The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Aussie grand prix boss heralds F1 return

Australian Grand Prix Corporation chief Andrew Westacott has literally been counting down the days to Formula One racing's return to Melbourne.

AAP · Apr 7, 2022

Australia yet to eye Sino-Solomon pact

Australia doesn't have any more information about the Sino-Solomons pact after its "initialling" last week, the government's top foreign affairs official says.

AAP · Apr 6, 2022

Ukrainian refugees adjust to new life in Perth after fleeing Russian invasion when 'rockets started coming'

Tom and Ted Holovata celebrate their fourth birthdays in Perth without their father, having arrived in Western Australia among a group of Ukrainian families who fled their home country in almost unimaginable circumstances.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2022

ITV Coronation Street blunder spotted as Emma Brooker's exit plot confirmed

Viewers were quick to spot a problem as the character prepares to leave Weatherfield on Friday

Liverpool Echo · Apr 6, 2022

Labor yet to reveal agriculture policy including live sheep exports, dairy regulation, worker shortage

It's an $80 billion industry, but Labor won't say what it plans for the farm sector, even with the federal election just days from being called.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2022

Pandemic pain remains as Australia’s economic recovery leaves the poor behind

“Our recovery leads the world,” treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Australia on budget night last week. “We have overcome the biggest economic shock since the Great Depression.”

The Conversation · Apr 6, 2022

Witchcraft and fascism collide in Jane Rawson's imaginative new novel

In an age of polarisation, it’s instructive to return to the late 1930s, in the lead up to World War II, when the far left and far right were energised and prominent. In Australia, we tend to think that Nazi sympathisers didn’t exist, or were never significant, but in fact…

The Conversation · Apr 6, 2022

Scott Morrison supported $18m charity before it was formally registered, director says

A mystery foundation established less than a year ago by a businessman with connections to the royal family has managed to secure more than $18 million in federal funding, but the man behind it is refusing to outline how the program will run or outline when it will launch.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2022

Sending a strategic message

The footings for stronger India-Australia ties have been set

The Hindu · Apr 6, 2022

Pat Cummins smashes record 14-ball IPL 50

Pat Cummins was taken on by Kolkata Knight Riders as a star bowler but the Australian captain has delivered instead with the bat in an astonishing IPL innings.

AAP · Apr 6, 2022