Asia-Pacific: Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 minutes ago)

NSW Police have charged two alleged ringleaders of a highly sophisticated fraud and money laundering syndicate operating across Sydney.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 minutes ago)

The widower of the notorious conwoman has been charged over an alleged assault in a cliff-top park.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 minutes ago)

Seven fire crews were called to the scene of a house fire in Moreton Bay on Wednesday night, with the sole occupant rushed to hospital.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 minutes ago)

A woman is fighting for life with a partially severed arm after she was assaulted by her brother in a Yarra Valley home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 minutes ago)

The accused ringleaders of a large-scale fraud and money laundering scheme have been charged following dramatic raids across Sydney.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 minutes ago)

Anthony Koletti, the husband of late fraudster Melissa Caddick, has been charged over an alleged assault in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Vaucluse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 minutes ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 hours ago)

Andrew Thaler, a gonzo broadcaster who was elected to Snowy Monaro Regional Council last year, will be kicked off the council if suspended a third time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 hours ago)

A trove of internal documents uncovered by this masthead reveal childcare giant Affinity instructs its staff to consider reputation damage before notifying police about child safety allegations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 hours ago)

A man accused of assaulting a woman has been shot dead by police in Victoria.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 hours ago)

Three Australian men accused of murdering a Melbourne man in Bali have been forced to re-enact the alleged crime scene.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 hours ago)

As the IVF industry undergoes unprecedented scrutiny, and egg-freezing rates increase sharply, women want more transparency around the likely outcomes of the expensive procedure, specialists say.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (4 hours ago)

Golf, it seems, is central to the story of Mark Smyth, the disgraced cancer researcher whose controversial work was covered at length in The Age over the weekend.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (4 hours ago)

Mining giant Alcoa plans to clear well over 150,000 potential black cockatoo nesting trees to expand operations throughout the state's northern jarrah forest.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (4 hours ago)

Angry Cyprus Community of NSW members say they feel blindsided after the club's administrator sold their land to clear $20 million in debt.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (4 hours ago)

Nearly 80 years after the US dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, two survivors warn of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (4 hours ago)

They have been happily married since 2001 and have four children – but nearly didn't make it past their wedding day.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (5 hours ago)

The researchers said their results show tiny microplastic particles at 100-times greater levels than previously thought.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (9 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 hours ago)

Dozens of Aboriginal children in Perth's southern suburbs have avoided long waitlists to undergo free life-changing grommet surgery.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 hours ago)

Bring it on home. If you must.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 hours ago)

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has been recorded in Western Australia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 hours ago)

A 14-year-old boy was arrested after he was caught hiding on the roof of a house after a wild police pursuit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (13 hours ago)

Erin Patterson once dreamt her Leongatha house would be her forever home, the place she would grow old. Now, prosecutors are moving to seize the property to compensate her victims' families.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (13 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (13 hours ago)

A midwife present during the labour of a Victorian mother whose infant died has admitted she should have escalated her transfer to hospital when she first observed the baby's elevated heart rate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (13 hours ago)

Some 45 years on from the Moscow Olympics, Australia's forgotten athletes finally got the homecoming they deserve.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (13 hours ago)

9News can reveal a piece of bone has been found in the search for two girls abducted from Adelaide Oval more than half a century ago.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (14 hours ago)

The property at the centre of a deadly mushroom lunch has been restrained by the court after Erin Patterson was found guilty of triple murder.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (14 hours ago)

YouTube will be captured in the social media ban for children under 16. Follow live as we bring you all the news from Australia and beyond.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (14 hours ago)

The right to protest is a democratic freedom we must protect, and the mass starvation of Gazans is a crime against humanity

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (14 hours ago)

Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne found drinking one artifically sweetened soft drink a day increases the diabetes risk by 38 per cent.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (14 hours ago)

Why is it that the more influence a man accrues, the seemingly higher the likelihood he will become an abuser? And why do many of these men seem to get off on targeting vulnerable women in particular?

