The BOM website cost $96.5M—20 times the original price—to redesign. The unusable new site sparked fury, forcing the acting agency head to apologize and the government to demand an explanation for the public expense

City of Sydney spent $19.6M on planter boxes, drawing criticism from Greens Councillor Matthew Thompson, who says the funds should have supported community services and childcare instead.

Patrick Orren Stephenson, 23, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Samantha Murphy. Police continue to search Enfield State Park, near where the 51-year-old’s phone was found, for her body

QLD storm clean-up faces a new threat: a heatwave with temps 10°C above average, as 28,000 insurance claims pour in. Power restoration continues, but schools remain closed, and generator stock is running low

A 76-year-old man was killed by a falling tree on the Central Coast as severe storms hit NSW. The SES has received over 620 calls for help, with damaging winds and large hail still forecast for the state’s north

Darwin, 26 November – Australian right-wing politician and leader of the “One Nation” party, Senator Pauline Hanson, has been suspended for seven working days by…

Minister Plibersek condemned Hanson’s burqa stunt as “disappointing behaviour” that fuels racist bullying and distracts from the rising threat of right-wing extremism. Greens leader Larissa Waters called the act “pathetic

Mark Latham is appealing his $140,000 defamation loss to Alex Greenwich, arguing his explicit tweet was “proportionate” to Greenwich calling him “disgusting,” claiming vulgarity is part of political debate

QLD teachers strike again after the government refused a meeting to narrow arbitration talks and grant an interim pay rise. The QTU says the 8% pay offer won’t solve the teacher shortage crisis

A 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Beaumont Hills, Sydney. A 15-year-old suspect is under arrest, but police are urgently searching for one or two other young males involved in the “senseless” and targeted attack