6 m. ago Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm makes landfall near Jamaica’s New Hope, winds up to 300km/h; multiple killed in Jamaica, Haiti and Dominican Republic

The US National Hurricane Centre has warned of catastrophic, life-threatening conditions, driven by the storm’s slow movement, extreme winds, and intense rainfall and storm surge. Follow our live coverage.

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48 m. ago Backbench revolt over Labor plans to ‘gut’ environment safeguards

Labor has resurrected the nature reforms this term after it dropped the plans last year in the face of blowback from miners and the West Australian government.

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2 h. ago ‘I couldn’t have done this five years ago’: Sarah Snook’s nightmare role

Being a mother has informed the Australian star’s performance in All Her Fault in ways she could never have imagined.

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3 h. ago The five metro extensions at the top of the NSW Lib hit list

Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says his party has five “candidates” for future metro extensions – but has raised the possibility of asset recycling as a way to pay for them.

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3 h. ago ‘Public enemy No.1’ Robinson in surprise Sydney grade cricket move ahead of Ashes

England paceman Ollie Robinson caused a stir when he gave Usman Khawaja a foul-mouthed send-off in the last Ashes. Now he’s heading Down Under in a bid to crack a recall for this summer’s series.

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3 h. ago Wonderwall of cash: Week of stellar events to send Melbourne economy surging

Triple header of Melbourne Cup, Oasis and Metallica predicted to bring a once-in-a-decade boom for local businesses.

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3 h. ago He’s now the best player in the NRL. This is how Walsh can get better

Broncos skipper Adam Reynolds has warned the NRL at large that Reece Walsh’s ascent is far from over.

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3 h. ago Hurricane Melissa LIVE: ‘Not a time to be brave’: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

The US National Hurricane Centre has warned of catastrophic, life-threatening conditions, driven by the storm’s slow movement, extreme winds, and intense rainfall and storm surge. Follow our live coverage.

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7 h. ago Hurricane Melissa LIVE: Category 5 ‘storm of the century’ set to make landfall in Jamaica

The US National Hurricane Centre has warned of catastrophic, life-threatening conditions, driven by the storm’s slow movement, extreme winds, and intense rainfall and storm surge. Follow our live coverage.

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10 h. ago ‘Sadistic’ online gangs hunting Australian girls like a video game, AFP chief warns

Tech giants have fronted a senate inquiry, and confirmed their intentions to boot under-16s off their platforms on December 10.

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10 h. ago WA governor formally apologises over historic Pinjarra massacre

Chris Dawson has become the first Western Australian governor to apologise over the Pinjarra massacre in which dozens of Aboriginal people were killed.

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13 h. ago State High students weren’t the first to learn wrong history exam topic

The education department was warned in August a Brisbane school had been teaching the wrong topic for ancient history. Then it happened again.

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14 h. ago ‘Don’t gut these laws’: Backbench warning to Watt on environment

Labor has resurrected the nature reforms this term after it dropped the plans last year in the face of blowback from miners and the West Australian government.

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14 h. ago ASX falls as gold miners, CSL, WiseTech slump; Domino’s trims gains

The Australian sharemarket finished in the red on Tuesday, with steep falls in gold miners and some big companies outweighing solid gains by financial stocks and retailers.

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16 h. ago How a tiny gallery made an Australian oasis in ‘crazy’ Washington

The US government shutdown has delayed Australian plans for the biggest ever overseas Indigenous art exhibition. But a small gallery in downtown DC is making the most of it.

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16 h. ago How a tiny gallery created an Australian oasis in ‘crazy’ Washington

The US government shutdown has delayed Australian plans for the biggest ever overseas Indigenous art exhibition. But a small gallery in downtown DC is making the most of it.

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18 h. ago ASX falls as gold miners, CSL, WiseTech slump; Domino’s soars before trading halt

The Australian sharemarket had a rocky start to trading on Tuesday, with gold miners and some big companies weighing on the market.

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19 h. ago ASX slides as gold miners, CSL and WiseTech shares slump; Banks surge

The Australian sharemarket had a rocky start to trading on Tuesday, with gold miners and some big companies weighing on the market.

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20 h. ago Was the HSC biology exam a copy and paste job? Spot the difference

The chances somebody did not copy and paste elements of the 2025 HSC exam from a Western Australian exam are more than one in a trillion. NESA disputes that the questions were copied.

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21 h. ago Disunity is death: Liberal Party boss’s warning to MPs after Joyce, Price, Hastie sagas

Party director Andrew Hirst presented his first polling briefing of the term on Monday afternoon in a marathon shadow cabinet meeting.

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