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The town of Katherine in the Northern Territory has been a meeting place for centuries, and remains a crossroads for people travelling across the north. But it was not until the completion of a bridge in 1926 that the town, 300 kilometres south of Darwin, was officially gazetted. Today, we look back at a century…
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Eight years on from her daughter’s brutal murder, Vanessa Gardiner still cannot give enough thanks to the police officers who never gave up in their hunt for the killer and are now firmly “part of the family”. Rajwinder Singh was convicted in a retrial in December 2025 and sentenced to life imprisonment for 24-year-old Toyah…
An online hate prevention charity which monitors and reports antisemitic content says trillionaire Elon Musk is partly to blame for anti-Jewish hatred on social media platform X. Formerly called Twitter, the platform has not responded to repeated requests for engagement by the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The third round of hearings has…
If you’ve caught the news lately you’d be excused for thinking the sky was falling in. Australia’s house prices are collapsing! Auction clearance rates are plummeting! We’ll all be rooned! New data today shows that national property prices have declined for the last three months, -0.9 per cent from their peak. But guess what? National…
Australian Border Force (ABF) officials are at a Far North Queensland community where it is alleged a number of foreign nationals arrived ashore at a remote camping spot. The group allegedly came ashore from a boat at Pennefather Beach, a popular camping spot about 50 kilometres north of Weipa, in the early hours of Tuesday…
China’s ambassador to Australia has attacked Australia’s domestic spy agency over allegations of foreign interference, warning it risks harming Australia-China relations. Ambassador Xiao Qian has pointed to a video aired before a speech delivered by ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess last week as “casting aspersions” on China, prompting a sharp rebuke from the spy agency. In…
Diners biting into their battered fish and chips at a pub or an expensive fish fillet at a restaurant will now know exactly where their meal is coming from. New country-of-origin labelling laws for seafood come into effect today for all venues and outlets that sell ready-to-eat seafood. Menus and boards at food outlets will…
Australia has no room for poor performances as they prepare to face Egypt in their World Cup Round of 32 match in Dallas. Stay across the latest news, analysis and features from the 2026 FIFA World Cup here. The Socceroos have never won a knockout stage match at the World Cup, but wing-back Jordy Bos…
On a cold, slate grey Sunday afternoon, Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Jotham Napat and his delegation huddled in a courtyard within Canberra’s historic Hyatt Hotel, far from the tropical islands of home, to be welcomed to country. The prime minister was preparing for a big day. On Monday, Napat was due to meet Anthony Albanese in…