Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel

Australia has failed to win an exemption from Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on aluminium and steel, but the government has vowed to fight on for a carve out.

The Conversation

Melbourne is Oscar Piastri country

Needless to say, Australia is mighty proud of their homegrown hero running with McLaren in F1 and have found their own way to really show it.

Motorsport

State doomed to 'repeat' deaths with harsher bail laws

Laws to tighten the granting of bail for children and repeat serious offenders have been criticised as knee-jerk by some legal and Aboriginal groups.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Anthony Albanese denounces US tariffs as ‘not a friendly act’ after Donald Trump refuses exemption for Australia

Global 25% levy regime on steel and aluminium imports due to come into effect at midnight US time

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Ukraine accepts truce plan, tariff deadline looms, Palmer’s ad splurge

Australia’s newfound trade surplus with the US spells trouble for exports; mining mogul ramps up election ad spending

The Guardian - AU

Hope for Australia even as tariffs strain US friendship

The worst consequences of Donald Trump's tariffs won't be borne by Australia's economy, but by its relationship with the US, an expert has warned.

AAP

Trump’s tariffs ‘not the actions of a friendly nation’, PM says – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature

In wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in extraordinary behaviour – tilling the soil to create habitats for their prey to flourish.

The Conversation

A new definition of antisemitism from Universities Australia is attracting criticism – two historians explain why

Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 2023, and Israel’s war in Gaza, there has been a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents, some of these occurring at Australian universities. The war’s ongoing reverberations have led to renewed controversy over the question of when criticism of Israel and support for…

The Conversation

Australia to host ‘Space-out competition’ – where people compete to do nothing

Created by a South Korean artist suffering burnout, the serious but absurd contest is just one of 65 events coming to Melbourne’s winter arts festival

The Guardian - AU

Five things to watch out for at the 2025 Australian GP

McLaren looked mighty in Bahrain. There may have been some differences in predictions regarding the pecking order ahead of the Australian GP, but pretty much everyone expects the Woking team to at least start the season with the strongest package.

Motorsport

Labor’s bid to bolster Australian airline passenger rights may prove weaker than existing law, Choice warns

Consumer advocacy group says draft charter should include the right to a replacement or a refund when a flight is cancelled or significantly delayed

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s record gold exports to US set back its case for tariff relief as Trump trade war looms

Industries across the country are bracing for the impact of the Trump administration’s worldwide tariff regime

The Guardian - AU

More than 60 dinosaur footprints found on boulder that sat at Queensland school for 20 years

One-square-metre slab has one of highest concentrations of fossilised prints documented in Australia, new analysis reveals

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

England and Australia set for historic day-night match in 150th anniversary Test

The one-off Test will take place outside of the normal Ashes series between the sides

Woman & Home

How much of Ten Pound Poms is true? The real inspiration behind the Michelle Keegan series

Although many Brits really did take the trip to Australia in the 50s looking for a better life, viewers are wondering how much of Ten Pound Poms is the truth

TechRadar

What time is Daredevil: Born Again episode 3 going to be released on Disney+?

Here's when episode 3 of Daredevil: Born Again, the latest Marvel TV show to drop on Disney+, will be released.

Autosport

What's new in F1's 2025 regulations?

Formula 1's 2025 season, the last of the current ruleset, will kick off in Australia as Albert Park hosts the season opener – and there's a handful of changes to the regulations to be aware of once the cars hit the road.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Motorsport

What's new in Formula 1's 2025 regulations?

The Independent UK

Ollie Bearman: ‘You only get one shot in F1 – my ultimate goal is to be a world champion’

EXCLUSIVE: From a stunning Ferrari debut at 18 to a ‘dream’ two-year contract at Haas, it’s been quite the 12 months for the Chelmsford teenager with an Italian twang. He tells Kieran Jackson all about it, ahead of the first race of the 2025 season in Australia on Sunday

Evening Standard

Yung Filly: UK rapper denies Australian sexual assault charges

The YouTuber has pleaded not guilty to a raft of charges in Australia

AAP

'Growing tide': clean economy optimism despite Trump

Australia's Climate Change Authority boss believes global decarbonisation will continue regardless of the White House leadership.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australia’s US tariff hopes fade; Rodrigo Duterte’s airport arrest; and when is food too old to eat?

Trump doubles down on tariff plan which would be imposed from 12 March and provide no exemptions

Al Jazeera

Australian GP: Hamilton’s F1 Ferrari debut in Melbourne, Verstappen-Norris

The 2025 F1 World Championship begins in Melbourne on Sunday with all eyes on Lewis Hamilton’s debut for Ferrari.

The Conversation

First wind, then rain. Next come the mozzies – here’s how to reduce your risk of bites and infections

While some parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales are still on alert for flooding, others are starting the difficult clean-up process as flood waters recede.

1 … 614 615 616 617

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.