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National News

Barmaid pours beer

Venues on alert after viral QR code drinking trend

Licensed venues are on high alert as a dangerous social media trend sees influencers broadcasting digital ordering codes to solicit rounds of drinks from thousands of online followers.

By Melissa Meehan

terminal

'Simple fix': doctors plead to modernise assisted dying

RAN launches Indigenous opportunities action plan

The Royal Australian Navy is moving to strengthen its ties to Australia's Indigenous communities.

By AAP Newswire

Vice Admiral Matthew Buckley speaks with members of HMAS Coonawarra

terminal

'Simple fix': doctors plead to modernise assisted dying

Vice Admiral Matthew Buckley speaks with members of HMAS Coonawarra

RAN launches Indigenous opportunities action plan

Workers double down with second day of strikes

Workers at the world's largest bulk iron ore export operation will walk off the job...

By Catherine Bouris

ETU Victoria rallies in support of Port Hedland strike action

ETU Victoria rallies in support of Port Hedland strike action

Workers double down with second day of strikes

World News

A Columbian soldier walks through the site of a car bomb attack

Car-bomb attack after Colombia's new president sworn in

Police at Leipzig Airport after a suspected drone attack

German minister warns of daily 'hybrid warfare'

The wildfire burning near Richfield, Utah

Crews unable to reach crashed helicopter in Utah fire

Ex-President Joe Biden's cancer has spread, son says

Ex-President Joe Biden's cancer has spread, son says

Entertainment

art

AAP Entertainment

Islands' world-class art is turning international heads

Nearing 90, Morgan Freeman has no intention of retiring

AAP Entertainment

Nearing 90, Morgan Freeman has no intention of retiring

Perez Hilton's co-host discusses 'unimaginable' crisis

AAP Entertainment

Perez Hilton's co-host discusses 'unimaginable' crisis

US singer Britney Spears in 2019

AAP Entertainment

'I cried for two months': Spears blasts her parents

Finance

ETU Victoria rallies in support of Port Hedland strike action

Workers double down with second day of strikes

Workers at the world's largest bulk iron ore export operation will walk off the job for the second day in a row.

By Catherine Bouris

fuel

Labor backs 'strong' fuel supply as petrol prices bite

Two-day strike hits BHP's iron ore exports in Pilbara

Workers at the world's largest bulk iron ore export operation have downed tools after wage...

By Catherine Bouris

bhp

fuel

Labor backs 'strong' fuel supply as petrol prices bite

bhp

Two-day strike hits BHP's iron ore exports in Pilbara

US invests billions in mining projects to boost defence

US President Donald ‌Trump says the federal government will invest $US3 billion ($A4.2 billion) in...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Ernest Scheyder

US President Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump

US invests billions in mining projects to boost defence

National Sport

Joaquin Niemann

Niemann cools off in New York, but hangs on to LIV lead

Australian Beth Mooney

Rocket-powered Mooney weaves more magic for Trent

Tim David.

Aussie T20 star helps Rocket Trent into knockout phase

Ryan Lonergan

Wallabies defy Osaka heat, scramble for Kiss debut win

Skipper limps off as Springboks edge out Argentina

South Africa's 17-10 win over Argentina in their rugby Test in Buenos Aires was soured...

By AAP Newswire

South Africa players celebrate after defeating Argentina

Messi's father dies in Argentina after long illness

Lionel Messi's father, Jorge, has died aged 68 at a medical clinic in the Argentine...

By AAP Newswire

Lionel Messi

Gauff coasts through but Swiatek made to sweat

Coco Gauff overcame a late surge from Maria Sakkari to advance to the round of...

By AAP Newswire

Coco Gauff

Broncos lose home aura in record-breaking defeat

Brisbane are setting unwanted records this season and one of the most damning is their...

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow