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Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:56:40 +0000
Mystery floor plans stoke espionage fears as UK faces its China reckoning
Underneath central London cables carrying vital financial information run and soon China's new embassy, which has redacted floor plans, could sit atop them.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:43:01 +0000
New satellite images show scale of China's Philippine Sea flotilla
Private firm Starboard Maritime Intelligence says it has used satellite technology to track down the People's Liberation Army Navy task group.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:01:00 +0000
Khawaja ruled out of second Ashes Test with back injury
Australia will be without veteran opener Usman Khawaja for the second Ashes Test after the 38-year old was ruled out due to an ongoing back problem.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:50:41 +0000
Principal stabbed in incident at high school in Melbourne's south-east
The stabbing happened on the school grounds of Keysborough Secondary Collage about 3pm.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:57:00 +0000
Optus reveals nearly half a million phones may be unable to dial Triple Zero
The figure has been provided to a Senate estimates hearing, where the media regulator appeared on Tuesday.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:20:30 +0000
The countries ready to support Venezuela amid a threat of US conflict
As the United States mounts pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, nations in the Caribbean, South America and across the world are revealing where their support lies.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:00:38 +0000
Bruce Lehrmann to learn fate of defamation case Federal Court appeal
A decision in Bruce Lehrmann's Federal Court appeal to the findings in his failed defamation case against Network Ten will be handed down tomorrow — and whatever the outcome, there will be consequences for all.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:02:35 +0000
Deputy shire president killed trying to protect family farm from fire
A farmer who died trying to stop a "treacherous" fire from destroying his family's property in WA's south is identified as the local town's deputy shire president.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:26:14 +0000
Three deaths related to asbestos exposure at former ABC site
Staff at the former ABC studios in Elsternwick were exposed to asbestos over an extended period.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:51:16 +0000
WA electoral commissioner resigns, months after problem plagued election
Robert Kennedy tends his resignation as WA electoral commissioner, nine months after a state election that was plagued by issues including long wait times to vote, and polling booths running out of ballot papers.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:40:16 +0000
Toyah Cordingley's accused killer wanted to be 'needle in a haystack', court told
Former nurse Rajwinder Singh has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley in Far North Queensland in October 2018.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 01:42:30 +0000
New details of ADF sexual violence probe revealed
Minister Matt Keogh is addressing the National Press Club a year after the government responded to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:24:52 +0000
Young detainee forced to wear makeshift spit hood, report finds
An incident at a Tasmanian youth detention centre where a detainee had an improvised spit hood put over his head while being transported by a contracted security company, has been criticised for being "entirely incompatible" with human right...

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:51:43 +0000
'Shocked' employees ponder bleak Christmas after collapse of caravan manufacturer
Questions are being asked about why Zone RV fell into administration, leaving hundreds of workers unemployed and customers in limbo.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:49:46 +0000
High-rise hotel planned for Darwin Waterfront scrapped after controversy
A $100 million luxury hotel planned for the Darwin Waterfront has fallen through, after concerns were raised by Larrakia traditional owners over its interference with a sacred site.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:05:24 +0000
My daughter has two mums. I'm her other mother
Even though I am Evie's favourite — I am, after all, the fun mum — I can't shake the feeling that when it comes to serious mothering, I'm the spare. Her back-up mum. 

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:38:48 +0000
Maps reveal Putin's red lines in Ukraine peace negotiations
Donald Trump is expected to send his special envoy Steven Witkoff to Moscow this week to talk about a revised proposal for peace in Ukraine. There are five regions central to negotiations and Vladimir Putin wants them all. 

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:57:59 +0000
Pilot had 'breakdown' weeks before deadly Sea World crash, inquest hears
Pilot Ashley Jenkinson was killed, along with three tourists, when two helicopters collided mid-air on the Gold Coast in 2023.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:19:00 +0000
Ex-AFL agent guilty of selling fake footy memorabilia
After facing AFL premiership players in court, a former player agent is fined $4,500 for selling fraudulent memorabilia from the 2021 grand final.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:36:10 +0000
Woolworths accused of creating 'poor door' at affordable housing development
The retail giant is using development fast-track schemes to push ahead with new supermarket and apartment projects opposed by local councils.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:57:29 +0000
Tasmanian politicians under 'intense pressure' as answer on stadium looms
State politicians face a looming debate in parliament's upper house, which will finally decide whether a stadium is built at Hobart's Macquarie Point and whether Tasmania gets an AFL side.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:54:47 +0000
ACT public servants legally required to uphold 'Closing the Gap principle'
Senior ACT public servants will soon be required to demonstrate their work towards ending the inequality experienced by First Nations people.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:25:20 +0000
ANU backflips on plan to axe the School of Music after public pressure
The Australian National University has abandoned a controversial plan to absorb its School of Music into a single course after extraordinary public pressure.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:31:56 +0000
Rural university campus confirmed as site of 'open-security' prison work camp
The Northern Territory government has signed a deal to build a new "open-security" prison work camp at Charles Darwin University's Katherine campus, with the facility expected to house at least 130 prisoners. 

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:56:32 +0000
England stars under fire after e-scooter drama
England captain Ben Stokes and several teammates have been spotted in Brisbane riding e-scooters without helmets ahead of the second Ashes Test.

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