Matt Gilbertson — the alter ego behind Hans — is famous for his cabaret performances but is now trying his hand at a new endeavour. ⌘ Read more
Matt Gilbertson — the alter ego behind Hans — is famous for his cabaret performances but is now trying his hand at a new endeavour. ⌘ Read more
The UN maritime court ruled in favour of nine island states who had sought greater protection from the impacts of climate change. ⌘ Read more
His autopsy, released in December, found that the amount of ketamine in Perry's blood was in the range used for general anaesthesia during surgery. ⌘ Read more
Koalas are easy to identify, but really hard to spot. To help conserve the species, citizen science is being used on a national scale for the first time to collect important information on koala numbers, habitat and health. ⌘ Read more
A Queensland landlord says he has been left thousands of dollars out of pocket trying to evict renters who refused to leave after their contract was up, delaying the sale of the house. ⌘ Read more
Some Queenslanders woke to frost this week, as the state feels its first "real proper cold snap" of the year. ⌘ Read more
A Tasmanian teenager has scored a speaking role in what's shaping up to be this year's biggest Hollywood blockbuster, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, despite only auditioning as an extra. ⌘ Read more
Health staff across Victoria say women are being blocked from accessing abortion services by conscientious objectors, who are then failing to refer them to alternative providers. ⌘ Read more
In using his budget reply to rail against foreign investors buying up existing properties, Peter Dutton almost made a case that could really help first homebuyers. ⌘ Read more
A new tribute to the Talking Heads' 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense offers something for fans, old and new. ⌘ Read more
It is unclear when the machine will be able to get moving again and if it will impact plans for Snowy 2.0 to begin operations in late 2027. ⌘ Read more
Amal Clooney is arguably one of the most famous faces of human rights law. However, social media users grew frustrated in recent months by what they claimed was her silence on the Israel-Gaza war. Those critics have now been silenced. ⌘ Read more
Homeless services are seeing more employed people accessing their services and say single mothers fleeing domestic violence are particularly vulnerable. ⌘ Read more
Building a large-scale nuclear power plant in Australia would cost at least $8.5 billion, take 15 years to deliver and produce electricity at roughly twice the cost of renewable sources, the country's leading scientific institution has found. ⌘ Read more
More than 100 Australians and other tourists stranded for up to a week in the violence in New Caledonia have been repatriated. ⌘ Read more
A Singapore Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Bangkok due to severe turbulence, the airline said, with one passenger on board dead and injuries reported. ⌘ Read more
A former immigration detainee, released after the High Court ruled indefinite detention was unlawful, receives a suspended sentence for breaching his curfew and letting his GPS tracker run out of battery. ⌘ Read more
For the first time since Richard Roe’s car was found abandoned on the side of the Stuart Highway in 2016, his family has a chance to hear about his possible fate, as an inquest into his disappearance begins. ⌘ Read more
After its program went through an overhaul, Australia's taekwondo team is looking claim a medal for the first time since Sydney 2000. ⌘ Read more
False documentation might be one of the oldest scams in the book but scammers are now able to fake being a company more easily — and Australians are falling for it. ⌘ Read more
For the first time since Richard Roe’s car was found abandoned on the side of the Stuart Highway in 2016, his family has a chance to hear about his possible fate. ⌘ Read more
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick says cost-of-living relief is one of the reasons the state is forecast to fall billions of dollars into deficit. Economists say there could be three reasons for it. ⌘ Read more
Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou says his team's clash with Newcastle United at the MCG on Wednesday will not overshadow the A-League Men's grand final on Saturday. ⌘ Read more
Twenty police and volunteers have been searching near Noccundra in recent days, the first major effort for nearly two years since Jeremiah "Jayo" Rivers disappeared. ⌘ Read more
New laws that allow the NT police commissioner to declare snap curfews in response to social unrest have passed through parliament, despite concerns from some that they amount to government overreach. ⌘ Read more
