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Life of Eraring power station in Lake Macquarie extended to April 2029, Origin Energy says

Game-by-game report: Australia’s No 1 women’s player fell to a shock defeat to the world No 54 from the Czech Republic

Ministers will visit Australia as part of the consultation.

ATO’s debt collecting firm pays no corporate tax; Labor and Liberals cut a deal over proposed hate speech laws after Bondi terror attack; Trump links Greenland crisis to Nobel Peace Prize snub

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First-time grand slam seed Maya Joint is among eight home hopes in action on day three of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

After a heartwrenching first-round exit at the Australian Open, Alexei Popyrin says he needs to "really look deep inside" himself to try and turn his form.

It's been a year since the multibillion-dollar unravelling of American aid, costing the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and shaking up the sector.

In recent decades, millions of Australians have embraced body art – an estimated 30% of adults have a tattoo. Over a third of those with tattoos have five or more pieces.

When Optus, Medibank and non-bank lender Latitude Financial were hit by separate cyber attacks in the past few years, millions of Australians felt the fallout: stolen personal data, disrupted services and weeks of uncertainty. Each breach raised the same uncomfortable question: how can this keep happening?

Australia is projected to endure drawn-out, above-target inflation, global economic body the International Monetary Fund says.