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Study of global heating finds snowfall in Victoria and New South Wales could decline much faster than in other alpine areas around the world Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGlobal heating will cause snow cover in the Australian Alps to decline by 78% by the end of the century...

William ‘Little Pebble’ Kamm and Sandra Costellia expected to be charged following six-month NSW police investigationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCult leader William Kamm and his partner have been arrested in Sydney over allegations they groomed a 19-year-old woman for sex from the age of six.Kamm, 73, who refers to himself as “Little Pebble”, allegedly sent the...

Extreme heat forecast to continue across Victoria, Tasmania, SA and NSW for several days, as record temperatures cause cancellation of long weekend eventsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHobart residents sweated through the city’s hottest night in 112 years as a severe heatwave continues to affect large parts of south-east...

Proceeds from sale – which is believed to be below $5 million – will be used to pay back some of the money stolen from investorsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastConwoman Melissa Caddick’s luxury Sydney penthouse is finally off the market and the proceeds will be used to pay back some of the money stolen from dozens...

Pitch music and arts festival attenders urged to delay arrival, with those already on site advised to head homeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFestivalgoers at a music festival in Victoria’s Grampians have been advised to leave amid the extreme heat and fire danger, while Melbourne’s iconic Moomba Parade has been cancelled due to soaring temperatures.Residents across four...

The 39-year-old has also been charged with improperly interfering with a corpse or human remainsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man accused of murdering his mother and dumping her body in the boot of a car has been formally refused bail during his first court appearance.Jeramie James Massie, 39, was arrested at a unit on Park Street...

Nine says it can prove Synergy 360 and its CEO ‘engaged in corrupt conduct’ by former Liberal frontbencher in defence filed to NSW courtAlleged corrupt conduct between ex-federal Liberal MP Stuart Robert and Synergy 360 included a “gypsy’s warning” to encourage a contract between the consulting firm and a major IT company, Nine claims.The network is being sued for defamation in a NSW supreme...

Fire and Rescue NSW believe battery went into ‘thermal runaway’, killing two of Teralba townhouse’s occupantsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFire and Rescue NSW is urging caution after what appears to be the state’s first recorded deaths in a lithium-ion battery-related fire last week.About 4am on Thursday, four people...

Four-metre shark euthanised after becoming beached on shore at Kingscliff on Tweed CoastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA great white shark washed up on to a beach on the New South Wales north coast, shocking locals and attracting a crowd of beachgoers.The 4m shark was seen swimming close to...

Adaminaby residents decry Snowy Mountains landmark’s colour scheme, with new design set to go to community consultationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFrom the banana to the pineapple to the sheep: pick your “thing” and Australia will have a big version of it. But Adaminaby’s Big Trout is causing controversy in the 301-person town, north-west of Cooma in...

Synergy 360 is seeking damages after claiming news articles were defamatory, while Nine says it will ‘vigorously defend’ the claimGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastConsulting firm Synergy 360 says it needs to be vindicated with significant damages over four news reports claiming secret advice from then-federal Liberal MP Stuart Robert benefited its clients.After a parliamentary inquiry, Robert...

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...

The disgraced MP for Wagga was a ‘special kind of serial pest’ but ex-premier’s shared vision of the future with him clouded her judgment, court hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGladys Berejiklian’s former boyfriend, the disgraced ex-MP Daryl Maguire, was a “special kind of serial pest” who had an...

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...

Police said the guard was allegedly punched by a patron who had been asked to leave the venueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA security guard has died after he was allegedly punched in the head during an altercation at a hotel in Sydney’s south, and a man charged with...

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...

This blog is now closed.Family of young Indigenous woman who took her own life in Melbourne hospital call for investigationJulian Assange extradition appeal: what’s at stake and what will happen next?Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMan dies after electric unicycle crash in VictoriaA man has died after crashing his electric unicycle in Bellfield yesterday evening.We have concerns...

While analysts are asking why the licence was not cancelled after the first inquiry in 2022, thousands of jobs are at stakeThe Star Entertainment Group may be about to find out how low it can go before its casino licence is cancelled.Almost 18 months since Star was fined $100m after being found unsuitable to run a casino, and after the appointment of an external...

Police said the man, found inside the chute of a bin near Westfield Tuggerah, had died at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe largest homelessness charity on the Central Coast has said how saddened it is by the “loss of a member of our community”, after a man’s...

This blog is now closedAlbanese signs WA GST pledge on reporter’s arm and signals possible support for state’s nickel minersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBirmingham backs Dutton’s asylum boat commentsThe shadow foreign minister, Simon Birmingham, was on ABC RN earlier this morning.It is our responsibility to hold the government to account and if there are cuts to...

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...