Petrol prices are rising fast and economists say it could get much worse. Here is what you need to know
On Monday this week, the average price of regular unleaded petrol in Sydney was 201.8 cents a litre, according to the NRMA. By
March 7, 2026
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A Chinese military helicopter flew dangerously close to an Australian aircraft near North Korea. Canberra has formally complained.
The ADF MH-60R helicopter crew had been going about their mission in the Yellow Sea — a routine day’s work during what had
March 7, 2026
Australian sailors were on the US submarine that sank an Iranian warship. The Prime Minister just confirmed it
For days, the question hung in the air unanswered. Were Australian defence personnel aboard US military vessels involved in the Iran conflict? The
March 7, 2026
The plane landed in Sydney. Passengers cried. But tens of thousands of Australians are still waiting to come home
Flight EK414 from Dubai touched down at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport on Wednesday night to the kind of silence that comes after a
March 7, 2026
She called her kids at 3am to say goodbye. She is one of 115,000 Australians still stuck in the Middle East
The phone rang at 3am in a Tel Aviv apartment. On the other end, back in Brisbane, were her two children — half-asleep
March 7, 2026
Mum, Dad and Nan Have Never Seen Anything Like This, Neither Had the Records.
The dairy farmer from Croki spoke to a researcher from Risk Frontiers a few weeks after floodwaters had finally drained from his pastures.
March 7, 2026
The Simpson Desert Got More Rain in a Week Than Sydney Gets in a Month. Then the Flooding Began.
There is a line that appears in Australian geography textbooks about the Simpson Desert. It describes an area of roughly 176,500 square kilometres
March 7, 2026
50,000 People Were Cut Off. Some Called Triple- Zero and Nobody Came in Time.
Julie Botfield called the SES first. Then she called triple-zero. The water was rising under her house — not seeping, but rising with
March 7, 2026
She Spent Her Whole Sunday Emptying Buckets Inside the Pink Roadhouse. The Water Didn't Care.
The Pink Roadhouse at Oodnadatta — one of the most photographed buildings in outback Australia, a splash of colour at the edge of
March 7, 2026
A Man Was Found Dead in His Submerged Car. Emergency Workers Had to Navigate Crocodile- Infested Water to Reach Him.
The body of a man in his seventies was found inside his submerged car near Normanton, a small town just south of the
March 7, 2026
