Ronni Kahn, OzHarvest founder, presents a teaspoon to Queen Camilla during the queen's visit to Refettorio OzHarvest Sydney on October 22.
Royals
Julie Power

Queen Camilla given OzHarvest’s ‘most prestigious order’

A delighted Queen Camilla accepted ‘the most prestigious order’ ever bestowed by Australian food rescue charity OzHarvest at its restaurant in Surry Hills this morning. 

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Donald Trump says he would replace lost tax revenue with revenue from tariffs, but tax experts say this would not offset the tax losses.
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CNBC

Trump’s tax plans could exempt 93 million from income taxes

Donald Trump has floated a slate of income tax breaks for around 38 per cent of the US population but tax experts have warned his plan just doesn’t add up.

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The Central Park Five sued Donald Trump after he called them killers during his presidential debate. (AP PHOTO)
Politics
Staff Writers

Central Park Five sue Donald Trump for defamation

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is facing another defamation lawsuit after he described the exonerated Central Park Five as killers.

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Fencing is put up along H Street NW to block access to Lafayette Square in Washington in June 2020.
US Politics
The Washington Post

DC locals still reeling from Jan 6 brace for election result

One thing is becoming clear for Washington DC residents — no matter who is elected president next month, the consequences of the country’s toxic politics will land hard at their doorstep.

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The outrage was sparked after someone posted the menu on X.
Australia
Matt Shrivell

Outrage after national treat renamed for King’s visit

Menu planners at Parliament House in Canberra have caused outrage after renaming one of Australia’s national treats during King Charles’ visit.

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Australia has struck a $7 billion deal with the US for more long-range missiles for its warships. (HANDOUT/DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE)
Politics
Tess Ikonomou

Australia locks in $7b deal for missile and air defence systems

Australia has struck a new agreement with the US to bolster its air and missile defences, as tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific, described as ‘the most complex geostrategic environment since World War II’.

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Albania's former president Ilir Meta has been arrested for alleged money laundering.
Europe
Staff Writers

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Queensland
Taylor Renouf

Popular Gold Coast surfer, dad dies before mother’s funeral

An Aussie father has been found dead after failing to show up to his mother’s funeral. WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS

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Two men were arrested after a large amount of cocaine was found by police.
Police
Matt Shrivell

‘Motor vehicle parts’ bust nets $3.5m in cocaine

Major drug haul as ‘motor vehicle parts’ swap nets $3.5 million of cocaine.

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There are grave fears for those on board the light plane.
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Victoria
Matt Shrivell

Fears for passengers after plane breaks open during crash

Emergency services have rushed to the scene of a light plane crash with fears for the passengers after the plane broke in two on impact. 

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Business

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Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison has admitted to a “lapse of judgment” over his offshore tax affairs.
Mining
Daniel Newell

Mineral Resources sheds $1b in wake of Ellison’s ‘lapse’

Shares in Mineral Resources plummeted after its founder and boss Chris Ellison admitted to a ‘serious lapse of judgment’ over his offshore tax affairs.

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Desperate to get your hands on some quick cash? Your superannuation savings may seem like a good option.
Wealth
Nick Bruining

When you can (and can’t) access your super early

Desperate to get your hands on some quick cash? Your superannuation savings may seem like a good option. Here’s when you may be able to tap into your nest egg and how much you can take out.

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Qantas unsuccessfully appealed again the initial ruling to the Full Court of the Federal Court and to the High Court.
Business
Neale Prior

Qantas faces $50m-plus bill for COVID sackings

Qantas is facing a potential $50m-plus compensation bill for illegally sacking 1700 workers during the pandemic as the judge ruling on the case blasted the airline and the union.

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Opinion

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For most Australians, whether to sever ties with the British monarchy is not a pressing concern.
Editorial

Republic seems an impossibility, not inevitability

EDITORIAL: For most Australians, whether to sever ties with the British monarchy is not a pressing concern. Not when we’ve got dual housing and cost-of-living crises occupying our agenda.

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There’s always a problem with governments picking winners with taxpayer dollars, but it’s downright electorally toxic if they also pick winners connected to mates, writes Cameron Milner.
Political
Cameron Milner

Labor’s $1b Quantum leap has been lucrative for a select few

CAMERON MILNER: There’s always a problem with governments picking winners with taxpayer dollars, but it’s downright electorally toxic if they also pick winners connected to mates. 

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Spudd details the the good, the bad and the ugly of NRL season 2024.
Sport
Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll

Five things the NRL need to fix for season 2025

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: In my 2024 NRL season review detailing the good, the bad and the ugly I have a few bones to pick with league HQ.

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The New York Times

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Vice President Kamala Harris’ advisers say the empathy she has expressed for Palestinians as vice president should not be confused with any willingness to break from US foreign policy toward Israel as a presidential candidate.
US Politics
The New York Times

Why Harris is unlikely to break from Biden’s Israel stance

Vice President Kamala Harris’ advisers say the empathy she has expressed for Palestinians should not be confused with any willingness to break from US foreign policy toward Israel as a presidential candidate.

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People gather to watch news on Yahya Sinwar’s fate, the day after Israel announced it had killed the Hamas leader, in a makeshift roadside cafe in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. War-weary Palestinians there expressed one emotion again and again: relief.
Middle East
The New York Times

Autopsy results reveal how Hamas leader Yahya Sinwa died

The director of Israel’s national forensic institute has described the findings from an autopsy after the leader of terrorist group Hamas was killed.

