Prime Minsiter Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Labor challenges last-minute scare on super tax

Labor is moving to counter fears about a $2.3 billion hit to taxpayers from new rules on retirement funds after Dutton branded the plan an “inheritance tax”.

  • byDavid Crowe
A man votes at The Annaburroo Bark Hut on the Arnhem highway in the ward of Maraki in the Northern Territory in the seat of Lingiari.

The 150 ways Australia’s electorates are wildly different

Australia’s 150 federal electorates will be in the spotlight on Saturday. Here’s how they vary.

  • byMatt Wade
Pakistani rapper,songwriter,and actor Faris Shafi,will perform at Blockbuster,for the opening of Rising.

See the rapper with 62 million streams perform in Melbourne – for free

Some of the world’s most popular artists are coming to play at Fed Square at the opening of Rising.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
A family eats by candlelight during the blackout in Barcelona.
Analysis
Power outage

Did renewables cause 60 million people to lose power?

Power had not yet been restored to 60,000 million people in Spain and Portugal when a culture war over the cause of this week’s blackout began.

  • byNick O'Malley
Investors fear Trump’s tariffs could bring a recession if left unaltered because they could freeze global trade.

Tech stocks,banks bolster ASX despite higher-than-expected inflation

The Australian sharemarket has trimmed some of its early gains after the inflation data,but is still up for a fifth consecutive day.

  • byGemma Grant
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It’s the first time Patterson has been photographed since being charged.

Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates:Alleged Leongatha mushroom cook didn’t ingest death caps,‘no record’ she had cancer,jury told

Erin Patterson is facing trial after pleading not guilty over a fatal mushroom lunch. Today,Nanette Rogers,SC,will present the prosecution’s case against Patterson.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andErin Pearson
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Treasurer Jim Chalmers watch the PM speak on Wednesday.

Rate cut all but locked in for May despite higher-than-expected inflation

Economists and financial markets believe a quarter percentage point cut in May,worth $100 a month to repayments on a $600,000 mortgage,is all but a done deal due to the latest ABS figures.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
Cardinals at the funeral.

List:Popes of the 20th and 21st centuries

The next pope will join a storied list of past leaders of the Holy See,with the first pope of the 20th century being elected 147 years ago.

  • byBronte Gossling
Sandilands threatened to take the radio show off the airwaves in Melbourne if ratings do not improve.

Kyle Sandilands threatens Melbourne exit as company makes more cuts

The KIIS FM host told listeners the Kyle and Jackie O show was not going to “super serve Melbourne and ignore our Sydney audience”.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Super Retail boss Anthony Heraghty has overseen a special dividend.

Rebel Sport boss threatens lawyer:‘Whistleblowers never fare well’

Luxury hotels and flights to Europe were allegedly the backdrop to an affair between the retail giant’s senior executives that triggered a bitter legal brawl with its former lawyers.

  • byColin Kruger
Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat at the election.

Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat

Mark Carney’s rival,populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre,was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.

  • byRob Gillies
Tony Blair attends the COP29 climate confernce in Azerbaijan in November.
Analysis
Renewables

A political tide is turning across Europe,and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight of harsh reality.

  • byRob Harris
Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump.
Opinion
Trade wars

The billionaire and the bully:Trump’s strong-arm phone call with Amazon’s Bezos

With a metaphorical gun to his head,billionaire Jeff Bezos backed down. The US president described their chat as a “good call”.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Blues coach John Strange with his NSW team for game one of the 2025 State of Origin series.

Turf,tickets and titles:Talking points before women’s Origin opener

NSW are looking to snap a two-series losing streak in game one of the 2025 State of Origin series in Brisbane.

  • byBillie Eder
The Prince and Princess of Wales are on their first overnight working trip away from their children since Catherine’s cancer diagnosis.

Kate and William return to secret Scottish hideaway 20 years on

The couple have left their three children at home for the first overnight working trip since the princess’ cancer diagnosis.

