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Queensland is Australia’s top polluter – even worse than Western Australia, which has no climate target and adores its fossil fuel industry

Australia's share market is within striking distance of its highest close after its best day in two weeks, as investors look past US-China trade jitters.

Ex-England fast bowler Stuart Broad has hit back at David Warner, claiming Australia are at their weakest for a home Ashes series in 15 years.

Haji Wright scored twice off Cristian Roldan assists as the US closed the October window with a win. Read Alexander Abnos’s minute-by-minute report

The USMNT have produced encouraging performances in back-to-back games.

The AFP alleges a man sent $650,000 in international money transfers to banks in Iran that were subject to the Australian government's sanctioned list.

Hamas to return more bodies as Israel threatens to cut aid; research suggests reducing speed limits would not delay drivers

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In August 2025, there was a plague of Monarch butterflies near Nannup in Western Australia. Thousands of winged creatures arrived – attracted to two invasive weeds, cotton bush and milkweed. In a time of a bitter loss of bees and butterflies in our ecologies, the multitude of fluttering wings was…

More public electric vehicle (EV) chargers will be built across Australia through a A$40 million funding boost, according to a recent government announcement. The new chargers will be a mix of fast chargers and kerbside chargers.

Earlier this month, former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder.