8+ hour, 58+ min ago   (667+ words) The countdown to one of the biggest video game launches in history is already spilling into Aussie workplaces, with one worker claiming so many colleagues have requested time off for Grand Theft Auto VI that HR has flagged the surge…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (462+ words) Australia's food security is at threat if the government continues its pause on backpacker visa applications in a bid to reduce migration numbers, farmers warn. Working holiday maker visas, which hit a record 321,116 in 2024/25, have been throttled by Labor as…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (701+ words) The European Commission is redirecting internal resources to Moldova's enlargement process, after Chișinău's reform pace outstripped the department's capacity to keep up with it, EU officials told Euronews. The Moldovan government has pushed through required reforms so quickly that the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (358+ words) Kevin Rudd says Australia should join the United States in deterring China from invading Taiwan, but refused to be drawn on whether Canberra would participate in a potential conflict. The former prime minister delivered a wide-reaching address at the National…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (364+ words) Authorities in the west are warning residents of a threat lurking in inland waterholes, after 12 river traps returned a shocking find. Western Australia Fisheries revealed this week that a dozen traps laid in a waterhole in the Pilbara region caught…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (461+ words) The European Parliament will debate the situation in Ceuta next Tuesday in Strasbourg, in what is expected to be a heated political confrontation, following a decision by the Parliament's political group leaders in Brussels on Wednesday. The centre-right European People's…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (539+ words) Australia and Solomon Islands appear to be on the brink of a new security treaty after promises of almost $1 billion worth of additional aid from Canberra. The promised spending includes free education - a signature promise of Solomon Islands Prime Minister…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1013+ words) Instagram creators say they have lost thousands of pounds after their accounts were suspended or taken down due to fake copyright claims. Extorters have filed bogus claims to the Meta-owned social media platform, then asked for ransoms to withdraw them…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (626+ words) Australians are growing increasingly "scared" about what lies ahead in 2026, as an ominous start to spring and the prospect of a powerful El Niño raise concerns about another summer of weather extremes. Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) CEO and former Greens…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (495+ words) Outside the gates of Israel's Canberra embassy, a lonely saxophone played. A group, dressed in red to symbolise blood, passed between them a white, tightly bound cloth, designed to look like the dead body of a baby. Images of some…...