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Echuca, AU

September 15, 2025

24°C

clear sky

Wind: 31 Km/h

National flags of the Australia, Great Britain and the USA

Minister torpedoes talk defence billions to appease US

Australia denies its multi-billion-dollar spending boost for WA shipyards is about appeasing the Trump administration, as defence analysts warn billions more will be needed.

By AAP Newswire

Young woman on mobile phone (file)

Teacher accused of grooming, sexually assaulting girl

Come back or we'll go broke, manhunt-hit locals warn

Businesses caught up in Australia's biggest manhunt are pleading for holidaymakers to return to the...

By AAP Newswire

POLICE SHOOTING POREPUNKAH

POLICE SHOOTING POREPUNKAH

Come back or we'll go broke, manhunt-hit locals warn

NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman

Leader 'supremely confident' despite gossip, polls

Leader 'supremely confident' despite gossip, polls

An opposition leader is ignoring "anonymous gossip" and calling for party unity as nationwide brand...

By AAP Newswire

NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman

SPEAKMAN ABC 702

Leader 'supremely confident' he won't face a challenge

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese

Defence spend boost 'not about appeasing the US'

ANZ

'Unacceptable disregard': huge fine for bank misconduct

48TH FEDERAL PARLIAMENT OPENING

Coalition vote slumps to all-time low in latest polls

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese

PM's big promise ahead of potential meeting with Trump

STD

Warning over rising rates of condition impacting women

House being built in NZ

NZ offers blueprint for home-building productivity fix

Dezi Freeman and Porepunkah sign (file image)

Restrictions lifted as manhunt for cop killer continues

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

'Genuinely historic': Australia and PNG sign major deal

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Federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley (file image)

Shadow cabinet reshuffle after outspoken senator sacked

Anthony Albanese at the Austal shipyard in Perth

'Always pulled our weight': PM defends defence spending

Kiama by-election placards at a polling booth

Liberals' federal woes blamed for by-election thrashing

PNG PM James Marape and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Australia and PNG prepare to sign landmark defence deal

Jobs data in focus as economic outlook brightens

Australia's unemployment rate is tipped to remain historically low as workers reap the benefits of...

By AAP Newswire

Construction workers in the central business district in Melbourne

Government sinks defence billions into ships and subs

Australia's naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities are to receive a $12 billion boost.

By AAP Newswire

HMAS Arunta (file image)

Embattled party sharpens poll focus on 'crime crisis'

A major state opposition is sharpening its election strategy, announcing stronger knife search powers as...

By AAP Newswire

Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin

Aussie duo nabbed over weapons supply to foreign rebels

Two men face multiple charges over trafficking weapons to a paramilitary group in Indonesia following...

By AAP Newswire

Police arresting a suspect in Indonesia

'Fearful' Muslim Australians demand action, not words

Weary of bomb threats to mosques and schools and mounting levels of persecution, Muslims in...

By AAP Newswire

Muslims spill out onto the street after celebrating Eid al-Fitr

Check your modem: millions to get free broadband boost

More than 2.7 million households and businesses will unlock a free broadband speed boost in...

By AAP Newswire

A file photo of a internet hardware

Custodian mulls legal action after gas project approval

The federal government's final tick of approval for Australia's biggest gas project to continue operating...

By AAP Newswire

North West Shelf development

Lehrmann calls for the head of corruption watchdog boss

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has called for the head of the national anti-corruption body...

By AAP Newswire

A file photo of Bruce Lehrmann