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Sydney could see a month's worth of rain in a day
A list of areas have been put on alert as map warns residents to brace.
Wild Weather
Canberra dad's crazy prediction before $60 million Powerball win
The ACT man was so excited he answered the phone on the first ring.
Powerball
Australia about to be hit with eight-day rain event
A 2800km stretch of the country is on alert, as a deepening low pressure system swirls off the coast.
Wild Weather
'Unseasonable' rain is closing in
A rain band will develop later this week and it's set to stick around until July.
Wild Weather
Trial for Brittany Higgins rape accused delayed after Logies speech
ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said some of the commentary ignored the impending trial and blurred the "important distinction between guilt and allegation".
courts
Cold front sweeps across country as Winter Solstice arrives
Showers, snow and lows in the single digits are on the agenda today, which is the shortest day of the year.
Wild Weather
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 17, 2022
AEMO says electricity supply fine for weekend; SA premier 'grateful' for Russia ban; Pauline Hanson retains Senate seat after election results released
Live News Daily
Health and energy to dominate Albanese's first national cabinet
Health, the energy crisis and even the make up of the body itself will be high on the agenda as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chairs his first national cabinet meeting on Friday.
National Cabinet
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 16, 2022
Child, three, dies with COVID-19 in SA; Unemployment rate steady; No end in sight in east coast power crisis.
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 15, 2022
Minimum wage up $40 a week; AEMO halts energy trading after days of power supply chaos; Federal Court approves Crown takeover.
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 14, 2022
'China needs to remove sanctions' says PM; Blackout warning for east coast; Aussie share market plunges
Live News Daily
David Pocock wins one of the ACT Senate seats
Former Wallabies great David Pocock has won one of the two Senate seats in the ACT as an independent.
federal election
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 13, 2022
Sports stars, pandemic heroes in Queen's Birthday honours list; Flu cases rise, with children worst hit; NSW Premier would scrap stamp duty
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 10, 2022
Cheers as Tamil asylum seeker family touches down in Biloela; US Capitol riots hearings open; Massive queues at airports.
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 9, 2022
Two banks increase interest rates on saving accounts; Gas bill relief not coming until October; Australia records more than 33,000 new COVID-19 cases
Live News Daily
Double demerits to kick in at midnight for Queen's Birthday
Drivers in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory are being warned to drive safely - with double demerits coming into force at midnight.
police
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 8, 2022
Murugappan family set to touch down in Brisbane; Bodies found in Sydney unit; Rest of the big four banks pass on rate rise
Live News Daily
Cold, dry, wet or windy: What winter has in store for Australia
Australia has ushered in winter with record-breaking lows and incredible snow dumps. So, what's in store for the next three months?
Weather Forecast
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 7, 2022
Interest rates hiked; More than 50 mafia-linked crime clans uncovered; Cold front sweeping parts of nation
Live News Daily
What's open this Queen's Birthday holiday
This year, the day falls on Monday, June 13, giving those in New South Wales, ACT, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania, a three-day weekend.
Australia
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 6, 2022
PM goes for a cycle with Indonesian president; Winds impact Sydney flights, as tree smashes house; Interest rates set to rise.
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 3, 2022
Third case of monkeypox identified in NSW; Queen's Platinum Jubilee; Government weighs gas price intervention; Biden urges new assault weapon ban
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 2, 2022
Former Chief Justice Sir Gerard Brennan dies at 94; Second case of monkeypox identified in NSW.
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: June 1, 2022
Massive fire breaks out in Brisbane suburb; Australia's economy grows 0.8 per cent in March quarter; Queensland firefighters battling large fire at commercial building
Live News Daily
Labor cabinet minister makes history, with a small pink book
The prime minister has announced a cabinet featuring a record 10 women and a religious first.
Federal Election 2022
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveils his new cabinet
The announcement comes after Labor claimed its 77th seat to form a majority government.
