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Are Australians about to see US beef on supermarket shelves? And why is Donald Trump celebrating?
Labor has lifted restrictions on beef imports from America. While Trump is taking credit, it’s unlikely we’ll actually buy muchGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDonald Trump has claimed victory over Australia’s decision to lift restrictions on the import of US beef, but don’t expect to see the product on supermarket shelves anytime soon, says industry.Much has been made of the timing of the...
Published on: July 26, 2025 | Source:
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Workers like Jason question ‘broad brush’ return to office mandates as WFH tussle heads to Fair Work showdown
Employers’ edicts are increasingly conflicting with flexible work arrangements which many employees argue can boost productivity and moraleGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJason Sennitt loves his job, but can’t imagine going back to the office up to four days a week. The 53-year-old lives in an outer suburb of Geelong with his wife and two school-age children as well as his elderly mother who...
Published on: July 26, 2025 | Source:Back when even foreign luxury cars were Australian-made
Nearly a decade after the final Australian-made car rolled out of a factory in South Australia, many people remember that Holdens and Fords were built here. But did you know Renaults, Ramblers and other foreign cars were also put together by Australian workers?
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Defence to explore potential plea deal over Perth brothers killed in Mexico
A judge grants a delay until November but warns lawyers they will be fined if they are not prepared for the next hearing.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:After 21 deaths at this tourism beauty spot, the community has had enough
Don't be fooled by the turquoise waters and bubbling streams — swimmers who ignore warnings at this popular Queensland tourism site risk being pulled into deadly subterranean caverns.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Live: Hottest 100 of Australian songs has begun, but who will be #1?
Hundreds of thousands of votes have been cast in the first ever Hottest 100 of Australian songs. Join us as we count all the way down to number one.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Regional towns look for solutions as Bendigo Bank closes agencies
Bendigo Bank announced this week it will close 28 agency services across the country, leaving residents in the small town of Cunderdin facing a 120-kilometre round trip to access some banking services.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:These crossbenchers will be key in deciding the next government of Tasmania
Tasmania has elected another large crossbench, and Jeremy Rockliff and Dean Winter will need to listen to their priorities as they negotiate to form a minority government.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Canberra man jailed for stalking woman, putting spyware on her phone
The court heard the Canberra man, who admitted putting spyware on a woman's phone, denied it when she asked if he had and told her she was paranoid.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:'It is a mockery': Champion junior baseball team denied entry to the US
A team of Venezuelan teenagers is denied entry to the US, despite winning their way to compete in the Senior Baseball World Series.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:What benefits will Tasmanians see from a controversial hike in water bills?
TasWater has provided details on where the $1.7 billion in revenue — gained through proposed water bill hikes — would be spent. The utility argues its trying to break the cycle of underinvestment.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Gallery installation pays tribute to Aussie fashion house loved by celebs
The minds behind iconic fashion house Romance Was Born, Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, are the focus of a new photographic installation at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Council rejects LGBTQIA+ event due to NRL grand final clash 80km away
A diversity and inclusion festival held annually on the NSW Central Coast is in doubt because of a clash with a major sporting event in another city.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Who are these women and what have you done to Sex and the City?
You have to assume that the writers cherish these characters as much as their legions of fans do — and yet they twist them into strange and ludicrous shapes.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Banking, employment data stolen from Clive Palmer's companies
When Clive Palmer's political parties were attacked by cybercriminals, it also affected his coal, nickel, and resort endeavours.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Club allowed convicted sex offender to time-keep at junior football match
The AFL says it wants to "protect" the White Hills Junior Football Club following revelations it allowed a convicted sex offender parent to time-keep at his son's match.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:A sitting MP has been found guilty of serious sex crimes. What happens next?
The conviction of former Liberal MP Gareth Ward on serious sexual offences should be curtains on his political career, but it might not be that simple.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:The huge event that could rewrite the history of this 'dangerous flood plain'
Floods recorded in Aboriginal oral history centuries ago could help scientists better understand how climate change may affect flood risk in the future.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Steel, lead and Bedford want life support — but how much help is harmful?
