A heavily pregnant Muslim woman who was repeatedly punched and stomped on during a suspected racially motivated attack in a western Sydney cafe says she “fears for the world our children will grow up in”. NSW Police said Rana Elasmar, 31, who was 38 weeks pregnant, was with her friends at a Parramatta cafe on Wednesday night when a 43-year-old …

The Socceroos have held on for a narrow 1-0 win over Jordan in their 2022 World Cup qualifier to record their first away win over the hosts. Adam Taggart’s 13th-minute chipped finish at the King Abdullah II Stadium on Thursday night allowed the Socceroos to stay top of Group B with 12 points after four wins from four starts. “It …

The coalition and Labor are even in two-party preferred terms for the first time since the May election, the latest Newspoll shows. The turnaround in the ALP’s fortunes comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison battles the drought and a faltering economy. The government’s billion-dollar drought relief package has not tracked through to the voters interviewed for the latest Newspoll in The …

More than 850,000 hectares of land in New South Wales have been razed since the start of this year’s unprecedented bushfire season — the equivalent to more than 1 million rugby league fields. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) confirmed the extent of the damage to date, ahead of a warning about “catastrophic” conditions facing Greater Sydney and the Greater Hunter areas …

Australian and Chinese leaders have talked up the opportunities for future cooperation on issues of common interest, brushing aside recent diplomatic strain stemming from philosophical differences. A 45-minute meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was the first item on Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s agenda as he flew in to Bangkok on Sunday afternoon ahead of the East Asia Summit on …

She’s effectively won lotto six times in one week, but low-maintenance tennis superstar Ashleigh Barty only plans on splashing out on her niece and nephew following her historic pay day in China. Australian sport’s new six-million-dollar girl promises fortune and fame won’t change her after squirrelling away the biggest cheque in tennis history with her WTA Finals success in Shenzhen. …

The manner in which NSW Police officers arrested and humiliated two women in hijabs over an alleged unbuckled seatbelt was “appalling” and had the potential to undermine the entire force, critics say. Two New South Wales Police officers have found to have engaged in serious misconduct by belittling two Afghan women during a traffic stop in Sydney’s west. The Law …

Anthony Albanese has promised to open a “conversation” about new ways of protecting workers in insecure employment, and committed to a root and branch overhaul of the “broken” vocational education system. In his speech on jobs and the future of work, delivered in Perth on Tuesday, Mr Albanese declared today’s new employment arrangements – such as the gig economy – …

Woolworths has apologised after admitting it owes 5700 staff up to $300 million in underpaid wages dating back more than nine years. The supermarket giant said the underpayment was uncovered during a review triggered this year by the implementation of a new enterprise agreement covering its supermarkets and Metro stores. It has analysed only two years of data but said …

The 38-year-old mother of two young sisters found dead in their Perth home on Friday has been charged with two counts of murder. The woman, who police have not named, was being treated for self-inflicted wounds after she was found at Mullaloo Beach on Friday night. She will face Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Monday. The sisters, 10-year-old Mia and six-year-old …