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Taliban sanctions hailed as Afghan embassy future shaky

Australian sanctions on the oppressive regime of the Taliban have been hailed by the Afghan government in exile but its embassy in Canberra could be shut down.

AAP · Dec 7, 2025

PM brands social media ban a success before it starts

The rollout of Australia's landmark social media ban will be untidy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admits, but he says it is already a success.

AAP · Dec 7, 2025

Australia v England: Ashes second Test, day four – as it happened

Australia take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes with 8 wicket win at Brisbane’s Gabba

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2025

NSW Central Coast ‘not out of the woods yet’ as bushfire conditions ease – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2025

Final LIV Golf Leaderboard At The Crown Australian Open

A resurgent Cameron Smith just missed out on the title in his homeland, but he was the best performer of all the LIV Golfers at the Crown Australian Open

Golf Monthly · Dec 6, 2025

The lack of leave turning many women off their jobs

Many Australian women have quit or considered leaving their jobs during fertility treatment, but some employers are stepping in to stop the workforce exodus.

AAP · Dec 6, 2025

"I joined a band because I hated the f****** beach." Shirley Manson doubles down after beach ball rant at Garbage show in Australia

There's a time and a place for beach balls. It has now been firmly established that a Garbage gig is never the place

Louder · Dec 6, 2025

Australia refuses to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us’

US offers to get Australians out of camps if they are issued with travel documents, but Labor has said ‘this is not something the government is considering’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2025

Burke and Wills died as Victorian heroes, but their expedition was a farce. Now Melbourne is rethinking their statue

Their quest captured the imagination of the colony and became part of Australia’s foundation narrative. But it was a debacle led by an eccentric man with a poor sense of direction

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2025

Cronulla riots 20 years on: have attitudes changed since that hot December day when racial tensions exploded?

Some say Australia still has not tackled racism, and fear social media is a more powerful tool than text messages and talkback radio that stirred up rioters in 2005

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2025