Breaking news, politics, business, economy, and current events from Australia.
A UK man has been found guilty of manslaughter over the death of his farmstay host in central Victoria after she rejected his romantic interest. Timothy Loosemore, 62, faced a 14-day trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria over the death of Maree Vermont, 60, whose remains were found after a house fire in Goldie,…
The woman who was first on the scene to help Adelaide Crows legend Tony Modra after he was critically injured in a truck crash has described holding his hand as they waited for emergency services. Linda Cameron provided first aid to Modra after the truck he was driving hit a tree at Back Valley, on…
Queensland’s largest gold mine has escaped financial crisis by meeting its self-imposed refinancing deadline, although one expert warns a close watch should be kept on the project. Ravenswood Gold has secured a $1.4 billion refinancing deal to help pay off debts incurred through expansions and outdated hedge book prices. The Ravenswood Gold Mine is about…
Federal senators have accused senior leaders in Australia’s accounting and auditing industry of behaving disgracefully as more revelations emerge about KPMG’s whistleblower scandal. At a parliamentary hearing in Canberra on Friday the former head of audit at KPMG Australia, Julian McPherson, apologised to a whistleblower after the committee heard the unnamed individual had allegedly been…
Victoria has lost another international motorsport event to South Australia, the second in six months. The Australian round of the FIM Superbike World Championships will be held at Victoria’s Phillip Island track for the last time in 2027 and will move to South Australia’s The Bend from 2028. It is the second major motoring event…
There is no shortage of people in north Queensland who are ready to throw their support behind Pauline Hanson, who a Queensland political analyst has labelled “populist”. But polling suggests it may be working. James Cook University political analyst Maxine Newlands said One Nation was “definitely in the ascendancy”. But she said people were willing…
Federal police have charged a second man in in relation to a ‘black flight’ that allegedly smuggled two Australian fugitives into Indonesia in 2025. Jay Davis, a 32-year-old Brisbane man, was arrested by Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators at Brisbane Airport on Thursday night after arriving into the country from Indonesia. Earlier this year the…
When Ukrainian drones struck an oil tank in Moscow, the blast was so powerful it sent the huge disc-shaped lid soaring into the air like a frisbee. It was the second time the refinery had been attacked in three days with “several drones” managing to reach the site, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. The refinery,…
Corruption claims and allegations of fabricated evidence have dominated a day of hearings as part of a Senate inquiry into a fatal army helicopter crash that claimed the lives of four men. Next month will mark three years since the tragedy, which claimed the lives of Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Joseph…
The talent pipeline for live music is drying up at the source with fewer people in regional areas receiving a musical education, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. The third day of hearings for the state parliamentary inquiry into live music in NSW heard fewer students were learning music in regional NSW because it was simply…