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Wet, windy conditions forecast for south-east Queensland this week
The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts patchy rain for the Gold and Sunshine Coasts this week.
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Hamas says it will release American-Israeli hostage
The militant group's leader makes the announcement on social media, but it's not clear when the release will occur.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:βGetting barer by the dayβ: drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust
Farmers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on hay as the promised winter rain is pushed back until JuneAustralia news live: latest politics updatesSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterSam Neumannβs father saved his earnings as a shearer to buy their farm, Redgums, near Truro on the eastern side of the Barossa Ranges in South Australia, 55 years ago. Itβs grown into a thriving sheep farm. But this...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Gladys: A Musical Affair review β Berejiklian parody show is too flimsy to be funny
Sydney comedy festivalThis one-hour musical about the former NSW premier is a crowd-pleaser β if youβre happy to settle for jokes that are convenient rather than cleverGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFive years ago, locked in our homes and isolated from our loved ones, we invented new rituals to keep ourselves sane. We baked bread. We played trivia with friends on Zoom. We replaced going to the theatre with...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:How Charlie discovered that time wealth can be the key to a slower, happier life | Modern mind
Feeling tired and out of touch with what really matters to him, a busy father tries a few behavioural experimentsRead more from this series hereCharlie* was flustered the first time I met him. He was running late, fitting our appointment into a morning of back-to-back video calls. He ate his lunch while we spoke and told me about how he feels a crushing pressure to work more and earn more. He spoke of his daily β...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Gina episode 7: Mythmaking - podcast
Gina Rinehartβs father Lang Hancock is well known as a pioneer of the iron ore industry in Australia but few realise Hancock started his mining career on a smaller scale and digging for a different substance β blue asbestos. Hancock and his partner started the mining operation at Wittenoom in the 1940s before selling it to another company, CSR, which mined the area for 20 more years. Wittenoom has become synonymous...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:βNot a single person shied awayβ: how a year chronicling end-of-life stories changed one photographer
Julian Kingma travelled Australia photographing the lives and deaths of people who accessed assisted dying, and those who care for them. He thinks about death differently nowGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailJulian Kingma was afraid of dying.In this regard, perhaps the award-winning portrait photographer is not much different from the rest of us. But Kingmaβs obsession with mortality had stalked him since...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:The kindness of strangers: I was homeless and addicted to heroin. Joanne saved my life
She said, βCome and stay at my house. Iβll look after you and weβre going to get you into rehabβRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesBy the time I was 19, my life had spiralled out of control β I was homeless and destitute, my infant son was living with my abusive mother and I was addicted to heroin. Iβd had a pretty dodgy childhood; my father died when I was very young and I was left with my mother. At 16,...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Australiaβs rental crisis is not what you think it is
The rapid rise in advertised rents grabs headlines but itβs only a small part of the market, an expert says, and for most renting households there is no crisisAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFootage of long queues at the doors of properties for lease has become a regular feature of property reporting over the past few years.Landlords have upped...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Thank you for letting us make you rich: claims of βbizarreβ culture in Gina Rinehartβs company
Former staff lift the veil on life at Hancock Prospecting, where they say the boss is lavishly praised and adulation is encouragedAustralia news live: latest politics updatesListen to the latest episode of Guardian Australiaβs podcast series GinaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInsiders at Australiaβs biggest private company β Gina Rinehartβs Hancock Prospecting β have lifted the veil on what...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:View from The Hill: if Jacinta Nampijinpa Price became Liberal deputy it would be a wild ride
The ambitious senator, who has recently defected from the Nationals to the Liberals, has been embraced by Angus Taylor to boost his support for leader.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Dumped minister Ed Husic labels Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles βfactional assassinβ
Speaking to the ABC, the former industry minister said his outspokenness on the conflict in Gaza was part of the reason for his demotion.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic aims blame at βfactional assassinβ Richard Marles
Husic says speaking out on Gaza was a factor in him being dropped from the ministryAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEd Husic has blamed Richard Marles for his shock ousting from the cabinet this week, accusing the deputy prime minister of being a βfactional assassinβ.Husic on Sunday said he believed his speaking out on issues...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Dumped minister says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for demotion
Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic says his decision to speak out on the conflict in Gaza was partly to blame for him being dropped from the frontbench, while also lashing Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles as a political "assassin".