  • byHannah Furness
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Homepage composite Witness Critical Care Paramedic Chris Wilkinson. Bondi Junction Westfield inquest at Lidcombe Coroners Court,. April 30,,2025. Photo Edwina Pickles SMH SMH:Bondi Junction Westfield and streets surrounding were in lockdown and closed as police and ambulance respond to multiple stabbing and shooting casualties. Saturday 13,April 2024 photo:Oscar Colman

Heartbreaking evidence of ambo forced to wait outside Westfield as patient lay dying

Paramedic Christopher Wilkinson sped to Bondi Westfield as the first emergency calls came through. He found paramedics and stretchers lined up outside and police posted at the door.

  • byPerry Duffin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won’t commit to do anything to stop the text messages.

Albanese ‘happy’ to ban annoying texts,won’t commit to make it happen

Mining magnate Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots has been sending large volumes of texts,but the mainstream parties also have a history of using unsolicited messages.

  • byOlivia Ireland andSarah McPhee
An Unfinished Film is tricky - and gets trickier.
★★★½
Review

Confused by this movie? That’s the idea

It’s hard to tell whether An Unfinished Film is fiction or a documentary.

  • byJake Wilson
Hans Zimmer performs at Rod Laver Arena,April 29,2025.

Hans Zimmer’s music is in all your favourite films – but off screen,something was missing

Seeing Hans Zimmer’s music performed live is a little like seeing the MSO if they were all wearing leather and performing in an arena with drunk male hecklers.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Brooke Bellamy,author of Bake With Brooki.

Popular US baker joins RecipeTin Eats founder in plagiarism allegations

A popular American cookbook author has joined Nagi Maehashi in claiming recipes were copied in a book by Brisbane baker Brooke Bellamy.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Coles is seeing deflation among several fresh food and packaged goods.

Coles on alert for Trump tariff fallout as supermarket prices cool

Australia’s second-biggest supermarket said consumer sentiment was showing signs of improvement – but Trump’s tariffs have injected uncertainty into the mix.

  • byJessica Yun
Poisoning victims Don and Gail Patterson (top) and Heather and Ian Wilkinson (bottom),and the Leongatha house where Erin Patterson lives.

The key players in Erin Patterson’s murder trial

Who attended the fateful mushroom lunch in Leongatha,and how were they related? Here’s a who’s who in the trial of accused killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Former ABC radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf outside the Federal Court in February.

Pro-Israel group who urged ABC to sack Lattouf push for contempt case against Herald,Age

The media outlets are accused of breaching a suppression order made in Antoinette Lattouf’s unlawful termination case against the ABC.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Dutton Albanese composite index 30/4/25

Federal election 2025 as it happened:Inflation figures higher than expected;More than four million Australians have voted

Look back on all the news from the final week of the election campaign,covered as it happened.

  • byJosefine Ganko,Olivia Ireland andSarah McPhee
China’s President Xi Jinping can beat Donald Trump at his own game.
Opinion
Trade wars

It’s chess,not checkers:China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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The market for used mobile phones is booming.

Thinking of buying a secondhand phone? Here’s what to look for

The market for used mobile phones is booming. In fact,it’s now growing faster than demand for new devices.

  • byKelvin Chan
Australian tennis player Max Purcell.
Opinion
Doping

Purcell ban shows how much grey exists between the black and white of tennis

The punishment given to Australian player Max Purcell is ludicrous when compared to the other high-profile doping bans the sport has seen in the past year.

  • byJohn Millman
Opposition leader Peter Dutton in the electorate of Fowler for the Assyrian New Year celebrations at Fairfield Showgrounds.

Churches,schools,film festivals:The millions in election dollars promised to Sydney communities

Labor has splashed the cash in an attempt to hold on to what was once its heartland.

  • byMostafa Rachwani
Is Daly Cherry-Evans heading to the Roosters?

Cherry-Evans to the Roosters is on the cards. Phil Gould thinks it’s a bad idea

The rumour mill suggests that Daly Cherry-Evans is headed to the Roosters at the end of the season. Phil Gould thinks the Roosters halves are doing just fine.

