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  • Ebikes with large tyres are popular in Sydney’s beach-side suburbs.

    NRMA says way needed to ‘get these kids off our roads’ after ebike riders illegally cross Sydney Harbour Bridge – as it happened

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  • Angela and Todd James, parents of Canadian backpacker Piper James, arrive at Brisbane airport

    Parents of Piper James visit K’gari to farewell daughter and ‘walk where she last walked’ as dingo cull continues

    Grieving family of the backpacker will attend a smoking ceremony conducted by the island’s traditional owners
  • File photo of a hospital ward

    Doctor previously banned from complex surgery in NSW given senior clinical safety role with Queensland Health

  • Remnants of a Gandhi statue stolen from the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville in Melbourne.

    Indian government urges Australia to ‘hold the culprits accountable’ over theft of Gandhi statue in Melbourne

  • Labor backbencher Ed Husic (left) with colleagues at the party room meeting at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.

    Afternoon Update: Labor unrest over Herzog visit; defence site sell-off; and a ‘deplorable’ secret about motherhood

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  • Clive Palmer.

    Clive Palmer suggests Steven Bannon hoped to ‘increase influence’ by claiming credit for 2019 election ads

Australian politics

  • Ed Husic on why he opposes a visit by the Israeli president – Full Story podcast

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  • Little kids playing with colorful wooden building blocks on the table

    How will Labor’s Thriving Kids work and who is still eligible for the NDIS?

  • One Nation leader Pauline Hanson holds an Australian flag in front of a crowd of protestors at a March for Australia rally in Brisbane, 26 January 2026. The South Australia state election in March will test the growing One Nation vote

    One Nation has been surging in the polls. Next month’s South Australian election may reveal whether that’s a load of hot air

  • Isaac Herzog

    Who is Israel’s president Isaac Herzog and why is his visit to Australia expected to prompt mass protests?

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Opinion & analysis

  • Young father reading with his daughter

    Don’t let nostalgia cloud your judgment: some of the best picture books are actually the newest

    Kate Temple
  • Silhouette of person with grocery trolley

    A hot economy? RBA’s rate hike justification is hard to swallow for Australians struggling with cost-of-living crisis

  • Seasonal workers

    The Pacific worker scheme is in Australia’s economic and strategic interests. But its future hinges on fixing its flaws

    Peter Mares for the Conversation
  • Anthony Albanese smiles as he holds his hands up

    Coalition chaos has handed Albanese a gift, but he’ll need much more for the testing times ahead

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  • Train passenger wrangles snake on suburban platform in Sydney – video

    Man caught and released the snake that had some people running with fear
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  • A captive breeding program by Zoos Victoria has culminated in the release of the lizards to a specially created field enclosure furnished with granite rocks and hundreds of their preferred plants

    Critically endangered skink births expected after captive breeding program success – video

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  • Police are 'confident' triple murder suspect Julian Ingram is still alive and believe he has been receiving help from people he knows in the area

    Police release CCTV footage of Lake Cargelligo alleged triple-murderer Julian Ingram – video

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  • The Chinese ambassador says a team will travel to Queensland to work with local police to investigate a 33-year-old man who allegedly burned a nine-month-old child with coffee before fleeing to his home country of China

    China vows to help find man who allegedly burned baby with hot coffee in Brisbane — video

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  • How long does it take to melt an ice block in a heatwave? Guardian Australia put it to the test

    Filming a Frosty Fruit in 48C heat. Spoiler alert: the camera couldn't handle it – video

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