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Albanese rocked up to Apple HQ to lecture Tim Cook on teen safety
Anthony Albanese met Tim Cook at Apple HQ to talk teen safety, duty of care laws and AI regulation, as Australia pushes its social media ban worldwide.
Celine Dion beamed in from Paris to sing for John Farnham, but he couldn't make it to his own tribute
Celine Dion sang from Paris and Keith Urban flew in from Nashville for John Farnham's Lend Your Voice arena tribute, but Farnham himself couldn't attend.
AFL and NRL fans lost the plot on the same weekend and finals season has gone properly feral
Hawthorn fans hurled bottles at umpires and Warriors fans pelted referees with drinks, all within a day, as AFL and NRL finals season tipped into chaos.
The government wants to claw back your parents' health rebate, and the Greens are furious
Labor wants to scrap the private health rebate boost for over 65s to fund aged care, but the Greens say pensioners will wear $1.6 billion of the cost.
A consortium just bought 25 Healthscope hospitals, and it says a lot about who actually owns Australian healthcare now
A Calvary led consortium is taking over Healthscope's 25 remaining hospitals, splitting Australia's second largest private hospital operator four ways.
Melbourne is about to shut down for Grand Final week, and here's what's actually on
Melbourne's Grand Final Parade runs Friday 25 September, with the AFL Grand Final at the MCG the next day, so book anything nearby well ahead of time.
Toowoomba's about to drown in 40 million flowers, and it's the most underrated road trip from Brisbane
Toowoomba's Carnival of Flowers returns for its 77th year from 18 September to 5 October 2026, with the Grand Central Floral Parade held on 19 September.
Petrol prices are about to spike across Australia, and it has nothing to do with anything happening here
Petrol prices in Australia are set to rise after Brent crude hit a four month high, driven by tanker attacks and escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Google just bet €13 billion on Finland, and nuclear power is the reason why
Google is investing 13 billion euros in Finland over two years, including a 22 year nuclear power deal to keep its new AI data centres running properly.
A $560 million government fund somehow found its way almost entirely into Labor's own seats
The Centre for Public Integrity found that $493 million of a $560 million grants fund went to Labor-held or marginal seats, with 45 electorates excluded.
Sydney's botanic garden has turned itself into a sea of paper daisies and it's completely free
Sydney's free Paper Daisy Spring Festival at Mount Annan runs until 11 October, with a pink wildflower field, weekend live music, florists and kids fun.
WA police are dropping hundreds of AI camera fines because nobody can prove you knew your passenger's seatbelt was wrong
WA Police are withdrawing hundreds of AI-issued seatbelt fines after drivers successfully argued they couldn't reasonably know a passenger was unbuckled.
Tasmania's $20 million prison kitchen has been shut for months because the floor is too slippery, and taxpayers want their money back
Risdon Prison's brand new $19.8 million kitchen has been shut for months over a slippery floor, and Tasmania wants over $1 million back for food costs.
The Melbourne Royal Show is back, and it is still peak Victorian spring chaos
The Melbourne Royal Show returns to Melbourne Showgrounds from 24 September to 4 October 2026 with rides, showbags, animals and classic spring show chaos.
The federal government just knocked back a smart glasses ban and told venues to sort it out themselves
Canberra has knocked back a smart glasses ban, leaving pools, gyms and shops to set their own rules on covert filming as new privacy reforms take shape.
Dolly Parton has died at 80, and tributes are pouring in from every corner of music
Dolly Parton has died at 80 after a brief cancer battle. We look back at the songs, Imagination Library and seven decades that made her irreplaceable.
Tim Curry has died at 80, and few actors ever committed to a role like he did
Tim Curry has died at 80 after ongoing health issues since his 2012 stroke. From Frank-N-Furter to Pennywise, here is a look back at his fearless career.
Quest Apartment Hotels guests just found out their data was exposed in a breach
Quest Apartment Hotels has confirmed a data breach exposing names, emails and birth dates of over 1.5 million guests who booked stays before June 2025.
Apple's camera equipped AirPods just leaked and the internet has already nicknamed them 'pervert pods'
Leaked macOS code reveals Apple's camera equipped AirPods, quickly nicknamed pervert pods online, though they reportedly cannot record photos or video.
BHP just posted a 30 per cent profit jump, and the timing could not be more awkward
BHP posted a 30 per cent profit jump to $13.2 billion on soaring copper prices, landing awkwardly just as Australian households face cost of living pain.
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