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Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:13:47 +0000'It's scary': Residents flee two emergency fires in Perth's north and south
Lives and homes are under threat in Perth's south-eastern suburbs and in the city's north-east as two fast-moving bushfires reach emergency warning level.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:42:44 +0000The major takeaways from Greg Lynn's successful appeal
The Victorian Court of Appeal ruled to overturn the former Jetstar pilot's murder conviction and ordered a new trial.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:01:45 +0000Anti-corruption boss in open dispute with deputies over defence recusal
The National Anti-Corruption Commission's chief personally drafted lines in a media release saying his recusal from defence cases was "unnecessary". His deputies have publicly disagreed.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:40:40 +0000'Dirty secret' of higher education revealed as senate inquiry calls on universities to change
The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:03:50 +0000China's impressive trade surplus is making things hard for trading partners
China's record breaking one trillion-dollar trade surplus shows Trump's tariffs have done little to tame Beijing's export juggernaut. In fact, they might have turbocharged it instead.
Brisbane Times Headlines
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:14:32 +1000VCE 2025 as it happened: Victorian year 12 students receive ATAR scores
It’s the day year 12 students have been waiting for – the day they get their long-awaited VCE results and ATARs. Follow the news live.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:51:50 +1000How a manosphere star accused of rape and trafficking was freed
Facing serious charges, Andrew Tate was barred from leaving Romania. Then weeks after Donald Trump took office, an extraordinary order came down from the highest levels of the Romanian government.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:45:00 +1000‘Time to be a husband first’: Cash-for-sex security company boss resigns amid harassment claims
Dozens of blue-chip clients are poised to sever ties with scandal-plagued MA Services following Micky Ahuja’s resignation.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:45:00 +1000Women are catching up to men in this agonising condition
Long regarded as mainly a male disease, kidney stone cases among women are increasing as lifestyles and the climate changes.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1000What to do when your child plays detective to unmask Santa
If you are accused of being Santa, perhaps diffuse the crisis by answering a question with a question.
Canberra Times
Independent Australia
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 03:00:00 +1000 EXCLUSIVE! GC Mayor makes millions selling Bowls Club to Chinese developers
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has sold a former community-owned Bowls Club to Chinese interests for an alleged $33 million, making a massive profit. read now...
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:30:00 +1000 Finding a reliable electrician in Wollongong you can trust
Let's be honest, finding a good electrician shouldn't feel like a gamble. read now...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +1000 Venezuela and the colonial enterprise
When small nations resist America, democracy becomes a game of pressure. read now...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +1000 Make Britain grate again: Between Reform and Conservatives, UK is out of ideas
British politics has rotted so badly you now need a cheese knife to understand it. read now...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +1000 Changing the climate in the Liberal Party
Now, at least and at last, the line is drawn on climate change and the environment. read now...
Otago Daily Times
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:35:44 +00001 dead, 2 in hospital after car crashes into Hawke’s Bay’s Wairoa River
Police believe they have found everyone from inside the vehicle, but divers will check.
Sun, 05 Oct 2025 07:05:07 +0000Hutt Valley Line trains closed while police attend incident
Police were alerted to the incident at about 6.25pm this evening.
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:46:16 +0000Hawke’s Bay prison attacks: Four Corrections staff members injured on one day
Sugar may have been mixed with the hot water, but Corrections hasn't confirmed it yet.
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 03:03:21 +0000State Highway 3 closed following ‘serious crash’ between Waitōtara and Waverley
Motorists are told to expect delays.
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:45:25 +0000One person dead after being trapped in avalanche during heli-skiing trip in Southern Alps
The victim was pulled alive from the avalanche but died from their injures.
Sydney Morning Herald National News
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +1100The height of irony
And can Neighbours become an underground hit?
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:14:32 +1100VCE 2025 as it happened: Victorian year 12 students receive ATAR scores
It’s the day year 12 students have been waiting for – the day they get their long-awaited VCE results and ATARs. Follow the news live.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +1100‘Time to be a husband first’: Cash-for-sex security company boss resigns amid harassment claims
Dozens of blue-chip clients are poised to sever ties with scandal-plagued MA Services following Micky Ahuja’s resignation.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +1100Women are catching up to men in this agonising condition
Long regarded as mainly a male disease, kidney stone cases among women are increasing as lifestyles and the climate changes.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100Massimiliano was at work when police told him a toddler’s body was buried in his backyard
For hours, investigators scoured the yard of his suburban home using specialised ground-penetrating machines before digging up a section of the lawn near the house’s back door.
Sydney Morning Herald World News
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:51:50 +1100How a manosphere star accused of rape and trafficking was freed
Facing serious charges, Andrew Tate was barred from leaving Romania. Then weeks after Donald Trump took office, an extraordinary order came down from the highest levels of the Romanian government.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:14:32 +1100Supercars towed from Mayfair after wealthy owners ‘ignore fines’
A Saudi-registered blue Rolls-Royce worth nearly $501,000 was one of the cars removed in a council crackdown outside a London hotel that charges from $2800 a night.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:19:31 +1100Could Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes be what finally splinters the MAGA movement?
The captain’s pick for the role of defence secretary is facing allegations he’s presided over a military mission that may have been marked by war crimes. That’s a step too far for some of the president’s fans.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:50:06 +1100Australians to be forced to provide their social media to enter the US
Applying for a visa waiver is also set to get more complicated under the new plan, with authorities seeking to collect far more detailed information including biometrics, IP addresses and metadata and family histories.
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:45:00 +1100With single act, Nobel Peace Prize winner drastically raises stakes in Trump stand-off
Overnight, Maria Corina Machado has re-established herself as a major player in an escalating game of brinkmanship between the US president and Venezuela’s leader.
The Age
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTShorten veers left on treaty, boats
Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTCourse set for vote failure
Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTLabor props up budget with raids
Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTFears over Brexit wipe $30bn
Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:15:00 GMT‘Dole destiny’ for STEM grads
Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.
The Australian
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTShorten veers left on treaty, boats
Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTCourse set for vote failure
Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTLabor props up budget with raids
Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMTFears over Brexit wipe $30bn
Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:15:00 GMT‘Dole destiny’ for STEM grads
Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.