File photo taken on August 25, 2025 shows Qantas Airways ground staff loading luggage onto a Boeing 737 aircraft on the tarmac of Brisbane Airport in Queensland.

Qantas to cut 850 jobs as it rushes AI rollout

AI transformation prompts Qantas to streamline corporate functions

Could Gmail be off-limits to Australian teens?

Meta, TikTok and Snap warn the bill could give regulators too much power over content

Google warns Australia's proposed online safety bill could lead to under-18s being blocked from Gmail.

Chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza

This was his third refusal in four years to put pineapple on pizza, the commission noted

Chef Davide Tamburella refused to put pineapple on pizza, calling it an insult to his culture.

Mushroom killer's appeal ends in life without parole

Court removes her chance of parole after ruling the 3 murders were 'cold and calculated'

Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson failed to overturn a slew of convictions on Friday.

Will Australian mushroom killer win her appeal?

Patterson was found guilty of murdering her husband's parents and an elderly aunt

Erin Patterson is not expected to attend in person and watched her appeal by live video link from her prison.

Australia considers Iron Dome-style missile shield

Discussions being held over the availability of the US Patriot missile defence system

Visitors queue to take a closer look at a Patriot missile launcher during the Armed Forces Day at the Airbase in Laage, Germany, on June 06, 2026.

NZ military chief quits over inappropriate relationship

Air Marshal Tony Davies says resignation results from errors of judgement made in the past

New Zealand's military chief Air Marshall Tony Davies attends an Estimates Vote Defence Select Committee at parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, June 18, 2024.

Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years

Corals are heat sensitive and particularly vulnerable to human-driven climate change

A diverse coral assemblage is seen after a 2024 bleaching event at Pompey Reef in the northern Great Barrier Reef, far North Queensland, Australia, on Jan. 1, 2025.

Second female lawmaker in Australia threatened

John Smart entered Beazley’s office while holding two pieces of wood above his head

Western Australian state government minister Hannah Beazley arrives for a Labor caucus meeting in Perth, Australia, June 6, 2023.

Australia lawmaker loses both legs after attack

Haines is in a stable condition at a Melbourne hospital

Floral tributes are placed outside the offices of Australian lawmaker Helen Haines who was critically wounded in a "targeted" attack, in Wangaratta on October 21, 2026.

Australia police warn of growing extremism online

Online extremism fuels political violence, warns Australian police chief

A TV crew works in front of a portrait of Australian politician Helen Haines (C) outside her office in the northern regional city of Wangaratta, about 250 kilometres north-east of Melbourne on October 20, 2026.

Australian police charge man over attack on lawmaker

Haines is fighting for her life in a hospital after being struck near her office

A woman delivers flowers at the electoral office of independent member of parliament, Helen Haines, in Wangaratta, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026.

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