The Latest Breaking News from The Guardian - AU

First home buyers at Sydney auctions hope the market might be a little less ‘untouchable’ at last

Dreams of home ownership feel closer for some as property prices cool across Australia’s capital cities

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Why pay a premium fee for a service that isn’t? How the nationwide outage could hurt Telstra

The telco has long banked on its reputation as having the most stable, widest mobile telco coverage. That is now badly dented

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

How ‘space balls’ launched a sleepy Queensland beach town into the global spotlight at warp speed

Shop owner Lisa Scobie says Forrest Beach is usually a place where ‘kids go fishing before school’. Then six mysterious objects washed up

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

AFL outlines lofty goals in India but Australian rules football has been here before

Previous attempts to grow the game overseas have come to naught but this time the AFL is committing to building from the ground up

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Afternoon Update: Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’; Derryn Hinch dies; and sailing a 10th-century Viking boat

Vicki Brady admits Telstra knew of the risks posed by a failure of its time-keeping systems

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Boy, 16, arrested after police discover body of 13-year-old girl in Victorian bushland

Police say death of Layla Jeffery ‘suspicious’ after remains found in town of Donald in western Victoria

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Abuse survivors launch bid to transfer claims to entity that benefited from Christian Brothers’ wealth

Edmund Rice Education Australia does not consent to being made a defendant, in case that has ‘high court written all over it’, Victorian judge hears

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Derryn Hinch, a fearless interrogator, remained candid and controversial as a journalist and senator – obituary

Twice jailed for breaching suppression orders, Hinch was relentless in his pursuit of sex offenders and was elected to the Senate on a law-and-order platform

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Derryn Hinch, broadcaster once known as ‘the human headline’, dies aged 82

Media figure and former senator died overnight at home, with radio station 3AW leading tributes

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

NT children’s commissioner resigns over child protection changes that remove Indigenous placement principle

Shahleena Musk says she is ‘increasingly concerned’ by NT government changes she claims ‘suggest a reduced commitment to transparency, accountability, and evidence-based decision making’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10