Nascar commissioner resigns after damaging text messages revealed
Steve Phelps stepped down after 20 years at the circuit Antitrust trial was settled late last year The fallout from Nascar’s federal antitrust trial continued into the new year as…
Australia news live: inflation falls to 3.4%; Sussan Ley clarifies claim about ‘far-left neo-Nazis’
Markets bet February interest rate rise is now less likely. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Minister says many in flood-hit…
Professor who claimed ‘Blak’ activists were leading University of Melbourne law school to ‘destruction’ settles discrimination case
Exclusive: Dr Eric Descheemaeker sued the university over his attempted sacking after an email he sent was leaked and posted around campus Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
Australia’s most severe heatwave in six years descends on south-eastern states as Melbourne to hit 42C
Hot conditions for NSW, Victoria, SA, the ACT, Tasmania and WA as authorities warn of high fire danger Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking…
NSW ministers warned not to meet alone with prominent lobbyist after firm placed on watchlist
Eamonn Fitzpatrick, a former media adviser to several Labor premiers and prime ministers, says he ‘self-reported two genuine errors’ and rectified the lobbyist register immediately Follow our Australia news live…
Protester detained in Sydney for wearing ‘globalise the intifada’ jacket says she should never have been arrested
Woman, 53, claims police told her slogan was unlawful despite being unable to point to legislation banning its use Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our…
Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Soviet Union and Russia, dies aged 84
In damaging intelligence breach, Ames admitted to passing information to Moscow for nearly a decade Aldrich Ames, the CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia in one…
Nick Reiner to appear in court for arraignment over murder of parents
The son of acclaimed director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder Nick Reiner, the son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, will appear…
Is your community bushfire-ready? In Cobargo after black summer we don’t just have a plan, we have one another | Zena Armstrong
Fire preparation is more than clearing gutters and evacuation plans. It’s building solidarity in ordinary times so it’s there in extraordinary ones Get our breaking news email, free app or…
I’ll be back! Lights back on at Lismore Cinema, four years after devastating floods – video
Almost four years after historic floods swept through northern NSW, Lismore continues to recover, with Keen Street’s cinema reopening just before Christmas. The refurbished building was long awaited by locals,…