 'unsafe' flare drop in front of Australian plane

A Chinese plane deployed flares near a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft in an "unsafe" incident in the South China Sea, the government says.

Transport

19 h. ago Oscar Piastri can still win the F1 drivers’ championship, but Verstappen is now stalking the McLarens

While the McLaren drivers, Piastri and Lando Norris, duke it out for the drivers’ championship, there is a figure looming large in their rear-view mirror, four-time winner Max Verstappen.

Transport

23 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Flawless Verstappen wins US GP; Piastri stays optimistic while his lead narrows

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

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23 h. ago Flawless Verstappen wins US GP; Piastri stays optimistic while his lead narrows

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

Politics

23 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Flawless Verstappen wins US GP; Gap between McLaren rivals narrows

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

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24 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Norris snatches second; Piastri stuck in fifth with tyre struggles

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

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25 h. ago F1 US GP LIVE: Championship battle tightens as Piastri and Norris face off in Austin

Follow along for all the action from the Circuit of the Americas as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris face off in Austin.

Politics

35 h. ago His colleagues met at a retreat to plot the future. Barnaby couldn’t wait to leave

You could see Barnaby Joyce’s break-up with the Nationals coming. What he does next – and if he can pull it off – is much less clear.

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46 h. ago ‘Someone just wiped me out’: Piastri, Norris collision forces them out of sprint race

Commentator Jenson Button said the fault was the Australian’s as both McLarens were forced out of the sprint race in Austin.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘They try to make it too fair’: Steiner’s McLaren warning as he backs Piastri for world title

Formula 1 cult hero Guenther Steiner thinks Oscar Piastri will win this year’s driver’s title, but only if McLaren throw their full support behind him.

Events

4 d. ago King Charles commemorates 40th anniversary of the Uluru handback

King Charles has met with Indigenous leaders to mark the 40th anniversary of the Uluru handover.

Politics

4 d. ago Max contract: Rugby Australia’s extraordinary move to stop brightest star being poached

Max Jorgensen is seen as a “generational talent”, but with R360 and the Roosters circling, RA has made a rarely seen offer to lock him away for the long term.

Sport

5 d. ago Bullsbrook families ‘devastated’ as air base daycare to close over noise concerns

Eilis Spence is a single mum of a two-year-old girl who attends the centre and she said she was shocked to have been told of the impending closure, attributed partly to an “anticipated increase in aircraft noise levels”.

Politics

5 d. ago RAAF returns with war stories after patrolling Eastern Europe

An Australian surveillance aircraft is flying home after nightly patrols during Russia’s air assault on Ukraine as NATO’s chief underlines the importance of partnerships with Australia and other Asian countries.

Events

5 d. ago AFL trade period LIVE 2025: Hawks make early moves on deadline day; Merrett, Curnow future up in the air

It’s deadline day. Will Charlie Curnow, Zach Merrett, Christian Petracca, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan and Clayton Oliver land at new AFL homes by the 7.30pm trade cut-off?

Events

8 d. ago Lidia Thorpe’s protest remarks spark controversy as Israeli hostage release nears

News that after two years of war in Gaza a hostage deal has been reached was met in Melbourne by a large pro-Palestine rally and a joyful pro-Israel gathering.

Politics

9 d. ago In my 20s, I had many close calls with drugs. Then, I met my wife

Musician Rob Thomas also talks about a life-changing moment with his mother-in-law.

Politics

9 d. ago Amphibious assault: Progressive Portland’s protesting frogs take air out of Trump’s arguments

The citizens of a progressive northwestern US city have found a creative, humorous way to undercut Donald Trump’s assertions of lawlessness.

Politics

1 week ago Piastri’s inner circle met with McLaren to clear the air. It didn’t work

Inside the title fight between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, and why the dynamic between the Australian and his British team is complicated.

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1 week ago Piastri’s inner circle met McLaren to clear the air. It didn’t work

Inside the title fight between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, and why the dynamic between the Australian and his British team is complicated.

Politics