3 h. ago This couple spent $500 trying to buy their dream home. They never stood a chance

More than 5550 people told this masthead’s Bidding Blind investigation that they had spent money and time investigating properties that they would later discover they could not afford.

Economics

3 h. ago Annual street parade blocked by police due to crowd, safety fears

Organisers of one of Sydney’s largest annual street parades have been left scrambling after NSW Police and a local council blocked it from going ahead.

Events

13 h. ago Several people arrested as protesters clash with police in Melbourne CBD

Trans rights protesters have clashed with police in Melbourne while trying to disrupt a women's rally outside parliament.

Events

18 h. ago Trump team backs down in stoush over police takeover in Washington, DC

Officials in the US capital took the Trump administration to court after it tried to put a federal official in charge of the city’s police department.

Events

18 h. ago ‘Avoidable tragedy’: Gym operator fined after climber’s fatal fall

A company has been fined $375,000 after an investigation into the death of an experienced climber.

Events

22 h. ago Trump team backs down in stoush over Washington DC police takeover

Officials in the US capital took the Trump administration to court after it tried to put a federal official in charge of the city’s police department.

Events

24 h. ago Three teenage girls ‘stripped’ and beat girl, 14, in Sydney’s south

Police said the 14-year-old victim was approached at a bus stop in Claymore about 7pm on Friday by three girls, all aged 13, and threatened at knifepoint.

Politics

27 h. ago ‘Marrickville isn’t western Sydney’: Calls for AFLW Giants to return to the west

This year, the Greater Western Sydney Giants AFLW team will play a total of six home games: four in Marrickville, two in Canberra and none in western Sydney.

Politics

42 h. ago Man charged after airport gun drama rearrested over alleged Central Station assaults

Nicholas Teplin, 41, allegedly told an arresting police officer “I know I’m going to get bail like always”.

Events

43 h. ago And Just Like That finale recap: Carrie is (almost) as dead as Big

So this is how it ends. With a toilet overflowing, a pie to the face and a woman whose world once felt so big and promising dancing alone.

Events

44 h. ago Beaches metro, negative gearing crackdown: The surprising policies backed by NSW Young Libs

Abolishing negative gearing and building a northern beaches metro are all on the agenda at the NSW Young Liberals’ gathering.

Events

46 h. ago Man charged after Sydney Airport gun drama rearrested over alleged Central Station assaults

Nicholas Teplin was bailed after a scuffle in which a police firearm was discharged at the airport on Wednesday. Now, he’s behind bars.

Events

46 h. ago WA news LIVE: WA Police investigate school shooting threat; Wastewater survey reveals WA tops nation for meth use

Follow our live coverage here.

Events

49 h. ago Israeli minister launches settlement plan to ‘bury’ Palestinian statehood

The long-delayed settlement would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, which the UN warned would “put an end to prospects of a two-state solution”.

Politics

51 h. ago Young tradies like Dylan and western suburbs professionals have this challenge in common

In a special series on Melbourne’s west, The Age explores how to attract high-skilled jobs, get more youths into work and improve transport links.

Politics

51 h. ago The premium Perth postcode with a higher crime rate than one of the city’s poorest suburbs

Which suburbs have the worst crime statistics, Perth’s golden triangle, or the KGB - Koondoola, Girrawheen and Balga? New data from WA Police hides some surprises.

Events

61 h. ago Tougher laws on vaping, illegal tobacco may struggle to hold back the tide

A Herald investigation shows the extent of illegal tobacco and vaping across inner Sydney.

Events

62 h. ago Man charged with rape and murder three decades after woman’s death

A 67-year-old man was arrested in Ararat and appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Events

62 h. ago More than 100 humanitarian groups call on Israel to end ‘weaponisation’ of aid

As aid groups accuse Israel of blocking aid on border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterates the idea that Palestinians should simply leave Gaza.

Politics

63 h. ago A Machete, a tomahawk and ‘polite’ intruders: Forrestfield home invasion baffles police

Two men, armed and with their faces covered, entered a 78-year-old man’s Forrestfield home, demanding cash and damaging his speedway sprint car.

Events