1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1072+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has pledged to overhaul the way the state government funds and accounts for major infrastructure projects as a step towards restoring integrity to Victoria’s finances if the Coalition is elected on November 28. Documents obtained under…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1094+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:01am Washington DC: A few months ago in Honolulu, the Trump administration’s point man for AUKUS – who rarely speaks publicly – gave a broad-brush appraisal of why Donald Trump strongly supports the agreement. AUKUS, which marks its five-year anniversary this week,…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (307+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am Last week, we received two demonstrations of such cycles and their simplifications (not all of it online). The other example came in Andrew Hastie’s decision to attack Pauline Hanson over her party’s cartoon suggesting he was a “traitor”. Hastie,…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (405+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am When in 1951 Dr H.V. (Doc) Evatt, then federal opposition leader, stood in the back of a utility in Moree to campaign for a “no” vote in the coming referendum to outlaw communism, he encountered an eight-year-old girl who asked:…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (649+ words) September 14, 2026 — 4:54am Anthony Albanese spent three decades building up trust with voters. He lost it in a single day, spending his political capital to shake up the tax system. And now the receipts have arrived. Voters are in no mood to…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (400+ words) September 13, 2026 — 9:00pm “Reading this morning of the predicted demise of the world by AI, I wonder what the world would look like,” ponders Garry Thomas from Oatlands. “No work, little hope and continual breadlines where one would get bread, soup and…...

16+ hour, 51+ min ago   (454+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:40pm It’s been 15 long years, but the Wests Tigers are finally playing finals football again. For the first time since 2011, a top-grade Tigers team will play a match at the business end of the season, thanks to the club’s NRLW side…...

10+ hour, 31+ min ago   (320+ words) September 13, 2026 — 8:00pm Lord Trump ariseSo Donald Trump, who loves to watch a good fight, now wants a united Ireland.It’s time King Charles confers a title on his great admirer. How about “Lord of misrule”?Jayne Lilley, Torquay One NationNeil Mitchell’s…...

14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (521+ words) September 13, 2026 — 4:22pm The Dolphins have Sydney Roosters’ firebrand Spencer Leniu to thank for getting them within one win of a spot in the NRL grand final. A Herbie Farnworth-inspired Dolphins triumphed 26-16 over the Warriors on Saturday evening in a victory that…...

15+ hour, 40+ min ago   (822+ words) Updated September 13, 2026 — 2:50pm,first published 10:03am Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned Pauline Hanson’s personal attack on his late mother after the minor party leader criticised her in a podcast this year for living in public housing for decades. Hanson also drew…...