A Canberra woman avoids a long stint behind bars after reporting to police a man she met on the dating app Tinder who sent her over 2,000 pieces of child abuse material, and subsequently being charged with possession of the material. ⌘ Read more
Two men taking part in a social flying event were killed in October 2022 when the Robinson R22 crashed near Koorda in WA's Wheatbelt, six minutes after taking off. ⌘ Read more
The AFL responds as former North Melbourne star Tarryn Thomas faces charges over the alleged harassment of a former partner. ⌘ Read more
The recovery from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse reached a significant milestone as tugboats escorted the ill-fated container ship Dali back to port. ⌘ Read more
Last week it was announced six deaths at a major Tasmanian hospital would be investigated over allegations of falsifying death certificates — authorities have now widened the probe to include another 63 deaths. ⌘ Read more
The jury in Greg Lynn's murder trial hears slain camper Russell Hill hid his affair with childhood sweetheart Carol Clay by telling others they were first cousins. ⌘ Read more
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton accuses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of weakness for failing to criticise the International Criminal Court's prosecutor. ⌘ Read more
Graham Arnold has kind words for both sides contesting this Saturday's A-League final, as he prepares for 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine and Bangladesh in June. ⌘ Read more
The federal regulator has taken action against two more doctors as part of an investigation into a clinic following the death of a woman soon after a surgical abortion at a health clinic in Melbourne's south-east. ⌘ Read more
A Tasmanian court has heard audio from triple-0 calls, documenting the moment an ex-butcher broke into his home and attacked his wife with one of his knives, before neighbours intervened after hearing the victim's screams. ⌘ Read more
Ed Dwight was in the same class as Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, but NASA did not select black astronauts until 1978. On Sunday, aged 90, he finally experienced zero gravity. ⌘ Read more
An initial design for the memorial, which will be built on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, had to be scrapped due to "complex construction challenges". It's now expected to be built in 2026. ⌘ Read more
Indigenous experts say Australia will fail to reach a major Closing the Gap target unless First Nations domestic violence services are given more support. ⌘ Read more
The director of Australia's busiest emergency department says patients will never be left alone in the back of an ambulance as staff try to find them a bed but admits that hospital overcrowding has become a "major problem" across the country. ⌘ Read more
An outage has left ANZ customers unable to bank via app or website, although phone banking and ATMs are unaffected. ⌘ Read more
Unlike the Oscars or Golden Globes where most of the action happens in one night, the Cannes Film Festival is a marathon of events — and a buffet of fashion. ⌘ Read more
There is room for eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, 14 car spaces, a ballroom, two wine cellars, two lifts and a dining table that seats 22 people. ⌘ Read more
Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson are confident they can claim medals at the Paris Olympics, as they take on the spectacular Teahupo'o in Tahiti. ⌘ Read more
Detectives investigating the disappearance of toddler William Tyrrell have asked the prosecutors looking into the toddler's foster mother until a coronial inquest resumes at the end of this year. ⌘ Read more
Arjun Kandel is found guilty of raping a woman with an intellectual disability at a care home where he worked, but the Adelaide man has been allowed to remain on bail for four weeks after a judge granted him permission to "arrange his affairs". ⌘ Read more
Senator Linda Reynolds says it's time for everyone to accept Justice Lee's findings that there was no political cover-up surrounding the rape of Brittany Higgins, as she continues a defamation case against her former staffer. ⌘ Read more
Medicinal cannabis patients will be allowed behind the wheel as part of a new government study to test their impairment. ⌘ Read more
Fish farm employees shot dozens of native seabirds which were taking salmon from Tasmanian pens in an effort to deter them, documents reveal — with the scare tactic failing in part because the cormorants were unfazed, even if the bird next to them was shot. ⌘ Read more
Many Australian consumers are unaware of the extent of personal data being collected about them on a day-to-day basis, says a new report. ⌘ Read more
