Penny Wong says she believes Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted and abused Australian women after Gaza flotilla
Foreign affairs minister says her position is to ‘always believe women’ when sexual assault allegations are made Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The foreign…
More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust
The invertebrates were likely destined for the pet trade, including as reptile food Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or…
Australia news live: NDIA spent $170m over three years on legal fees fighting participants, Senate estimates hears
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Jane Hume, the deputy opposition leader, accused the government of being “sneaky”, saying discussions around…
Barnaby Joyce backflips on One Nation policy: ‘Not going to be kicking permanent residents out of their house’
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says MP ‘had no idea what Pauline Hanson’s policy was’ after politician said permanent residents could have homes ‘repossessed’ Follow our Australia news live blog…
How to actually reduce your screen time: 12 simple, realistic tips to stop doomscrolling
Want to spend less time on your phone? We asked psychotherapists, professors and specialists for practical (and achievable) ways to cut down • The best screen-free activities Everywhere you look,…
Newsroom Edition: Are falling house prices a trap for Labor? – podcast
Josephine Tovey speaks with Gabrielle Jackson, Patrick Keneally and Jonathan Barrett about why Labor is damned if they do and damned if they don’t when it comes to the diabolical…
‘Hallucinating inside a Scandinavian kindergarten’: my night alone in Ikea
About 5,000 hopefuls logged on for the chance to sleep over in the furniture store’s Sydney pop-up. Caitlin Cassidy scored a coveted stay, but could she keep her sanity? If…
I want sex more often than my husband does – what can we do? | Leading questions
It sounds like you both see sex the same way, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith – and perhaps that’s part of the problem Read more Leading questions My husband and…
‘A kick in the bollocks for Australian music’: how band rooms and live venues became a dying breed
Changing tastes and rising rents are to blame, says owner of the latest Sydney rehearsal studio to shutter Alan Scott says in the 1990s he would lose his rock musician…
Australia’s best apartment designs for 2026 – in pictures
The 2026 Houses awards shortlist celebrates the country’s most ‘intelligent, dynamic and visually compelling homes’. For the apartment category, jury chair Alexa Kempton says judges looked for ‘density done well’.…