Asia-Pacific: Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 minutes ago)

Police body-worn video shows Robert Huber leading officers to his partner's body. Source: Supreme Court Media

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 minutes ago)

Just over a year into his term as lord mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece says his greatest success has been in an area not usually within the council's remit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 minutes ago)

Four men charged after co-ordinated AFP and NSW Police raids across Sydney.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 minutes ago)

The 33-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to hospital, where she has since died.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 minutes ago)

No items of interest have been found and nobody has been taken into custody, but police are treating the disappearance as suspicious.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 minutes ago)

A doctor whose patient was seriously injured when an out-of-control car ploughed into his surgery says he has been overwhelmed by the support from his local community.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 minutes ago)

Investigators raided more than a dozen homes and storage units across Sydney, seizing illegal cigarettes and cash.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (An hour ago)

Ben Stokes fumes after Michael Neser gets his wicket in Brisbane.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (An hour ago)

The incident sent the high school into lockdown on Monday, with the injured teen stabbed in the arm and head.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (An hour ago)

The state funeral for controversial Labor kingmaker Graham Richardson is under way, with hundreds of dignitaries and political heavyweights in attendance.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 hours ago)

Anyone hoping to operate short-term rentals in low and medium-density areas will need a permit and be subject to a three-strike complaints policy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 hours ago)

Bauxite miner Alcoa's plans to drill more than 100,000 holes a year as it explores the Darling Ranges have raised the hackle of WA's mining department.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 hours ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is encouraging children to catch up face-to-face ahead of the under-16s social media ban.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 hours ago)

A man has also been accused of being an accessory to murder for the shooting south of Brisbane.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 hours ago)

The teenager was treated but died at the scene in Diamond Creek at about 10pm on Monday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (4 hours ago)

Western Sydney professionals like Rayan Narayan are spending time and money enriching the eastern side of the city.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 hours ago)

Crown prosecutor Meredith Hunt was devastated when her VCE results were well below what she needed. But like a growing number of students, she didn't let this quash her dreams.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 hours ago)

A new report has shown the ATAR plays a smaller and more uneven role in university admissions than many WA students and their families may think.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 hours ago)

A teenage boy has died after being hit by a car while riding an e-bike in north-east Melbourne.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 hours ago)

Police have charged a 28-year-old woman with murder over the alleged shooting death of a man south of Brisbane.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 hours ago)

Australia and US foreign and defence ministers have declared the alliance between the two allies remains 'strong' during talks in Washington DC.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (6 hours ago)

Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (7 hours ago)

The disgraced surgeon is attempting to relaunch his career in the United States. But he's already run into more legal trouble.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (7 hours ago)

The principal of The Scots College was slow to react to a brutal initiation ceremony by his students.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (7 hours ago)

When Marles and Wong go to the US, it would benefit us all if they got down to brass tacks about the defence of Australia in the event of war – above and beyond our own military spending.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (7 hours ago)

Ashley Paul Griffith allegedly abused two dozen children in NSW, the eldest aged only four. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Yeomans wants him brought to justice.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (7 hours ago)

Andrew Andersons has updated his 1988 design of the State Library of NSW's Macquarie Street wing, including letting light into the reading rooms that are underground.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (7 hours ago)

More than 30 antisemitic incidents were recorded in 2024, including students performing Nazi salutes, drawing hate symbols and verbally harassing peers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (12 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (15 hours ago)

While getting two-timed in reception.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (15 hours ago)

Long-standing failures in the justice system caused the death of an Indigenous teenager who died in detention, a coroner has found.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (15 hours ago)

There is a statewide search in Western Australia for a mother and her adult son, with police warning they could be dangerous.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (15 hours ago)

Police have revealed why it took more than 20 minutes to respond to a call for help from paramedics under attack in Western Australia's Goldfields.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (15 hours ago)

Emergency services rushed to Ellenbrook Secondary College just after 3pm, after what police described as a targeted attack involving a group of armed youths outside the college.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

You've probably never heard of this place. And what's with locals calling it a village? But you have to admit it has charm.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

The new law will not solve every problem with "surveillance capitalism” and predatory online behaviour, but it shows governments can address public worries and not just shrug them off.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

A Perth school has been locked down after reports of a stabbing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

