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…
Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson says the state executive of the Liberal Party will meet to consider the future of controversial MP Moira Deeming ahead of the upcoming election. Yesterday, the ABC reported it was expected Ms Wilson would ask to have Ms Deeming’s position as the top candidate on the Liberal Party ballot for…
More than 400 kilometres is a long way to push yourself in a wheelchair, let alone to complete the journey in just over a week, in the rain. But that is just what 32-year-old Sam Longmore is doing as she makes her way across rural New South Wales from Corowa to Yass, pushing herself with…
As soon as Kylian Mbappé scored France’s first goal against Sweden he sprinted to celebrate with manager Didier Deschamps. Deschamps had missed the final group game to attend his mother’s funeral, and as Mbappé and all his teammates followed to swamp their coach it spoke volumes. We can, and will, talk ad nauseam about how…
In some ways it was just a relief for Maya Joint to get a win. After a brutal first half of 2026 where she won just two matches off her own racquet, a clash with an unranked 44-year-old should be just the ticket to get back on track. But when the unranked 44-year-old in question…