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The concrete grandstand at Wentworth Park in Glebe, with tall tan towers, a dark glazed window strip and a cantilevered roof on slender columns, under an overcast sky with trees at its base.

Sydney

Wentworth Park Runs Its Last Greyhound Race After 94 Years

Liam Te Aho / October 18, 2026

Greyhound racing at Wentworth Park in Glebe ended on Friday 16 October, with a sell-out crowd for the final meeting.

Australia, Financial

Deaths to Outpace Births in the 2060s, Intergenerational Report Finds

Arjun Deshmukh / September 21, 2026

Australia’s deaths are projected to outnumber its births from the 2060s, according to Treasury’s seventh Intergenerational Report, which puts a

Students in maroon school uniform using red laptops at long desks in a classroom at Sydney Technical High School in New South Wales, seen in a wide view, with whiteboards on the blue wall behind them; photographed in 2014. Illustrative, not from the PISA 2025 testing.

Australia, Politics

PISA 2025: Australia Records Worst-Ever Reading and Maths Scores

Sophie Montgomery / September 8, 2026

Australian 15-year-olds have recorded their lowest-ever reading and maths scores in the PISA tests, extending a two-decade decline, while science

A six-panel NOAA map of Pacific sea-surface temperature anomalies from March to August 1997, during the 1997-98 El Nino, showing the warm red and orange areas expanding along the equator as the months progress. Illustrative, not the 2026 forecast.

Australia, Environment

WMO and BoM Say 2026 El Niño Could Be the Strongest on Record

Omar Al-Fahad / September 6, 2026

The World Meteorological Organization said on 3 September that the 2026 El Niño will strengthen to very strong intensity, possibly

Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese seen from behind with their arms raised together before a large crowd on a blue stage at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, at the Melbourne Meets Modi community event on 9 July 2026.

Politics, Australia

Australia and India Sign Uranium Export Arrangement at Melbourne Summit

Sophie Montgomery / July 9, 2026

Australia and India have finalised an Administrative Arrangement that opens the way for long-term Australian uranium exports to India for

A view along The Northern Road at the Londonderry and Llandilo boundary in western Sydney, with a car ahead on the two-lane road, eucalypts on both sides, powerlines overhead and paddocks to the left; photographed in 2023. Illustrative, not the property or the scene of the seizure.

Australia, Sydney

Record 2.7-Tonne Cocaine Seizure at a Londonderry Property in Western Sydney

Arjun Deshmukh / June 22, 2026

The Australian Federal Police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine from a semi-rural property at Londonderry, in Greater Western Sydney,

Overcast view along Bondi Beach from the southern headland, surf rolling in over rocks and the Bondi Pavilion on the far foreshore.

Australia

Bondi Terror Inquiry Reveals Deadly First Moments That Claimed Ten Lives in Seconds

Sophie Lennox / May 25, 2026

The Royal Commission has heard 11 people were shot within 29 seconds of the Bondi Beach attack, ten fatally. Naveed Akram is charged with 59 offences.

Midnight Oil on stage: a singer in a patterned shirt at the microphone in front, the drummer in a white shirt behind his kit at left, under warm stage lights.

Australia

Midnight Oil co-founder and drummer Rob Hirst dies at 70

Liam Te Aho / January 20, 2026

Rob Hirst, founding member and longtime drummer of iconic Australian band Midnight Oil, has died aged 70. In a statement

Empty boxing ring with red, white and blue ropes and a blue skirt on a timber floor in a brick-walled gym, heavy bags hanging along the back wall.

Australia

Aussie Star Cherneka Johnson Retains Undisputed Titles After Gritty World Championship Battle

Sophie Lennox / December 20, 2025

Australian boxing star Cherneka Johnson successfully defended her undisputed bantamweight world titles, emerging victorious via a clear unanimous decision over

Crowded sandy cove with clear turquoise water seen through overhanging branches, sandstone boulders in the foreground and houses on the hill behind.

Australia, Health

The Great Aussie Sunscreen Stuff-Up: Too Little, Too Late

Sophie Montgomery / June 12, 2025

Australia, where the sun’s rays are as relentless as a magpie in swooping season, boasts one of the highest skin