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Fighting continues in Gaza even as a parallel conflict intensifies on the Israel-Lebanon border. (AP PHOTO)
opinion
The New York Times
The New York Times

How US can stop a Mideast missile war everyone will lose

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: We really need some creative, coercive U.S. diplomacy right now to finally put an end to both Israel’s and Iran’s colonial projects, which feed each other.

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Liam Payne with his sisters Ruth and Nicola.
Music
Georgie Kearney

The heartbreaking way Liam Payne’s sister learned of his death: ‘I went cold’

One of Payne’s sisters revealed they did not take many family photos because they never wanted him to feel as though he was ‘in a room of fans’.

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Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di'Anno has died aged 66.
Culture
Staff Writers

Former Iron Maiden star dies aged 66

Members of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden have said they are “all deeply saddened” following the death of their former band member at the age of 66.

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Yentl is playing in Sydney until November 10.
Culture
Wenlei Ma

‘Transgressive’ production definitely not Streisand’s Yentl

An Australian stage production of Yentl is taking a very different interpretation of the Yeshiva Boy story to what Barbra Streisand did in 1983.

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Society

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Young drivers should be banned form giving lifts to friends according to a major association.
UK
James Tozer

Call for ban on young drivers giving lifts to friends

A major association is calling for young drivers to be banned from carrying passengers of a similar age for six months after passing their test.

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Some 95 per cent of NSW public school principals support a ban on mobile phones in the classroom. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Education
Staff Writers

Results in from state’s classroom mobile phone ban

A state government has shared the results that a mobile phone class ban has had on student learning, behaviour, and concentration a year after the initiative was introduced.

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Mpox is at its highest in Victoria since the first case was reported in 2022, Ben Cowie says. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
Health
Caitlin Powell

Mpox cases in Australia surge to new record

As the number of mpox cases in Australia climbs to the highest numbers yet, Victoria's chief health officer has warned that anyone can be affected.

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Lifestyle

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A substantial inheritance – or worse, one kept secret – in later life changes everything. 
Lifestyle
Anonymous

Is it fair to be mad about my friend’s bumper inheritance?

A substantial inheritance – or worse, one kept secret – in later life changes everything. Can this friendship survive?

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If you are offered to taste the wine at a restaurant, it is to make sure the wine isn’t corked - not to ensure that you like it, writes William Hanson.
Lifestyle
William Hanson

The 12 rudest things you can do in public

From giving guests a tour of your home to taking your shoes off inside — here are the 12 biggest social faux pas you could commit.

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A newly-built French Provincial-inspired mansion in the outer eastern suburb of Glen Waverley has passed in at auction for $3.75 million.
Property
Rachel Wells

Mansion attracts single bid as hesitancy hits auction rates

The spring selling season is failing to bloom as hesitant bidders push even the country’s hottest property markets into an auction clearance dive.

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Team Australia parade during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham in 2022. (Zac Goodwin/PA via AP)
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Other Sports
Melissa Woods

Aussies’ Comm Games medal chances take major hit

The sports to be axed for the scaled down Glasgow games has been revealed with several key sports Australia dominate in cut from the schedule.

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Steve Smith only made three for NSW on day two of the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS)
Cricket
Roger Vaughan

‘You’ve got it wrong’: New twist in Steve Smith Test batting saga

The Australian Test star has made a stunning admission about why he is no longer opening the batting.

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Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii could become a dual international during the Wallabies' UK Spring Tour. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)
Rugby Union
Scott Bailey

NRL convert rockets into Wallabies squad

Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii has been named in the Wallabies squad for the Spring Tour, less than a month after playing his final game for the Sydney Roosters.

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World

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Natasha Johnson was mauled to death by dogs.
UK
Matt Shrivell

Calls to change laws after woman mauled to death by dogs

The size and number of dogs being walked together is being investigated after a woman was mauled to death while exercising eight pets.

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Dunedin Aiport has placed a time limit on hugging.
Asia Pacific
Charlotte Graham-McLay

Shock as airport imposes three-minute goodbye hug limit

An international airport has erected signs warning travellers of their three-minute hug policy ... any longer and you need to take it into the carpark.

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Eleanor Brown was described as ‘vindictive, selfish and vengeful’.
UK
Chris Brooke

Daughter jailed for posting nude pics of dad’s mistress

A ‘vindictive, selfish and vengeful’ daughter who posted naked photos of her father’s former police officer mistress on an escort website has been jailed

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The Best Australian Yarn

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Best Australian Yarn judge author Holden Sheppard.
The Best Australian Yarn
Alison Wakeham

Short story competition attracts record 6000 entries

Authors across Australia have submitted a staggering 6020 entries to the world’s biggest short story competition, the Best Australian Yarn — up nearly 10 per cent on last year.

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Best Australian Yarn competition event at WA Museum. Simon Baronowitz, Miles Hitchcock, Basim Shamaon & Julia Lambo.
The Best Australian Yarn
Alison Wakeham

Competition celebrates the stories of migrants

Refugee Week and The Best Australian Yarn share the same ambitions - to promote a greater understanding and celebrate the lives of migrants

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Jacqueline MacDonald.
The Best Australian Yarn
Alison Wakeham

$50,000 gives winner confidence to write on

Top prize gives Tasmanian author the boost and the time she needs to reinvigorate her love of writing.

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Royals
Georgina Noack

Big sign King Charles is barely holding on

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are days away from touching down in Australia, but royal watchers say the tour Down Under may be papering over a darker truth.

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Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, would be the first Black woman and individual of South Asian descent to secure the nomination of a major party.

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