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Australia, US sign major defence deal ahead of PM’s White House visit
Thousands of guided weapons, including strike missiles, will be co-produced by Australia and the United States from the end of this year. The partnership between Australia, the US Department of War and defence giant Lockheed Martin will involve a...

Big Setback For Australia: Zampa, Inglis Ruled Out Of First ODI Against India
AUS vs IND: Australia will miss the services of leg-spinner Adam Zampa and wicketkeeper Josh Inglis in the first home ODI against India in Perth on Sunday, with Matthew Kuhnemann and Josh Philippe called in as replacements. Zampa will miss the...

Australia's Gen Z cricketers sticking together

EDP to advance 1.7 GW of solar and storage under Australia’s CIS
Global clean energy major EDP Renewables plans to accelerate the development of more than 1.7 GW of solar and battery storage in Australia after securing support under the federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme. October 14, 2025 David...
Hottest place on Earth located in Australia as 'heat engine' cranks into gear
Australia was home to the hottest place in the world this week as the country's "heat engine" cranked up ahead of summer. On Monday, the remote Pilbara station Mardie reached 43.5 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest spot on the planet for the...
Damage assessment underway after Australian icebreaker scrapes ocean floor
Australia's icebreaker has been involved in an incident in which the ship's hull "made contact with the ocean floor" off the coast of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean. The incident occurred on Monday morning, several days after the RSV Nuyina...

Private numbers of Australian PM and Donald Trump Jr made public on US website
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
‘It’s Going To Be Massive …’: Mitchell Marsh Opens Up On India Challenge Before Facing Australia In Ashes
Australian captain Mitchell Marsh revealed that dealing with India in the lead-up to the Ashes series versus England, starting on November 21, provides a perfect and prompt obstacle, while highlighting the strong competition and shared regard in...

Strengthening Australia’s early childhood workforce: The qualification review
Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector stands at an important juncture. A newly launched project by HumanAbility seeks to reimagine foundational vocational qualifications in the sector, with the goals of better aligning...
Australia's sudden strawberry shortage leaves supermarket shoppers baffled - but we found out the truth
Aussie shoppers are flooding social media to vent their frustration over a sudden national dissapearance of strawberries on supermarket shelves. Reports of a strawberry shortage began circulating over the weekend, with Coles, Woolworths and Aldi...

Root 'ready' to break century drought in Australia
Joe Root has failed to score a century in 27 Test innings in Australia but the Englishman believes he is ready to end that streak when the Ashes begin in Perth next month. The former England captain has chalked up nine Test half-centuries in...

Australian and New Zealand Musicians Call for Streaming Platforms to Curb Fraudulent AI Music Uploads
A petition started by Hiatus Kaiyote member Paul Bender is calling for digital streaming platforms to do more to curb fraudulent AI-generated music uploads. As Bender, who also performs in The Sweet Enoughs, explained in the Change.org petition‘s...

Economist says Australia's tobacco excise 'way too high' as illegal sales grow
Internal tobacco industry data estimates the illicit tobacco market now makes up 64 per cent of all tobacco consumed in Australia and 82 per cent of the total nicotine consumed. And as of September the size of that illicit market is estimated to...

Melbourne the next stop on Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Loverdos’s Australian tour
After Brisbane, Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Loverdos, will be in Canberra today and tomorrow, with Melbourne set to be the next stop on his Australian tour. Accompanying Loverdos are Athanasios Balerbas and Dimitrios...

Konstas and Australia’s other Gen Z cricketers sticking together
Rising Victorian star Oliver Peake has seen up close what opportunities are in front of Australia’s next generation of cricketers. When Sam Konstas was famously ramping Indian pace ace Jasprit Bumrah last Boxing Day, Peake was running drinks out...

RMIT to lead groundbreaking research into LGBTIQA+ hate crimes in Victoria
Reparations for historical and ongoing hate crimes against LGBTIQA+ people in Victoria will be explored in groundbreaking research undertaken by the RMIT School of Law. The research will be led by Dr Jeremie Bracka and seeks to address the need...

NSW leads Australia in visitors, nights and expenditure: TRA
NSW has cemented its position as Australia’s number one visitor economy, leading the nation in visitors, nights and expenditure in the financial year ending June 2025, according to Tourism Research Australia (TRA). The results align with the Minns...

US, Australia team up with Lockheed Martin to build missiles Down Under
The U.S., Australia and Singapore launch High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia, July 14, 2025. (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) Australia, the United States and defense...
Chalmers and O’Brien at odds over economy as Australians overwhelmingly pessimistic
A new survey showing 93 per cent of Australians don't feel the economy progressed under Labor has sparked a clash between Treasurer Jim Chalmers and shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien over the government's economic record. According to the latest data,...

world Australia says social media ban is 'for the good of our kids' in new ad campaign
SYDNEY — Australia has launched a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that depicts its world-first ban on social media for teenagers as "for the good of our kids" ahead of its December start date. The A$14 million (S$11.75 million) campaign,...