  • byAdrian Proszenko
Ugandan singer Faith Nassande is one of the choir members finally granted a visa to travel to Australia.

‘Jumping out of their skins’:Joy for African choir over visa backflip

An eleventh-hour change of heart from immigration officials gives the green light to Ugandan and Kenyan performers.

  • byNick Galvin
George Clooney misses being a silver fox. Should other men feel the same way?

‘My wife is going to hate it’:What has George Clooney done to his hair?

The “silver fox” narrative has made greying hair an asset for older men. So is hair dye always a bad idea?

  • byNell Geraets
Melbourne’s Novak Palombo is the top-ranked 12-year-old tennis player in the world.

The 12-year-old Aussie who’s named after Novak Djokovic and has Alex de Minaur on speed dial

Novak Palombo has the right first name on his journey to becoming a professional tennis star,and his incredible junior feats have caught Alex de Minaur’s eye.

  • byMarc McGowan
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses supporters after his Liberal Party won the Canadian election,in Ottowa,Ontario,on Tuesday.

Canada’s prime minister schools the world:stand up to the bully,win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning,quickly and with no small amount of fear,how to stand on its own.

  • byCory Alpert
Les Kiss has been unveiled as the new Wallabies coach,starting in mid-2026.

‘No excuses’:Next Wallabies coach says 14-month lead in to 2027 World Cup will be enough

Les Kiss is confident he will have enough time to get the Wallabies firing despite the short runway for the home World Cup.

  • byTom Decent
Lady Gaga performing at the Grammy Awards in February.
Opinion
Live music

Hear that? It’s the sound of live music dying for local Australian artists

I was asked to support a huge international act. Then I read the fine print.

  • byAthanasia Sakoutis
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This election day,every politician in the country will be filmed gnawing on some unidentified meat in limp white bread.

Why I’m boycotting the democracy sausage (and you should too)

In sausage we trust? Not me.

  • byMali Waugh
Dinh Nguyen escaped from Vietnam after more than six years in a “re-education camp” after the fall of Saigon on April 30,1975.
Tony Wright’s Column
Vietnam

When Saigon fell,Dinh Nguyen was condemned to torment beyond imagining

Dinh Nguyen has lived through pain and loss inconceivable to most of us. But on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon,he says he lives in heaven now.

  • byTony Wright
Donald Trump 100 days explainer.

Order 142 and counting:How Trump has used his pen to change America in 100 days

It is the most consequential start of a term of any American presidency,with Donald Trump taking direct aim at law,media,public health and culture.

James Cummings trained at Leilani Lodge before linking with Godolphin in 2017.

James Cummings bids to keep famous Randwick stables in the family

The grandson of Cups King Bart Cummings could take over the training base,which seemed lost to the family when his father Anthony was stripped of his licence.

  • byChris Barrett
A runaway kangaroo named Sheila shut down a stretch of highway in Alabama before state troopers and the animal’s owner captured her.

‘Is that a kangaroo?’:Runaway Sheila causes chaos on US highway

The escaped pet was spotted hopping along the road,stunning locals and snarling traffic as state troopers were forced to shut down both sides of Alabama Interstate 85.

  • byAP
“They are calling”:Donald Trump acknowledged the Australian government was trying to reach him.

‘They are calling’:Trump confirms Albanese has been trying to speak to him

US President Donald Trump is aware the Australian government has been trying to contact him to discuss tariffs,hinting that he will talk to the prime minister.

  • byMichael Koziol
Dale Frank in a scene from Nobody’s Sweetie.

A tiny budget and a whole lot of interruptions? If anything,they made this documentary better

Dale Frank was once considered one of art’s “bad boys”. A new documentary offers an intimate look behind the scenes.

  • bySandra Hall
There’s a bumper selection of new books to read this May.

‘Inconvenient women’,mortality and a controversial work by Joan Didion:13 new books to delve into

From a book that its own author may not have approved of to a beautiful and confronting photography collection,there’s a bumper crop of releases this month.

