1+ week, 1+ day ago   (289+ words) SYDNEY, Sept. 6, 2026 — Housing affordability in Australia has fallen to its lowest level on record, with a household earning a typical income of about A$125,000 able to afford only around one in every 10 homes sold nationwide last financial year. The latest…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (399+ words) Is set for a scorching start to spring, with suburbs forecast to hit 33C on Saturday and the city on track for its hottest. Sydney — full details here. Sydney is set for a scorching start to spring, with suburbs forecast to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (338+ words) Melbourne has just come through its warmest winter on record, and the heat is rolling straight into spring. The city reached 21.8 degrees on Tuesday, the first day of spring, while forecasters warned of more unusually warm weather across south-eastern Australia....

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (230+ words) The discovery sent shockwaves through TasRail's safety team. In a social media post, the operator posed a hypothetical: what if a freight or passenger train had rounded that bend instead of the track inspector's vehicle? "Any way you look at…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (307+ words) FOOTSCRAY, Australia — For state Labor MP Katie Hall, the walk from her electorate office to Nicholson Street Mall runs through memory and menace. The precinct once drew families for a day out; now it sits near posters calling for revenge,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (351+ words) Melbourne talent manager and former AFL figure Ralph Carr has been sentenced to six years in prison after a Victorian court found him guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a former employee in 2023. He will have to serve a minimum…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (358+ words) Australian police raided the Victorian headquarters of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union on Monday and took five men into custody as part of a widening probe into alleged fraud, secret commissions and drug trafficking in the construction sector....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (262+ words) Australian prosecutors have told a court that the evidence against Erin Patterson pointed to a deliberate poisoning, as the high-profile case over three deaths and one attempted murder moved into a two-day appeal hearing on Wednesday. Patterson is serving a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (354+ words) The AFL has broken its silence over allegations involving Sydney Swans players, with league boss Andrew Dillon describing the reports as “deeply concerning” as the club weighs sanctions that could include bans from the finals. The Swans are due to…...