A former hospital nurse has been found guilty of murdering Toyah Cordingley, seven years after the young woman's body was found on an isolated beach.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (16 hours ago)

Residents in the path of a bushfire that has been burning for days are again on alert after a national parks worker died trying to halt the fire's spread.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Barnaby Joyce has confirmed Pauline Hanson has made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

A 59-year-old firefighter has been killed in NSW, as stories of heroism emerged from another blaze.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Police are investigating the alleged assault of a teenage boy during a gathering of students from Scots College in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Drew Douglas was trying to leave her abusive partner but was stabbed to death before she had the chance.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

"Sherpas” are carrying the bags of struggling passengers at a Sydney train station after the lifts broke again.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Students, researchers and scholars want to use the library in different ways – hiring out the spaces and evolving its services are necessary if it is to survive as a temple of engagement.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

A court has released terrifying pictures of a woman's relentless campaign of vengeance against her landlord and former housemates.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

A male pedestrian has died and a woman in the middle of a doctor's appointment was injured after a car crashed into a Melbourne medical centre.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Denise Allan was last seen more than a week ago.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Ashton Hurn is the new South Australian opposition leader after being voted in unanimously by her colleagues.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Police are searching for a motorbike rider who allegedly caused a fiery explosion at St Marys in Adelaide.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

A robbery at an Adelaide bottle shop has turned violent, with an elderly man thrown to the ground and a staff member rushed to hospital.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Backpackers have been "strongly discouraged” from attending the bacchanalia this year. Those who attend can expect heightened police and security patrols.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

A report has found there were at least five missed opportunities to stop prolific paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (17 hours ago)

Flights from the Gold Coast to Auckland will resume next year, Qantas has announced.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

The report by the Child Death Review Board included instances former childcare worker and convicted paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith was observed kissing children.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

The rise of for-profit chains means the government now has to hunt "bad faith” providers through a complicated chain of company names, an inquiry has heard.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

A man is fighting for life after becoming trapped in his car during a multi-vehicle crash in Brisbane's north.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

Police believed Rajwinder Singh flew to India soon after Cordingley's body was found, leaving his wife and children behind in the north Queensland town of Innisfail.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

Coroner Philip Urquhart said the "harrowing” evidence he heard about Cleveland Dodd's final days at Unit 18 was some of the "saddest I have presided over”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (18 hours ago)

If there is dissatisfaction with entitlements for federal MPs, the entitlements should be questioned, not the minister's valid use of them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (19 hours ago)

The Scots College principal has vowed "consequences will follow” after a 17-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted as part of an off-campus event on Saturday afternoon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (19 hours ago)

The Economic Regulation Authority has accused Bluewaters Power of pricing electricity higher than allowed under WA's complex energy rules. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (19 hours ago)

Jonathan Agnew has had enough of the way England plays Test cricket.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (20 hours ago)

Ashley Paul Griffith could have been caught five times, including two occasions when he kissed young girls in his care, if the state had a mandatory reporting scheme.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (20 hours ago)

A pedestrian has died in Melbourne's north-west after a car crashed into a medical centre and badly injured a woman inside.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

Melbourne businessman Gregory O'Shea has declared himself bankrupt as a conga line of creditors pursue his collapsed freight company.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (21 hours ago)

Drew Douglas was killed by her partner of 14 years because she was about to leave him, a judge has heard. Now her family has faced her murderer in court.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (23 hours ago)

A teenager has been charged and another alleged offender is on the run after a man was fatally stabbed outside shops in Ascot Vale on Sunday afternoon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (23 hours ago)

Vince Harrigan grew up eating the stuff and says it's organic, clean, tastes good and is the future of sustainable meat production.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (23 hours ago)

A teenager has been charged and police are looking for a second suspect after a 40-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Melbourne's north.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (23 hours ago)

Two men jailed for attacking three teenagers during a buck's party weekend will face a retrial after winning appeals, while a third has been acquitted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (23 hours ago)

Three men, including a foreign citizen, have been arrested for allegedly using Nazi symbols.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A firefighter has been killed north of Sydney as fires continue to burn across NSW.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Barnaby Joyce has confirmed he will move to One Nation after Pauline Hanson made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A pedestrian has been killed and a woman injured after a car crashed into a medical centre in Melbourne's north west.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The naked man repeatedly smashed the windscreen of the ambulance, forcing the paramedics to call for back-up support. Credit: Facebook