Shoppers wondering why capsicums, especially red ones, are so expensive can blame the weather at one end of the country and a single tiny fly at the other. ⌘ Read more
The head of the ACT Education Directorate, Katy Haire, is taking legal action against the territory's Integrity Commission over its investigation into the Campbell Primary School expansion. ⌘ Read more
This week in tech news, OpenAI drops a new chatbot voice bearing a striking resemblance to Scarlett Johansson's, federal parliament discusses laws on political deepfakes, and the internet continues to be a terrifying place to be a teenager. ⌘ Read more
As a parliamentary hearing kicks off into draft legislation paving the way for changes to the NDIS, a governmental stoush has re-emerged. Here’s what’s going on. ⌘ Read more
This museum curator explains why we should bring our childhood toys, old band T-shirts and family heirlooms out of hiding and honour them for the memories they contain. ⌘ Read more
The Bulldogs have confirmed their concussion-affected star on-baller will return to AFL action next month, but coach Luke Beveridge says he now holds his breath with every tough contest his players are involved in. ⌘ Read more
Researchers investigate concerns of fishermen and residents that herbicide run-off may be killing marine life in Queensland's Great Sandy Strait. ⌘ Read more
British-born Australian country music singer Frank Ifield has died at the age of 86 at his home in Dural, NSW. He had multiple number one hits and famously helped give The Beatles their start when he was approached by their manager, Brian Epstein. ⌘ Read more
OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of a ChatGPT voice that resembles Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic, AI assistant in the 2013 film Her. ⌘ Read more
The federal government says it has received clearance to send two planes to New Caledonia to pick up stranded Australians. ⌘ Read more
Matildas star Sam Kerr will miss the upcoming Paris Olympics after being officially ruled out because of an ongoing ACL injury. ⌘ Read more
After making "a compelling case for initial selection" in Australia's group for next month's T20 World Cup, 22-year-old Jake Fraser-McGurk and BBL player of the year Matt Short will link up with the squad as injury back-up in the early stages of the tournament. ⌘ Read more
The current Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett has inked a three-year deal with South Sydney from next season. ⌘ Read more
Telstra reveals plans to sack up to 2,800 workers as part of its latest cost-cutting measures, with most of these job losses to occur by the end of this year. ⌘ Read more
School says "reduced noise and fewer rest room breaks" are among early positive feedback about a trial to improve the classroom environment and student concentration. ⌘ Read more
Fourteen-year-old Tyler Morton taught herself barrel racing from YouTube videos. Through grit and determination, she's now set to pit herself against the world's best in the sport. ⌘ Read more
The national energy market operator has issued new warnings of possible summer blackouts in coming years, due to delays in key transmission projects and looming retirements of coal generators. ⌘ Read more
The Queensland government proposes a shake-up to the state's written-off vehicle scheme, including a new inspection model that will make it more difficult for write-offs to return to the road. ⌘ Read more
The Australian share market is likely to slip in morning trade, US tech stocks drove the Nasdaq to a fresh record high, while optimism about rate cuts drives gold and copper prices to their highest levels ever. Follow live. ⌘ Read more
In the Kimberley town of Halls Creek, advocates and frontline workers say family violence is a huge problem and more must be done to stop the normalisation of harmful and destructive behaviour. ⌘ Read more
Reviewing what you're paying for digital subscriptions — and what you're getting in return — can be a good place to start if you're looking to cut household expenses. ⌘ Read more
Just hours after completing its Premier League season, Newcastle United hopped on a plane to travel to Australia for a two-game post-season tour. Club legend Alan Shearer slams the trip as "madness". ⌘ Read more
The Australian Electoral Commission says it has limited scope to protect voters from deepfake videos and phone calls imitating politicians in upcoming elections. ⌘ Read more
An education researcher says homework in primary school isn't necessary. So why are kids doing it? ⌘ Read more
Donald Trump's hush money trial enters its final stretch, with prosecutors resting their case and turning proceedings over to the former US president's lawyers. ⌘ Read more
