The most important health check in years warns the Great Barrier Reef’s prospects are “very poor” despite the government pouring millions of dollars into programs to help it cope with climate change and other threats. The Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report was released with little fanfare on Friday afternoon,  minus commentary from the federal government. The five-yearly report is a …

It has been less than 48 hours since the Country Liberal Party’s landslide election win became clear, but the tone of the Northern Territory’s new government has already been set. Incoming chief minister Lia Finocchiaro, addressing the media at parliament on Monday, said her “number one priority” was community safety. “Steps must be taken to address that immediately,” she said. …

Yesterday was Arbaeen, traditionally a day of mourning for Shia Muslims. Hezbollah, one of the world’s most prominent Shia organisations, decided to make it a day of retribution, by launching its promised revenge against Israel for its assassination of senior military commander Fuad Shukr in the Lebanese capital Beirut last month. It said it launched 340 rockets into the border region …

The United States has approved the sale of fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel as it prosecutes a 10-month-old war in the Gaza Strip although the Pentagon says deliveries will not begin for years. The sale is worth of $US20 billion ($30 billion). US Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the sale of F-15 jets and equipment worth …

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said on Sunday that Palestinians who had expressed rhetorical support for the listed terror group wouldn’t automatically be barred. The opposition leader said Australians would be shocked that people being brought in from a war zone would not undergo a security check by ASIO. “I don’t think people should be coming in from that war zone …

A request from the NSW Liberal Party for more time to lodge council election nominations has been declined, after the party missed a crucial deadline to file paperwork for about 140 candidates. The NSW Electoral Commission received a letter overnight from the party’s state president, Don Harwin, requesting the nomination period be extended for the elections next month. Mr Harwin …

Labor and the Coalition are level at 50-50 on a two-party-preferred basis, the latest polling shows, as parliament resumes following the winter break. Support for the Albanese government has slipped amid the cost-of-living crisis, with the Coalition gaining ground on primary votes according to a poll conducted for The Australian and published in the paper on Monday. The poll shows Labor’s primary …

This page is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These were the updates from the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday, August 11: The Paris Olympics 2024 comes to an end with the closing ceremony. The event at Stade de France in Paris moved to Los Angeles at the end, ahead of the 2028 Games, where Billie Eilish, …

A newly renovated two-bedroom home in a trendy inner west Sydney suburb was recently put on the market with a buyer’s guide of $1.5 million. The modest price estimate lured in many hopeful buyers with a budget south of $1.7 million. But they never had a chance. At the auction weeks later, the bidding started at $1.8 million and concluded …

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds’s partner has testified her cardiologist thought she could die after she collapsed in the senate following intense pressure over her handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation. Robert Reid gave evidence in the Western Australian Supreme Court on Monday during the defamation trial brought by the Senator against her former staffer Ms Higgins over a series of …