Jordan v Argentina: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽️ Kick-off time: 9pm local/12pm AEST/3am BST/10pm EDT⚽️ Third-place table | Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot⚽️ Algeria v Austria – follow live updates with Sam Lewis 3 min…
Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
Prime minister Anthony Albanese says too many children still on platforms but he is ‘heartened’ by world-leading law Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s…
Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content
Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
Unit owners are wresting back control of their stratas: ‘If I don’t do it, the building will fall into the street’
Amid high costs and low confidence in the industry, some owner-occupiers are taking on Australia’s commercialised strata system Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking…
Abbie Chatfield: ‘Someone told her worst dating story. I lay on the floor of the stage and screamed’
The podcaster and TV host talks to us about doomscrolling, aliens and a horrifying sound healing that made her want to vomit What’s the best piece of advice you have…
‘Really good flatmate’: what happens when the love is gone but it costs too much to move out?
The cost of living is putting pressure on relationships – and preventing some couples from properly splitting up Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads The separate…
The last continent: how deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach
The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species? This article contains images of dead wildlife. Reader…
Australia buys into World Cup journey as nation approaches peak Socceroos | Jack Snape
Marketing stunts, murals and bandwagon-jumping politicians point to one thing – the country is invested in football, for a few weeks at least It was not the coverage Port Phillip…
I have always wished the best for Karl Stefanovic. But if he’s selling racists, thugs and conspiracy theorists, I hope he fails | Hugh Riminton
When I first met Stefanovic he was immediately likable. How has his compass shifted so far that he platforms a man who stirs up terrorist attacks on mosques? I knew…
Home price data another window into tax change fallout
Home price data will show how curbs to investor tax breaks and interest rate rises continue to impact the property market. Cotality property analytics data is soon expected to show…