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Australia News · 1 November 2026
- R-Codes changes open for public comment
Last week, the State Government announced that reforms to the Residential Design Codes (R-Codes) are now open for public comment until February 26, 2027.
- WA battery minerals economy: MinRes having a blast at Mt Marion lithium mine
Mineral Resources’ $490 million expansion of the Mt Marion lithium mine is picking up steam with digging to take the project underground under way.
- Perth’s next price cycle may be shaped by a shortage of workers
Across the country, housing markets are cooling, established prices are falling, sales are slowing and buyers are waiting for clearer signals on interest rates.
- United Cup: Tournament director Stephen Farrow hopeful of luring Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner for 2027
United Cup tournament director Stephen Farrow has revealed the first two teams to be part of this year’s multi-city event - and opened up on talks with men’s superstars Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
- Spectacular property in breathtaking location
Spanning more than 190 acres across two titles, this Dwellingup estate features extensive river frontage and feels worlds away from it all.
- Alcaraz's virtuoso Vienna waltz sinks battling Demon
Australia's finest Alex de Minaur gave it everything but found it impossible to cope with the dazzling quality of Carlos Alcaraz in the Vienna Open final.
- Trump closes out midterms campaign with rallies in under threat states
Iran, Qatari mediators hold third day of talks as fears mount for post-election escalation; Israeli strikes kill eight people in Gaza. Follow live updates. .
- Pope hopes Oleshky truce can spur Ukraine-Russia peace
The co-operation shown by Ukrainian and Russian authorities in the city of Oleshky will hopefully boost broader peace initiatives, Pope Leo says.
- Megan is a Perth public housing tenant. Her neighbours are making her life hell
Megan’s Cloverdale street was quiet, tight-knit and friendly until her next door neighbours moved in about four years ago. Since then, she says the neighbourhood has been plagued with drugs, screaming and violence.
- France opens 'attempted murder' probe after riot police attacked with petrol bomb
A French officer described "skin that stings" after being set alight by a molotov cocktail during another weekend of protests in Paris.
- I spent the first day of the south-west metro’s life exploring the delights of the line. Now I want to move closer
My relationship with Sydney’s delayed metro extension is complicated. But on Friday, as I caught a regular bus home, I daydreamed of moving – one more timeI’ve already been awake for six hours when I jump off the metro back at Bankstown station at 8.33am on Friday. It’s the first day of driverless trains running on the extension from Bankstown to Sydenham and I was on the first service heading into the city at 4.31am.The trip on the new track took just 21 minutes in the wee hours. Now I’m exploring the line at a more leisurely pace. I’m not sure what meal I should be eating as I stumble into An Restaurant before 9am. It’s widely considered to serve some of Sydney’s best pho. Continue reading...
- Home values fall for seventh consecutive month as interest rates dent demand
Centre of downturn shifts away from Sydney and Melbourne, but after such strong growth most homeowners still sit on sizeable gainsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian home values have dropped for a seventh consecutive month, with prices in the capital cities now falling at the fastest pace in 40 years as rising mortgage rates scare off buyers.Cotality data shows the centre of the downturn is also shifting away from Sydney and Melbourne toward the mid-sized state capital cities, with Brisbane and Perth leading October’s declines. Continue reading...
- Odette on a later-in-life autism diagnosis: ‘It completely revolutionised the way that I exist’
Last year, she got sober and an official diagnosis. It’s not the first time a new understanding about herself has reframed the Sydney artist’s music – and lifeIn 2021, just before the release of her second album, Sydney singer-songwriter Odette – full name Georgia Odette Sallybanks – was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. As she said at the time, this threw new light on the songs she had written in the murky depths of constant rumination. She renamed the album from Dwell to Herald – reframing from slippery interiority to public declaration – and threw herself into the promo cycle with more ruthless honesty than ever.That rawness, and her signature dance between rich vocal runs and loping spoken-word rhythms, has won her fans worldwide, as well as four Aria nominations. Her…
- Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature
Exclusive: Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory government has been accused of making a “blatant and shameless” attack on nature by planning to delete a legal requirement that water must be allocated to the environment.In what has been described as the latest in a series of attacks on the environment by the NT’s Country Liberal party, the Finocchiaro government plans to change water rules that govern how much ground and surface water industry can take. Continue reading...