  • byJason Steger
The structure was designed to celebrate the connection between land,sky and sea.
Exclusive
Development

First look at the Barangaroo landmark 450,000 oyster shells built

The gleaming white structure beside Sydney Harbour was designed to celebrate the connection between land,sky and sea.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Asking your children and their partners to sign a legal document could be awkward,but it can save you headaches down the track.
Analysis
Inheritance

Lending your kids money? This could save you from going to court

Simply gifting your children or grandchildren their inheritance could pose major issues further down the line.

  • byJames Steel
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Getting loan pre-approval can give you an edge on auction day.

How to negotiate down the price of your first home

Making an offer below the asking price of your first home can shave months or years off the length of your loan. Here’s how to do it.

  • byNina Hendy
Working out how much cash you should stack inside – or outside – your super can be a conundrum.

How much of my super should I keep in cash?

Working out how much cash you should stack inside – or outside – your super can be a conundrum.

  • byNoel Whittaker
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu attending Pope Francis’ in St Peter’s Square last week.

Controversial cardinal withdraws from conclave after pope’s final letter emerges

Pope Francis’ posthumous directive has led Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to pull out of papal conclave,averting further Vatican scandal.

  • byRob Harris
Opinion
Income tax

Don’t be fooled. Ever-higher defence spending means ever-higher taxes

We’re spending about $56 billion a year on defence and that’s going to rise sharply,no matter who’s in power. Does anyone really think this won’t lead to income tax hikes?

  • byRoss Gittins
Clive Palmer (left) and his candidates (from top centre clockwise) Suellen Wrightson,Todd Charles Juchau,Michael Norman Jessop,Gabrial Pennicott and David Sarikaya.

The prince,the pauper,perp and other Patriots in the Trumpet

One candidate was allegedly discovered with duct tape and a cadaver bag in his car. Another is a prince.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Artist impression of upgrades to Willoughby Leisure Centre.

Another Sydney pool hit with multimillion-dollar blowouts,delays

One more refurbishment of a Sydney ageing public pool has been delayed as construction costs balloon.

  • byJessica McSweeney
The land near the new airport in Sydney’s far west has been in the Waterhouse family for more than 50 years.
Exclusive
Development

Bet each way? Waterhouses offered controversial property for new Sydney racecourse

The famous racing family has put forward its $330 million farmland,once linked to disgraced ex-NSW MP Daryl Maguire,as a potential site for a new track.

  • byChris Barrett
Amber Wheeler colours client Whitney Barnes’ hair in her salon,Steel Magnolia,in the Kentucky town of Magnolia.

The world is consumed by Trump’s chaos. In MAGA heartland,they’ve barely noticed

Polls show the president has lost his sheen. But from “Hog’s Haven” to a hair salon in rural Kentucky,Americans who voted for Donald Trump still think he’s their best chance.

  • byMichael Koziol
Adam Denyer,Peter Bishenden,and Sebastian Mignacca outside their apartment building in Sutherland.
Exclusive
Construction

‘You feel like Darryl Kerrigan of The Castle’:How Adam got charged for his own solar power

Home owners who assumed their solar panels would help cut the cost of their electricity have just received a surprise bill,and they’re outraged.

  • bySue Williams
One of the rooms with a private plunge pool at 28 Degrees Byron Bay.
★★★★½
Hotel reviews

Can you still chill in overcrowded Byron? At this perfect spot you can

A multimillion-dollar overhaul has turned this guesthouse into the ultimate hideaway in one of NSW’s buzziest tourist towns.

  • byKatherine Scott
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We don’t yet know who will win the election,but who won the campaign is clear

Voters thought Dutton and the Coalition were the best choice to lead the country as recently as February,but everything changed when the election was called.

  • byDavid Crowe
Kinney and his Wimpy Kid protagonist.

