Donald Trump says decision on ‘massive attack’ against Iran is close
President’s remarks follow Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and oil prices rising past $100 a barrel again Middle East crisis live – latest updates Donald Trump…
Gina Rinehart offers bonuses for Australian swimming medals as funding gap exposed
Swimmers to earn $30,000 per world record, $20,000 for a gold medal Commonwealth Games Australia gives each team member $5,000 Freestyle king Kyle Chalmers has welcomed potential windfalls for Australia’s…
Sam Docherty on football after cancer and life after football: ‘I was a frontman for something bigger’
The former Carlton co-captain on the hardships that took him to ‘rock bottom’ and the ‘obsession’ that helped him carve out a 13-year AFL career Sam Docherty always thought it…
Donald Trump hits Australian exports to US with new higher trade tariff over claims of ‘forced labour’
Australia’s trade minister, Don Farrell, says tariff regime is unjustified and inconsistent with free trade agreement with US Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking…
Australia news live: ABC takes down two Four Corners episodes on drug trade over ‘veracity concerns’; Labor dodges gambling reform fight
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian exports sent to the US will be hit with a 12.5% tariff as the…
Could I endure a frigid Canberra winter? Not in my wildest, electric dreams | Brigid Delaney
The best part of my day was sliding into that boiling bed! But then I’d wake at 1am like a piece of lasagne that is burnt on one side and…
How a boy’s own song about eastern rosellas went viral and was covered by Ben Lee
Miles Phillips’ hit has been viewed 1.5m times and played on the radio. The seven-year-old was inspired after feeding birds and realising one ‘main bird stood out’ Follow our Australia…
Newsroom Edition: An El Niño summer looms – we need to talk about climate change – podcast
Political and media attention this week has once again been squarely focused on One Nation’s antics. But while Pauline Hanson had her Euro summer, many of that continent’s biggest cities…
My first relationship just ended. How can I expect to find someone else when it took 15 years to find her? | Leading questions
To stay open-hearted and optimistic, you need hope, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. That’s not the same as expectation Read more Leading questions I’m nearly 30 and my first serious…
Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat
(Atlantic)How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about…