- AI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says
Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their workGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAI is taking First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales has said.Scales, the chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, said the technology is undermining the agency of First Nations artists and the authenticity of their work and represents a “a theft” of cultural knowledge. Continue reading...
- China communists vow to cleanse party of 'viruses'
The Communist Party of China must persist in "continually removing the viruses that corrode the party's healthy body," President Xi Jinping says.
- The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban – podcast
The first major legal challenge against Australia’s under-16s social media ban is set to heard in the high court on Tuesday – 11 months on from the policy taking effect. As similar bans are adopted across the world, the challenges – from online giant Reddit and the Digital Freedom Project - will argue that the ban prevents young people from political communication.Technology reporter Josh Taylor speaks to host Reged Ahmad about whether this is the beginning of the end for Labor’s world-leading social media banRead more:Anika Wells named on Time100 list as one of ‘world’s most influential rising stars’ after social media ban Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban Continue reading...
- Former NSW Liberal leads overhaul of One Nation candidate selection process
Exclusive: Mark Jones, once on track for one of the Liberal party’s most powerful roles, is now instrumental in One Nation’s expansionGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastIn 2023, a young and ambitious Liberal moderate was on the brink of securing one of the most powerful roles in the party: state director of the New South Wales branch. Three years later, he is playing a key role in selecting and vetting One Nation candidates determined to beat his former colleagues.Multiple Liberal sources familiar with recruitment for the position, which involves running election campaigns and managing fundraising, confirm Mark Jones was among the final three candidates for the role before his career advancement was ultimately blocked.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics,…
- A-League Women: Perth Glory produce statement win by beating heavyweight Wellington Phoenix 2-0
Perth Glory have produced a statement A-League Women’s win and claimed one of their biggest victories in years by beating pre-season title fancies Wellington Phoenix 2-0 at HBF Park.
- British surprise Dart arrows in for first WTA title
British battler Harriet Dart has landed her first tour title at the age of 30, winning the Guangzhou Open in China.
- Inside the Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: What the jury has heard about Jesse Baird, Luke Davies’ Paddington deaths
Spying through Jesse Baird’s window, a fake cancer claim and messages allegedly sent from his phone to fake a trip to Perth. Here’s what the jury has heard in Beau Lamarre-Condon’s trial. WARNING: Distressing content.
- Victory, Glory in A-League Women top-four after wins
Melbourne Victory have scrapped past Newcastle 1-0 in the A-League Women while Western Sydney beat Canberra United and Glory defeated Wellington.
- Welsh health board may close urgent primary care centres at three hospitals
UPCCs in Holyhead, Tremadog and Bangor may shut as Betsi Cadwaladr University health board struggles with funding and recruitmentA struggling Welsh health board may close urgent primary care centres at three hospitals, citing funding and recruitment issues, prompting widespread criticism.Betsi Cadwaladr University health board, which serves about a quarter of Wales’s population, said it was consulting on ending urgent primary care centres (UPCCs) at Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley in Holyhead, Ysbyty Alltwen in Tremadog and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor by April 2027. Continue reading...
- Homes losing $9000 a month as RBA mulls another rate hike
House values tumbled for a seventh consecutive month in October with the decline spreading across the country. It could get worse.
- Trust in politicians plunges, new polling shows, as education divide splits Australian voters
Three in four voters believe the nation is becoming more divided, with voters citing broken promises and dishonesty rather than the cost of living for a steep drop in political trust.
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- Superquiz, Monday, November 2
Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz.
- Australia nears 'largest property downturn in 40 years' as prices plunge
House prices have fallen for a seventh consecutive month, with the speed of the decline tracking at the fastest pace in 40 years, according to a property research group.
- One in four young men now say violence for a cause can be justified
Trust in politicians is down but Australians remain confident in key institutions, according to a new survey examining the country's democracy.
- Felix Auger-Aliassime, Stefanos Tsitsipas locked in for United Cup as Canada, Greece name teams
Four of tennis’ biggest names have been locked in for the United Cup, with more star announcements still to come ahead of the Sydney and Perth summer showdown.
- Tonga and Samoa can be State of Origin for the new century
The scale and spectacle of Tonga's Rugby League World Cup win over Samoa was not just an instant classic, it proved a demand for this clash that rugby league must find a way to supply.
- European running champion Ciara Mageean dies aged 34, Aussie Olympian Jessica Hull pays tribute
‘A beloved daughter, sister, wife, friend and inspiration to so many, she will be deeply missed.’
