3+ day, 23+ hour ago (21+ words) Brutal footage from Sydney ganglands is appearing on a popular social media account. The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago (456+ words) Emma O'Driscoll of the Dockers (left) and Abbie Chatfield.Credit:Getty Images Janine and Richard Goyder, Chairman of the AFL.Credit:Getty Images From left to right: Rosie Villagra, Emily Bates, Eliza West and Greta Bodey of the Hawks.Credit:Getty Images Libby Birch of the Kangaroos.Credit:Getty Images Nikita Rogers (left) and Eden Zanker of the Demons.Credit:Getty Images From left: Tayla Harris, Georgia Campbell, Maeve Chaplin, Kate Hore, Eden Zanker, Olivia Purcell and Tyla Hanks of the Demons.Credit:Getty Images Mikayla Bowen (left) and Georgie Rankin of the Cats.Credit:Getty Images General Manager of the AFLW Emma Moore.Credit:Getty Images From left: Jess Hosking and Rhyan Mansell, Monique Conti and Sarah Hosking.Credit:Getty Images Sophie Shaw (left) and Madison Prespakis of the Bombers.Credit:Getty Images From left: Ellie Blackburn, Alice Edmonds…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago (17+ words) Brutal footage from Sydney ganglands is appearing on a popular social media account. The Sydney Morning Herald...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago (426+ words) One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addressed an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne over the weekend. She told the crowd at the Put Australia First protest in Melbourne's Flagstaff Gardens yesterday that she would run candidates in next year's state election. Pauline Hanson speaks to a crowd in Melbourne at an anti-immigration rally.Credit: Nine News At the protest, which also featured UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson via video, Hanson criticised the Victorian government, saying she would never move there. Robinson is banned from entering Australia. A small group of counter-protesters interrupted Hanson's speech with a loudspeaker, but they were roughly forced out by other protesters and police. Anthony Albanese and his bride Jodie Haydon marked their marriage with a two-tier wedding cake and a music playlist that matched the tastes of the happy couple. Toto Albanese, Australia's first dog, was the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (331+ words) The NSW Liberals will vote on a new leader at 9am this morning, after deposed NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman has endorsed Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane to replace him, insisting she is the best person to deliver "renewal and regeneration" to the besieged party. Speakman resigned as opposition leader yesterday afernoon, just hours after vowing he would continue fighting for the leadership and take the Coalition to the March 2027 election. Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane and former NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman.Credit: Sydney Morning Herald He was finally convinced to quit as leader after factional allies told him he had lost the support of his colleagues. Sloane also told him she believed she was best placed to lead the party. In a brief statement, Sloane confirmed she would nominate for the leadership at a party room meeting being held this morning....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago (758+ words) Balmain favourite, the East Village pub, will get a facelift after the hotel was taken over by local restaurateur Matt Turner. The vendor of 82 Darling Street was ex-Macquarie bank partner John White. He acquired the pub's keys in 2017 from another local Balmain hotelier Tim Condon. No price for the deal was disclosed but nearby the Town Hall pub sold in July for $9.5 million after receivers appointed to oversee Jon Adgemis's embattled Public Hospitality group put it on the market. The East Village pub in Darling Street, Balmain.Credit: The East Village sale was a leasehold and the business generated annual revenues of more than $2.6 million. Turner is well-known in the district having previously owned and operated the popular Rosebud Restaurant in Rozelle. He intends to give the East Village Hotel a more "compelling and contemporary food and beverage offering," which…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago (23+ words) Ahead of the race that stops the nation, check out our expert David Gately's tips for the Melbourne Cup. The Sydney Morning Herald...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (889+ words) Labor is pushing ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for Australian journalism, forcing them to hand over millions of dollars from their domestic revenue to local media companies or pay a higher amount in financial penalties. A Treasury discussion paper published on Thursday revealed the government wants to introduce new charges for social media giants and big search engines, which it is calling "incentives, that will be calculated based on a share of the tech company's total income in Australia. The news bargaining incentive aims to make it more attractive to pay news organisations. Credit: Paul Rovere The tech companies can avoid paying that fee by striking deals with Australian news companies, where every dollar they invest in media partnerships reduces the penalty amount by $1.50, until it reaches zero. This is designed to make paying for news content…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago (425+ words) Persistent allegations of corruption and the presence of bikies in the delivery of the federal government's multibillion-dollar Nauru deportation scheme will face scrutiny in a Senate inquiry. On Wednesday, this masthead revealed MA Services Group was at the centre of a secret offshore security deal funded by the Albanese government and involving the Finks bikie gang, the allegedly corrupt Nauruan President David Adeang and a controversial operation to guard the deportees " known as the NZYQ cohort " sent by Australia to the small Pacific island. The detainee operation involves Australia paying Nauru up to $2.5 billion over 30 years, of which up to $40 million a year will pay for Australian private security contractors on Nauru. MA Services has faced multiple claims of rorting and exploiting its migrant workforce and allegedly harassing female staff. Yesterday, Greens senator David Shoebridge successfully proposed an inquiry by…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (21+ words) Joint winners have been declared after a bungle announcing South Australia's Senior Australian of the Year. The Sydney Morning Herald...