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Vision captured of the incident shows the man allegedly punching through the glass of the ambulance while covered in blood and slamming his head into the windshield.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The materials teach students about extreme weather, threatened species and ocean acidification, but omit a focus on the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Police say a 17-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted as part of the human tunnel event on Saturday afternoon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Despite its beaches and multimillion-dollar properties, the holiday region is facing a homelessness crisis that support services fear will only get worse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Residents in one suburb object to the sound of car doors opening and closing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Unreadable handwriting and unusual workings – assessors face more than a few challenges as they sort out what marks to give students around the state.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Dozens of sharks have been spotted feeding in the shallows of Tallow Beach at Byron Bay.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A group of men broke into a Wellington Point home just before 1am and shot the 25-year-old resident in the foot.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A man has been shot in a home invasion in Wellington Point, Brisbane.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Communications Minister Anika Wells is facing a fresh wave of scrutiny after it was revealed she spent $4000 of taxpayer funds on flying her husband to the cricket.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Michael Neser repays the faith of Australian selectors with a five-wicket haul, earning high praise from Steve Smith.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Police and protective service officers will be boosted at shopping centres in Melbourne, part of a 90-day operation to crack down on violent crime.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

All 55 fires burning in NSW are at advice level, but authorities are warning residents not to become complacent after a weekend of devastation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

You might never speak to them, or even make eye contact, but there are probably a few people you recognise on your regular commute. But researchers say they're becoming less common.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A day after his request to meet with the federal government was knocked back, the Queensland premier directly lobbied two foreign PMs.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

NSW Police have released CCTV footage as they investigate a body found in a burnt-out SUV in the state's west.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The former opposition leader is living the good life of a semi-retired property investor, down-sizing and heading off on holiday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Big infrastructure takes time and costs a fortune. But our city would become unworkable without it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Extra police and protective security will begin 90 days of patrolling four major shopping centres amid a rise in violent retail crimes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

For many children, social media is the digital version of meeting up after school and on weekends. With platforms soon to be out of reach, families are facing tough conversations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Rowers are fighting a rearguard battle to stop construction of a tidal pool close to the last Olympic-length rowing course near the harbour.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The Australian journalist and author, who was incarcerated in Beijing in 2020 for three years, on enduring prison, embracing life – and keeping perspective.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A $2 billion upgrade to the Warringah Freeway is regarded as one of the toughest road-building projects in Sydney in decades.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

Around the state, girls' schools are maintaining their academic edge in the latest secondary school results.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

A council's legal bid to compel a developer to revegetate endangered grassland on an $11 million Melbourne property has been likened to the fight to rebuild the Corkman pub.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (A day ago)

The man is among sex offenders who have committed violent crimes while on supervision orders but whose cases have been hidden from the public and protected by legislation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Koolewong residents returned the smouldering remains of their homes on Sunday after 16 houses were lost to a fast-moving and furious bushfire.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Bad news comes in threes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Jofra Archer finds his voice despite Australia being on the brink of victory.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Castle Hill High School's English head is one of the longest standing markers: one of just 30 to have marked students across four decades.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Ben Stokes' frustration is clear after Michael Neser gets his wicket at the Gabba.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Two men are behind bars over a stabbing at a busy shopping centre in Sydney's south west.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

More reports are emerging of a man continually following women and teenage girls home in Adelaide.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A naked man and his son have confronted violent intruders who kicked down their door in the middle of the night in Adelaide.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Bringing new gas supply online sooner is the only sustainable solution to put downward pressure on prices.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Some of the country's most beloved events are facing change next year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Police are hunting for seven people after a gang was caught on CCTV smashing a door and stealing two BMWs in a violent home invasion in Logan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Steve Smith takes an incredible catch at first slip off the bowling of Michael Neser.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Tony Abbott has blamed conservatives for their political woes. Is this the first time he hasn't blamed the Labor Party for something?