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (14 hours ago)

Inflation has fallen to its lowest level since the height of COVID-19, paving the way for an interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank meets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (15 hours ago)

Hundreds of union members held a fiery protest as rumours swirled one Sydney council was poised to slash 150 jobs. There was no such plan, an inquiry has heard.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (15 hours ago)

Brisbane 2032's independent infrastructure delivery body has walked back claims the aquatic centre would cost more than $1 billion.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

To mark their first 100 days at school, Brighton Beach Primary School students are paying it forward after some advice from a new, old friend.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

An ICAC inquiry has heard details of multiple meetings where a contractor handed over up to $110,000 in cash to an allegedly corrupt government official.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

The nuclear-powered USS Ohio is in Brisbane for the first time, and for its crew, silence is not only a motto, it's a way of life.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

AFP Deputy Commissioner National Security Krissy Barrett today revealed a global investigation was underway to track the criminals responsible for ordering the arson attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

A groom has been seriously injured in a minibus crash en route to his own wedding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

One man has died in north-west Sydney after a restaurant caught fire in the early hours of this morning.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

Kiama MP Gareth Ward will spend his first night behind bars after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting two men.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

Former police officer Kristian White has avoided jail over the taser death of 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

David "Hollywood” Deicke maintains a slick public image, but co-ordinated firebombings on two businesses linked to him are the latest bad headlines for the former boxer.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

The 56-year-old was seriously injured when the bus transporting the groom's party to a Hunter Valley venue rolled seven times down an embankment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

Police also said authorities were investigating links to exiled tobacco kingpin Kazem 'Kaz' Hamad.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

A mini bus crash has injured a groom on the way to his wedding after the vehicle rolled in the NSW Hunter Valley region this morning.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

The state MP has been taken into custody after he was found guilty last week of sexually assaulting two young men.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

Meanwhile, a Queensland minister is under a "conflict management plan” over her husband's Queen's Wharf role.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

A 21-year-old Werribee man is expected to be questioned by police today after he was arrested by the Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism team in relation to the firebombing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

The federal government warned social media giants it will not be "intimidated" by legal threats after announcing the list of platforms captured in its under-16 social media ban.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

Police also said authorities were investigating links to exiled tobacco kingpin Kazem 'Kaz' Hamad.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (19 hours ago)

Footage captures Gilmour Space failed launch in Bowen, North Queensland.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (19 hours ago)

The Werribee man is the second man to be arrested over the December 2024 arson attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (20 hours ago)

Pannell will spend another three weeks in jail after he illegally sold off assets and breached court orders while on the run from police.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (20 hours ago)

Nine wombats were found bearing tyre marks and were artificially staged after being deliberately hit with a car, the Conservation Regulator alleges.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

Residents near Sydney's newest motorway say they are being short-changed as construction workers wrestle to find space to replace thousands of trees.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

The federal government warned social media giants it will not be "intimidated" by legal threats after announcing the list of platforms captured in its under-16 social media ban.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

The Olympic champion shared a series of social media posts scathing of the religion in the lead-up to her election as a director of the government-funded sport.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

The first Australian-designed and manufactured rocket exploded on liftoff, but its owner is hailing the development as a "huge step forward”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

The larger of two eucalypts locals are fighting to save is estimated to be more than 25 metres tall and believed to be one of the tallest trees in Thornbury.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

Vision filmed last week shows cars without specialist radios, lights and branding, awaiting work by police's Fleet Services Group.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

New inflation data has paved the way for an interest rate cut in August.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (22 hours ago)

A Queensland man has been charged with multiple drug and weapons offences, and 42 offences relating to child exploitation material after police raided a squalid home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (22 hours ago)

Heavy rainfalls and shivering temperatures are forecast to hit NSW for the rest of the week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (22 hours ago)

Victorian MP and former tennis star Sam Groth says articles delving into his relationship with his wife are a shocking and disgraceful invasion of privacy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (23 hours ago)

Every male school-leaver in Finland must complete military or community service. What would have to happen here for compulsory national service to become a rite of passage?

