Leanne Roney’s “heart dropped” when a woman appeared at her door and announced the car in her driveway was stolen. But her quest to recoup the $9,000 she paid for it and the $1,000 she spent on registration and upgrades has since left her stunned at every turn. Ms Roney, from Port Sorell in northern Tasmania, inadvertently bought the stolen …

Pauline Hanson has doubled down on notorious decades-old comments criticising Sydney’s Mardi Gras, saying she thinks people should keep their sexuality “behind closed doors”. The comments come only days after a colleague declared One Nation “one of the gayest parties in Australia”. In an infamous 1996 interview with 60 Minutes, the right-wing party’s leader responded “I don’t like it” while …

An agreement has been struck on a major federal-state gun buyback following the Bondi shooting massacre, with the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments to evenly share the cost of the scheme. NSW tightened its laws in the days following the December 2025 attack by introducing gun ownership limits, reclassifying some types of weapons, boosting background checks and reducing firearms …

The 66th annual TV Week Logie Awards are underway, with the ABC fielding 41 nominations. Deborah Mailman has become the first Indigenous person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and only the sixth woman to join the list in just over 40 years. The event features a new category this year — the Bruce McAvaney Award for Most …

A major New South Wales coal mine has been given a lifeline by the state government, four months before it was due to close. Mining approvals for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine near Muswellbrook were due to expire in December. The mine has been given a six-year extension while it fights to overturn a block on its plans for …

Japan’s government has broken its silence on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s hand gestures while describing a gift of two melons from the Japanese prime minister, which its former ambassador claimed were a disrespectful joke about the nation’s first female PM. Mr Albanese has resisted Coalition demands to apologise over the gestures he made while referring to two crown melons given …

A former athlete denies trying to paint Alan Jones as having a sinister ulterior motive when describing payments he received after multiple alleged indecent assaults. The 85-year-old veteran broadcaster is facing the first of many weeks of a marathon court hearing after he pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of indecent assault and sexual touching without consent. Six men – who cannot be …

One of Australia’s leading economists says the solution to the housing crisis lies in telling NIMBYs (residents who say “Not In My Back Yard”) to “suck it up”. Speaking to 7NEWS podcast The Issue, Chris Richardson says the fact that interest rates and house prices have both gone up in the last four years, is evidence that supply is the …

A nationwide crackdown on high-powered e-bikes will soon be introduced to try to limit injuries and deaths on the vehicles. The federal government on Thursday announced it has called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to develop a national safety standard on electric-powered vehicles. The standard will limit the speed and power of e-micromobility devices — e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards — which are sold or …

The Opposition has called on the PM to apologise for the remarks made during an already-controversial podcast appearance. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under fire after his comments about melons given to him by Japan’s prime minister have been branded “insulting” by Tokyo’s former ambassador. The controversy stems from a podcast interview last month where Albanese discussed the gift of crown melons, which are …