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Search continues for couple who have not been seen for six days after they began their hike on the mountainous Shakadang trail before the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struckRescue efforts are still under way in Taiwan’s Taroko national park to find two missing Australian nationals, who have not been seen for six days after a massive earthquake hit the island.The couple, identified by local government...

Exclusive: since Karen Webb became commissioner the force has dumped and paid out three employees in senior media and public affairs roles Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlmost $700,000 in taxpayer funds has been paid out between three dumped New South Wales police media executives over the past two...

This blog is now closedEmerson says breaking up supermarkets ‘too heavy handed’ as Dutton derides ‘Mickey Mouse review’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPM ‘absolutely’ confident supermarket review will reduce prices for consumersThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is speaking to ABC News Radio, also weighing in on Craig Emerson’s supermarket review.Including the Senate review … we’ve already announced...

The airline is adding more than 20m rewards seats on international and domestic flightsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQantas has unveiled long-awaited changes to its frequent flyer program, boosting the number of reward seats available and changing the way those seats are priced. What does Monday’s announcement mean for...

Historian supports preserving some of the interwar period roads, but Yimby activist criticises Boroondara council planFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne council has developed a plan to restore several concrete roads it deems to be of “heritage significance”, despite admitting it costs up to three times as much...

Review chief defends decision not to recommend powers that could break up supermarkets for bad behaviourGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe architect of Australia’s revamped grocery code of conduct, Craig Emerson, has defended his decision not to recommend powers that could force the breakup of big supermarket chains for bad behaviour, describing such a penalty as “too...

Hardest hit areas were Illawarra, Nepean and Hawkesbury and premier says 29 homes were completely inundatedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastResidents in flood-ravaged parts of New South Wales are returning to their properties after some areas were evacuated over the weekend and several homes were destroyed.The NSW SES received...

Boy who took his own life allegedly told to pay $500 to stop personal photos being shared with family and friendsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTwo men in Nigeria have been charged over an alleged sextortion case that led to a teenage Australian boy taking his own life.The boy...

Sydney expected to be badly affected as further downpours and strong winds forecast to lash New South Wales coastSouth-eastern Australia has been experiencing heavy rain since Thursday night, which will continue until Saturday morning local time. New South Wales will be particularly badly affected, with cumulative rainfall totals of 150-200m along coastal stretches.Hourly totals are expected to reach 10-20mm at times, with the worst-affected...

Justice Michael Lee adjourned the court after former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach spent two days on the standGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann discussed payment of about $200,000 for his participation in an exclusive interview with Seven’s Spotlight program and was reimbursed by the network for money spent on cocaine and sex workers, which were...

Dozens of flights cancelled at Sydney airport and drivers told to avoid non-essential travel as inland low and coastal trough combine. This blog is now closedBruce Lehrmann defamation trial live: watch and follow the latest newsBoM weather radar: track the path of the storms and latest updates and warnings for NSW and QueenslandGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...

Second discovery of asbestos at Hosken Reserve, in Melbourne’s north, after similar material found in SpotswoodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s environment watchdog says it suspects an illegal dumping of construction waste was behind the discovery of asbestos in mulch in Melbourne’s west this week.The material was found in...

Integrity commission cites ‘exceptional circumstances’ to make announcement, which involves ‘no adverse findings of any kind’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ACT’s anti-corruption watchdog has said it is “assessing corruption allegations” against Walter Sofronoff over his dealings with the media while he led an inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann trial.In a rare public acknowledgment, the ACT Integrity...

Drivers have been urged to reconsiders their travel plans ahead of a forecast delugeBoM weather radar: track the path of the storms and latest updates and warnings for NSW and QueenslandFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHeavy rainfall will drench parts of Queensland and New South Wales this weekend, with...

Australian Council for International Development head says ‘intense coordination and negotiation’ would have occurred prior to passage of workersThe Israeli military likely had advance notice of the names and nationalities of each of the aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes while travelling in a three-car charity convoy in Gaza this week, according to humanitarian organisations.As Anthony Albanese toughened his language over the killing of...

High-profile defamation case reopened on Thursday with former Spotlight producer for Channel Seven giving evidenceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Bruce Lehrmann defamation case reopened on Thursday, with television producer Taylor Auerbach giving evidence.Here are the key takeaways from his blockbuster afternoon in the witness box . Continue reading...

This blog is now closedBruce Lehrmann defamation trial: Channel Seven offered Taylor Auerbach promotion after rebuking him for charging Thai massages to corporate card, court toldGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAfter a number of comments about the state of famine in Gaza, which Hyman appears to be disputing – it’s quite difficult to keep up with his...

This blog is now closedBruce Lehrmann defamation trial: Channel Seven offered Taylor Auerbach promotion after rebuking him for charging Thai massages to corporate card, court toldExplainer: why has the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case been reopened?Timeline of how the Lehrmann defamation case unfoldedJudge asks for documents relating to Taylor Auerbach’s departure from SevenJustice Lee has asked Taylor Auerbach’s solicitor to produce as many documents as...

Some Labor figures are worried about their grip on Wills if Ratnam secures preselection Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian Greens leader, Samantha Ratnam, has put her hand up to run in the federal seat of Wills, in a move that has some Labor figures worried about the...

Man, 71, found near vehicle in Logan as NSW and Qld residents warned to prepare for up to 200mm of rain, thunderstorms, flash flooding – and black skiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man has been found dead near his vehicle in Queensland flood waters as storms bring heavy...

Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival, near Warwick, held Australia’s first multi-day festival clinic last weekendGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe organisers of Queensland’s first festival pill-testing service say many drugs sold as MDMA turned out to be other substances including one recently dubbed “Canberra ketamine”.The Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival, near Warwick, held the first multi-day festival clinic ever...

This blog is now closed.Victoria government blasted for rejecting truth-telling inquiry’s key recommendationsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has called a snap press conference in Canberra at 8.30am. We’ll have coverage of this for you soon.A man has died in Melbourne’s south after being struck by a truck on a major highway near Frankston. Continue reading...

Victoria police say four men were charged with nearly 100 fraud and deception offencesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMembers of a Melbourne organised crime syndicate have been charged over alleged complex frauds totalling almost $4m, including sending phones to Russia.Financial crime detectives from Victoria police arrested four men on...

Worksafe also charged World Travel Expeditions after Lachlan Cook, 16, died in hospital following health complicationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA travel company and a Melbourne private school have been charged over the death of a student who became unwell on a school trip.The Kilvington grammar school student, Lachlan...