Australia’s new Treasurer has given a stark report on the state of the economy and warned the pandemic’s impact will linger after many of us are gone.
Duncan Murray
Barnaby Joyce will likely face fierce competition for his job as leader of the Nationals as colleagues speak out over election backlash.
Peter Dutton, who this week was described as not a good fit for “modern Australia”, is set to inherit the Liberal Party leadership without a fight.
Tributes have flooded in after the sudden death of a promising young football star and cousin to an AFL legend.
News Corp Australia
At least six clubs are clamouring over a mid-season draft prospect who couldn’t find an AFL home late last year.
Marc McGowan
A Sydney suburb was “shafted” by a toll road after the cost of driving on it forced trucks onto neighbourhood streets and ruined the “village atmosphere”.
Anton Nilsson
A jealous concreter who chased his former mistress before he ploughed into her new lover has found out his fate for the shocking fatal crash.
Caroline Schelle
A decent start for the ASX 200 fell by the wayside after some worrying profit updates from the US and concerns over the Chinese economy.
Alex Druce
The first boat of suspected illegal arrivals has been turned back under Anthony Albanese as Australia’s border protection policy remains unchanged.
Critics have come after the Kangaroos and coach David Noble after another slow start to the season but he has support from a key figure.
Musician Guy Sebastian laughingly denied having a “history of violence” after being asked this question about his ex-manager in court.
Adelaide Lang and Ryan Young
When the Nationals party room next meets, the position of leader and deputy-leader will be made available.
Ellen Ransley
A young man has made an “extraordinary” lifestyle turnaround from a period riddled with drugs and crime, a court was told.
Owen Leonard
A 28-year-old man has been blinded in one eye by a potato after he was attacked while riding a scooter.
Angie Raphael
Hundreds of protesters have surrounded the building where the Prime Minister is due to deliver a major speech this afternoon.
A state’s top cop has lost his emergency powers, stopping him from making any more Covid-19-related rules.
Emily Cosenza
Former television star Andrew O’Keefe says he feels well as he starts a six-month stint in a rehabilitation centre after being released on bail.
A cheesemaker has been fined over a stinky odour authorities said was “strong enough to cause discomfort when facing the wind”.
Melissa Iaria
Police have released footage of a man smashing an allegedly stolen Mercedes-Benz station wagon into a service station on the Gold Coast.
Daniela Pizzirani
Lynette came home from work to find the teenager her husband Chris Dawson moved into the home ‘swimming naked in the pool’ a court has heard.
Lauren Ferri
A ship captain’s alleged move to drop 320kg of drugs into the ocean for pick-up has spectacularly come undone.
A Melbourne man drugged and raped two women in a nightclub cubicle and chewed his nails in court as he was sentenced for the horrific crime.
A Supreme Court has been told the “bizarre” reason a man allegedly menaced another man with a handgun and knife outside a Queensland mosque during Ramadan.
Blake Antrobus
A bus driver has died after being involved in a fatal crash with an unmarked police vehicle in Sydney’s north.
Hamish Spence
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