WA Premier Roger Cook says police are investigating whether a second person in Western Australia died after attempting to call triple-0 during an Optus outage on Thursday.  So far the outage has... Read more »

Tony Abbott has urged conservatives to give the Liberals “one last chance” and apologised for the party’s 2025 election drubbing, joining a host of high-profile Coalition figures at a major political conference... Read more »

Here’s something I reckon you don’t know.  The Climate Change Authority’s (CCA) original advice to the Australian government for a 2035 emissions target was between 65% to 75%. Yesterday it pulled that... Read more »

On an auspicious day for family businesses, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) is celebrating their contribution to the economy and neighbourhoods nationwide. But its recognition of National Family... Read more »

At least once a week, groups of tweens and teens gather at Kylie Osborne’s Karnup beauty salon for makeup and skincare parties. Over the course of two hours the excited girls, usually... Read more »

Key PointsOptus triple-zero outage lasted 10 hours, not two as first claimed, and is linked to three deaths.SA police conducted 150 welfare checks after failed emergency calls, including cases involving an infant... Read more »

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast licence as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to “mafioso” tactics. In an... Read more »

The Age photos of the week, September 20, 2025 The Age photos of the week, September 20, 2025 We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try... Read more »

“The flight was carried out in strict conformity with international rules governing airspace with no violation of the borders of other states as is confirmed by independent checks,” the Russian defence ministry... Read more »