- Turnstile declined to tour with Metallica
Turnstile passed on an opportunity to open Metallica's gigs for the M72 tour.
- Gardner blasts Hurricanes in Sixers WBBL win
Ashleigh Gardner rescued her Sydney Sixers team with a super 124 off 60 balls and took three wickets in their 87 run WBBL win over the Hobart Hurricanes.
- Surfing world No.1 Picklum wins heat after broken board
Australia's reigning world surfing champion Molly Picklum had a tough heat before reaching the quarter-finals at the Philippines Pro.
- Seifert guides NZ to consolation T20 win over India
New Zealand have gained a consolation win over India in the fifth and final Twenty20 international in Hamilton.
- Chancellor fails to guarantee minimum wage pledge for younger workers
Manifesto promise to equalise rates before next election is now ‘a question of when’, John Healey tells BBCLabour looks less likely to meet its manifesto pledge to equalise the minimum wage for younger workers before the next election, after the chancellor failed to guarantee the rise within that timeframe.John Healey said on Sunday the government was still committed to the increase but failed to spell out when it would be achieved. In the budget, a rise in the minimum wage was handed to adults and under 20s, but there was no larger rise for younger workers, which would have been needed for a move towards equalisation. Continue reading...
- Britain should not issue apology over slave trade, says Kemi Badenoch
Tory leader says apology would be ‘navel-gazing distraction’ and would be used as lever for financial compensationKemi Badenoch has said an apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade would be a “navel-gazing distraction”, describing slavery as an evil “in which people from every continent and region participated”.Speaking to broadcasters on Sunday, Badenoch also questioned whether it was worth future leaders attending the Commonwealth summit, given that it was now dominated by calls for reparations. Continue reading...
- The surge in WFH was expected to trigger a baby boom. New data says otherwise
The surge in working from home during the pandemic led to studies saying it would boost birth rates. New Australian research has cast doubts on that.
- Russia opens terrorism case over Ukraine oil refinery attack
A facility which Ukraine named "one of Russia's largest" oil refineries reportedly sustained "significant damage" in the "massive drone attack".
- Lebanon's team of tradies win in all-time great finish at World Cup
Lebanon and France were not expected to produce one of the blockbusters of this Rugby League World Cup. But the two minnows showed great things can come from the most unexpected places.
- Cyclist fighting for life after hit by car on Pitchford Avenue, Maddington
The 43-year-old is fighting for life in hospital.
- Cosmic Crusader: Cox Plate winner to return to Ascot and defend Northerly crown in huge coup for carnival
Owner Bob Peters has confirmed Cox Plate winner Cosmic Crusader will be set to race at Ascot’s Pinnacles carnival after the WA star’s triumphant Melbourne spring campaign.
- Kangaroos caused problems for The Mongoose's production
The Mongoose, starring Liam Neeson, was filmed in Australia, whose national animal is the kangaroo.
- New public spending category PDEL is a welcome and could have big impact | Heather Stewart
The Preventative Departmental Expenditure Limit will be money ringfenced in the budget for preventive policiesJohn Healey’s debut budget was far from a blockbuster, but it may come to be remembered for the birth of a plucky new character in the tax and spend universe – little PDEL.It may not have the charm of Disney’s Wall-E, but PDEL (pronounced P-Del), Preventative Departmental Expenditure Limit, to give it its full name, marks a welcome, and potentially very consequential, addition. Continue reading...
- Best of cartoons, November 2, 2026
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
- Courtney and Sev win The Block 2026 after huge $4.72 million auction result
The Block finale erupted into a night of huge bids, high nerves and eye-watering money as buyers turned auction day into a blockbuster.
- Greens Cessnock candidate Ethan Floyd slams One Nation ‘entitlement’ in first pitch to voters
A young political candidate has taken aim at his One Nation rival, accusing him of ‘entitlement’ in advance of the state election.
- Treehouse Village accommodation encourages Albany kids to ditch screens and rediscover old-school play
Rope pulleys, secret cubbies and a treehouse — one Albany accommodation is giving children a reason to put down their screens and rediscover the fun of play.
- Rugby League World Cup LIVE updates: Fonua-Blake storms over Leniu to give Tonga late lead over Samoa
Follow all the action as the Pacific powerhouses clash at sold-out CommBank Stadium tonight.
