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The Wests Tigers host the Gold Coast Titans in Round 15 of the 2026 NRL Premiership at Leichhardt Oval, Sydney.
The government is looking to rewrite the rulebook on safety measures in the wake of the Coogee Beach shark attack.
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABruce Hales, the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church’s “Man of God”, has launched a crackdown on his 50,000-strong flock as the sect faces mounting scrutiny of its unsuccessful campaign effort for the Coalition at the last federal election.Audio recordings of Hales’ “ministry” played to church members in recent weeks show the multi-millionaire sect leader belligerently trying to reinforce rules about how his followers dress and act, where they can go and who they can associate with.Plymouth Brethren Christian Church leader Bruce Hales preaches in the…
Natasha LeakeJune 14, 2026 — 12:45pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWashington: Melinda French Gates has said she knew Jeffrey Epstein was “evil” from the moment she met him, describing the convicted paedophile as so repugnant that she suffered nightmares after encountering him.The philanthropist and former wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said women should trust their instincts when confronted by dangerous individuals, recalling an immediate sense of unease in Epstein’s presence.Melinda French Gates appeared to suffer from a panic attack when asked about Jeffrey Epstein.nna\jabi“Have you ever in your…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAACarmen Lawrence is right (“How AUKUS submerged the truth”, June 13). AUKUS binds us to buy (and possibly receive) a handful of submarines that could only plausibly be deployed to support American foreign policy. The idea that three submarines, never all at sea at the same time, could serve any useful purpose on their own is delusional. The government underestimates the extent to which its meek acceptance of this extortionate deal, struck in secret by Australia’s least popular prime minister, contributes to its current…
Socceroos fans celebrated at fan sites across the country as Australians turned Vancouver green and gold.
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAustralia’s fast-growing data centre sector is attempting to reframe its massive power requirements as an asset for the grid, arguing its deep corporate pockets can fund and accelerate the nation’s multibillion-dollar energy transition rather than destabilise it.Plans to build dozens of new data centres – buildings filled with racks of servers that store and transmit online data – are coming under intensifying scrutiny across Australia as crossbench MPs, climate groups and community campaigners raise alarm over the unprecedented strain they threaten to place on…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAYouth workers and mentors will be embedded in two major Melbourne hospitals under a new state government-funded pilot program designed to divert injured youth offenders away from a life of crime.Under the $2.5 million program, young people admitted to trauma units after being injured in a violent incident such as a machete brawl or a gang attack will be connected with a youth worker or mentor, who will be able to offer practical support to help them turn their life around.Chief of the government’s…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAPauline Hanson has rocketed past Anthony Albanese as Australians’ first choice to be prime minister, while One Nation has edged out Labor and now leads both major parties on primary vote.And the Coalition has crashed to a record low primary vote of just 20 per cent in the latest Resolve Political Monitor, conducted for this masthead, while Labor recorded a primary vote of 28 per cent. For the first time, One Nation leads after a whopping 5-percentage-point rise in its primary vote to 29…
Catherine LuceyJune 14, 2026 — 12:50pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWashington: US President Donald Trump is trying to project brute strength as he turns 80, but mounting political problems at home and abroad are tarnishing his self-styled image as an all-powerful leader.Trump will celebrate becoming an octogenarian as he hosts an extravagant, $US60 million ($85 million) Ultimate Fighting Championship showcase on the White House South Lawn on Sunday night (Washington time).Donald Trump is hosting a $US60 million ($85 million) Ultimate Fighting Championship showcase on the White House South Lawn.BloombergHe…