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A review into Queensland's gender services for young people was finalised a week ago, but the health minister said he is yet to finish reading it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A man has died after being stabbed in Ascot Vale on Sunday afternoon. Investigations are ongoing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Residents on the NSW Central Coast spoke of their fears as fire took hold of their homes in the small suburb of Koolewong.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Cabinet Minister Anika Wells is again being criticised over expenses billed to taxpayers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A man has been charged with attempted murder as police launch investigations into two separate stabbing incidents over the weekend.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The latest available patronage figures show that October saw the highest number of boardings in a month at 340,000.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The bright-green Dixon Veloway has opened in Melbourne's inner west to reduce the number of cyclists braving the truck-laden thoroughfare.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A plan to generate electricity by burning 600,000 tonnes of Sydney's waste near a western NSW town has locals worried about their health and livelihoods.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The statewide crackdown was the largest-ever operation against illicit tobacco and vape retailers in Australia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Australian trauma doctors have warned parents against buying their children illegal e-bikes ahead of Christmas after a string of horror incidents on the roads.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A new report, from the WA Make Renting Fair Alliance, has found renters across the state are now paying on average $20,000 more per year than they were in 2021.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Steve Foskett finished building this home a month ago. He tells us why this and others were saved from Saturday's ferocious blaze.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Michael Neser takes two caught-and-bowled wickets as England collapse in the second innings.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

A passenger of a car has been killed after it smashed into a pole in Geelong.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Multiple fires are still burning on the NSW Central Coast as a sudden wind change is expected to fan the flames.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Shark-spotting drones will be deployed at unpatrolled popular surfing spots after two fatal attacks in NSW.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Two weeks of hearings from Queensland's inquiry into the troubled union and construction sector has seen clearer pictures begin to form – but much yet to come.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The healthcare system is badly broken, and it is consumers who end up paying, says Dr Margaret Faux in this edited extract from her book How to Avoid the Medical Bill Rip Off!

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The house in Warnbro was a place of neglect, stained by meth use. It was in this spiralling chaos that Luke Sekkouah stabbed Erica Hay to death and set her body on fire.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Royal Life Saving Australia continues to raise the alarm about the public's water safety knowledge, particularly among people born overseas. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

We signed a deal with the US two months ago. But very few projects are under way.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

The Thornbury venue racked up more than $2 million in unpaid taxes including staff superannuation in just under five years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Children across Sydney will be unwrapping new e-bikes this Christmas. Trauma specialists at the city's hospitals are concerned.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

Cranbrook will ban smartphones for certain grades, while other schools are removing YouTube in response to the social media ban.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

On a recent visit to Sydney, I was stunned at how different it is from Melbourne. But the most striking aspects to me weren't the obvious ones.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (2 days ago)

2025/26 Ashes: 2nd Test, Day 3 Recap

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Mitchell Starc is caught in the outfield but England makes it look difficult.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

If the average person doesn't work, they don't get paid. Perhaps the same system should apply to MPs who fail to attend parliament.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A teenage boy is recovering in hospital after he was hit by a car whilst riding an e-bike in Claremont, Perth.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Western Australia's fisheries minister is under fire for failing to front a key meeting with families blindsided by the state's new demersal ban.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Outer-suburban residents generate 14 times more carbon emissions to get around than those in the inner city, according to research.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A man has desperately tried to find help from strangers in the middle of the night after being stabbed in Logan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Bevan Spencer von Einem has died in prison in Adelaide while serving a life sentence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Police investigating an alleged arson attack on two sporting sites say they have now found a substantial amount of methamphetamine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Queensland NRL great Wendell Sailor has found himself on the wrong side of the law again

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Long suspected of taking part in a string of heinous crimes, the killer's death is a "good thing”, according to one premier.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A woman raped by the son of a high-profile Victorian man has broken her silence about the "deeply traumatising experience”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Three children have been saved from a burning car in Melbourne by their heroic mother, who ran towards the vehicle as the flames took hold

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A dozen families are homeless after a fierce, fast-moving bushfire destroyed a small community on the NSW Central Coast.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

A man is in a coma after confronting a stranger for making too much noise outside a Sydney pub.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

It's been just over a month since the federal government rolled out major reforms to the aged care system but already advocates say there are gaps.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

Sydney has sweltered through a heatwave with temperatures close to 40 degrees.

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Sydney Morning Herald - National (3 days ago)

An attack on a 21-year-old mosque in Hoppers Crossing has sparked political condemnation.

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