An early morning earthquake has hit southern Western Australia with homes as far away as Perth being rattled. The 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded at a depth of 5km by Geoscience Australia at 5.34am local time on Sunday. The quake hit just northeast of the small town of Gnowangerup, between Katanning and Albany on the … Read more
China’s decision to repeal costly barley tariffs was “not a transactional” effort to get Anthony Albanese to Beijing, he says. Nor did Australia make any concessions – trade or otherwise – in exchange for China’s winding back of an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has said. On Friday, the … Read more
Dual All-Australian Kane Cornes says Collingwood’s system “backfired” during Saturday’s shock loss to Hawthorn, suggesting Sam Mitchell’s 16th-placed side has shown a blueprint on how to beat the premiership favourites. It came in a contest Nick Daicos was blanketed by Hawks tagger Finn Maginness, restricting the Brownlow Medal favourite to an all-time low five disposals … Read more
An early morning earthquake has hit southern Western Australia with homes as far away as Perth being rattled. The 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded at a depth of 5km by Geoscience Australia at 5.34am local time on Sunday. The quake hit just northeast of the small town of Gnowangerup, between Katanning and Albany on the … Read more
Multiple people – including children – are unaccounted for after fire tore through several homes on an island off the Queensland coast. Emergency services were called to the blaze on Russell Island – southeast of Brisbane – about 6.20am on Sunday. Up to three homes on Todman St were engulfed by flames. A Queensland Ambulance … Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned no other forms of recognition of Indigenous people will be on the table if the Voice referendum fails. As a new poll reveals rusted-on no voters are now the majority, Mr Albanese – speaking from Garma festival in northeast Arnhem Land – said there is no alternative. He said … Read more
Former Lions and Power star Tom Rockliff has ripped into Collingwood’s Nick Daicos after a moment during the Pies’ upset loss to Hawthorn saw the former inside midfielder seeing red. “Umpires again sucked in,” Rockliff wrote on Twitter after the incident. “Imagine taking a dive like Nick Daicos just did and getting a free kick … Read more
A Victorian Labor MP who once made headlines for destroying a door at a Canberra hotel has resigned from the party after an allegation of a “serious assault” was referred to police. The member for Ringwood Will Fowles resigned on Saturday after the Premier Dan Andrews’ office referred the matter to police. In a statement, … Read more
A southeast Sydney community is fighting to save their peninsula bay from a plan by billionaire Harry Triguboff to build nearly 2000 apartments in a massive Meriton high-rise project. And after the state government rejected the billionaire’s latest proposal, a grassroots action group is hoping Mr Triguboff gets the hint and gives up what’s been … Read more
Rabbitohs coach Jason Demetriou has thrown down a challenge to his players following a poor loss against the Sharks on Saturday night. “I said to the playing group, they’ve got to make a decision and make it quick about what this season means to us,” Demetriou said. “Because we’re saying the right things but we’re … Read more
