Comanche crosses the finish line first, taking out line honours in the 80th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, after a speedy race up the River Derwent. Follow live.

Sydneysiders can expect to see more police officers carrying long-armed guns in the weeks ahead, with the premier not ruling out sending troops to protect the Jewish community. 

A 20-year-old man is granted bail after allegedly assaulting Tim Picton, a prominent Labor Party identity — an attack police prosecutors say may leave him permanently disabled, if he survives. 

The Coral Adventurer has run aground off the coast of Papua New Guinea with more than 120 people aboard, two months after the death of a passenger allegedly left behind on a Great Barrier Reef island.

Police say they responded to reports of a domestic assault at a home in South Australia's south-east on Saturday.

Master Lock Comanche has taken line honours in the 80th Sydney to Hobart as broken bones and missing life rafts mar the rest of the fleet.

Named after a famous baseballer and with a swimming legend for a mother, teen Robinson Smith spent 2025 living in a tropical nation most Australians couldn’t point to on a map.

Thousands of stingers have been washing up on Victorian shores. Here’s what to do if you get stung.

Rabhi Sobhi took the bail surety from prisoners’ loved ones and altered financial records. His case involved the longest delay a judge described seeing in 30 years.

A monsoon trough could bring up to 600mm of rainfall and storms across large parts of Queensland.

The 2025 Top Ten begins with this stunning December scoop, part of the "Tate Town" series by IA founder and top investigative journalist David Donovan, which caused widespread shock, outrage and disgust on the GC. read now...

When a leading Zionist calls six other Australian Jews "antisemitic" – and worse – over criticisms of Israel, the issues are deep. Hence this February piece, by those six, was so vital, well-received and much read. read no...

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Dr Abul Rizvi has yet another Top 10 Story of the Year. This former Immigration Department head is now the most in-demand national media expert in this field. He writes or IA, including this vital May article on topic debated at very subur...

Community water fluoridation has been defended as settled science, despite weak evidence of benefit and the quiet influence of powerful corporate interests. read now...

Police believe they have found everyone from inside the vehicle, but divers will check.

Police were alerted to the incident at about 6.25pm this evening.

Sugar may have been mixed with the hot water, but Corrections hasn't confirmed it yet.

Motorists are told to expect delays.

The victim was pulled alive from the avalanche but died from their injures.

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Named after a famous baseballer and with a swimming legend for a mother, teen Robinson Smith spent 2025 living in a tropical nation most Australians couldn’t point to on a map.

Thousands of stingers have been washing up on Victorian shores. Here’s what to do if you get stung.

Rabhi Sobhi took the bail surety from prisoners’ loved ones and altered financial records. His case involved the longest delay a judge described seeing in 30 years.

A monsoon trough could bring up to 600mm of rainfall and storms across large parts of Queensland.

Voting is almost sure to favour the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls but some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions.

The US and Ukrainian leaders will meet in Florida to hammer out a plan to end the war, but they face major differences on key issues and provocations from Moscow.

The US president has named a proposed new vessel after himself.

Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fuelled the deadly blaze.

Three consecutive US Navy surface warship schemes have collapsed. Will this be the fourth?

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.