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (23 hours ago)

An Australian-made rocket has crashed shortly after a failed launch attempt in north Queensland. (Footage @aussienaut)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Geoscience Australia reported tremors were felt as far away as Fremantle, Perth and Mandurah.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The federal government will include YouTube in its social media ban for under 16s.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Communications Minister Anika Wells said YouTube sent the Wiggles to lobby her not to ban the app for under 16s.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Police are investigating a violent assault that occurred at a soccer match in Mill Park on July 6, which left a player with a fractured spine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Indian coach Gautam Gambhir is spotted in a heated altercation with groundsman Lee Fortis at The Oval, ahead of the fifth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Children under the age of 16 will no longer be allowed to use YouTube, along with other social media platforms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Teachers in Queensland will walk off the job next Wednesday in dispute over pay and conditions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Bail schemes that allow wealthy offenders to stay out of jail ahead of criminal proceedings will be outlawed after a series of scandals.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Thirteen GWS Giants players were sanctioned by the AFL over the event, at which a player simulated acts on a sex doll. Now the venue faces disciplinary action.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Activist Josh Lees has been a driving force behind Sydney's pro-Palestine protests, making an enemy of the NSW premier in the process.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Peanuts instead of Panadol and a salad that can kill your appetite could be the results of a new Sydney research project.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Elbridge Colby is reviewing the AUKUS pact for the Trump administration. His grandfather was a supporting character in an infamous Australian banking scandal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Students from migrant families outperformed their Australian-born peers in all year groups and areas tested.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The Minns government is looking at a radical proposal to pay cyclists to ride to work

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Mark Coker first spotted the 12-year-old girls inside McDonald's and felt they had a "connection”. He followed them into the water at Bondi Beach days later.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The free-fare period will even apply to stations at Sydney Airport, which would otherwise charge up to $17.92 on top of a train ticket for a one-way trip.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Deb Taylor is one of many West Australians guiding people through the state government-run website to register their firearms. For some, the task is too big.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

National results in the benchmark test this year remain static, but Victorian students have shown marked improvement.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Almost half of students in the year group are not meeting proficiency standards in grammar and punctuation, but for those just a few years older, the NAPLAN results tell a different story.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Queensland recorded its highest NAPLAN participation in years, however it fell behind on several other metrics.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A big mistake, on reflection.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A major figure in Australian cultural institutions is set to take the reins of Brisbane Festival as artistic director.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Parents of a teenager accused of killing a Perth nurse in an Edgewater park have admitted in court they have no control over their son.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A complaint about educators left alone with children at the centre where Joshua Brown is accused of child abuse is among a trove of documents leaked to this masthead.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Serious concerns have been raised over Smyth's CD96 work, which formed the foundation for a cancer drug now being tested in humans.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

What more needs to happen before we impose sanctions or cut military ties on Israel or recognise Palestine?

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The former St Kilda star is receiving support from a court bail program after being charged with violence offences.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

New data has revealed older Australians are more likely to be caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

St Kilda great Nicky Winmar is facing potential jail time over the alleged assault of a woman.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The 35-year-old man was arrested at the University of NSW Randwick campus in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The federal government has rejected research that claims smoking increased among young people after vape sales were banned in 2024.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The latest figures show retail vacancy rates in the CBD have dropped to 5.5 per cent.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A Melbourne man is recovering from life-saving surgery two weeks after the program discovered he had stage 1 lung cancer.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

I was instrumental in the push to legalise medicinal cannabis in Australia when my son, Dan, was dying of cancer. It changed his life. But unscrupulous operators are ruining what I fought for.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Major banks will put more than $93 million back in the pockets of low- income customers who have been charged excessive fees.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli bet his career on victim numbers falling and today he faced the first test.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Millions of dollars of Queensland Police cars have been claimed to be sitting idle, waiting to be kitted out.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Private investigators say a new witness has come forward with a chilling tale about the disappearance of the Beaumont siblings in 1966.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A key witness has told 9News she'd been involved in a dispute with the victim before the deadly shooting at Munno Parra West.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

NSW Police plan to block a march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge by pro-Palestine protesters, claiming the public gathering would put lives at risk.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

I started an arts course this year only to find my choice of subjects meant I would pay as little as $14,000 or as much as $50,000 for my degree. Bizarre cost discrepancies are rife.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Victoria and NSW say dangerously fast e-bikes and e-scooters are being illegally ridden on Australian roads and increasingly killing and injuring people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

