More than half of the Australian population is in the grips of a heatwave with temperatures expected to peak at…
National Stories 4 hours ago
Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls on nation to express gratitude ahead of Australia Day 2016
STARTING 2021 with fresh hopes for the New Year, we thank those who made the past 12 months just that…
The father of a Pakistani girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and forced to marry a middle-aged man who kept…
A 58-year-old man will undergo surgery after he was attacked by a shark at Lake Macquarie. The incident took place…
Joe Biden won plenty of praise for a specific line in his inaugural address on Wednesday. “Recent weeks and months…
World Stories 12 hours ago
Donald Trump duped by Piers Morgan impersonator, speaking to the prankster while on Air Force One
Piers Morgan has revealed that ousted US President Donald Trump was duped by somebody pretending to be him for several…
Google is “prepared to punish the whole of Australia” to quash a plan to make it pay for Australian news…
Coalition backbencher Andrew Laming has been accused of making “racist” remarks in a Facebook post about Australia Day after he…
National Stories 18 hours ago
Townsville MP Les Walker cops verbal lashing from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
First-term state MP Les Walker will be starved of a post-election victory lap in Townsville when he hosts a “disappointed”…
National Stories 19 hours ago
Victoria-Tasmania seasonal worker quarantine deal criticised as ‘too late’
A critical deal to have seasonal workers quarantine in Tasmania before working in on Victorian crops has been slammed as…
Hopes that Queensland’s tough border rules on parts of NSW will be lifted early have been dashed for now. At…
World Stories 20 hours ago
Beautician wins $531k inheritance in bitter court feud against her identical twin
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NRL 20 hours ago
Five Knights vie to replace axed Pearce
Kalyn Ponga could be the man to replace dethroned captain Mitchell Pearce at Newcastle after the Knights fullback was named…
National Stories 21 hours ago
Labor MP Chris Bowen unleashes on Scott Morrison for failing stranded Aussies
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been slammed for failing almost 40,000 Australians stranded overseas after national cabinet decided not to…
World Stories 21 hours ago
Mother Oreanna Myers’ murder-suicide in December left five children dead, officials say
A West Virginia mother gunned down her five young children before burning down her house and turning the gun on…
National Stories 22 hours ago
James Cook’s little known secret letter highlights why date should be changed
January 26 is a defining date in our history, yet one that deeply divides our nation. The aspiration of our…
A girl aged ten accidentally died while taking part in a terrifying TikTok challenge, according to reports in Italy. Antonella…
National Stories 23 hours ago
Gladys Berejiklian’s office’s broke law in shredding scandal: NSW records authority
An NSW watchdog has found Gladys Berejiklian’s office breached the State Records act when it shredded policy documents relating to…
Australian and Chilean cherry exports have again under the microscope in China following reports that packaging contained COVID-19 positive samples.…
National Stories 1 day ago
ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says virus pandemic offers chance to ‘reshape world’
The head of a top Australian university has told a summit of world leaders the COVID-19 pandemic offers a “once-in-a-generation”…
For the first time, China has explicitly granted permission to its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels – a…
A mass of hot air has been brewing over the west coast and is expected to bring extreme heat to…
The new mutant strain of coronavirus is between 30 and 90 per cent more deadly than the old one but…
An Australian scientist trying to discover the origin of the coronavirus has been promised access to a Wuhan lab that’s…
What if the most powerful weapon in our trade war with China was a needle? That is the question tantalising…
Police are examining the deaths of two aged care residents in Perth as part of an investigation into allegations of…
China has ramped up its attack on Australia with an academic warning that our nation’s “longstanding racism” could lead to…
