Anyone who suggests Generation Z lacks respect for the past hasn’t met Mirra Andreeva. A rising star on the WTA Tour, the 17-year-old Russian doesn’t shy away from admiring the greats of tennis, in particular Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis. As role models in the game go, it’s hard to beat a pair of former world number ones. Graf won …

Many key political issues revealed in newly released cabinet papers from 2004 could easily have been ripped from the headlines of 2024. The National Archives released hundreds of papers on Wednesday from the year former Prime Minister  was at his political zenith after defeating Labor’s Mark Latham. The documents reveal the rationale for Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war which …

Former prime minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny have rung in the New Year with the Trumps at a red carpet event in Palm Beach, Florida. The US president-elect and wife Melania hosted the gala at their opulent Mar-a-Lago estate, inviting around 300 guests. Attendees reportedly included the world’s richest person Elon Musk, the next vice president JD Vance and …

Australia’s housing market is in a downturn for the first time in almost two years after the average national price of a property sold dipped slightly in December. The data from CoreLogic shows the median value of property sold in the last month of 2024 was just shy of $815,000 after a price drop of 0.1 per cent. “It really …

PRESS STATEMENT from the Hon Shaoquett Moselmane As a young man in the ALP, I had a dream, a dream of becoming a member of the National Parliament. Sadly, it is not to be. In 1982 I joined the ALP because I believed in Labor and Labor values. I loved our Labor leaders, Gough, Hawke, Keating and others. I believed …

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has doubled down on his public scorning of players caught with performance-enhancing drugs in their system, regardless of the explanation for it. This year alone, the No.1 ranked player in the world in both men’s and women’s tennis have had banned substances found in their system. In October, Jannik Sinner was cleared of any wrongdoing despite testing positive for …

Federal minister Jason Clare has fired up after Islamophic graffiti popped up in his electorate, saying “brain-dead morons” are sowing division in Australia. NSW Police confirmed on Monday it was investigating after “F*** Islam” and “Cancel Islam” was spray-painted onto an underpass in the Western Sydney suburb of Chester Hill. The suburb is home to a large Muslim community. Federal …

One in five Australian private renters are living without two or more essential items, according to a new joint study released by peak body the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), and the University of New South Wales. The study also found that of those Australians renting 22 per cent are living below the poverty line, as the nation’s dual …

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told 7.30 parliament will sit in February, to consider remaining bills on the government’s agenda, pushing back against the notion of an early 2025 election. That election will be set against the backdrop of the continuing cost of living crisis but Mr Albanese was keen to counter Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s suggestion that Australians should …

Amid growing concerns the Great Barrier Reef is reaching an environmental tipping point beyond repair, there is hope two sections of the natural wonder could persist even on a warming planet. And there are recommendations that both sections be given greater protection from pressures like fishing and shipping. New modelling shows the outlying reefs in the Eastern Torres Strait and the Whitsundays …