World number one continues her march for a third Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-0 win over American teen sensation Jovic. Aryna Sabalenka has handed 18-year-old American Iva Jovic a comprehensive 6-3, 6-0 defeat in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to remain on course for her third title at Melbourne Park. The world […]
Tag: Australian
News live: Sussan Ley says her leadership can survive Coalition split; Australian actors among Oscar nominees | Australia news
Sussan Ley ‘absolutely confident’ in the leadership she has delivered Ley spoke to Channel Nine’s Today this morning, where she was asked about her future as leader of the Coalition. The opposition leader maintained that she was confident in her leadership so far, and the future of her role at the helm. She said: That’s […]
Surfer injured in fourth shark attack in Australian state in 48 hours
A surfer has been bitten by a shark, the fourth attack along Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coastline in under 48 hours. The 39-year-old man “sustained a wound to his chest” after a shark bit his board on the Mid North Coast on Tuesday morning, police said. He has been released from hospital. It follows […]
Australia news live: ‘dehumanisation leads to exactly what happened in Bondi’, Jewish MP tells parliament; 100,000 livestock likely lost in Queensland floods | Australian politics
Burns: ‘Dehumanisation leads to exactly what happened in Bondi’ Josh Burns, a Labor MP who is also Jewish, also stands up, and talks about the night of 14 December as the shooting began. He said his daughter was about to go to the same Hanukkah in the park festival in Melbourne. As he speaks, his […]
Australian Open 2026: Emma Raducanu overcomes slow start to sail into second round
British number one Emma Raducanu overcame a shaky start to sail past Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew and reach the second round at the Australian Open. Seeded at a major for the first time since the 2022 US Open, Raducanu looked sluggish as she dropped serve early on against the world number 196. But the former US […]
Labor wants US to ‘set out the facts’ before passing judgment on Trump’s capture of Maduro | Australian foreign policy
The Australian government says it is waiting for the United States to “set out the facts” on the operation to capture the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. The Labor minister Tim Ayres on Monday stressed the importance of international law after the US military intervention. But when asked whether the extraordinary operation ordered by President Donald […]
Australian electric car market to get influx of new models as cheaper EVs hit the road | Electric vehicles
Australians can expect to see more electric utes, sports cars and hatchbacks that break price records at both ends of the spectrum, with changes encouraging even the most reluctant brands to join the trend. But the electric vehicle market could also experience significant regulatory upheaval in 2026, with a road-user charge on the national agenda […]
Man charged after allegedly performing Nazi salutes at Canberra shopping centres | Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
An 18-year-old has been charged with allegedly performing two separate Nazi salutes at Canberra shopping centres and putting up “propaganda-style stickers” in recent months. The man is expected to appear before ACT magistrates court on Friday, where police will allege in October a member of the public confronted him as he stuck stickers up at […]
Australian man charged after endorsing Bondi attack had weapons stockpile, police say
Police located several guns, a stockpile of ammunition and a shopping list for bomb materials in the home of a Western Australian man arrested after pledging support for the Bondi attackers, a court has heard. Martin Glynn, 39, appeared in a Perth court on Wednesday charged with racial harassment, possessing a prohibited weapon and failing […]
Retribution fears as Australian Muslims see surge in Islamophobic hate since Bondi terror attack | Bondi beach terror attack
Threats and hate speech against Muslim Australians have surged in the wake of the Bondi beach attack, with one mosque receiving dozens of offensive phone calls and reports of people being targeted in the street. As Australia’s Jewish community deals with trauma from the attack that killed 15 people at a Hanukah event, religious leaders […]