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Foot traffic near Melbourne’s town hall recorded at highest since 2015, as Eras tour concert coincides with busiest day of 2024Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe pre-pandemic hustle and bustle of the central business districts of Sydney and Melbourne is returning, and in Melbourne’s case it’s busier than it’s been for nearly a decade.But the weekend crowds...

It was only two weeks ago that the founder of Timor-Leste’s own pride march learned he and 10 others were coming to AustraliaLive news: Minns to become first NSW premier to join Sydney Mardi Gras parade‘It feels like we lost brothers’: Sydney Mardi Gras preparations take on sombre tone after alleged murdersNatalino Guterres likens getting the chance to march down Oxford Street in pure...

If police claims are correct, a gun appears to have been ‘largely unaccounted for’ the weekend before alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, Vincent Hurley saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former senior detective has raised concerns about an apparent “breakdown” in processes that may have allowed...

Commissioner is ‘delighted’ by outcome but decision angers some activists in wake of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird murder investigationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNSW police will be allowed to march in plainclothes in Saturday’s Sydney Mardi Gras after an agreement with the event’s board was reached.After police Sen Const Beau Lamarre was charged with the murder...

NSW police say remains found near Goulburn after Sen Const Beau Lamarre charged with murders of ex-Channel Ten TV presenter and Qantas flight attendantGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTwo bodies have been found south-west of Sydney during the search for missing couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.The discovery came four days after the serving New South Wales...

NSW police commissioner Karen Webb expresses ‘heartfelt condolences’ to the families and friends of alleged murder victims Jesse Baird and Luke DaviesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police are investigating whether murder-accused senior constable Beau Lamarre-Condon was lawfully in possession of the police-issue handgun which they believe was fired at a Paddington unit where two...

Bodies of woman, 41, and boy, 7, discovered in Lion’s Taekwondo Martial Arts Academy in North Parramatta after 39-year-old man found dead in Baulkham Hills homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA young student and his mother walked into a taekwondo studio in Sydney with no warning they’d soon be...

About 75,000 lightning strikes were detected across the city and afternoon commuters facing delays with T1 Western and T9 Northern lines affectedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFour people have been taken to hospital with burns after being struck by lightning in Sydney’s botanic gardens.A spokesperson for New South Wales...

Single piece of bonded asbestos found in a garden bed at Allambie Heights public schoolExclusive: Testing regime meant to stop toxic chemicals going into NSW landscape products gamed by suppliersMap and full list of locations where asbestos mulch has been foundA second primary school in Sydney’s north is among four additional sites that have returned positive results for asbestos contamination.The NSW Environment Protection Authority...

Hundreds of sites including schools are being investigated amid the growing asbestos mulch crisis across NSW. This map shows contaminated parks and other locationsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAsbestos-contaminated landscaping materials have potentially been used at hundreds of locations across Sydney and at least one in regional New South Wales.The premier, Chris Minns, has said the Environment...

Environment minister says authorities are testing mulch in the area but any issues would be resolved before pop star’s sold-out shows at Accor StadiumTaylor Swift Melbourne concert live updates: Eras tour hits AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales environment minister has sought to assure Taylor Swift fans that the pop star’s Sydney concerts will...

Defence lawyer tells court accuser ‘curated’ her version of events after alleged incident at Bondi Beach pub in December 2022Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe rugby star Kurtley Beale’s lawyer has told a court his alleged rape victim concocted the allegations to gain sympathy from her fiance.As the two-week trial draws to a close, Margaret Cunneen SC...

Independent expert says with ‘overwhelming certainty’ the phrase was not ‘gas the Jews’, as was widely reported around the worldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police say an independent investigation has found no evidence pro-Palestine protestors used the offensive phrase “gas the Jews” during a march near...

Family of Lauren O’Neill told ‘we believe a NSW Ambulance staff member was responsible’ for leak after St Vincent’s hospital launched investigationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales ambulance staff member is responsible for leaking an image of a shark bite victim’s injuries from inside the hospital, the state’s health department has revealed.NSW Ambulance said...

Rugby union star has pleaded not guilty and denies sexually assaulting woman at Beach Road Hotel in December 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman accusing rugby star Kurtley Beale of rape made hand-written notes to herself before confronting him with the allegations in a secretly recorded phone call,...

Rugby union star has pleaded not guilty and denies sexually assaulting woman at Beach Road Hotel in December 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman accusing the rugby star Kurtley Beale of rape has denied his lawyer’s assertions that she invited him into a men’s bathroom cubicle with her...

Health authorities issue urgent warning about the so-called MDMA tablets, which are orange or red with a red bull logoGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree people were hospitalised in Sydney after taking tablets they believed to be MDMA but that actually contained a potent opioid.Health authorities in New South Wales have issued an urgent warning about the...

Asbestos-like fragments found at newly-opened Regatta Park in Emu Plains sent for urgent testing, Penrith city council saysPenrith council has closed part of a park in western Sydney over fears it could contain asbestos-contaminated garden mulch from the same company that supplied the product used at Rozelle parklands.Penrith city council says the newly opened Regatta Park at Emu Plains in the city’s west was...

Boating crash comes as at least 12 people are rescued from rips across beaches in three separate incidents on the NSW south coastGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA teenage girl has died in hospital after being pulled from the water following a boating accident in southern Sydney.The 16-year-old was rushed to St George hospital after two boats...

Judge tells court assault was ‘violent and degrading’ as former TV host ordered to serve 18 months on community corrections orderFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former TV host Andrew O’Keefe has avoided jail despite being found guilty of “violent and degrading” domestic attacks.The broadcaster was hit with three...

Hazardous material found in mulch at railway substations in Dulwich Hill, Canterbury and Campsie and alongside Prospect Highway, authorities sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAsbestos has been found in garden mulch at new locations in Sydney’s inner-west and west after the discovery of contamination at the Rozelle parklands earlier...

Rugby union player pleads not guilty and denies groping and sexually assaulting the complainant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, at Bondi Beach venue in 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFootage showing Wallabies star Kurtley Beale allegedly groping a woman in a pub before sexually assaulting her in...

Protesters took aim at foreign minister Penny Wong and prime minister Anthony Albanese and said they would ‘continue to chant for a liberated Palestine’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWidad Waqqad, 20, has been attending demonstrations for Palestine since she was a young girl. This Sunday was no different, as she joined hundreds of others in Sydney’s Hyde...

According to a police spokesperson the same man was involved in both the attacks in RedfernGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 38-year-old taxi driver and a 25-year-old food delivery driver were stabbed in two separate incidents in a Sydney suburb, with police now appealing to the public for information.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Walker...