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Justin Stein said he would “get to the bottom” of his partner’s missing daughter while he was at a boat ramp with the girl’s body in a barrel,a court has heard.
Chemist Warehouse will be stripped of its ability to give its customers $1 off their medicines under a change the Pharmacy Guild has been pushing for years.
Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator says federal police and government agencies are investigating the hack.
It was 10 days before Christmas. The tiny town of Adaminaby had gathered to celebrate the 50th birthday of a giant fibreglass trout. But what they saw that day left them horrified.
From cocktails and hot dogs,to roast beef chip butties,here are 12 hunger-busting happy hours to try,right now.
The pain of childlessness is well documented. But it can hit all over again when friends gush about their grandchildren.
The pair were seen engaging in a conversation inside a Surry Hills restaurant before Mitchell asked Anasta to join him outside to continue their words.
The free-to-air TV broadcast stations are in a battle with pay television companies for sporting rights.
Columnist and author
Former Canterbury and Wests Tigers playmaker Brandon Wakeham has been charged after he was arrested at Brookvale Oval on Wednesday.
Butcher and philanthropist Vince Garreffa has never forgotten what his former teacher,Irene Froyland,said to him when he told her he was leaving school.
As an outsider,I see Australia’s selective and private schools mainly as a mechanism that perpetuates social inequality.
Sociologist
China is considering a radical plan to tackle its ongoing property meltdown which has caused widespread damage to its economy.
The motion came in response to comments the previous day by Labor Senator Fatima Payman.
At last there’s some good news on US inflation that raises hopes of interest rate cuts. But the excitement might be premature.
Senior business columnist
Planeloads of people all ahead of you in lines,wandering bewildered or hopping from queue to shuffling queue,questioning “Am I in the right line?” Who knows?
Travel writer
During the six-minute standing ovation,star Anya Taylor-Joy directed cameras to Miller,standing next to her. Chris Hemsworth slapped his shoulder. All three were wreathed in relieved smiles.
Is manifestation the hidden secret to the life you truly desire? Probably not,but some aspects can help how we think about money.
Money contributor
As more students need help,budget figures raise the stakes in tense government negotiations over spending on schools and the NDIS.
It seems the top priority of Anthony Albanese’s government is not to have any priorities.
Economics Editor
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Merrylands council chambers on Wednesday night,along with dozens of police officers and council security,as councillors gathered to debate a motion to reverse the ban.
A large Sydney council warns the shutdown will disrupt more than just the thousands of daily commuters.
A jury has heard voicemail messages left by the accused killer to his fiancee,Kallista Mutten,after he allegedly murdered her nine-year-old daughter.
A top prosecutor has told Chris Dawson’s murder appeal the convicted wife killer appeared to show a “complete lack of sentiment towards his own children”.
The shadow attorney-general wanted to suspend standing orders to allow new domestic violence laws to pass without consultation.
His greatest asset is now turning into one of his biggest weaknesses. Rugby league’s No.1 star should consider changing the way he trains.
League columnist
The women’s Origin series starts a new chapter on Thursday night with three matches being contested for the first time.
Chief Sports Writer
Labor will be forced into talks with the Greens over new curbs on coal and gas in a bid to salvage the $13.7 billion tax credits plan.
The CEOs of Australia’s largest critical minerals companies have backed a $22 billion budget boost,in support that fuels a clash with the Coalition.
A populist who has courted both sides of politics,he has been compared to Donald Trump and staged a shock political comeback after stepping down in 2018.
State Political Editor
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Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
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Rents have skyrocketed,and rent assistance is set to go up in response. Even so,it’s slim pickings.
From an idyllic rural retreat to a modern home with in-ground trampoline,we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.
It’s bad enough that every app,restaurant,plumber or grocer demands praise like a toddler,but it has to be five stars or death.
Columnist
Australia’s richest person wants the gallery to remove a portrait of her from an exhibition by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
Uncertain whether they will exist in 2025,the Melbourne Rebels may be running out at AAMI Park for the last time on Friday. But they have much to play for.
Knowing they will part company with Zac Lomax at the end of the season,the Dragons have moved to secure the future of one of their other attacking weapons.
The buzz of the Women’s World Cup has been and gone,but another dose is coming,with official confirmation that the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup will be played in Australia.
Graham Annesley has urged his match officials to use discretion when making contentious calls after finally giving his verdict on the most scrutinised refereeing decision of the year.