Homework,bullies and pets:Jeff Kinney on why kids love his books

The American author’s Diary of A Wimpy Kid series is the fourth bestselling book series of all time - and not just in kids’ books.

  • byJohn Bailey
Katie Kitamura’s novel demonstrates that stories themselves are equal parts light and shadow.

This hotly anticipated novel explores the dark embers of the psyche

In the third instalment of her fictional triptych,Katie Kitmaura wields her words with scalpel-like precision to explore the demands women are “expert at negotiating”.

  • byJessie Tu
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Opinion
Column 8

A lobster tale or two

Send for the coppers.

Australian tennis player Max Purcell.
Updated
ATP Tour

The WhatsApp messages that led to Australian tennis player’s 18-month ban

Australian doubles champion Max Purcell has been hit with a lengthy suspension and loss of earnings for breaching tennis’ anti-doping rules.

  • byScott Spits
Dr Kaitlin Cook,deputy scientific director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility,and Emeritus Professor David Hinde.
Analysis
Science

How this Australian particle accelerator highlights a crisis facing AUKUS

Australia’s strongest particle accelerator helped conjure new elements into being. But many students trained at the facility are being hired offshore.

  • byAngus Dalton
RecipeTin Eats founder and owner Nagi Maehashi with her dog Dozer.

RecipeTin Eats founder accuses Bake with Brooki author of stealing recipes

Nagi Maehashi alleges at least two recipes in Brooke Bellamy’s cookbook were plagiarised.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
The last three staffers in The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau,reporters Matt Franjola,left,Peter Arnett,rear,and George Esper,second from right,are joined by two North Vietnamese soldiers and a member of the Viet Cong on the day the government of South Vietnam surrendered,April 30,1975. One of the soldiers is showing Esper the route of his final advance into the city.

How a can of Coke and day-old cake led to iconic photo that went around the world

Peter Arnett and his colleagues had watched the last of the US Marines flee in a helicopter. Then they heard a telltale squeak in the stairs outside their office.

  • byDavid Rising andValerie Komor
Corflutes which the Allegra Spender campaign alleges were damaged.

From corflute craziness to ‘Trumpet’ texts,election day can’t come soon enough

Posters tell us who we’re voting for. But we need to look behind them.

  • bySarah Macdonald
Senator Pauline Hanson.

‘One Nation is the story’:Hanson throws up election wildcard

Pauline Hanson claimed she could win Senate spots in most states as One Nation goes further than the Coalition on conservative issues.

  • byPaul Sakkal andNatassia Chrysanthos
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Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Croydon.

No one can decide which council this Sydney private school belongs to

Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Croydon is fed up being pulled between two different councils – but two mayors can’t agree on who should take the school.

  • byJessica McSweeney
Rosie Beaumont pictured with her brother Simon when they were younger.
Opinion
Healthcare

I have all my teeth and my brother has none. There’s a reason why

Recently,I accompanied my brother,Simon,to the dentist to have his final 12 teeth removed. For decades,they had been rotting in his head.

  • byRosie Beaumont
James Packer has sold his grand mansion.

Billionaire James Packer sells stunning LA mansion for $93.5 million

The 12-bedroom,18-bathroom estate with every mod con has found a buyer after more than a year on the market.

  • byTawar Razaghi
Independent member for Fowler,Dai Le,and her opponent,Labor candidate Tu Le.

Corruption watchdog bites back at claims of candidate investigation in dirty tricks campaign

The national corruption watchdog has made a rare intervention in a growing dispute in the election campaign of a crucial western Sydney seat.

  • byDavid Crowe andMatt Wade
Emperor chicks peeking out over a mount.

Meet the people going to the ends of the earth for your viral animal videos

An early clip from this new series,narrated by Blake Lively,was viewed more than 8 million times. Here’s what it takes to get the world talking about penguins.

  • byJacqueline Cutler
Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s travelling media bus carrying media got stuck on a cycle lane on Pitt Street.

Desperate Dutton turns to scare tactics in his own electorate

The opposition leader hopes to frighten and divide the community,writes David Grogan.