Anthony Albanese
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 31, 2022
Magnitude 3.0 earthquake felt in south-east Queensland; Dutton hints at Morrison's future; Guide dogs Victoria CEO Karen Hayes resigns
Live News Daily
Dutton elected Liberal leader as Littleproud ousts Joyce for Nationals job
The new leaders take the helm as the Coalition enters opposition for the first time in a decade.
Federal Election 2022
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 30, 2022
Littleproud new Nationals leader; Dutton the new head of Liberal party; Barnaby Joyce 'not really sad' after ousting; Parts of Australia experiencing the coldest weather of the year so far
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 27, 2022
Murugappan family to return to Biloela; Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits the Timor region; Dutton lashes Labor 'disgrace' after warning
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 26, 2022
Penny Wong jabs at Coalition governments over climate change; Texas gunman posted warnings before school shooting
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Record number of women elected to Australian parliament
More women than ever have been voted in with a large number of seats previously held by conservative men being taken over by more progressive female candidates.
Federal Election 2022
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 25, 2022
Minimum wage rise push will go ahead, Labor says; Texas death toll rises to 19 children, two adults; Tamil family could be 'home to Bilo' 'very, very soon'
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 24, 2022
Biden says Australia 'all-in' on alliance; Monkeypox outbreak linked to raves.
Live News Daily
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 23, 2022
Albanese sworn in as PM ahead of Quad summit, fires up at press conference; Free flu jabs in Queensland as cases 'double every week'; Treasurer concedes Victorian seat; Aussie petrol prices to 'break new records'
Live News Daily
Small detail during Albanese's first press conference as PM
Before he addressed the room full of media alongside his new Cabinet, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island flags were installed next to the Australian flag.
Anthony Albanese
Rivers rising in flood-ravaged northern NSW
Roads are closing and farmers are starting to move livestock to safer grounds as rain continues to lash NSW.
Wild Weather
Breaking news and updates Australia: May 20, 2022
Monkeypox diagnosed in Sydney, Melbourne; Craig McLachlan drops defamation case against Nine newspapers; Changes to phone voting officially confirmed
Live News Daily
The big chill continues with multiple states warned about heavy rain
A cold snap has set temperatures plummeting across multiple states - and it's set to last a while yet.
Wild Weather
Rain to make weekend return as cold front slams into south-east
Residents have shivered through a chilly morning today, with one capital clocking a low of 4C.
Wild Weather
Pocock demands group behind 'Green Superman' ad punished
Former Wallabies flanker David Pocock wants the powerful lobby group behind controversial signage and online attack ads to be prosecuted for confusing voters about his potentially historic run for the ACT Senate.
Federal Election 2022
Rain set to continue in flooded south-east Queensland
South-east Queensland is expected to receive more rain over the coming days, with the BoM warning of 'life-threatening flash flooding' and potential landslides.
Wild Weather
'Freedom protester' charged over alleged assault in Canberra
A NSW man has been charged after he allegedly assaulted a woman during anti-COVID-19 vaccination "freedom protests".
courts
Temperatures to plunge as east coast braces for cold snap
A cold air mass will move across the south-east, bringing chilly temperatures by the time the sun sets this evening.
Weather
Interest rate hike 'bad news' for Coalition, says Uhlmann
The RBA has increased the nation's official cash rate for the first time in more than 11 years, up 25 basis points from 0.10 per cent to 0.35 per cent.
elections
Brittany Higgins' alleged rapist set to face trial
Bruce Lehrmann is accused of sexually assaulting Ms Higgins inside a Parliament House office in 2019. He has pleaded not guilty.
courts
Katherine Deves denies being transphobic
Controversial Liberal candidate Katherine Deves has denied she's transphobic in a rare interview with 2GB's Ben Fordham.
federal politics
Young child hospitalised after eating death cap mushroom
A young child in the ACT is lucky to be alive after they consumed a deadly mushroom which has sparked a public health warning from territory officials.
health
Who won week two of the federal election campaign?
If Scott Morrison won the first week of the campaign, Anthony Albanese won the second by not making it worse, and changing his attitude, and strategy.
Federal Election 2022
