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Aug 14, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Clareese Packer |Jack Quail |Adam Creighton |Peta Credlin
Australia’s southeast looks set to be lashed with heavy rain and severe winds as a low-pressure system moves in. Following a temporary reprieve of warm weather, a rain band is set to spread from South Australia into Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT over the next few days. Sky News Weather meteorologist Rob Sharpe said the change will be “significant” after a touch of warmth on Thursday.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Lachlan McKirdy |Peta Credlin |Robert Gottliebsen |Lily McCaffrey
How do you top Australia’s best-ever day at an Olympic Games that made it our country’s most successful ever? Even more action all across Paris, of course. Two Aussies will be looking to push for gold medal matches in boxing, as will the Stingers who take on the USA in a semi-final looking to atone for the men’s heartbreaking loss on Wednesday. Here’s a taste of what to expect on Thursday.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Peta Credlin |Robyn Ironside |Lily McCaffrey |Joe Kelly
Russia on Wednesday battled a major cross-border incursion from Ukraine for a second day, the most serious attack on Russian territory by Kyiv's forces in months that prompted both countries to evacuate several thousand civilians. A local state of emergency was introduced in Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday evening, 36 hours after Ukrainian soldiers, tanks and armoured vehicles stormed into the western border region.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Peta Credlin |Robyn Ironside |Lily McCaffrey |Joe Kelly
A Danish court on Wednesday handed a Polish man a four-month prison sentence and ordered him deported for punching the country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June. The 39-year-old, who Danish authorities have ruled cannot be named in the media, was immediately apprehended after the assault on June 7 in a Copenhagen square.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Lachlan McKirdy |Peta Credlin |Robert Gottliebsen |Lily McCaffrey
It could be Australia’s best day in the athletics, while the Opals will be hoping to keep our hopes alive on the court. Plus, sailing and cycling gold up for grabs while the Aussie Sharks have a historic water polo quarterfinal against the Americans. Here’s just some of what you can expect from Day 12 of the Games!OPALSQuarterfinal v Serbia, 7pm AEST The Opals came up clutch in their final group game against France to book their passage to the knockout stages.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Sarah Ison |Adam Creighton |Noah Yim |Peta Credlin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Gaza ceasefire demonstrators Wednesday and called for a global alliance against the Iranian regime he accuses of funding them, as he addressed a US Congress divided by the war. Washington has become increasingly alarmed by the humanitarian toll of Israel's nine-month campaign in the narrow coastal territory, and protests in Israel and the United States have been ratcheting up pressure on Netanyahu.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Sarah Ison |Adam Creighton |Noah Yim |Peta Credlin
Penrith coach Ivan Cleary says his team’s triple treat of premierships has been inspired in some part by the known departures of key players, and the “last ride” for Panthers stars Jarome Luai and James Fisher-Harris is “something to be motivated by” in the run to the finals.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Sarah Ison |Adam Creighton |Noah Yim |Peta Credlin
With the proliferation of solar panels and wind turbines an unusual phenomenon is becoming more and more frequent: wholesale electricity prices turn negative. While that may brighten the mood of consumers whose power bills have surged in recent years, it could undermine the further development of renewables, a key element in the fight against global warming.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Clareese Packer |Peta Credlin |Adam Creighton |Amanda Hodge
A property investor has slammed “boomer bashing” young Australians, calling the “animosity” towards baby boomers “distasteful”. Craig Doyle, 61, from Melbourne’swest, shared how used his superannuation to invest in five properties worth about $3m on SBS Insight on Tuesday night. However, increased interest rates, combined with land tax, council rates and unpaid rent, has led to losses for Mr Doyle and forced he and his wife to opt out of the properties.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Peta Credlin
If you have the sense that Australia is changing, almost before our very eyes, it’s not hard to know why. After immigration hit an all-time record of 765,900 last year, total immigrant numbers have just hit another all-time record of 100,000 new arrivals in just the month of February alone. If you think this feels significant, it is. In the Howard era, we averaged 110,000 a year. When Kevin Rudd was pilloried for his ‘Big Australia’ push, the numbers were around 220,000 a year.
