69 m. ago VCE 2025 LIVE: Victorian Year 12 students receive exam results and ATAR scores

It’s the day year 12 students have been waiting for – the day they will get their long-awaited VCE results and ATARs. Follow the news live.

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4 h. ago Australia news LIVE: More parliamentarians embroiled in expenses scandal; Teens face day two of social media ban

Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and around the world.

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6 h. ago The single number that will determine interest rates in 2026

The Reserve Bank could be lifting interest rates as early as February next year. A single number will determine the RBA’s next move, and we know the day it’s coming.

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6 h. ago VCE 2025 LIVE: Victorian Year 12 students to learn of exam results, ATAR scores at 7am

It’s the day year 12 students have been waiting for – the day they will get their long-awaited VCE results and ATARs. Follow the news live.

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13 h. ago 19 killed in building collapse in Moroccan city popular with tourists

Search and rescue operations are ongoing after two adjacent buildings collapsed in the country’s second-largest city.

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13 h. ago 22 killed in building collapse in Moroccan city popular with tourists

Search and rescue operations are ongoing after two adjacent buildings collapsed in the country’s second-largest city.

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17 h. ago ASX slips for a third day as tech stocks fall, gold miners advance

Gold miners bolstered the Australian sharemarket on Wednesday, but their gains weren’t enough to offset losses by interest-rate sensitive sectors such as technology.

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20 h. ago Beach, beers and a kick: How England’s Ashes cricketers are spending their Noosa break

Members of the travelling English media posted photos of the squad on social media at the beach on Wednesday, the second day of their Sunshine Coast jaunt.

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39 h. ago Richo’s sins are washed as the Love Boat, Gold Coast and other scandals fade into the mist

The great and the good assembled to farewell Graham Richardson, honoured for his singular talent in wielding political influence.

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40 h. ago Social media ban shouldn’t be judged by its impact on day one

Regardless of workarounds and likely teething problems, the impact of the law will be measured not over days and weeks, but over the much longer term.

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43 h. ago ‘This is for the future of my kids’: The single mum who just won Big Brother

After a short 30-day season, Big Brother has crowned a winner: a surfy, 30-year-old mother of three from Tweed Heads.

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53 h. ago ASX set to slide on RBA day as Wall Street retreats; Magnum ice cream disappoints in debut

US stocks are pulling away from their record heights, setting up the Australian sharemarket to open lower this morning.

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62 h. ago ‘Prepare now’: Blaze that killed firefighter flares up again

Residents in the path of a bushfire that has been burning for days are again on alert after a national parks worker died trying to halt the fire’s spread.

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63 h. ago Sydney council cracks down on notorious Christmas Day beach bash

Backpackers have been “strongly discouraged” from attending the bacchanalia this year. Those who attend can expect heightened police and security patrols.

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64 h. ago All bravado, little humility: Hayden takes aim at England’s misfiring Archer

Jofra Archer delivered a few thunderbolts, along with a verbal barrage in the closing stages of the second Test, but Australian great Matthew Hayden says it was the pillow he carried to the game a day earlier that showed where his head was at.

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66 h. ago Wells spent nearly $9000 of taxpayer money to bring husband to three AFL grand finals

Sports Minister Anika Wells spent close to $9000 on family reunion flights and travel entitlements so her husband could attend three AFL grand finals with her.

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2 d. ago Wells billed taxpayers to fly husband to two Boxing Day Tests, three Grand finals

Sports Minister Anika Wells spent close to $9000 on family reunion flights and travel entitlements so her husband could attend three AFL grand finals with her.

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2 d. ago Firefighter was checking on colleagues’ safety when killed in bushfire zone

The national parks worker died after being struck by a tree in the Bulahdelah fire ground, north of Newcastle.

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2 d. ago Social media is a key part of Isabella’s day. This is what worries her most

The social media ban for children under 16 kicks in very soon. How well your child adjusts depends in part on how you handle it.

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3 d. ago Inside David Crisafulli’s ambitious bid to bring Trump and co to Queensland

A day after his request to meet with the federal government was knocked back, the Queensland premier directly lobbied two foreign PMs.

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