- Crowd erupts as Toia darts over
The CommBank Stadium crowd erupts as Robert Toia darts over the try line to score first points for Tonga against Samoa.
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- The Block winners make $1.27 million profit as all five houses sell
Even the fifth-placed house made a profit of $367,000 as the renovation TV show defied Melbourne’s weak property market.
- Melbourne Cup: Zakouma is William Pike’s Cup hope that was born for the big day
Champion jockey William Pike mount Zakouma will be his peak from a life-long preparation when the Perth-owned galloper carries huge WA support in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.
- Fremantle Dockers AFLW coach Lisa Webb remains confident they can play finals in 2027 after missing top eight
Fremantle’s loss to Sydney on Sunday meant they finished 10th on the ladder with one less win that last year, but coach Lisa Webb is confident the team will rise up the table in 2027.
- Glory punish youthful Adelaide 4-0 in one-sided romp
Adelaide's busy schedule is already haunting them, with United crumbling to a 4-0 defeat against Perth Glory to remain winless this season.
- A-League Men: Perth Glory crush Adelaide United 4-0 in home opener to claim first win of the season
Perth Glory have kick-started their A-League Men season as they achieved a near eight-year first in a 4-0 win over Adelaide United in their home opener at HBF Park.
- Rugby League World Cup LIVE updates: To’o scores second for Samoa but Harris-Tavita injured
Follow all the action as the Pacific powerhouses clash at sold-out CommBank Stadium tonight.
- Passenger presses his luck
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- Rugby League World Cup LIVE updates: Toia stands up Hammer to score opening try for Tonga
Follow all the action as the Pacific powerhouses clash at sold-out CommBank Stadium tonight.
- Mine rescue teams compete underground in biggest competition in a decade
Emergency response teams from some of WA's biggest mines have been put through their paces hundreds of metres underground for the annual mine rescue competition.
- Wharfie Time returned in Fremantle Dockers’ AFLW game and captain Ange Stannett was so proud to hear it
Fremantle refused to allow Wharfie Time to be killed off by the AFL grand final, promised it would return and then unleashed it late in the last AFLW game of the season in a move which has been celebrated.
- Victory, WSW in A-League Women top four after wins
Melbourne Victory have scrapped past Newcastle 1-0 while Western Sydney have beaten Canberra United 2-0 in the A-League Women.
- Labor sinks to equal-lowest primary vote since 2022 election in latest Newspoll as rate rise fears grow
The Albanese government has copped a fresh poll blow ahead of Tuesday’s Reserve Bank meeting, with Labor now sitting just above its worst ever Newspoll result.
- Epic scenes as Lebanon claim golden point win
Lebanon players, fans and officials celebrate wildly after a crazy finish to their World Cup clash.
- WA ramping hits record October high as patients stuck in ambulances for 6419 hours despite Labor’s winter plan
Ramping has surged to new record levels in October, sparking fresh scrutiny of the Cook Government’s $140 million winter hospital strategy.
- Melbourne Cup 2026 office sweep: Download your free chart here ahead of the race that stops the nation
It’s the race that stops the nation - and if it stops your office too, then you’ll want to get a sweep organised by downloading your free chart here.
- Lily Allen spotted in Perth during low-key outing ahead of RAC Arena concert on Sunday
The 41-year-old was photographed in a van outside her hotel, dressed casually in a black top, blue jeans and a pair of Nike sneakers.
- Rory Culkin says parenthood challenges are 'outweighed by the love' of his and partner's daughter
Rory Culkin and his partner, Kate Arizmendi, welcomed their daughter, Havoc Moon, in May.
- Swans withstand Wharfie Time ahead of AFLW finals
After a nasty injury to Caitlin Reid and Fremantle sounding Wharfie Time, finals-bound Sydney have won by a point on the back of Chloe Molloy's big game.
- Minister says UK apology over historic role in slave trade won’t lead to financial reparations – UK politics live
Ahead of a meeting with Commonwealth leaders, Andy Burnham wrote that Britain needed to ‘acknowledge its complicated history’Good morning and welcome to our Sunday UK politics blog.Budget week conversation has moved on a bit; Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is doing the rounds of the politics shows this morning and she has an op-ed in the Telegraph railing against the delayed defence spending commitment, claiming instead that the Conservatives could find that spend while cuting the deficit and lowering taxes.I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part.Let me be very clear that will not involve financial reparations, because the British people…
- Big tech’s national security case to gut copyright laws is a bluff, intelligence expert warns
The world’s biggest technology companies are exploiting national security concerns to pressure the Albanese government into weakening copyright protections, says a former senior intelligence official who warns the changes could leave Australia more vulnerable to cyberattacks.