As Fever extended their unbeaten streak to six weeks and the Vixens finally faltered, the blockbuster Sydney derby stole our attention with a player suspension. Here's why the umpire was justified in her decision to send Jamie-Lee Price to the bench. ⌘ Read more
The tumultuous and at-times tempestuous 2023 Ashes is the subject of the third season of docuseries The Test, with cameras given access to the Australian locker room during the drama-filled contest. ⌘ Read more
The federal government and the NRL are closing in on a deal worth up to $600 million to secure a new NRL side based in Papua New Guinea. ⌘ Read more
It's a kids' film about troubled imaginary friends but, led by writer/director/star John Krasinski, IF features some of the biggest names in Hollywood right now. ⌘ Read more
The new measures come into force after hundreds of thousands of people climbed the peak last year. ⌘ Read more
The Liverpool FC manager spent the past decade revitalising one of England's biggest clubs. His departure is a reminder of the legacy he leaves behind. ⌘ Read more
Extreme weather linked to climate change risks negatively affecting coastal property market values, as storm-related damage and erosion takes its toll and insurance premiums soar. ⌘ Read more
Wiley's Hindawi scandal offers a window into a thriving black market of fake science, corrupted research and bogus authorship. It also illuminates a much broader crisis of trust confronting universities and scientific institutions worldwide. ⌘ Read more
When Jo O'Brien lost $500,000 to a scammer, she set out to track him down, eventually finding the man she believed was responsible. She sent him a text. ⌘ Read more
Children are gathering large followings and earning thousands of dollars through social media influencing — but some warn it comes with a dark side. ⌘ Read more
Treasurer Jim Chalmers stands firm on Q+A in the face of direct appeals to do more to make the property market fairer and lift people out of poverty. ⌘ Read more
Karim Khan says he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel. ⌘ Read more
Julian Assange's lawyers tell a court he would be "discriminated against" in the US judicial system because he is Australian, as they seek to fight his extradition from Britain. ⌘ Read more
The government is sticking by its National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children, but a co-author of the scheme says Labor is failing to back it up with adequate investment. ⌘ Read more
A long-running inquest into the deaths of four Aboriginal women killed by their partners in the Northern Territory has heard police response times have worsened over the past 12 months. ⌘ Read more
After winning $215,000, Ali Cobby Eckermann took time off from writing. Now her new book She Is the Earth has won the top prize at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. ⌘ Read more
Separatists in riot-hit New Caledonia refuse to abandon roadblocks that have paralysed much of the Pacific archipelago and halted commercial air traffic, defying a major security operation by French forces. ⌘ Read more
A court has heard a Casino teenager killed in a fatal 2022 stabbing challenged his alleged attacker, who claims self-defence, to a "one on one" multiple times. ⌘ Read more
Queensland police have confirmed a new search for the 27-year-old started in the Noccundra area, in south-west Queensland, last week. ⌘ Read more
It is alleged a group of six men and eight women, which included her parents, prayed to God to heal eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, rather than seeking medical attention and held a belief that "God would heal". ⌘ Read more
Three Catholic high schools on the NSW Central Coast have cancelled planned visits from conservative American "chastity speaker" Jason Evert following pressure from students and parents. The schools say students can instead attend an opt-in live stream. ⌘ Read more
One of the teenagers who killed south-east Queensland boy Angus Beaumont has been charged with fresh offences, including multiple break and enters. ⌘ Read more
Iran's notorious security enforcement machine — led by the Revolutionary Guard — will be on high alert across the country following the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian. ⌘ Read more
Former SAS soldier and reality TV star Mark Wales says a close family member has suffered a "serious medical episode" and was in intensive care. ⌘ Read more
Melbourne and Queensland superstar five-eight Cameron Munster will eight to 10 weeks of football after aggravating a groin injury in the Storm's win over Parramatta on Sunday. ⌘ Read more
An inquest into the death of Douglas Thrift has heard the Upper Hunter Valley man had almost twice the amount of the poison is his system needed to kill a person. ⌘ Read more