14+ min ago   (34+ words) SMH.com.au The Penrith Panthers host the Sydney Roosters in Finals Week 1 of the 2026 NRL Premiership at Commbank Stadium, Sydney. September 13, 2026 — 6:27pm...

42+ min ago   (934+ words) September 13, 2026 — 6:00pm Voters’ faith in Labor to manage the economy has crashed, with 74 per cent concerned about the federal debt and 48 per cent demanding the government slash spending. After a week in which former prime minister Kevin Rudd warned that Australia…...

12+ min ago   (210+ words) I’m no supporter of Andrew Hastie, but his standing up to Gina Rinehart and her sidekick Pauline Hanson is a big tick in his favour. Pauline Hanson visited the Bondi memorial for those murdered in the December shooting atrocity. Many…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (43+ words) A man has allegedly carjacked a woman on a busy motorway in Sydney's west with two kids in tow. September 13, 2026 — 5:39pm...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (904+ words) Updated September 13, 2026 — 5:19pm,first published 10:03am Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned Pauline Hanson’s personal attack on his late mother after the minor party leader criticised her in a podcast this year for living in public housing for decades. Hanson also drew…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (521+ words) September 13, 2026 — 4:22pm The Dolphins have Sydney Roosters’ firebrand Spencer Leniu to thank for getting them within one win of a spot in the NRL grand final. A Herbie Farnworth-inspired Dolphins triumphed 26-16 over the Warriors on Saturday evening in a victory that…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (504+ words) Updated September 13, 2026 — 4:22pm,first published 1:55pm A Melbourne man accused of possessing violent extremist propaganda for Islamic State is in custody after he was arrested while trying to fly to the Middle East. Mohammad Emad Ahmadzai, 30, of Roxburgh Park, was arrested at…...

13+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1208+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Bill Kelty, a mastermind of reforms that set up Australia’s modern economy, says Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are fuelling One Nation and “insulting” voters by welcoming lower house prices as they preside over a fall in real wages…...

13+ hour, 12+ min ago   (526+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:30am Over a year that brought horror and tragedy to Sydney’s iconic shores, a television crew has been quietly capturing the unpredictable work of the water police. From busting drug traffickers, to searching for sunken weapons, shepherding swimmers away from…...