- We’re living in a Kafkaesque society
Readers comment on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s role in how it sets interest rates in light of rising inflation.
- Rugby League World Cup LIVE updates: Tonga tackle arch rivals Samoa
Follow all the action as the Pacific powerhouses clash at sold-out CommBank Stadium tonight.
- Labor’s public sector wage blowout is burning $5.6m a day
More than 40 federal departments overstretched their staffing budgets by a combined $2b last financial year, complicating the treasurer’s and RBA’s inflation fight.
- Pilbara Meta Maya Regional Aboriginal Corporation silent over purchase of luxury house that its CEO lives in
A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.
- Thunder achieve record chase in win over Heat
Sydney Thunder have made it two wins from two WBBL matches, executing their highest run chase and posting a record total in a six wicket win over Brisbane Heat.
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- Yamashita defends title, Aussie Choi finishes fifth
Miyu Yamashita has successfully defended her title at the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship, with Australia's Robyn Choi finishing fifth.
- Bullsbrook crash: First responders describe survivors’ anguish after two boys, 16, killed in stolen BMW
A catastrophic scene akin to an explosion of ‘metal and blood’ confronted those first on the scene of a fatal crash that killed two teenage boys and hospitalised two others.
- Bulgarians vote in presidential runoff election
Bulgarians are casting their ballots in a presidential runoff amid regional security threats and economic worries after a record-low turnout in the first vote.
- Rachel Reeves says UK’s future is in EU as she backs Andy Burnham on Brexit
Former chancellor says leaving European Union has made Britain ‘poorer, weaker and less secure’The former chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued the UK’s future should be inside the EU, saying Brexit has made the UK “poorer, weaker and less secure”.Writing in the Sunday Times, the Labour former cabinet minister said she welcomed “Andy Burnham’s leadership” after remarks made by the prime minister in recent days fuelled questions about the prospect of Britain returning to the bloc or adopting its freedom of movement rules. Continue reading...
- The Block 2026 Live Finale: All Of The Auction Results And House Prices Revealed
The Block 2026 finale has finally arrived, and PEDESTRIAN.TV is reporting on it live.
- From homework to big kids: What keeps primary school students up at night
With childhood anxiety rates climbing, the government is investing in mental fitness programs in schools.
- Aussie rugby players launch legal action amid pay war impasse with RA
After months of talks, the rugby players’ union and Rugby Australia could not agree to terms for a CBA deal before deadline. Now the players are ready to act.
- Queensland appoints Australia’s first openly gay governor
Esteemed Judge Thomas Bradley has replaced Dr Jeannette Young to become the state’s 28th governor.
- This horse is barred from running in Cup week after failing a drug test – that its trainer requested
To say the large cohort of country-based owners are gutted is an understatement. One minute they are booking their tickets to Flemington, the next they are packing away their suits.
- Driver charged after pedestrian's death in Adelaide's north
SA Police said the pedestrian died at the scene of the crash at Salisbury North at about 10am on Sunday.
- GALLERY: From one win in the last round to one win away from a final
One team's turnaround from wooden spoon to joint ladder leaders.
- Bullets spoil 36ers' 40-year party in NBL
Tyrell Harrison was too big and too strong for the Adelaide 36ers in leading the Brisbane Bullets to a seven-point NBL victory.
- Ton beckons for Clayton as Shield game in balance
Jack Clayton was left stranded on 99, with Queensland five wickets down halfway through their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria.
- Wharfie Time returns for Fremantle Dockers at AFLW level in loss to Sydney
Fremantle have unleashed Wharfie Time for the first time since losing the AFL grand final - but the result once again failed to go the Dockers’ way.
- Queensland’s 28th governor Thomas Bradley sworn in
Court of Appeal judge Justice Thomas Bradley KC will replace Dr Jeanette Young who has been in the role since 2021.
- Samoa fans march to CommBank Stadium
Samoa fans make their presence known ahead of the country's clash with Tonga.
- Psychosis linked to ADHD medication on the rise, doctors warn
Diagnosis rates for ADHD have soared, and psychiatrists are warning of the rare but real risk that stimulant treatments can trigger psychosis.
