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Broken Hill’s only newspaper, The Barrier Truth, closes due to cashflow problems, with staffer saying loss is ‘really sad for the community’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBroken Hill’s only newspaper has closed after almost 130 years of operation in a major blow to the outback NSW community.The Barrier Truth’s board told staff the union-run bi-weekly paper would...

This blog is now closed.Seven CEO James Warburton departs networkAustralia needs a plan for war to ‘focus the national mind’, Michael Pezzullo saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMarles continues breakfast rounds to discuss defence spendingThe defence minister, Richard Marles, has been making the rounds this morning and has also spoken to ABC RN about yesterday’s defence announcement.The...

An investigation is under way after reports alleging horses had been butchered at a private property near the NSW regional citySign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityMore than 500 horses have been found dead near Wagga Wagga in what is alleged to be a possible illegal knackery operation.The animals were discovered...

This blog is now closedSydney church stabbing: police treating as terrorist attack the alleged stabbing of bishop during livestreamed massGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says he has been briefed by the Australian federal police following an alleged stabbing at a Wakeley church overnight.Albanese wrote on X:I have been briefed by the AFP...

NSW premier says a ‘major and serious criminal investigation’ is under way after incident at Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley was deemed terrorism attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolitical and religious leaders are pleading for calm amid a “combustible situation” set off by a stabbing at...

The Pakistani citizen – who fled religious persecution to settle in Australia – was working his first day shift as a security guard at Westfield Shopping CentreGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSecurity guard Faraz Tahir has been remembered as a tireless charity volunteer after his death in a mass stabbing at Bondi Junction on Saturday prompted a...

Police believe 40-year-old Queensland man suffered from mental health problems and had only moved to Sydney a month agoGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe family of Bondi Junction attacker Joel Cauchi have described his actions as “truly horrific”, offered condolences to the loved ones of the victims and expressed support for the police officer who ended the...

This live blog is now closedSydney stabbing: seven people dead, including attacker shot by police at Bondi Junction shopping centreWoman killed in Sydney attacks was trying to save her babyPolice officer who shot Bondi Junction attacker wielding a ‘massive’ knife hailed as a heroMental health dimension to Bondi Junction attack – policeCooke says “nothing that we have, no information we have received, no evidence...

Police say 40-year-old was an itinerant who moved to NSW last month and had a history of mental illnessJoel Cauchi named as Bondi Westfield attacker who stabbed shoppersAustralia stabbing live updates: seven dead in Sydney attack at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centreQueensland man Joel Cauchi has been named as the man who killed five women and one man at the Bondi Junction shopping centre...

Byelection in the south Sydney seat expected to be won by Liberal candidate Simon Kennedy as AEC warns voter turnout could be lowGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal party will be hoping to the exorcise the ghost of Scott Morrison on Saturday as voters in Sydney’s south go to the polls to elect his replacement.The byelection...

New South Wales police say one person has been arrested following the incident in DoonsideFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA teenage boy has died and another is in a serious condition after multiple stabbings near a school in western Sydney.Emergency services responded to reports of the stabbings near a...

Opposition leader says ‘national moral fog’ has made antisemitism permissible in speech at Sydney Opera HouseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has blamed police and Labor political leaders for what he calls an unprecedented and unchecked rise in antisemitism, declaring “something is rotten in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Decision announced on eve of Easter long weekend following weeks of controversy over Jackson’s former work as a journalistFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales police commissioner, Karen Webb, has backflipped on her decision to appoint former Network Seven producer Steve Jackson as her media adviser.Questions about...

Teresa O’Sullivan says 2019-20 fire season ‘unprecedented in scale and intensity’ when delivering findings regarding 25 deathsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew rules for the use of firefighting aircraft, better alert systems and remodelling risk classifications are among the recommendations from a coronial inquiry into the black summer bushfires...

Former aide to Craig Kelly found guilty of sex crimes against four victims aged between 19 and 24 at time of offendingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn aide to the former federal MP Craig Kelly used his position to lure powerless young women who he would go on to sexually touch and assault over a period of...

Legal Observers NSW says ‘several officers’ at Port Botany protest – where 19 people were arrested – wore thin blue line patch on uniformFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAt least one New South Wales police officer wore a “thin blue line” badge – which has been co-opted by far-right...

Magistrate clears couple of other domestic violence allegations in hearing at Sydney’s Downing CentreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWilliam Tyrrell’s former foster parents have been found guilty of intimidating another child in their care, but cleared of a slew of other domestic violence allegations.In a hearing at Sydney’s Downing...

Keli Lane, convicted of murdering newborn daughter in 1996, refused parole because she has not helped police find Tegan’s bodyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman convicted of killing her baby daughter in one of Australia’s most notorious criminal cases has been denied parole after more than 13 years...

Sydney Afternoons’ host told listeners he will need surgery to remove his entire oesophagus and is taking several months offFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBroadcaster and saxophonist James Valentine has revealed live on ABC radio that he has oesophageal cancer and is taking several months off to undergo surgery.The...