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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:39:29 +0000Police officer wounded in Bondi terror attack released from hospital
A young police officer who was rendered blind in one eye after being shot during the Bondi terror attack is released from hospital.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:45:09 +0000Former Higgins MP Katie Allen dies aged 59
Former Liberal MP Katie Allen has died aged 59, after developing a rare form of cancer, her family has announced.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 03:49:12 +0000Council to shut down prayer hall linked to notorious preacher
The City of Canterbury Bankstown Council says the site had been approved for use as a medical centre.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:24:38 +0000Activist groups flag challenge to proposed NSW protest restrictions
Three prominent protest groups flag they will launch a constitutional challenge to NSW Premier Chris Minns's new laws restricting protests in the state.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:36:11 +0000PM recommends changes to travel rules for parliamentarians' family
Under the recommendations, family of parliamentarians would be restricted to economy class flights and an allowance for three annual "Australia-wide" return trips would be scrapped.
Brisbane Times Headlines
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:48:12 +1000‘Thank you for everything’: Tributes flow for ex-MP Katie Allen, who has died aged 59
The former Liberal MP announced a stage four cancer diagnosis in May.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:27:58 +1000Israeli president invited to visit Australia after Bondi shooting
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke over the phone on Tuesday, with the governor-general to prepare a formal invitation for the leader to visit Australia.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:06:58 +1000Teenager accused of arson attack on shop linked to WA’s illegal tobacco market
A 17-year-old boy will appear in Perth Children’s Court in the new year, accused of carrying out an arson attack on a Baldivis convenience store on Monday morning.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +1000‘Christmas will feel different this year’: PM, Ley share holiday messages
Despite being largely apolitical, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley called for stronger leadership in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:53:00 +1000Stabbing victim dies after car crashes en route to hospital
A man has been arrested after another man died following a broad daylight stabbing at a home in Melbourne's south-east.
Canberra Times
Independent Australia
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +1000 Chris Hedges speaks to IA about Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback'
In this special Indy Eye podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins Michelle Pini to discuss "blowback" from the ongoing Gaza genocide, the shocking Bondi attack and that "interview" with David Marr. ...
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...
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +1000 Independent Australia’s owners say why save IA
An Australia without brave media outlets standing up to Trumpian, anti-truth spin doctors? Watch Independent Australia's owners on why we need IA... read now...
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +1000 Bondi after the bullets
I was at a birthday dinner when I received a message from my brother that immediately felt wrong. It was disjointed and unclear, as if something serious had happened but hadn’t yet settled into words. I rang him straight away. read now...
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +1000 POEM: When the world is done
When the world is done. 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
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +1100Ice work if you can get it: Scientists at the hail library want stones that fell in your yard
A team of researchers is working to understand the weather phenomenon, and they’ve just launched a new project.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +1100When Christmas bowls you over
And you can’t get a handle on things.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:48:12 +1100‘Thank you for everything’: Tributes flow for ex-MP Katie Allen, who has died aged 59
The former Liberal MP announced a stage four cancer diagnosis in May.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:06:58 +1100Teenager accused of arson attack on shop linked to WA’s illegal tobacco market
A 17-year-old boy will appear in Perth Children’s Court in the new year, accused of carrying out an arson attack on a Baldivis convenience store on Monday morning.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:53:00 +1100Stabbing victim dies after car crashes en route to hospital
A man has been arrested after another man died following a broad daylight stabbing at a home in Melbourne's south-east.
Sydney Morning Herald World News
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:37:03 +1100‘No one lives there’: How a remote village became entangled in Bondi terror
Until a police officer knocked on his door last week, the village chief in Dungoan wasn’t even aware of the horror that had unfolded in Sydney on December 14.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:03:20 +1100Private yachts and $20,000 hotels: Online posts reveal exiled dictator’s life of luxury
From the moment they fled their Damascus palace via private jets and convoys of cars, the Assad family has maintained an opulent lifestyle.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:45:00 +1100Boiling live crabs, lobsters to be banned in UK animal rights crackdown
The move comes after laws in 2022 recognised that crabs, lobsters, crayfish and squid were sentient and could feel pain.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:50:26 +1100Trump breaks silence on Epstein files – to defend Bill Clinton
The US president lamented that the Epstein saga was intended to distract from his administration’s achievements, including an announcement about a new warship – named after Trump.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:10:47 +1100House boats swallowed in canal collapse
Residents of the boats had to be rescued after a canal embankment collapsed in Shropshire, United Kingdom.
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.