‘You need to hang up now’: Australians report surveillance of phone calls with relatives in Iran amid uprising
One man speaking to his mother in Iran from Australia said ‘I could hear her talking to someone else on the line’ Get our breaking news email, free app or…
Sydney awaits ‘soggiest weekend of summer’ as Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings
Floods predicted for NSW south coast after severe storms dumped 180mm in six hours on Victoria’s Lorne and Wye River, washing cars into the sea on the Great Ocean Road…
Trump appoints Blair, Kushner and Rubio to Gaza ‘board of peace’
White House says seven-strong board, chaired by Trump, will steer Gaza through next phase of reconstruction Donald Trump has appointed the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and former British…
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’ Get our breaking news email, free app…
‘It’s very embarrassing’: Sophie Turner on rage, romance and the horror of watching Game of Thrones
She was a star at 14, learned how to act with the whole world watching, then stepped away to discover herself. Now she’s back in the new Tomb Raider –…
‘The whole thing was just mind-blowing’: my trip into the abyss to see the Titanic
From Sydney’s northern beaches to the bottom of the Atlantic – the story of a man who won a trip of a lifetime in a local supermarket competition Bandra, Mumbai,…
Albanese’s hate speech bill appears friendless and Ley looks exposed. It seems rushing to action has hurt both leaders
As MPs prepare for an early return to Canberra to consider Labor’s draft bill, the politics must not be allowed to hide the fact that it would be bad law…
Is Trump regretting his battle with the Federal Reserve? – podcast
Last week, the Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into the chair of the Federal Reserve – and longtime foe of Donald Trump – Jerome Powell. In an extraordinary…
Is it just a case of the January blues or time to quit?
Going back to work after the summer holidays can feel brutal. Alarm clocks are reset, inboxes are brimming over and the freedom of long days, late nights and unstructured time…
ASX-listed miner has front-row seat to Greenland drama
An ASX-listed mineral exploration company seeking to develop a rare earth mine in Greenland has hired lobbyists in Washington DC and former diplomats in Denmark and Australia as it navigates…