After choosing to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into keeping the Whyalla steelworks afloat, the South Australian government is now facing more demands for taxpayer-funded industry bailouts. Can the state budget sustain it?
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Dutch rider slumps to the ground after Tour de France stage victory
Thymen Arensman slumps to the ground after claiming an epic 19th stage victory in the Tour de France.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:'A moment in history': Ponting pays tribute to Root as records tumble
England's Joe Root overtakes Ricky Ponting as the second-greatest scorer in Test cricket history.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Born with broken arms and legs, Milli died six days after birth
Milli Evrard died in the arms of her parents six days after birth. Test results delivered months later revealed she had a rare condition which scans had failed to pick up.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Victoria hiring homebuyer to relocate public housing tower residents
The Victorian government's housing agency is hiring an internal homebuyer as it works to find new homes for thousands of residents displaced by its controversial plan to redevelop Melbourne's public housing towers.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Tracing the cause of the deadly South Australian algal bloom
Scientists are looking into what caused the toxic algal bloom that has wreaked devastation along South Australia's coast, as well as where it started and where it could spread to next.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Why Wallabies could have the 'blueprint' to defeating Lions in second Test
The Wallabies were out-muscled by the British and Irish Lions in their defeat in the first Test, but the hosts feel they may have the game plan to level the series at the MCG on Saturday night.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:'A woman on a bicycle, it's ugly': The astonishing story behind the women's Tour
The Tour de France Femmes produced one of the closest finishes in cycling stage race history last year. But when the women's Tour was first revived, it was called "ugly".
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Chinese Australian politicians on why they joined parliament
A record number of Chinese Australian politicians now sit in federal parliament. They reflect on challenges they have faced and why diversity in Australia's parliament is important.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Bateteba left what once felt like ‘the safest place in the world’ to build a life in Australia. Thousands hope to follow
With more than 80% of Tuvalu’s population applying for ‘climate visas’, the tiny South Pacific island nation’s Australian diaspora is only set to growGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBateteba Aselu describes her former life in Tuvalu as like living in the “safest place in the world” where the community looked out for each other, there was no homelessness and you rarely heard the sirens of...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Australia’s parliament opens with tradition and pageantry – plus a sideshow of protest and reactionary zeal | Tom McIlroy
There was the usual welcome to country and speech by the governor general – but members of the Nationals, One Nation and the Greens had battles to fightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJust as the governor general, Sam Mostyn, was preparing to address the ceremonial opening of federal parliament this week, word got around the press gallery that One Nation was preparing to mount a stunt.Along...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Labor MP says Australia should move to recognise Palestinian statehood – as it happened
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent MP Allegra Spender will hold what’s being referred to as a tax reform roundtable today. She told RN Breakfast this morning reforming the tax system would help Australia “solve some of its biggest problems” like sluggish productivity and the cost of living crisis affecting young people, as well as fund the climate...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:‘Turned inside out with disgust’: Australia must sanction Benjamin Netanyahu, Bob Carr urges
Former Labor foreign affairs minister says Canberra must seek to be a world leader – not wait for the US or UK – and recognise a Palestinian stateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Labor foreign affairs minister Bob Carr says the federal government should sanction the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and move quickly to...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Australia and UK to sign 50-year defence treaty despite US wavering on Aukus submarine deal
While details of the treaty are yet to be announced, it’s expected to cover cooperation in shipbuilding and other areasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia and the UK will sign a 50-year treaty to cement the Aukus submarine pact, even as the major partner in the Aukus agreement, the US, wavers on the deal.The new treaty will be...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Is US beef safe to eat? How worried should we be about ‘mad cow disease’, growth hormones and fatty meat?
US beef will soon be back on Australian menus. But how does it compare with home-grown beef? Three experts explain.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:As oceans warm, tropical fish are moving south. New friendships may be helping them survive
As oceans warm, tropical fish are on the move, heading south into cooler waters. New research reveals how they are getting on with the fish they encounter there.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Ceasefire talks collapse – what does that mean for the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the situation in Gaza has gone beyond the world’s worst fears as hopes of a truce between Israel and Hamas have been dashed.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source: