
When Confidentiality Feels Like a Gag: Australia's Parliamentary Watchdog Under Scrutiny
A staffer's account of jail-threat confidentiality warnings puts Australia's parliamentary complaints body — and workplace reform everywhere — to the test.

Socceroo urges schools and workplaces to screen Australia's World Cup decider
Defender Jason Geria has called for people to be allowed to watch the Socceroos' crucial group finale against Paraguay, with the midday kick-off and a place in the last 32 fuelling national interest.

Socceroos star urges schools to screen Australia's World Cup decider as a national moment
With a place in the last 32 on the line and a midday Friday kick-off, Jason Geria has called on schools and workplaces to let people watch, framing the match as a shared civic occasion.

Australia crush Pakistan by 113 runs at Women's T20 World Cup
Ellyse Perry's 71 powered Australia to 199 for seven at Headingley before Pakistan collapsed for 86, sealing a fourth straight win.

H5N1 Detection on Australian Mainland Forces WA Poultry Farms Into Lockdown
Poultry farms in Western Australia have entered lockdown after deadly H5N1 bird flu was found in wild birds on the Australian mainland, prompting the country's largest producer to act before the strain can reach commercial flocks.

Australia and Canada Sign $1.75 Billion Arctic Radar Deal
The agreement brings Australian-designed over-the-horizon radar technology to Canada, marking Australia's largest defence export deal as both Five Eyes partners deepen co-operation.

Australian police seize record 2.7 tonnes of cocaine near Sydney
Officers found cocaine hidden in underground bunkers beneath modified shipping containers at a property outside Sydney, in what authorities call the country's largest-ever seizure of the drug.