Scott Morrison has hinted Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout could be delayed. The Prime Minister joined state and territory leaders…
Rocks have been thrown at police in a disgraceful outburst after officers tried to break up a large gathering at…
A boy says he knows his mother would be proud of him a year after she was killed in a…
Authorities have seized $60 million worth of methamphetamine, infiltrating an alleged transnational criminal syndicate operating in Melbourne. Australian Border…
National Stories 1 day ago
Daniel Andrews, Scott Morrison react to Australia Day award, Gosford Anglican Church sign
Reports that controversial tennis legend Margaret Court will be recognised with the nation’s highest honour on Australia Day has sparked…
Queensland’s Health Minister says she is “disappointed” in Scott Morrison after his apparent backflip over the state’s proposal to move…
Google says it will have no choice but to make Google Search unavailable in Australia if the government succeeds in…
Not since Jimmy Carter, a Baptist who has taught Bible classes well into his 90s, has the United States had…
National Stories 2 days ago
Titans, Eels star Bryce Cartwright and anti-vax wife Shanelle split after move to Sydney
Former Gold Coast Titans player Bryce Cartwright and his anti-vaxxer wife Shanelle have split up after a tough year making…
As he prepares to make his return to Super League, Wigan and England forward John Bateman says he will look…
AFL 2 days ago
Wade backs Richardson for Aussie call-up
Australia batsman Matthew Wade says Jhye Richardson is primed for an imminent return to international cricket after witnessing the right-arm…
National cabinet has ruled out lifting international traveller caps which were slashed amid concerns about the highly-infectious UK strain. …
AFL 2 days ago
Demon defender Hore suffers ACL heartbreak
Melbourne defender Marty Hore is set to miss the entire 2021 AFL season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in…
Airbnb has used a screening system to block hundreds of Aussies suspected of planning parties in holiday accommodations. The…
NRL 2 days ago
Smith thanks mum with NRL premiership ring
The ‘Hectic Cheese’ has a reputation as a jokester, but Brandon Smith’s softer side has emerged after explaining why he…
AFL 2 days ago
AFLW unveils early fixtures reshuffle
The AFLW has made multiple changes to the opening two rounds of its fixtures amid border restrictions.
Two games in…
The family of Duncan Craw, who went missing in South Australian waters and is believed to have been attacked by…
Social media users have taken guesses at what former president Donald Trump wrote to his successor President Joe Biden after…
NRL 2 days ago
Pressure has eased on Maroons’ job: Hodges
Former Queensland star Justin Hodges expects Wayne Bennett’s legacy to his Maroons successor to be less pressure for immediate State…
National Stories 2 days ago
Weather: SA braces for heatwave
South Australians are bracing for a heatwave with temperatures to peak in the mid-40s in some parts of the state.…
Pardoned rapper Kodak Black’s freedom may not last long because prosecutors in South Carolina want him transferred there to face…
NRL 2 days ago
Haas can be great Broncos skipper: Renouf
Brisbane great Steve Renouf believes Payne Haas would be a great choice for the NRL club’s captaincy in 2021 despite…
Russian president Vladimir Putin has been accused of blowing millions on a harem of mistresses and love children as images…
NRL 2 days ago
Burning questions for 2021 NRL season
BURNING QUESTIONS FOR 2021 NRL SEASON
*Can Kevin Walters succeed in an NRL head coaching gig?
The Queensland legend has…
Scott Morrison has been accused of deliberately igniting “culture wars” following his controversial comments about Australia Day. The Prime Minister…
NRL 2 days ago
Weight juggle behind Smith’s No.9 call
Brandon Smith has revealed the stress of adjusting his body size to play two positions at Melbourne has contributed to…
The AFLW has made multiple changes to the opening two rounds of its fixtures amid border restrictions.
Two games in…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared “we have beaten the third wave” of COVID-19 as he revealed for the first…
Heatwave conditions will reach extreme levels in Australia’s southeast over the next four days as a “hot air mass” brings…
AFL 2 days ago
Near-miss drives Lions into new AFL season
Last year it was 2019’s straight sets AFL finals exit which spurred Brisbane in their pre-season.
