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Police missed red flags before WA man killed a mother and daughter on hunt for ex-wife, report finds

Police officers missed red flags and should have seized the guns of a man who went on to kill a mother and daughter in...

Peter Duttons push to axe DEI public service positions straight from the Donald Trump playbook

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has foreshadowed the axing of diversity and inclusion positions in the public service as part of wider cuts to...

Theyre everywhere: police charge man allegedly behind Pam the Bird graffiti on Melbourne landmarks

It is a bird, it is allegedly a pain, and Victoria police now say they have charged the man they believe is behind a...

Doing this to ourselves: misinformation threat is local, Australian Electoral Commission warns

“Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors” are among the domestic threats being monitored ahead of the upcoming federal election, the electoral authority has...

Australian hospital manager calls junior doctors a workforce of clinical marshmellows in email stuff-up

A local health district in New South Wales has apologised after an administrator accidentally sent an email to junior doctors calling them a “workforce...

Investigation into Dural caravan with explosives compromised by media leak, NSW police say

The New South Wales police commissioner says an investigation into a caravan found in Sydney allegedly containing explosives and a list of Jewish targets...

Australians paid 10% more in bank fees last year, reserve bank says

Australian households paid almost 10% more in bank fees in the 2023/24 financial year, with credit card and personal loan use soaring amid the...

Caravan laden with explosives found in Sydney allegedly intended for antisemitic attack

More than 100 counter-terrorism police are investigating after a caravan was found laden with explosives at a residential property in greater Sydney with indications...

Social media influencer manufactured symptoms that caused one-year-old to have brain surgery, Brisbane court hears

A social media influencer allegedly gave her baby multiple drugs that led to a cardiac arrest and manufactured symptoms that caused unnecessary brain surgery...

Queensland halts prescription of puberty blockers and hormones for children with gender dysphoria

Children with gender dysphoria will be denied puberty blockers as a state government reviews hormone therapies for minors. The Queensland government launched the investigation after...

We tried out DeepSeek. It works well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan

The launch of a new chatbot by Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek triggered a plunge in US tech stocks as it appeared to perform...

Sydney hits 41C after midday before cool change that could see temperatures plummet 15C

Sydneysiders are sweltering through a scorcher with temperatures hitting 41C in parts of the city ahead of an expected afternoon change, when temperatures could...

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