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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +1100
Ice 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 +1100
When 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 +1100
Teenager 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 +1100
Stabbing 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.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:50:00 +1100
Family behind famous Christmas lights has $50m in property frozen
For nearly 30 years, the Filippini family delighted neighbours with their extravagant Christmas lights display – now they are embroiled in a $500 million superannuation scandal.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:49:39 +1100
Teen winched to safety after plunging metres from cliff
A teenager has been winched to safety in a perilous rescue operation after falling from a cliff on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:49:37 +1100
Thiefs steal $3000 of Lego from Victorian toy store
Thieves have stolen $3000 of Lego from a Victorian toy store just before Christmas.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:42:16 +1100
US company buys Queensland’s Hamilton Island
The slice of heaven known as Hamilton Island is set to change hands as its owners offload the tropical paradise to a private equity company in the US.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:41:21 +1100
Two police vehicles involved in crashes just days apart
Dramatic vision of the first collision shows a car crash into a police car with its lights and sirens on, which then crashed into a set of traffic lights.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:39:49 +1100
Government slammed for ‘over-reliance on technology’ during cyclone
A review into the Queensland government's response to Cyclone Alfred has slammed an over-reliance on technology to issue public information.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100
I went to Bondi and hugged people who’d never spoken to a Muslim before
We share with the Jewish community the burden of fear and exclusion, and we must work together to overcome it. 

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:29:52 +1100
Retailers bank on last-minute shoppers to ring in a bumper Christmas
If you thought Santa Claus had crazy work hours over Christmas, spare a thought for the traders of Melbourne’s fresh food markets.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:55:31 +1100
Man charged with murder after body found in Adelaide caravan park
A man has been charged with murder after another man was found dead at a caravan park in Adelaide's south.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:47:33 +1100
Bondi shooting as it happened: Al Madina Dawah centre to be shut down in ‘important step’ for state; NSW firearm and hate speech legislation to be passed imminently; Albanese regrets politicised response to terror attack
Follow our rolling coverage of the aftermath of the Bondi shooting, as hate speech and firearm reforms are debated more than one week after the terror attack.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:46:22 +1100
Border Force crackdown on illegal tobacco in air cargo
Border Force remains on high alert heading into the holiday season, seizing thousands of illegal cigarettes from shipping facilities every day.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:45:44 +1100
Fire breaks out at popular Sydney pub
Fire crews are investigating the cause of a blaze that broke out at a popular pub in Surry Hills.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:45:43 +1100
NSW expected to pass harshest gun reforms in Australia
NSW parliament is expected to pass new hate speech and gun laws in the wake of the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:44:46 +1100
Man who killed teen with molotov cocktail arson jailed
Gregory John Walker has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for the death of 13-year-old Arthur Haines in 1998.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:44:35 +1100
Ley doubles down on criticism of Wong
The opposition leader has refused to back down from her attack on Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

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