6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1072+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Washington: The contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has told the Trump administration that errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, not vandalism, caused the pool’s new blue liner to peel and break…...

18+ hour, 43+ min ago   (49+ words) Two passengers on a flight from Melbourne to Doha 'made threats' and had to be restrained by fellow fliers before police boarded. September 12, 2026 — 4:22pm...

21+ hour, 35+ min ago   (864+ words) September 12, 2026 — 1:30pm Atop the rolling hills of Fish Creek, the panoramic South Gippsland coast stretches out below in stunning glory. The Strzelecki Ranges, Wilsons Promontory, Corner and Shallow inlets are among the world-class landscapes that greet both travellers and locals alike....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (487+ words) September 12, 2026 — 9:45am Dallas: The man Donald Trump recruited to the White House to conduct a pre-election “government transparency” project says there is no need for an emergency declaration before the November 3 midterm elections, as prospects of the president attempting such a…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (255+ words) Spy technology has awakened the Big Brother in many of us, posing all kinds of ethical quandaries. September 11, 2026 — 12:00pm There are many ways of playing God. Thankfully most of them are the exclusive province of despots; the use of armies, forced…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (971+ words) September 11, 2026 — 4:31am The federal Treasury is war-gaming the financial fallout from a surge in global interest rates on government debt, oil prices and inflation amid fears it could drive the Australian and global economies into a recession and force some countries…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (139+ words) SMH.com.au Senator Wong’s parliamentary speech on the West Bank situation was weak. The senator has just become another sleepy, boring, government talking head whose upper limit is being “concerned”. So-called targeted measures are not good enough. Real action…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (527+ words) Updated September 9, 2026 — 6:24pm,first published 6:21pm There are fewer people working in Brisbane libraries than there were five years ago, despite booming population growth, prompting heated debate about the quality of services being offered and the impact on employees. Staffing levels at…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1001+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am When some of the nation’s best informed business and financial players start describing the current economic outlook as “GFC-like”, it’s time to worry. For weeks, the concern about the confluence of higher interest rates on government debt, the AI…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (461+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am We were about to spend five days walking through the Cotswolds and had just met our two guides. The weather was glorious, every garden and meadow in the south of England seemed to have burst into flower, and there…...