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What makes a cult leader tick? The Bearcat digs into the origins of the Family, Australiaโs โcult of cultsโ
When Georgia Rose Phillipsโ inner poet takes centre stage, The Bearcat rises to great heights. But the novel contains some anachronisms.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:
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Pamela Rabe shines in this hypnotic revival of Samuel Beckettโs classic play Happy Days
This fresh take by the Sydney Theatre Company combines existential dread with dark humour โ and resonates for the current age.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Comet, rocket, space junk or meteor? Hereโs how to tell your fireballs apart
There are telltale clues to help you work out what just blazed overhead.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:As Donald Trump cuts funding to Antarctica, will the US be forced off the icy continent?
Since 1958, the US has led on Antarctic diplomacy and science. Trumpโs funding cuts will diminish US capacity in Antarctica as China expands its presence.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Victoriaโs planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threat
Councils have made it hard to build more townhouses and apartments in the suburbs. Thatโs why these planning reforms are needed.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Footyโs โcode warsโ are back, but which is actually the No. 1 Australian sport: the NRL or AFL?
The AFL and NRL constantly claim to be the countryโs premier sport โ so what do the figures say in terms of profit, participation, attendance and TV audience?
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power
By ignoring a Supreme Court ruling on prisoner voting rights, the NZ government is undermining one of the few constitutional protections against executive over-reach.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:If Jacinta Nampijinpa Price becomes Liberal deputy it will be a wild ride for the party โ and whoever is leader | Michelle Grattan for the Conversation
Also mooted for the role are Dan Tehan from Victoria and energy spokesperson Ted OโBrien. Either would be less fraughtAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Nampijinpa Priceโs confirmation she will run for Liberal deputy has put the members of an already shell-shocked party into a new spin.Tuesdayโs leadership contest, where the numbers are said to...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:China accused of foreign interference in Solomon Islands
China's embassy in the Solomon Islands becomes embroiled in a foreign interference controversy after allegedly forcing a newly appointed minister in the Pacific island nation to quit an international group.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Fight looms over proposed $15m retreat along iconic WA coastal trail
Dozens of locals and several conservation groups push back on plans to build the luxury eco-friendly retreat along the Cape to Cape trail in the state's South West.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Melbourne council to fine business over controversial mural
The Fitzroy mural, which depicts a bound and gagged woman, has attracted a flurry of complaints to council.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Financial counsellors sound alarm over private assistance fees
The Financial Counsellors Association of WA warns that private assistance services charging fees to lodge complaints with banks and the financial ombudsman on behalf of customers are not necessary.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:A glimpse of something better
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Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Major Irish final postponed because camogie stars refuse to wear skorts
A player protest over rules that ban shorts in senior matches of camogie, the female version of hurling, prompts the Munster final to be postponed indefinitely.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Survivor of abuse by ex-police officer hopes to give others strength
Ex-Queensland police officer Ross Kouimanis is now behind bars for the rape and assault of a child in the 1990s. The survivor of the abuse says he carried a silent burden for decades.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:This Bomber has finally arrived and can supercharge club's stuttering build
Zach Reid has been spoken about like a mythical creature at Essendon for years. After years of false starts, he is finally healthy and showing why the club was prepared to be so patient with his development.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:21yo man's dying wish for his father fulfilled by English football player
A Tasmanian father who lost his son to an incurable brain tumour reflects on a moving letter from former Liverpool footballer Adam Lallana.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Live: US, China hail 'substantial progress' on trade talks
High-stakes trade negotiations between the US and China end on a positive note. The ASX is priced for a marginal gain. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Documents reveal violent assaults and use of 'chemical agents' at NT prison
Executive incident reports from the Darwin Correctional Centre have been released to the ABC following a Freedom of Information request, revealing a series of serious events within a 24-day period.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Cash v card-only debate ahead of government mandate on businesses
Ahead of a planned federal government mandate on businesses to accept cash, we speak to Sydney businesses and an economist about what consumers need to know.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Goat almost takes out NZ rider as animals interrupt third stage of Giro
Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen manages to avoid the Albanian wildlife to win the third stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Gina Rinehartโs culture of praise, Zelenskyy invites Putin to peace talks, drought hurts farmers
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. We lead today with revelations from former staff at Hancock Prospecting about the mining companyโs โbizarreโ internal culture, including yearly corporate requests for workers to heap praise on owner Gina Rinehart.We take a look at the devastating drought that is...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Live: Nationals in Canberra to pick leader as Canavan challenges Littleproud
National Party members arrive in Canberra to decide the party's leader moving forward, with current leader David Littleproud facing a challenge from Senator Matt Canavan.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Liz and Rohan arrived in Australia in boxes. They're looking for their families
Elizabeth Wray and Rohan Samara are two of the thousands of children evacuated from Vietnam at the fall of Saigon 50 years ago as part of Operation Babylift. They're embarking on a quest to find their biological families.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Lord Howe Island's famous palms challenge Darwin's evolutionary theory
Scientists are testing Charles Darwin's theory on species diversity by analysing Kentia palm varieties that have grown side by side for 1 million years.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Preschoolers 'soak up' lost language 'like sponges'
Darkinjung was considered a lost Aboriginal language, but community elders on the NSW Central Coast hope a new program for preschool students will change that.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Queensland city records first local dengue fever case in seven years
Cairns was declared "essentially dengue-free" but has now recorded its first locally-transmitted case of the mosquito-borne illness since 2018.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Firefighter wants rule change as he deals with terminal cancer
Simon Lund has spent his dying days ensuring other workers are better protected while facing the biggest battle of his life.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:A $15b road project is reshaping Adelaide's suburbs โ will it be worth the price tag?
South Road was once the gateway to Adelaide's car industry, filtering hundreds of manufacturing workers into a suburban factory. But when that closed, the landscape changed. Now it's undergoing its biggest transformation yet.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Woman killed in horror Mother's Day crash in Victoria's east
A mother dies, with her family left in a serious condition, after a collision near Trafalgar in West Gippsland.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Why doesnโt Australia make more medicines? Wouldnโt that fix drug shortages?
Boosting Australiaโs ability to make pharmaceuticals sounds like a great way to ease medicine shortages. But there are simpler, cheaper options we could try first.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Farmers fear dingoes are eating their livestock โ but predator poo tells an unexpected story
Despite public perceptions, sheep and cattle are not a favoured prey for some dingoes or foxes. So is culling them to protect livestock justified?
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Meteorites and marsquakes hint at an underground ocean of liquid water on the Red Planet
What happened to all the water on Mars? The answer may lie underground.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:The 9,000-product catch behind Bunnings's biggest price guarantee
Bunnings is Australia's most trusted brand, but are customers actually getting the deal they think they are?
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Drone survey maps out koala habitat south of Brisbane
Drone operators are mapping out local koala habitat to help council protect the endangered species โ but one conservationist says south-east Queensland needs to re-think priority developments and urban sprawl.
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