ABS reveals robust market as unemployment rate drops from 4.1% to 3.9%, its lowest since March * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A surprisingly robust labour…

The authorities have video of the suspect entering a bus terminal after the shooting of an insurance executive. On the manhunt’s third day, the police are sifting through a growing list of tips and de...

Debra Tice and other relatives spoke at White House Friday after meeting with national security officials The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, said on Friday that she was confident her son was alive,…

After five Olympics and a record 451 international appearances for Australia over 18 years, hockey great Eddie Ockenden announces his retirement.

Exclusive: James McGovern and Thomas Massie warn US president they are ‘deeply concerned’ the Wikileaks founder’s plea deal sets worrying precedent * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or…

It’s almost that time of year: Spotify is gearing up to release its annual Wrapped, personalized recaps of users’ listening habits and year in audio.

In 2005, nine Australians were arrested in Indonesia over a heroin smuggling plot. Only one of them returned home to Australia.

Earhart, her navigator and their plane disappeared during their attempted 1937 circumnavigation of the globe. A deep sea exploration company thought it might have solved the mystery, but it lives on.

The president-elect is calling on the Senate to step aside so he can install some appointees without confirmation. Here’s a closer look at that process.

Excitement and optimism abounded after two statement wins but result shows Schmidt’s work is just starting out It had been a fortnight of razzle-dazzle and eye-catching headlines. Offloads and sidesteps, pyrotechnics and sliding tries in the corner had filled highlights reels and provided content for podcasts and think-pieces. There wasn’t a spare seat on the bandwagon. The hype train was chugging along at full throttle. Everyone wanted to know: Were the Wallabies back? This was the reality check that Australian rugby needed. Because for all their brilliance in their record wins in London and Cardiff, they were handed a lesson here in Edinburgh. This 27-13 defeat serves as a timely reminder that for all the positivity that has been accrued this autumn, there are still more pressing questions that need answering. Continue reading...

Does anyone really care about a documentary charting Camilla’s rise from jolly schoolgirl to Diana’s nemesis, then queen? Channel 4 does, judging by this tedious, flimsy show I feel like I’ve missed a memo. Is it Camilla Awareness Month or something? Two…

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected methanol poisoning outbreak.

Inner West council has thrown open the doors of seven town halls to arts organisations free of charge as it tries to revive its buildings and address a performing arts crisis * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking…

Windows 11 24H2 is crashing Star Wars Outlaws and others.

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re exploring the DOJ telling Google to sell off Chrome to break up its monopoly, OpenAI accidentally deleting potential evidence in The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it, and how AI companies are…

Heritage minister says Facebook made ‘room for misinformation’ after turning news off in 2023 as Australia mulls actions that could lead to Meta doing the same Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Twelve months on from Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season unfolding during a news blackout on Facebook, the nation has warned Australia about Meta’s “reckless” behaviour during “need-to-know situations”. An early start to Australia’s bushfire season is looming for swaths of the country, with large parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory, the south-west of Victoria and south-east corner of South Australia facing higher risk, according to an official assessment in September. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Kick off the festive celebrations with this cranberry-glazed spatchcocked duck with bricks of cheesy onion stuffing The older I get, the more I find myself leaning into tradition. There’s just something so comforting about a list of ingredients that…

From Monty Don’s top garden tool to Sali Hughes’s perfect lipstick and Yotam Ottolenghi’s favourite ever present, we asked everyone what they wanted – so you don’t have to A selection of little treats for all ages Continue reading...

Guardian Australia’s editor Lenore Taylor, deputy editor Patrick Keneally and head of newsroom Mike Ticher discuss whether there are lessons for the major parties in Donald Trump’s big win

World championship contenders Max Verstappen and Lando Norris will start Sunday's Las Vegas Grand Prix next to each other, with Verstappen able to clinch the title.

At least four people have been killed in the attack on the Basta neighbourhood, according to the Health Ministry.

The talks in Azerbaijan have seen nations at odds over how much money developed countries should provide to poorer ones

Gaetz’s withdrawal comes amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct against cabinet nominee How Gaetz nomination unravelled in eight days Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman, withdrew from consideration to serve as Donald Trump’s attorney general on Thursday, amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct, ending the brief nomination of one of Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks. After meeting with senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Gaetz determined that his nomination was “becoming a distraction to the critical work” of the new Trump administration, he explained on X. Continue reading...

The design of the missile fired at Ukraine is based on a longer-range Russian intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, the US military says, and can carry nuclear warheads * Putin says Russia fired experimental ballistic missile into Ukraine The…

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to convene a review board in the coming weeks to consider safety concerns about engines on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes after two bird strike incidents on Southwest Airlines planes in 2023.

President Joe Biden's policy reversal comes just days after Washington gave Ukraine the green light to use long-range missiles on targets within Russia.

Jussie Smollett was convicted on charges of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019.

The International Criminal Court said the alleged crimes include starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and other inhuman acts.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoin...

The celebrity doctor’s 2022 financial disclosure for his Senate run details holdings in stocks like UnitedHealth, CVS and Johnson & Johnson — potentially creating conflicts in the way he runs Medicare...

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Prosecutors hailed ‘first FTX cooperator to come in the door’, helping put away Sam Bankman-Fried for decades An apologetic FTX co-founder was sentenced on Wednesday to no time in prison after a prosecutor and a federal judge praised his cooperation…

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Former premiership player Cyril Rioli was among the group of players who alleged they were subjected to a racist culture during their time at the club.