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Two people killed in separate incidents on Victorian roads overnight
A woman who tried to intervene in an altercation in Victoria's north-east has died after being hit by a car. A male pedestrian has died in a separate road incident in Shepparton.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:
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'Nanny' works in youth-dominated fast food industry because she loves it
At 64, Jan Lawlor is not your typical fast-food worker. While some women her age are in the workforce out of financial need, Jan is working for the love of it.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Live: Campaigning resumes as election day nears
Anthony Albanese campaigns in Victoria, where he will announce a funding boost to community language schools, while Peter Dutton starts the day in the Far North Queensland seat of Leichhardt. Follow live.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Cummins's Sunrisers Hyderabad score vital IPL win
Pat Cummins leads Sunrisers Hyderabad to a five-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings to revive his side's chances of reaching the Indian Premier League play-offs.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:The house that Yasi built: One man's solitary life with the cassowaries
A devastating cyclone helped Kenn Parker build his rainforest home, and now his favourite neighbours are the cassowaries who come to visit with their chicks.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to killing healthcare CEO
Mr Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of gunning down health insurance executive Brian Thompson late last year.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Peter Dutton was fired up before the election was called – but has the Coalition wilted in the campaign furnace?
Liberal supporters are worried about policy shifts, outbreaks of ill-discipline and signs of a leader sapped of confidence just as his opponent found hisElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:The talk on the street in South Australia's most marginal seat
The Liberal Party holds the seat of Sturt on an ultra-thin margin. This is what voters are saying in the inner eastern suburbs electorate.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:As voter priorities shift, some women feel ignored by male politicians
Researchers say women are feeling under represented in politics and struggle to speak up about the issues that matter to them.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:'From one family to another': Commando finds fresh start in firefighting
The transition from military service to a career in firefighting is a natural fit for many in the Australian Army, a former commando says, describing it as "going from one family to another".
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Five seats that could change the course of the election
In the upcoming federal election, there are five seats in regional Australia that could influence the overall result. Here's why they matter.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Macnamara seems like a 'very safe' Labor seat. It's not
Labor has held Macnamara, which takes in Melbourne's inner south, for more than a century, but it's now an unpredictable three-way contest between Labor, the Greens and the Liberals.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:'Buyer beware' on Mt Everest as guides question new rules
As Nepal moves to reform safety on Mt Everest, some of the peak's most respected guides question whether the new rules will save lives.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:What happens if Trump officials defy the Supreme Court?
We spoke to two experts to answer questions about what recourse the judiciary has when its authority is tested by the executive branch.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:The comedy contest that pushed Australia's biggest acts to stardom
RAW comedy has been running for almost 30 years, kickstarting the careers of Australia's up-and-coming stand-ups, including Ronny Chieng, Josh Thomas, Celia Pacquola and Hannah Gadsby.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Australia’s mini and micro-parties: how to avoid a vote you might regret in the Senate
Behind unassuming names lurk parties with some hair-raising and eccentric views. And others that are pretty much what they say they areElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Tim Flannery: ‘What we’re seeing is the last gasp of the patriarchy’
The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is ‘very hopeful’ humankind will survive the climate crisisGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastWe’ve just left the sandy beach and begun clambering along a slippery rocky shore, shoes in hand, when something small catches Tim Flannery’s eye. He briefly abandons his train of thought and...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Amid a reckoning on domestic violence, does Australia’s piecemeal approach need a national police strategy?
Guardian Australia has asked every police jurisdiction how it assesses risk in family violence offenders to get a better understanding of how the system should workElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPaul McDonough was released from custody and went straight home to beat his partner to death. Henry Shepherdson killed his child...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:A minority Labor government could be truly progressive – and the conservatives know it | Lenore Taylor
Advance and Better Australia are running twin scare campaigns against the Greens and teals, and the very idea of minority governmentElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Hecklers and booers at Anzac Day welcome to country ‘must face the full force of the law’, PM says
Anthony Albanese says disruption of ceremonies in Melbourne and Perth was ‘act of low cowardice on a day when we honour courage and sacrifice’Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has condemned...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders
And while Anzac Day brought a temporary truce in campaigning, the political leaders united to condemn neo-Nazi disruption at a dawn service in Melbourne.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Sharri Markson’s ‘exclusive inside information’ puts Coalition in poll position | Weekly Beast
Sky News host assures viewers polls favouring Labor are ‘inaccurate’. Plus: Kyle Sandilands the face of a new anti-hate campaignSign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletterAs the polls continue to indicate Labor is ahead of the Coalition, Sharri Markson had the “exclusive inside information” certain to cheer up her viewers on Sky News Australia.“Now tonight I’m going to tell you how the...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Punishment in search of a crime – Franz Kafka’s The Trial at 100
‘If the book we are reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for?’
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Labor takes large leads in YouGov and Morgan polls as surge continues
With the final week of the campaign about to begin, Labor’s advantage in the polls continues.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Watching the election from afar, I can’t help but wonder – is this really the best Australia can do? | Hugh Riminton
With neither leader offering any serious structural reform, Australia is on a path that leads ultimately to the malaise that has befallen the USElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:What the film Conclave gets right (and wrong) about electing a new pope
As Conclave movie streaming tops Australia's watch list, we go behind the scenes with its cast and a historian, while real life cardinals rush to The Vatican.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Hegseth had 'dirty' internet line in his office to use Signal, sources say
The unsecured internet connection is the latest revelation about Mr Hegseth's use of the app and raises the possibility that sensitive defence information could have been hacked.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Former Tasmanian GP extradited to Hobart to face rape charges
Tasmania police has extradited from New South Wales a former medical doctor over historical sexual abuse charges that allegedly occurred in the 1990s.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Rift between India and Pakistan deepens after mass tourist shooting
Relations between India and Pakistan deteriorate after an attack left 26 people dead, with New Delhi blaming Islamabad for the violence.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Early voting becomes new normal in Australia
More than a million people have already cast their ballots for the federal election early. Some experts say the polling day has just become the last day to vote.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:'I wouldn't put any of my sons in there': Hanson on daughter's Senate tilt
Pauline Hanson, the leader of One Nation, has worked in politics for nearly three decades. Now, her daughter Lee is hoping to join her — running as a Senate candidate in southern Tasmania.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Intelligence is being gathered in this town 80 years on from WWII
Geraldton and surrounds played a critical role in Australia's defence in World War II and that is still the case today.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Lawsuit claims Don Dale teens forced to fight for guards' 'entertainment'
A former inmate at Darwin's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre claims he was forced to "fight other children" and spend hours cutting grass with scissors in a lawsuit against the NT government.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Lightning strikes, flash floods cancel Sunshine Coast dawn services
Roads are closed, drivers have been rescued from vehicles, and two women have been hospitalised by lightning strikes amid the chaos of heavy rain on the Sunshine Coast overnight.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Darwin community grieves for supermarket stabbing victim
Linford Feick is remembered as a "true legend" with a "heart of gold", as the Darwin community gathers to remember the local grocer who was stabbed to death at his store.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source: