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Election 2025: Labor finds $1bn extra in budget savings, Chalmers

1 day ago | news.com.au | Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

The Albanese government has managed to “offset” its re-election campaign pledges and rustle up an extra billion dollars in savings, Jim Chalmers says. Releasing updated costings on Monday, the Treasurer said Labor was offering “responsible economic management”. “The costings that we released today show that we will more than offset our election campaign commitments in every year of the forward estimates,” Mr Chalmers told reporters in Brisbane.
Blocking new coal, gas projects key demand in minority government negotiations, Greens say

1 day ago | news.com.au | Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

The Greens will demand Labor block any new coal or gas projects if Anthony Albanese is forced into power-sharing negotiations after next week’s federal election, the minor party says. If Labor falls short of the 76 seats needed to govern in majority, it would need to look to the crossbench to form government.
Federal election 2025: Newspoll reveals bad news for Peter Dutton

1 day ago | news.com.au | Hannah Moore

More than half of all voters believe Peter Dutton and the Coalition are not ready to govern the nation, according to the latest Newspoll. The poll, published by The Australian six days before the May 3 election, revealed 62 per cent of the 1254 voters surveyed between April 21 and 24 did not believe Mr Dutton and his team had what it takes to assume power. This marks a seven point increase from polling done in February this year.
Coalition defence spending pledge ‘plucked out of air’: Butler

2 days ago | news.com.au | Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

A senior minister has defended Labor’s military spending and slammed the Coalition’s election pledge to boost the defence budget to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 as “plucked out of air”. With the Trump White House’s “America First” agenda casting doubt on the US’ commitment to global security, many of Washington’s closest allies - including Australia - have been scrambling to bolster their defences.
‘World’s strongest man’ Eddie Hall KO’s fighter in 30 seconds

2 days ago | news.com.au | Chisanga Malata

Eddie Hall has scored a stunning upset win over Mariusz Puzianowski in his professional mixed martial arts debut. The British fighter locked horns with his fellow ‘World’s Strongest Man’ winner on a stacked KSW 105 card in Poland on Saturday night. Hall, 37, was a huge underdog going into the fight as he only had two fights - a boxing match against Hafthor Bjornsson and a freak 2-vs-1 contest against the Neffati brothers — to his name.
Kensington, NSW: Onlookers stunned in alleged stolen Coles truck crash

2 days ago | news.com.au | Liam Beatty

A man has been arrested in Sydney's eastern suburbs after allegedly rolling a stolen Coles truck on Saturday evening. The 32-year-old allegedly kicked a police officer and tested positive to drugs and alcohol following the crash on Day Ave in Kensington about 6.40pm. The incident caused residents in the area to pour out onto the street. According to a NSW Police spokesman, officers were called to the scene following reports an allegedly stolen truck had struck a parked car.
Woman dies after falling at Mapleton Falls, Sunshine Coast

3 days ago | news.com.au | Rhiannon Lewin |Liam Beatty

A woman who died after falling 80 metres from a waterfall in a Queensland national park has been identified. Kate Cooper, 36, died after the horror incident at Mapleton Falls in the Sunshine Coast on Friday afternoon. In a heartbreaking tribute on social media, her partner, Simon Rosenkranz, described Ms Cooper as “one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met”. “Rest in peace my love. You were one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met and made me feel so loved,” he wrote.
‘Disaster’: Katy Perry fails to shift tickets as numerous US tour dates remain empty

3 days ago | news.com.au | Joshua Haigh

Katy Perry is facing a crisis over the US leg of her world tour after tickets have failed to sell. Perry, who recently sold out dates across Australia, has had less success in her homeland where numerous shows have barely sold. In Houston, the first American stop on her US leg that begins May 7, more than half of the city’s Toyota Center amphitheatre have yet to sell.
Michael Schumacher’s son ‘splits from Miss Universe finalist girlfriend’ after she was ‘invited into inner circle’

4 days ago | news.com.au | Étienne Fermie

Mick Schumacher has split from girlfriend Laila Hasanovich, according to reports. The former Formula 1 driver, 26, had been dating the model since 2022. Hasanovich was brought into the family’s “inner circle” – and was Mick’s only girlfriend to have visited his F1 legend father, Michael. Per German outlet Bild, however, both Schumacher and Hasanovich have recently been spotted on celebrity dating app Raya.
Apple employee reveals one thing you should stop doing with your iPhone

4 days ago | news.com.au | Ben Cost

You wouldn’t want to trigger a battery app-ocalypse. Closing open iPhone apps might seem like a sure-fire way to save juice, but this measure can actually have the opposite effect, according to Apple employees. In a TikTok video with nearly one million views, a UK Apple customer said he had his “mind blown” after learning that this digital detox method can paradoxically drain one’s device.