- Golden Eagle winning duo ready to dance for another big payday
Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou hope to parlay Saturday’s Golden Eagle win into a Big Dance victory with Matias on Tuesday.
- Minor parties steal limelight four weeks out from Victorian election
Promises of safeguards for workers and free dental care have been overshadowed by noisy rallying in the streets on migration.
- Grandstand collapses at Gold Coast music festival
The temporary seating was set up on a section of beach in Coolangatta for the Red Hot Summer Tour music festival, headlined by Australian Crawl and Men At Work.
- North Korea blamed for largest ever cryptocurrency heist
The FBI has pointed the finger at a state-sponsored unit for the multibillion-dollar attack on Binance.
- Deadly asbestos cloud hangs over Bendix Brakes as NY-listed bidder circles
Wall Street’s drunk-with-debt problem child First Brand’s bankruptcy asset sales have a hiccup in Australia: asbestos liabilities that suitors can’t digest.
- Pemba snaps up SMSF administrator SuperGuardian
SuperGuardian, a 24-year-old provider of chartered accountancy and administration services to SMSFs, is set to join Pemba’s stables.
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- Australia's latest World Cup smash-up helps nobody
Australia ran up the biggest win in women's international rugby league history with its World Cup victory over Wales but it was the kind of result that served little purpose other than stuffing the stats sheet.
- Safety or 'intimidation'? Launch of police unit with military-style rifles sparks human rights fears
One critic has called the NSW Police's newly launched Armed Response Command an "intimidation unit".
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- Sheffield Shield: Western Australia coach Beau Casson hails group’s resilience after win over South Australia
Western Australia coach Beau Casson hailed his side’s resilience after they overcame the absence of several key players to secure a stirring Sheffield Shield win over South Australia.
- Release the hounds, gently
What happens when you mix yoga and puppies in Bali? A new version of the downward dog.
- 'No ceiling': Another Herrington makes his mark
Diesel Herrington, older brother of Lucas, starred as Central Coast drew 1-1 with Melbourne Victory in the ALM.
- Molotov cocktails hurled at police as protests sweep across Europe
Protesters have clashed with police in Paris for the third week in a row as demonstrations were also seen in other parts of Europe, including Germany and Italy.
- Heavily armed police begin patrolling in Sydney
Sydney has a new elite police force patrolling the streets armed with military-style weapons and high-powered vehicles.
- Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers ends bid to block sale of photos
The Australian punk rocker has settled her year-long legal dispute with American photographer Jamie Nelson.
- One Nation leader defends vetting after candidate resigns over offensive tweets
Warren Pickering said the party had done its due diligence vetting its candidates, despite Matthew Collins resigning from the party after deleted tweets emerged in which he said he “never once asked” for consent.
- No horsemen are coming for the independents
If the major parties continue on their present paths and become increasingly unpopular with voters, more independent members will be elected to parliament
- Prime minister kicks off ‘summit season’ with visit alongside King
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the Caribbean tonight alongside the King and other Commonwealth leaders.
- Spooky sausage dogs: dachshund rescue's Halloweenie fundraiser
Doggy dress-ups and dachshund racing raise funds for rescue organisation.
- NSW top order fails again as Tasmania win by an innings
Hours after Australia's disastrous Test loss in South Africa, several top-order hopefuls also fell cheaply in Hobart as Tasmania thrashed NSW by an innings.
- Jillaroos claim biggest women's international win
Australia have cruised through to the semi-finals of the Women's Rugby League World Cup with the most dominant performance in the history of the sport.
- King to attend Antigua and Barbuda independence parade
King Charles and Queen Camilla will attend an independence parade and meet leading individuals recognised for their service to Antigua and Barbuda.
- Finneas O'Connell and Claudia Sulewski are 'blissed out' two months after their wedding
Finneas O'Connell and Claudia Sulewski got married in Montecito, California, on August 29, with his sister, singer Billie Eilish, officiating.
- One Nation leader urges support for rival parties
A One Nation leader has told crowds at an anti-mass immigration rally to volunteer for rival parties that hold similar views ahead of a state election.
- Coalition split over ‘super for housing’ as One Nation circles
Coalition MP Garth Hamilton says he has the numbers to end the party’s long-standing policy to allow first home buyers access to their superannuation.
- David Rowe cartoons for November 2026
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.