Synagogue graffiti ‘monstrous, appalling’
A synagogue in Sydney's south has been plastered with anti-Semitic graffiti in the latest attack against Australia's Jewish community.
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Nick Kyrgios has taken his practice sessions up a level at Melbourne Park as he seeks to overcome an abdominal injury to play in the Australian Open.
Installing electric car chargers on power poles could be a solution to Australia's growing transport issues, one group says, and could roll out fast.
Bushwalker Hadi Nazari has been discharged from hospital after his rescue and is keen for more hikes but an expert has advice for anyone going to remote places.
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Property dominates wealth but stocks safer than houses
Investors might start looking outside of the property market where most of Australia's wealth is held, as returns for another sector outstrip housing.
Police
Car stolen, neighbour whacked in Conder home invasion
Three people armed with weapons are reported to have invaded a home and assaulted a neighbour with a baseball bat in Conder late on Wednesday night.
Weather
Heatwave scorching vast swathe of Australia
Multiple states and territories are sweltering through a summer heatwave, while some of the eastern states can expect a wet weekend.
Australian shoppers continue to lean on Black Friday sales for cheaper goods, with the discounting period now extending across all of November.
Hadi Nazari's miracle return from the bush after 13 days lost in the Snowy Mountains has been heralded as the year's first good news.
Major Crime Squad officers have busted a grow house of more than 150 cannabis plants in Kaleen and arrested a 36-year-old man.
The treasurer says the federal government aims to manage the budget responsibly and won't make ridiculous spending commitments during the election campaign.
A woman has suffered life-threatening injuries after she was shot in the back while sitting in a car.
Investigators will look for answers in the wreckage of a seaplane that sank after it crashed during take-off, killing three people, near a tourism hotspot.
Cheap loans could save small and medium-sized businesses thousands in interest payments under a $50 million top-up aimed at reducing energy bills and emissions.
Growth in rents is finally slowing nationwide in good news for people leasing homes, as prices flatlined for half a year in Australia's two biggest markets.
Hadi Nazari has been found alive after a 13-day search involving hundreds of rescuers and volunteers scouring Kosciuszko National Park.
Police and transport investigators are working to understand how a seaplane crashed off a popular island, killing three people and injuring three others.
Australia's headline inflation rate has picked up but cooling on all-important underlying price measures could open the door to interest rate cuts.
Australians are likely to see more false content and abuse on their Facebook, Instagram and Threads feeds when Meta ditches fact-checking problematic posts.
