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  • Fish and colourful coral on the Scott Reef in north-western Australia

    Australia’s north-west reefs teem with life – but they are also at the centre of a massive fossil fuel expansion

  • intravenous drip in hospital room

    Australia is facing a shortage of ‘crucial’ IV fluids. What does it mean and who will be affected?

    Intravenous fluids have a ‘myriad of uses’ in the health system, but supply is expected to be constrained throughout 2024
  • Victoria police tape restricts access to a crime scene

    Victoria’s tobacco wars: police investigate suspicious fire that destroyed Melbourne shop

    Firefighters found the building on Bridge Road, Richmond engulfed in flames on Saturday morning

  • Australian surfer who lost leg in shark attack vows to be back in the water ‘in no time’

  • Coalition has ‘a real chance’ to oust Labor government at next election, Peter Dutton tells party faithful

  • Young Archibald prize 2024: Australia’s award for child artists – in pictures

  • Immigration detainee charged over alleged drug ring operating from inside Villawood detention centre

  • A teenager faces court in regional NSW, but her suspected cognitive impairment goes unrecognised

  • ‘Boulevard of broken dreams’: could Parramatta Road really become Sydney’s Champs-Élysées?

  • NSW boys home grounds to be explored after possible ‘clandestine’ human burial sites revealed

Australian politics

  • A pro-Palestine rally in Sydney in January.

    Federal government challenged by NSW Labor members on Palestinian recognition

  • Former Australian ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey smiling at a function

    Joe Hockey on what a new US president could mean for Australia – Australian Politics Podcast

  • Karen Middleton

    Anthony Albanese, stick and carrot at the ready, prepares for delicate cabinet reshuffle

    Karen Middleton
  • Anthony Albanese has joined with his Canadian and New Zealand counterparts to call for ‘urgent’ ceasefire in Gaza.

    Australia, Canada and New Zealand leaders urge ceasefire in Gaza to end ‘catastrophic’ situation

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Opinion & analysis

  • Amanda Meade

    Nine journalists do their block over Scott Cam’s Paris Olympics appearance amid strike

    Amanda Meade
  • File photo of the Palestinian village al-Mughayyer in the West Bank through a damaged window after Israeli settlers attacked

    The bombshell legal ruling that made it impossible for Australia to delay sanctions against Israeli settlers

  • A collage of AI-generated images.

    From politics to porn: will 2024 be the year in which deepfake fears finally become real?

    Samantha Floreani
  • Greg Jericho

    A second Trump presidency would send Australia down a dark economic path. Here’s how it might play out

    Greg Jericho
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Video

  • 'I want to sing in the Opera House!': community choir helps those with dementia reconnect – video

  • It comes after editorial staff voted to reject a last-minute pay offer from management

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    Striking Nine journalists rally outside company headquarters following pay dispute - video

    It comes after editorial staff voted to reject a last-minute pay offer from management
  • Anna Meares says Australian athletes have been advised not to go out on their own or wear their team uniform when they leave the Olympic village

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    Australia Olympic team aware of alleged rape of Australian woman in Paris, team chief says – video

    Anna Meares says Australian athletes have been advised not to go out on their own or wear their team uniform when they leave the Olympic village
  • Almost one in three cattle on board a truck died, authorities have confirmed

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    At least 22 cattle dead after truck smashes into Melbourne rail bridge in ‘horrific’ crash - video

  • Christmas in July has arrived for ski resorts this weekend as the first widespread snowfall of the season blankets parts of Australia’s south-east, bringing more than 50cm falls in popular tourist destinations

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    Massive snowfall brings ‘super thick fresh powder snow’ to Australia’s alpine areas – video

  • The village will host more than 20,000 athletes and delegates throughout the Olympics and Paralympics

    Australian athletes begin to arrive at the Paris Olympic village – video

  • Police release video showing laser strike after a police helicopter was allegedly targeted in Rockingham

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    Police vision shows alleged helicopter laser strike in WA – video

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