Already,crowds have gathered for the funeral.

Pope Francis funeral as it happened:Head of Catholic Church laid to rest in private burial;Trump and Zelensky pictured meeting at St Peter’s Basilica

About 250,000 people packed into St Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis. Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met prior to the service in Rome. Follow live.

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Peter Dutton formally announced the Coalition’s housing policy on Sunday.

Dutton thinks he can sell tax deductible housing to young voters. Good luck with that

It’s difficult to understand why the Coalition thinks rolling out a policy that can be easily compared to negative gearing will win people over.

  • Rachel Clun
Cyclone Alfred gif

As it happened:Strong winds batter Brisbane;major flooding possible for Lismore after ex-Cyclone Alfred makes landfall

The ex-tropical cyclone made landfall at 9pm on Saturday,but heavy rain and flooding is forecast to continue through Sunday.

  • Rachel Clun,Eryk Bagshaw,Marissa Calligeros,Clare Sibthorpe andPenry Buckley
Weatherzone image of Cyclone Alfred at 9.30pm AEDT on Friday.

Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred as it happened:Storm finally makes landfall,heavy rainfall batters Brisbane,Gold Coast;body found as NSW Northern Rivers region begins to flood

Queensland authorities have ordered residents to take shelter as Cyclone Alfred nears,while the NSW Northern Rivers region is already experiencing flooding. Follow our live coverage.

  • Rachel Clun,Penry Buckley,Cloe Read,Ellen Connolly,Ying Xiang Tan,Amber Schultz,Caitlin Fitzsimmons andAlex Crowe
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton says the GFC is ‘ancient history’. If only that were true for voters like me

I am far from being the only Millennial struggling to square my experience of 2009 with Peter Dutton’s era of astute investing,and the lasting financial repercussions of that time.

  • Rachel Clun

Want to keep your local cafe in business? Start paying them $7 a coffee

As a coffee-obsessed nation,Australia has been holding terrified cafe owners to ransom for too long. It’s time we enter our $7 coffee era.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians would have been facing much more pressure under Peter Dutton.

Hooked on sugar-hit policies,we keep ignoring the tax elephant in the room

It’s been 25 years since a government sold tax reform to Australians. The time has come for them to try again.

  • Rachel Clun

$550 for a haircut might seem a lot,but bad hair can really cost you

Attractive,well-groomed people usually get more promotions and make more money. But hundreds of dollars for a cut and colour,in this economy?

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Rachel Clun didn’t anticipate that she’d be picking up a stranger’s dog’s poo in order to have a roof over her head.

I couldn’t find a rental so turned to picking up dog poo for a roof over my head

Moving to a new city and trying to find a rental was always going to be tough,and the prospect of spending a small fortune on short-term accommodation didn’t appeal.

  • Rachel Clun
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is pictured at an election night watch party,Wednesday,Nov. 6,2024,in West Palm Beach,Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US election results 2024 as it happened:PM speaks to Trump in first phone call;Harris offers hope to supporters in concession speech

Donald Trump has pulled off an extraordinary victory in the 2024 US presidential election,claiming more than the required 270 Electoral College votes to win back the White House.

  • Josefine Ganko,Jessica McSweeney,Rachel Clun,Lynette Eyb,Cassandra Morgan andAngus Thompson