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Fun park, police station and school transformed into 'quirky' homes
An agent says interest in alternatives to traditional real estate is on the rise in regional Australia, due in part to the nation's housing crisis.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Economist says Labor's victory could change global energy trade
Hydrogen is not dead, and Labor's historic victory could change the global energy trade, economist Ross Garnaut says.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Menendez brothers resentencing set for next week
Re-sentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have spent 35 years in prison for killing their parents, are set to move forward in the US next week.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Pope Leo warns of AI challenges before unexpected visit to Francis's grave
Pope Leo XIV speaks of the challenges posed by AI in his first official address to church leaders, before making a surprise visit to his predecessorβs grave.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Cash purchase of boat leads to $600m cocaine haul by NSW Police
Five men are charged after police allegedly found more than 1,000 bricks of cocaine, weighing just over a tonne in total, on a boat off the coast of Nambucca Heads.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Tasmanian poppy processor taps into weight-loss drug market
As Tasmania's poppy industry celebrates 50 years, demand for weight-loss treatments is opening up new markets.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Italian crowd compares Sinner's victorious return to pope's ascent
After three months out due to a doping ban, world number one Jannik Sinner is embraced by adoring fans at the Rome Masters, where Alex de Minaur also wins through.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:After 40 years calling the Sunshine Coast home, Narelle has been forced out
Long-time resident Narelle Lockett has left the area because she couldn't find an affordable place to live. Despite the region's housing crisis, multiple developments are being put on pause or knocked back.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Ley's leadership push met with mixed response in home electorate
Sussan Ley hopes to be the first female leader of the Liberal Party. But can she afford to take her eye off her electorate in the process?
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Adelaide club's lifeline keeps basketball dream alive for next generation, Olympian says
Laura Hodges says she wouldn't have become a four-time Olympian without her hometown basketball club. After a period of uncertainty over its future, the Adelaide Lightning has now been given a lifeline β something Hodges hopes will allow young athletes to follow in her footsteps.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:China, US meet in Geneva to discuss trade tariffs
Talks between the United States and China aimed at easing their potentially devastating battles over trade will continue on Sunday in Geneva.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:This filmmaker's marriage was ending. Naturally, she wrote a love story
From the mother-daughter bond to the romantic, With or Without You explores love in all its forms.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:The Anglican bishop who took on sexual abuse in the church
When Greg Thompson became bishop of Newcastle, he refused to turn a blind eye to the decades-long child sex abuse scandals in the diocese. For him, it was personal. He was himself a sexual abuse survivor. But speaking out came at huge cost.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:How India and Pakistan's military and nuclear capabilities compare
India and Pakistan have boosted their military capabilities since they clashed in 2019. As tensions rise between the nuclear-armed neighbours, this is how they stack up.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Betting odds still visible on AFL website after opting out
A self-exclusion gambling toggle on the AFL website does not stop users from seeing match odds, with one user calling the feature "tokenistic".
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Ghost mushrooms light up forests across NSW south coast
Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms transform parts of New South Wales into a spectacle reminiscent of the movie Avatar.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Teen 'hobbyists' caught with 5,000 ants sentenced over wildlife smuggling
Two teenagers have been sentenced after they were found with about 5,000 ants in their possession. While they claim it was an innocent hobby, Kenyan Wildlife officers say different.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:A woman who was incarcerated is helping others escape a cycle of crime
With Australia's female prison population on the rise, Tahlia Isaac is using her own journey to help other women rebuild after prison.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:The heart behind one of the most beloved relics from World Expo 88
The pagoda was built in Nepal over two years and involved more than a million hours of labour by dozens of Nepalese artisans and families.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:This restaurant was once a Sydney institution. It will soon be just a memory
With its oyster shell facade and cave-like interior, the Grotta Capri restaurant in Sydney's east was a nod to its Italian owners and the migrants that shaped modern Australia.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Why are Australians so obsessed with bΓ‘nh mi?
The bΓ‘nh mi was created in Vietnam after the arrival of French colonialists. Now it's a firm favourite for lunch across Australia.
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