It’s been third time’s a charm for Sydney artist Tony Costa who has won the 2019 Archibald Prize for his portrait of painter Lindy Lee. Costa has been announced the winner of the prestigious prize at the Art Gallery of NSW and takes home $100,000 prize money. “I’m absolutely overwhelmed, honoured and thrilled,” Costa said in a statement. “I am …

A woman has been charged after allegedly egging Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a Country Women’s Association event in Albury. The 24-year-old protestor allegedly went up behind Morrison on Tuesday morning and tried to crack the egg, which then bounced off his head. Morrison’s security team leapt into action and a 70-year-old woman was knocked to the ground. The prime …

Tony Abbott has raised the prospect of restarting car-making in Australia – less than six years after he oversaw the effective shutdown of the nation’s automotive industry. The comments came as a debate between the former prime minister and hustings rival, Independent Zali Steggall, saw jeers and boos erupt at a surf club in Queenscliff, New South Wales, in response …

Police have confirmed they still don’t have the “doctored” lewd Facebook posts of a Tasmanian candidate despite the Prime Minister insisting the Australian Federal Police had been called in to investigate. The New Daily has confirmed with AFP sources that as of 9pm on Thursday there was no referral to the relevant line area of the posts by Tasmanian Liberal candidate …

Australia reached their first Fed Cup final for 26 years with a 3-2 win over Belarus in Brisbane. Ashleigh Barty and Samantha Stosur beat Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 3-6 6-2 in the deciding doubles tie to seal victory. Barty also won both her singles matches, while US Open champion Stosur lost twice. In November’s final, Australia will host …

A Barnaby Joyce interview and efforts to secure Clive Palmer’s preferences offered bi-partisan distractions as the campaigns continued their charm offensive in marginal battlegrounds. The Opposition Leader kept his campaign in the north, walking a political tightrope over the Adani coal mine in an effort to pick off National Party seats in central Queensland. The Prime Minister, meanwhile, took his …

A woman has received 28 demerit points — enough to have a driver’s licence suspended twice over — after a single police stop on the NSW Central Coast at the weekend. NSW Police said they pulled over the 24-year-old on the Pacific Highway at Ourimbah yesterday afternoon after noticing she was using her mobile phone behind the wheel. While they …

Scott Morrison has crossed paths with Tony Abbott away from the official election campaign trail at a Good Friday church service, telling the former prime minister he’d be on the hustings in Warringah “soon”. The Prime Minister, who was with his wife Jenny Morrison, read a traditional Good Friday reading from the Book of Isaiah at the St Charbel’s liturgy …

A judge in London has found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Judge Michael Snow quickly issued his verdict on Thursday after Assange appeared in court, with his supporters packing the public gallery. The basis of Assange’s defence was that he couldn’t expect a fair trial in British courts as the United Kingdom’s …

Popular Australian actor Lincoln Lewis has issued a warning on the perils of social media after he was inadvertently embroiled in a malicious catfishing scam, which destroyed the lives of two young women. Melbourne woman Lydia Abdelmalek created fake accounts of celebrities, including the former Home and Away star, and used them to lure the women into destructive online relationships. …