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Liberty Bell Bay has been given another reprieve, with administrators for the mothballed Tasmanian smelter continuing to engage with the consortium designated as its preferred buyer, the ABC understands. It was revealed on Friday that Adroit Capital had withdrawn from the consortium, with workers informed of a Monday deadline to secure a new source of…

The principal of the Perth school attended by a nine-year-old girl who was shot dead in Pakistan has described her as a “happy, bubbly, friendly girl”. Hania Ahmed was fatally shot last week after local police mistook her family for armed robbers. Australian Islamic College school principal Abdullah Khan said he hoped there was a…

It was an average Sunday afternoon for Barney Hyams in the southern New South Wales town of Batlow until he suddenly heard what he thought was a loud explosion. “I was just talking to some guys up the road and we just heard a loud boom and the whole building actually moved,” he said. “You…

Despite lengthy repairs that took nine months, South Australia’s only Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) wave buoy is out of commission for the third time in less than two years. The Cape du Couedic wave buoy off Kangaroo Island stopped transmitting data on May 30 during a stormy weekend. A BOM spokesperson said technicians would determine…

To follow and love football at its highest levels in the year 2026 is to willingly sign a certain nefarious contract with a certain nefarious creature. By agreeing to the terms presented, the fan receives almost constant access to the most beloved game on earth, and its unique ability to provoke spontaneous joy. The kind…

In the hours before the United States-Iran deal was announced, there was reportedly a chaotic interaction between the two men who started the war. On Sunday morning, Benjamin Netanyahu posted a birthday message on social media to his closest political ally. By Sunday afternoon, the recipient of his well wishes was tearing into him down…

American musician Oliver Tree, 32, has reportedly died in a helicopter crash in Brazil.  Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning, crashing in the city’s western zone and killing all six people onboard, the Associated Press confirmed. Tree, best known for his viral hits When I’m Down and Life Goes On, was…

New analysis warns that China’s military is developing a “real and growing” ability to hit the Australian mainland with missiles, and can already threaten Australia’s trade routes, subsea cables and critical infrastructure. The foreign policy think tank, the Lowy Institute, has tracked the “dramatic” scale of Beijing’s vast military build-up, which it calls a “historic…

Investigators are trying to determine what led to a suspected murder-suicide on Saturday, after the bodies of a father and young child were recovered from a bay in Sydney’s inner west. Shortly before 11:45am officers were called to Bayview Park in Concord following reports that a man was found dead in the waters at Parramatta…

Even seasoned entertainers like Sam Pang need to try new things. He’s been a regular on radio for years, has hosted his own talk show and appears on numerous TV panels like The Front Bar and Have You Been Paying Attention? Stream Ground Up on ABC iview Tasmania has finally been given the green light…