41+ min ago   (637+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:31am The NFL’s extended perimeter around the MCG gave a glimpse into how Yarra Park could be used in the future, but also sparked renewed discussion about the privatisation of the key inner-city green space. Australia’s inaugural regular-season American football…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (363+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am It’s the performance art equivalent of a Russian doll. The first queue to the business class check-in (available to me due to my Qantas status – see below) leads to a bigger queue for the kiosks, which then leads to…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (612+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am Cashed-up seniors with multimillion-dollar homes are in some cases eligible for double the concessions and financial support of a single mother who rents, a leading think tank has found, prompting calls for an overhaul of how governments spend $12 billion…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (698+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am State Labor MPs are bracing for a tense confrontation with their own government over the failure to pass new anti-slavery laws, taking the highly unusual step of seeking to present a backbench bill to the party’s caucus and force…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (511+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am The northern beaches skyline would be transformed under plans to send buildings skywards in Brookvale, boosting the number and height of residential towers in the largely industrial area. Buildings could soar to 25 storeys under the Northern Beaches Council’s draft…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (901+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am One of NSW’s top bureaucrats in charge of the local government watchdog and a council boss circumvented a process scrutinising how costs for a public synthetic oval project ballooned to more than $24 million. Text messages seen by the Herald…...

14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (862+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:30pm When university lecturer Luke Rowe decided to replace his recorded online lecture with an AI-generated avatar of himself, he expected his students would notice immediately that something amiss. Instead, most were unable to initially differentiate between the real recording…...

15+ hour, 1+ min ago   (428+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:10pm Old Xaverians’ under-19s premier men’s team will miss out on playing in Saturday’s grand final after fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary final at the weekend. The Victorian Amateur Football Association announced late on Sunday night that the…...

16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (998+ words) September 14, 2026 — 2:10pm Brisbane’s inner-city streets came to a standstill on Monday as the Queensland Police Service farewelled its former leader, Steve Gollschewski, who died of cancer earlier this month, aged 67. Uniformed police officers lined the streets alongside citizens as funeral processions…...

17+ hour, 6+ min ago   (845+ words) Motorists often avoid this crumbling stretch of the Western Highway where Peter Mason, 71, was enjoying a weekend motorcycle ride before he hit a pothole and died. A retired spray painter and avid motorcyclist went for a weekend ride with a…...