With a fair chance of falls this weekend, the Granite Belt is preparing for an influx of snow angels keen to witness a winter wonderland.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A 102-year-old woman has died after a blaze at her Coburg North home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The Victorian government has announced new legislation to bring two key changes to the system.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Sir Michael Hill, the founder of global jewellery brand Michael Hill, has died aged 86.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Viewing Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks from one popular vantage point in North Sydney could cost at least $50.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Housing stress could be leading Melburnians to have fewer babies in their lifetime in all but a few of the city's most affordable suburbs, new analysis suggests.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Minderoo has partnered with the state's peak regional arts body to boost 20 country-based not-for-profit organisations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Chris Marco's defence lawyer told WA's Supreme Court his client was not guilty of defrauding his investors of $36.5 million because he genuinely believed he was working legitimately.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The university student told investigators he had more than 25,000 videos and images on his phone because he was trying to report it to authorities.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The teenager allegedly crashed an off-road electric motorcycle into a pedestrian in Perth's north on Saturday afternoon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Locals are frustrated by North Sydney Council's controversial plan to charge revellers $50 to view the fireworks at Blues Point.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Two lawyers are accused of lying to the court about a client having a car accident to explain the client's absence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The activists are believed to have targeted the National Gallery of Victoria because of donations the gallery has received from Jewish philanthropists John and Pauline Gandel, who have ties to Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Glenn Maxwell edges a ball to short third-man and is sent packing for a golden duck against the West Indies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Sydney commuters could be compensated for riding an e-bike or e-scooter to work, under a creative financial incentive scheme that has worked wonders in Europe.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

His father says his son is his "property”, is being kidnapped by the state and forced to undergo treatment without his consent.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Commentators are stunned as star Australian fielder Glenn Maxwell drops an easy catch against the West Indies early in the fifth T20I.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A massive fire has torn through a factory in Minto, in Sydney's south-west.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Due to a negative focus and social media, audiences are divided into warring camps. But there's a solution.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The former Liberal finance minister has been appointed to another five-year term as Secretary-General of the OECD, backed by US government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The underworld figure handed out Versace gold bracelets to CFMEU officials at restaurants and coffee shops in a gesture the union's administrator says was inappropriate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Land tax and stamp duty payments from properties around Suburban Rail Loop stations would be sucked into a special fund under a contentious proposal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

As costs of running local government elections soar, one south-west council is grappling with a bill that has ballooned by 90 per cent.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

As plans for a $217 million racetrack and amphitheatre on the Burswood peninsula crystallise, opponents have taken aim at the much-vaunted economic benefits.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

For years, the project to transform the famous venue has been frustrated by cost blowouts and delays. The council hopes the $122 million overhaul will be worth the wait.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

During my visit 15 years ago, there were no shops, few homes and no roundabouts, while a central arterial road literally came to a gravelly stop next to the local oval.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

The 59-year-old woman was hit and killed by an electric dirt bike whilst walking through a Perth park.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Doctors say the boy was weeks from death and his parents don't want him receiving the treatment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

While Canadian restaurateurs take the piss.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Community sporting groups have slammed new plans to lock them out of Albert Park for even longer at Grand Prix time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

The school said it was reviewing an incident at a faith lecture attended by about 100 students and staff in the last week of term 2.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Three years after a fatal chopper crash, Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A famous Gold Coast landmark has been chosen as the backdrop for a brand new Netflix movie with filming now underway.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Fisheries and other major marine licence holders who have seen a 30 per cent decline in turnover due to the algae buildup could receive a $100,000 grant.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Thalia Jacka said the grandfather would do anything for his children.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A prime site in Melbourne's west boasts river frontage, city views and proximity to transport links. Yet Solomon Heights has remained undeveloped for a century.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A north shore childcare centre has received a formal warning after educators taped toddlers' mouths shut as part of a "breathing exercise”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Collingwood pub the Gasometer is being saved as a venue for gigs after its closure in March sparked fears for the pub's future. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

More than a month later and after extensive public appeals, no one has claimed the life-changing prize.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

The coroner is investigating standards and guidelines of home births, the mother's suitability for a home birth and the care she received.

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