Sydney Morning Herald National News
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +1100A different kind of body line
That’s why they ask you to keep still.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:54:14 +1100How Brisbane will avoid a public transport gridlock on New Year’s Eve
With thousands stranded in inner-Brisbane after Riverfire this year, organisers for the New Year’s Eve fireworks event are adamant there will be no repeat.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:37:59 +1100South Australian MP to remain behind bars over DV charge
South Australian MP Nick McBride will remain behind bars over a domestic violence charge after a judge ordered a home detention report.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:34:57 +1100Warning over life-threatening floods in Queensland
Queenslanders have been urged to prepare for life-threatening flash flooding with hundreds of millimetres of rain forecast for the coming days.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:33:47 +1100Drone delivers item to inmate in major prison security breach
A drone has delivered an item to an inmate in a major security breach at Adelaide's Yatala Prison.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100Instead of sending city doctors to rural hospitals, this uni is changing course
Liam Morrissey knows the gap between bush and city access to healthcare. He’s just graduated from the University of Sydney’s medical school in Dubbo, created to bridge it.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:25:11 +1100Melbourne fisherman hooks great white shark
A Melbourne fisherman has had an unforgettable day on the water after hooking a great white shark.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:23:52 +1100Two teenagers flown to hospital after boat catches fire
Two teenagers have been flown to the hospital after a boat caught on fire.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:13:06 +1100Warning that failure to future-proof homes could cost billions
There is a new warning that failing to future-proof homes could cost billions of dollars.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:11:40 +1100PM rejects plea from Bondi shooting victims' families
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has knocked back a plea from the families of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack victims to open a royal commission into the shooting.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:10:56 +1100Tributes for couple allegedly stabbed to death in DV murder
A young couple are being remembered for their beautiful smiles after they were allegedly stabbed to death in a domestic violence murder.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:09:07 +1100Man arrested after running through shopping centre with knife
Police have arrested a 21-year-old after a terrifying disturbance for shoppers in Sydney's west.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:05:21 +1100Trump and Zelenskyy close to peace proposal
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have praised each other after a meeting, saying peace is closer than ever.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:59:50 +1100Dramatic arrest in Sydney Westfield after allegedly armed man flees police pursuit
Vision from the scene shows police standing on top of a knife and surrounding a man on the ground.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:54:13 +1100McDonald: 'No indication' Khawaja will retire
Andrew McDonald addresses speculation Usman Khawaja will retire after the SCG Test.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1100The pros and cons of a royal commission into the Bondi killings
The point of a royal commission into the Bondi shootings is not to tell us what happened, but how it was able to happen.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:53:54 +1100A beloved banh mi spot closes, leaving a suburban bowls club fighting for survival
Mr Bill’s Vietnamese Canteen brought crispy pork banh mi and wontons to a small suburban bowls club and transformed it. But now, he’s leaving.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:12:31 +1100'Sorry sight': Injury rocks Lyon's Ashes dream
Australia's Nathan Lyon is forced to leave the field after suffering a suspected hamstring injury.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:07:23 +1100‘Unfathomable loss’: University of Melbourne’s vice chancellor dies at 52
Professor Emma Johnston, the university’s first female vice chancellor, has died less than 12 months after taking up the role.
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:35:19 +1100Man, 21, arrested after 'running through shopping centre with knife' in Sydney
Police have arrested a 21-year-old after a terrifying disturbance for shoppers in Sydney's west.