2 h. ago Great Southern lands $337k grant to drive WA gold and platinum hunt

Great Southern Mining has won a $337,500 Government grant to fund deep drilling at its WA Duketon gold project and an East Laverton Diorite Hill platinum-group target.

Politics

15 h. ago The Melbourne suburbs where security guards are forced to carry guns

Security guards patrolling housing estates in the booming outer west at night will soon be armed as burglaries, carjackings and machete attacks soar.

Politics

24 h. ago Room to grow: V’landys looks at next step after Everest proves a bonanza

Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landys says the embattled ATC, still under a show cause notice, will reap the rewards from a record-breaking Everest.

Politics

51 h. ago Apartment that looks like house sells for $1,356,000 in the inner west

First-home buyers battled for a one-bedroom strata unit that forms part of a terrace at auction on Saturday.

Society

58 h. ago Everywhere you look this weekend, women will be wearing bald caps. If you know, you know

A sea of “baldies” is sweeping through Australia’s east and west coasts for a black-tie affair they’ve been waiting 13 years for. The hottest accessory for an event of such magnitude? Not their aviator sunglasses.

Politics

3 d. ago Gift register reveals the WA ministers who attended Stokes’ mansion dinner

The dinner was billed as a thank-you for the government’s taxpayer-funded donations to Kerry Stokes’ Telethon charity.

Politics

3 d. ago First look at the roomy new tram coming to Melbourne’s network

The first new tram for over a decade will roll through the city’s inner-west later this year as part of a testing program. 

Politics

3 d. ago Travel quiz: Flying due west from Perth, which country do you reach first?

Are you an expert traveller? Test your knowledge with this week’s quiz.

Transport

4 d. ago Two overnight shootings connected in Sydney's west and south

Police confirmed that a pair of shootings and a car bombing in Sydney’s west and south-west are connected.

Events

4 d. ago Data centre deal to fund Pilot carbon capture play in WA’s Mid West

Pilot Energy has inked a deal with UAE-based Kala Data to launch modular data centres at its Arrowsmith production facility in Western Australia’s Perth Basin.

Transport

5 d. ago The glaring errors that caused a $150 million water billing bungle

Missteps and missed opportunities at nearly every step of the launch of Greater Western Water’s botched new billing system have spiralled into a 16-month-long, expensive mess.

Economics

5 d. ago West Wits shifts first ore as South African gold production looms

West Wits has hits a key milestone with first underground ore from its Qala Shallows mine in South Africa, as full production and first gold pour looms large.

Politics

5 d. ago Kayaker dies after falling into Brisbane River near West End

Five ambulance crews were called to the river at Hill End Terrace in West End to reports of a man in a life-threatening condition. 

Politics

5 d. ago This thrilling hike up a Japanese volcano is pure exhilaration

Yakedake – literally “burning mountain” – is 250 kilometres west of Tokyo, in Honshu’s Hida mountain range.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘Fair play some talent’: World darts champion Luke Littler beaten by female star

Littler, the reigning men’s champion, was beaten by three-time women’s champion Beau Greaves at the World Youth Championship in one of sport’s biggest cross-gender shocks.

Politics

6 d. ago What’s up, what’s down: Which restaurants gained (and lost) hats in the new SMH Good Food Guide

While talent flourishes in Sydney’s west, some of the restaurants in the city’s eastern suburbs lost a hat at the launch of the Good Food Guide 2026.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘A step forward for justice and truth’: All you need to know about the treaty

Victoria is legislating the first treaty with Indigenous peoples in Australia. Watch the video to find out how we got here and what it will mean in practice.

Events

6 d. ago Losing a Titan to rugby could leave another looking for new home in the side

A Gold Coast great implores the club to identify their best player’s long-term position now, which could be influenced by the departure of a cross-code convert.

Sport

7 d. ago Gaza hostage release live updates: Trump lands in Israel as first seven of 20 hostages released by Hamas; Red Cross operation continues in southern Gaza

Hamas is set to release 20 living Israeli hostages that were captured during the October 7, 2023, attack, as US President Donald Trump heads to Israel ahead of the handover. Follow our live coverage here.

Politics

7 d. ago Gaza hostage release live updates: Names of first seven hostages released by Hamas revealed as Red Cross operation gets under way in Gaza; Trump set to land in Middle East

Hamas is set to release 20 living Israeli hostages that were captured during the October 7, 2023, attack, as US President Donald Trump heads to Israel ahead of the handover. Follow our live coverage here.

Politics