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Trams are running but the Gold Coast's light rail fight is not over
After four years of disruption and a $1.55 billion price tag, the Gold Coast light rail stage 3 has opened. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News...
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NFL star uses Hall of Fame speech to announce he has dementia
Former NFL running back Roger Craig announces he has dementia, saying doctors believe concussions played a part in the diagnosis. Newsiline summarises thi...
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Exhausted Vollering reclaims yellow jersey with one stage remaining
Demi Vollering takes the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes as an exciting final stage looms. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Austr...
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Side dish vegetable takes the spotlight as vegetable of the year
Chefs say a variety called sugarloaf cabbage is changing people's minds on how the vegetable can be the star of the dish rather than simply a side. Newsil...
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Calls to provide historical cannon with antique firearm exemption
The firing of a cannon has served as a symbol of unity and historical pride for the regional city of Maryborough for nearly 150 years. Newsiline summarise...
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Victorian premier pledges to lift school funding to meet Gonski standards
New premier Ben Carroll says Victoria will fulfil the state's funding obligations to public schools under the Gonski plan. Newsiline summarises this repor...
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Bulgaria summons Ukrainian ambassador after drone crashes near Romanian border
It's the latest in a string of near-misses for Bulgaria and Romania in continuing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. Newsiline summarises this report...
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What we've learnt so far from the NSW corruption hearings
Here are some of the most notable moments from the first fortnight of NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings under Operation Rosny. Newsil...
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Melbourne Royal Show could cancel poultry exhibition amid bird flu fears
The Melbourne Royal Show committee is expected to meet as early as Monday to discuss whether poultry exhibitions will take place at this year's show. News...
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'Unusual' flu trend with SA cases to spike later than expected
An "unusual" flu trend will likely see more people sneezing and reaching for their tissues after the peak winter season, South Australia's health experts...
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Fijian rugby player dies of suspected heat stroke after training
Fijian rugby player Saimoni Vunilagi, 26, dies after suffering from suspected heat stroke following a training session in Japan. Newsiline summarises this...
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Flowers blooming, birds swooping amid unusually warm 'sprinter'
An early magpie swooping season, underwhelming ski season and canola crops blooming a month in advance are some signs of an unusually warm winter across N...
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'Very debilitating': Hunter Biden opens up about his father's cancer
Former US president Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public...
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Seal numbers on Victorian island plummet as pollution affects pups
Deen Maar Island was once home to Australia's largest fur seal colony before the pups started developing alopecia. Newsiline summarises this report from A...
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Oats, water, salt the winning ingredients for porridge-making champ
A former cafe owner from Sydney has been crowned Australia's porridge-making champion at an inaugural competition on the New South Wales Central Coast. Ne...
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Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria after drone explodes near pipeline
Ukraine has denied targeting Bulgaria after a drone entered Bulgaria's airspace exploded close to the strategic Trans-Balkan gas pipeline near the Romania...
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Fears of ‘catastrophic’ decline of giant Australian cuttlefish after only 44 counted in dive survey
Calls for South Australian government to release official estimates for cuttlefish, which once numbered in hundreds of thousands in upper Spencer Gulf Get...
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When bird flu hit the UK, suffering seabirds died in their thousands. Australia’s wild flocks will soon do the same
Australia’s bird population will experience ‘large mortalities’ and risk species loss, modelling based on global outbreaks shows Get our breaking news ema...
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Nurses sleeping in campgrounds, shops shutting and two-hour school buses: what the closure of Victoria Pass means for the Blue Mountains
The main road through the region will be closed for at least another year. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers...
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Centrelink pursuing debts that are more than 40 years old despite agreeing to waive old arrears
Advocates and legal bodies want the debt to be made ‘out of bounds’ given how hard it is to determine its accuracy Get our breaking news email, free app o...
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Elle’s twins played with asbestos-contaminated coloured sand for a year. Why wasn’t she warned of its danger?
A New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’ Get our breakin...
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Australian families are losing loved ones to gambling. The industry’s ‘I know nothing’ defence beggars belief | Zoe Daniel
Australians are the biggest gambling losers in the world. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original p...
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Six times our politicians reminded us not to take politics too seriously
Over the past 25 years of Insiders covering Australian politics, the art of it has sometimes been more finger painting than masterpiece. Newsiline summari...
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Iran says Hormuz deal 'close' but reopening depends on other conditions
Iran and Oman are "very close" to reaching an accord on a new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's foreign minister says. Newsiline summari...
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Sandwich generation navigating work, elderly parents and kids at home
Broadcaster and author Sarah Macdonald is part of a growing army of silent unpaid workers, coping with the consequences of a housing crisis and a broken a...
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These young women are redefining who belongs in agriculture
A university program challenges the idea that women need to grow up on a farm to build a career in agriculture. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC...
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Everything you need to know about Australia's bird flu surge
There are more than a hundred confirmed cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain across Australia. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australi...
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Maps show Ukraine's extensive reach into Russian territory
Ukraine's 40-day campaign to take the war to the heart of Russia increases the strain on Russian businesses, people and air defences, analysts say. Newsil...
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How a day at the footy built the political career of Britain's new PM
Britain's new left-leaning PM Andy Burnham has seized the same public discontent driving Nigel Farage on the populist right but with a very different agen...
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After a big defeat, US pro-Israel lobby sets sights on midterms
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby group boasts of its track record of success deciding election-winners as it endorses candidates that su...
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'People are still dying': Lasting scars of Australia's tainted blood scandal
The 1980s contaminated blood crisis devastated the lives of thousands of Australians who were infected with hepatitis C or HIV. Newsiline summarises this...
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The 19 questions asked in Australia's first complete census
When you sit down to fill in the census, you will be taking part in an ancient human tradition. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australia a...
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'If we don't tour, we don't eat': The Drones return after 10 years
It's been a decade between The Drones's shows and albums, but demand for their reunion proves this "feral little band" still matters deeply. Newsiline sum...
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The race is on in a secret location to save one of our rarest orchids
It takes years of work, dozens of volunteers, picky pollinators and a special fungus to save Australia’s endangered orchids. Newsiline summarises this rep...
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China braces for Typhoon Dolphin after storm lashes Japan's southern islands
Typhoon Dolphin has lashed Japan's southern islands of Okinawa and turned towards China, where it is expected to make landfall late Sunday or early Monday...
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Baker Boy wins big at NIMAs
The National Indigenous Music Awards winners have been announced, with territory talent Baker Boy winning big. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC N...