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August 22, 2025

Outback Wrangler star agreed helicopter pilot had ‘thrown everyone under the bus’ in covert recording played in court

Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice

August 22, 2025

Woman charged with concealing birth of deceased child after infant’s body found in WA drain

The infant’s mother, in her 30s, had been assisting police with enquiries since Wednesday

August 22, 2025

Guzman y Gomez keeps expansion on the menu despite increased US losses rattling investors

Shares in Sydney-based restaurant chain plummet by more than 20% despite global sales passing $1bn, as co-CEOs say ‘we are seeing momentum’ in...

August 21, 2025

Giving Australians $2,700 tax back while widening GST could help generate $152bn windfall, economist says

Economist who modelled GST estimates his proposed tax reform would lift real GDP by 6%, boost business investment by 11% and increase the number of...

August 21, 2025

Database to track childcare workers and mobile phone bans on the table as Australian ministers set to meet

Governments scramble to establish national register of workers after allegations of abuse of children in early education, but states and territories...

August 21, 2025

Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of ‘giant’ trees as temperatures rise

Eucalyptus regnans - which regularly reach 60 to 80m tall - lose about 9% of their trees for every degree of warming, research finds

August 21, 2025

News live: Australia says Israel’s West Bank settlement plan is ‘unacceptable’ and demands press access to Gaza

Albanese government joins 20 other countries in condemning Israeli plan to expand Jewish settlements. Follow today’s news liveGet our

August 21, 2025

Queensland court bans pro-Palestine bridge rally; Chalmers reveals list of 10 priorities from the economic roundtable – as it happened

This blog has now closedButler says Thriving Kids plan will help bolster NDIS long-termHealth minister Mark Butler has said planned ...

August 20, 2025

Bruce Lehrmann has become a ‘national joke’ and can’t afford barrister for defamation appeal, his lawyer says

Former Liberal staffer’s lawyer begins three-day appeal hearing by apologising to justices for her client’s failure to appoint an experienced...

August 20, 2025

Childcare needs a ‘fundamental reset’ to improve safety. These are Victoria’s key recommendations

State to accept all 22 recommendations as federal government releases names of 30 childcare centres subject to compliance action

August 20, 2025

University of Melbourne breached students’ privacy by using wifi network to monitor pro-Palestine protest

Victoria’s deputy information commissioner finds university did not give adequate notice or justification for how location data would be used

August 20, 2025

One third of Queensland public servants have witnessed corruption and over half didn’t report it, watchdog finds

State’s Crime and Corruption Commission investigated fewer than 1% of complaints referred to it

Australia-news Articles

Outback Wrangler star agreed helicopter pilot had ‘thrown everyone under the bus’ in covert recording played in court

Woman charged with concealing birth of deceased child after infant’s body found in WA drain

Guzman y Gomez keeps expansion on the menu despite increased US losses rattling investors

Giving Australians $2,700 tax back while widening GST could help generate $152bn windfall, economist says

Database to track childcare workers and mobile phone bans on the table as Australian ministers set to meet

Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of ‘giant’ trees as temperatures rise

News live: Australia says Israel’s West Bank settlement plan is ‘unacceptable’ and demands press access to Gaza

Queensland court bans pro-Palestine bridge rally; Chalmers reveals list of 10 priorities from the economic roundtable – as it happened

Bruce Lehrmann has become a ‘national joke’ and can’t afford barrister for defamation appeal, his lawyer says

Childcare needs a ‘fundamental reset’ to improve safety. These are Victoria’s key recommendations

University of Melbourne breached students’ privacy by using wifi network to monitor pro-Palestine protest

One third of Queensland public servants have witnessed corruption and over half didn’t report it, watchdog finds