The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Wong sounds alarm over civilian deaths and 'just' peace

Penny Wong has shared Australia's concerns about the "dire" humanitarian situation in Gaza and the rising number of Palestinians being killed.

AAP · Jan 16, 2024

Cummins to captain "on the fly" against unknown Windies

Australia's captain Pat Cummins admits he knows little of many West Indian opponents entering the first Test in Adelaide.

AAP · Jan 16, 2024

Rivals Tomljanovic, Ostapenko to face off at Open

Ajla Tomljanovic respects Jelena Ostapenko as a "tennis player" ahead of the pair's eagerly-anticipated match at the Australian Open.

AAP · Jan 16, 2024

Current revenue sharing model completely broken, big three should do more: Cricket West Indies CEO

NEW DELHI: The big three in world cricket, including India, England and Australia should do more to save smaller Test playing teams and ICC's current revenue sharing model is "completely broken", said Cricket West Indies CEO Johnny Grave.

The Times of India · Jan 16, 2024

MADE, the world’s largest custom bike show, adds a second show in Australia

Barely five months since its impressive debut in August 2023, the global handmade bike builder show MADE has announced the launch of an Australian show in addition to its Portland event.

Cycling Weekly · Jan 16, 2024

Mike Bowers: ‘We wrote the idea for Talking Pictures on a coaster – thank goodness because we’d had a few drinks’

On a pub crawl in Belgium with Barrie Cassidy two decades ago, the photographer had a brilliant idea

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2024

Conservative politicians stoking Australia Day debate online with paid ads, analysis finds

Several Liberal MPs share advertisements on Facebook lobbying against changing the date after Woolworths’ decision to pull national merchandise

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2024

Sharelle McMahon’s 1999 last-second winning goal slipped through the net in slow motion

A team of scrappy, over-the-hill underdogs in a come-from-behind netball victory over New Zealand? Nothing could be more Australian

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2024

Should Australian parliaments axe the Lord’s Prayer? In Victoria it’s up for debate

Every parliament, except the ACT, features the Christian prayer. But it hasn’t always been the case, and some say it’s time to change

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2024

Strike threat over claim pro-Israeli lobby forced out Australian journalist

Sacked last month, Antoinette Lattouf joined the ranks of journalists dismissed for expressing support for Palestinians.

Al Jazeera · Jan 16, 2024