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Worst heatwave since black summer forecast for more than half of Australia

Fire danger expected to reach extreme levels in South Australia, Victoria and inland NSW this week

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Afternoon Update: PM changes tone on Bondi royal commission; sinkhole opens in Melbourne; and Head continues Ashes dominance

Anthony Albanese opens the door to a national inquiry amid growing community pressure

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Australian Open prize money increased to record high thanks to Tennis Australia boost

Men’s and women’s singles champions will pocket $4.15m each while players who lose in qualifying still take home at least $40,500

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‘It all flows’: commuters celebrate as new Sydney Harbour Bridge bike ramp opens

First cyclists cross long-awaited $39m ramp, replacing notorious 55-step staircase and linking North Sydney to CBD

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Bruce Lehrmann makes last-ditch legal effort to appeal defamation loss

Former Liberal staffer alleges initial findings against him were ‘compromised’ in latest chapter of high-profile legal case

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US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals

Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%

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Man denies allegedly firebombing rabbi’s car bearing Hanukah sign in Melbourne

John Argento, 47, appeared in court charged with Christmas Day attack on car with a billboard reading ‘Happy Chanukah’

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Man dies in Sydney after being pepper-sprayed by NSW police during arrest

Police were responding to reports of alleged domestic violence incident when 52-year-old suffered medical episode at Homebush property

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Ukraine war briefing: Russian strikes kill two and trigger hospital fire ahead of Paris peace talks

Overnight attacks trigger evacuations ‘under fire’ at Kyiv medical facility while European leaders gather to seek peace plan breakthrough. What we know on day 1,413

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Venezuela detains journalists and seizes communication devices after Maduro’s removal

Thirteen of those detained were released according to the country’s National Union of Press Workers

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Tunnelling paused after large sinkhole opens in sporting oval in Melbourne’s north-east

The five-metre deep hole emerged in Heidelberg, near construction for the $26bn North East Link project

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Australia v England: fifth Ashes Test, day three – as it happened

Australia 518-7 at stumps with a lead of 134 runs on England’s first innings total after centuries from Head and Smith

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Morning Mail: Maduro pleads not guilty in US court, bushfire warning for city suburbs, Stokes’ sweary Ashes spat

The deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro appears in court; report warns homes on outskirts of Australian are at risk from LA-style fires

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Police commissioner says extension ‘not about stopping free speech’ – as it happened

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Australian books to look forward to in 2026: from a 278-page sentence to a memoir about a ‘cursed vagina’

It promises to be a marvellous year ahead for OzLit, with new books from the likes of Kate Grenville, Siang Lu, Antoinette Lattouf, Shaun Micallef, Judith Lucy and more

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Outskirts of Australian cities at risk of catastrophic fires on scale of deadly LA blazes, study finds

At least 6.9 million residents on Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart fringes exposed as dry summer follows years of vegetation growth

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‘You’re ringing an old lady in outback Queensland for life advice’: travellers worried about floods skip AI and pick up the phone

Flooding across the state’s north and west blocks roads and cuts off towns at a time of year when so many are on holidays

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My rookie era: I’m learning to swim in the ocean, braving the waves and marine life

I’ve swum and squealed alongside enormous blue gropers, tiny stingrays, silver and striped fish and even a Port Jackson shark

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As we farewelled Ronda, our soft-hearted labrador, the grief was as painful as any I’ve felt

Ronda was a beauty in every sense, and her love for her human and canine family was as unencumbered as it was uncomplicated

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Former Labor MPs say ‘democracy at stake’ in call for royal commission into Bondi terror attack

Open letter to Anthony Albanese from pro-Israel group says only commonwealth inquiry can ‘unpack dynamics of Jew hatred’

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Drake and livestreamer Adin Ross accused of using online casino money to artificially inflate streams in class action case

US class action alleges Stake’s anonymised design enabled rapper to fund automated streams on music platforms

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Teenage boy who survived Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy killed in ebike accident in Tasmania

Lucas Reid, 15, remembered for ‘resilience and optimism’ after bike crash near Devonport on New Year’s Eve

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NSW residents urged to check if they are owed share of $300m in unclaimed money

Millions of dollars held by Revenue NSW includes uncashed cheques, refunds and other payments owed to individuals who may have died or changed address

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Rise in holiday measles infections sparks health alerts in NSW, SA and Victoria

Cases of the highly contagious virus jumped nearly threefold in 2025 as immunisation rates declined

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Brain injuries linked to cognitive issues in domestic violence survivors, Australian study finds

Study into intimate partner violence finds strangulation and head impacts increase risk of long-term memory loss and cognitive disabilities

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