Twelve months on a…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has previously described Australia Day as a chance for Australians from “all walks of life, from…
World Stories 2 days ago
UK teacher Kandice Barber accused of sex with student told boy, 15, to ‘delete her texts’
A married teacher told a pupil to delete all her sexy messages to him after their sexual relationship was exposed,…
The celebration of Australia Day on January 26 continues to spark debate with many pushing for the date to be…
The honeymoon between the media and the new White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is over, as she dodged key…
NRL 2 days ago
Winger Malakai calls time on NRL career
Former Penrith and Wests Tigers winger Malakai Watene-Zelezniak has announced his retirement after a preseason health scare convinced him to…
Most residents in Western Sydney will be able to enter Victoria again, as NSW continues to “mop up” after a…
President Joe Biden has wasted no time removing any remnants of Donald Trump from the Oval Office. Along with replacing…
Police are investigating after a man on a pushbike allegedly approached a woman on the street and kicked her in…
The hermitic and totalitarian dictatorship of North Korea – where millions are now reportedly on the brink of starvation –…
Queensland has seemingly dodged a potentially catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19, and Brisbane residents are on Friday breathing easier as they…
Emergency crews are racing to find a man who may have been swept out to sea by a rogue wave…
Queensland police have called off an air and land search for a 58-year-old man and his dog, who haven’t been…
Bushfires, alcohol-related drownings and COVID-19 superspreading events are among the concerns flagged by emergency services as NSW and the ACT…
Daniel Andrews has issued a stern warning to Victorians not to attend any upcoming anti-Australia Day rallies. Thousands are expected…
Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen to 6.6 per cent. The drop comes as 50,000 new jobs were added during the…
National Stories 2 days ago
Tinder offers free advertising to support sexual violence awareness campaign
In an Australian first, popular dating app Tinder has granted free advertising space for one month in support of a…
Australia’s top health chief dashed any hopes of travelling overseas this year, but NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has a vastly…
A public school in Western Sydney has undergone a deep clean ahead of the start of the school year, after…
The mask mandate will end, dancing will return, and visitor and gathering limits will be eased across Greater Brisbane from…
There are fears for an elderly man with dementia who disappeared from a Melbourne hospital and has not been seen…
Qantas ground workers are ‘distraught’ over the outsourcing of their jobs as the airline finalises contracts with new suppliers this…
A new gas deal that will ensure more supply in the domestic market is expected to drive down energy prices,…
Protests are kicking off across the United States, hours after Joe Biden was sworn in as the nation’s 46th president.…
AFL 3 days ago
AFLW appeal of Crows’ Marinoff adjourned
The appeal of star Adelaide midfielder Ebony Marinoff against the longest suspension in AFLW history has been adjourned.
Marinoff went…
Travellers from Greater Brisbane are no longer required to isolate upon arrival into South Australia. According to the state…
A French national has been deported for breaching COVID-19 restrictions by helping to organise an illegal New Year rave in…
A South Australian man has been hospitalised after being shot in the legs. Police were called to Owen St at…
For the last four years, Donald Trump was the most powerful person on the planet – and he took his…
A former West Coast Eagles pick has admitted strangling a woman and cutting his own face before terrorising a man…
Returning travellers must test negative to COVID-19 and wear a mask on their flight from tomorrow. The measures were announced…
NRL 3 days ago
Warriors primed for 2021 NRL obstacles
New Warriors coach Nathan Brown claims his NRL team’s pre-season split could benefit them and he’s confident they’re better prepared…
A Brisbane woman’s morning coffee was sensationally interrupted when a strange man waltzed into her neighbour’s yard. In broad daylight,…
The far-right group who previously aligned themselves with the former US President have turned their backs on Donald Trump, calling…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the arrival of European settlers “wasn’t a particularly flash day” for convicts on board, as…
Once again there are claims that The Simpsons predicted the future, after fans noticed a strange similarity between Joe Biden’s…
National Stories 3 days ago
Townsville MP Les Walker slapped with fine and banned after bar brawl at Mad Cow Tavern
Northern Queensland MP Les Walker was slapped with a public nuisance fine and banned from Townsville’s nightclub hot spot for…
World Stories 3 days ago
Followers of cult conspiracy flat
Today was meant to be their day. Followers of the wildly popular QAnon conspiracy theory believed they would witness…
Police have shot dead a man wielding a knife following a terrifying armed carjacking in Victoria’s east on Thursday morning.…
Australia is poised to become a leader in medicinal cannabis after a landmark $92m deal with the European Union, the…
When Emma Baker was told at 24 weeks pregnant that her soon-to-be born son would have a rare heart condition,…
US poet laureate Amanda Gorman has stunned viewers of Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration with her stirring poem calling for national…
Traffic in Melbourne is tipped to get “much worse” than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, with modelling from Victoria’s…
Former President Bill Clinton appeared to be nodding off during Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden. Brief video clips…
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