9+ hour, 19+ min ago   (862+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:30pm When university lecturer Luke Rowe decided to replace his recorded online lecture with an AI-generated avatar of himself, he expected his students would notice immediately that something amiss. Instead, most were unable to initially differentiate between the real recording…...

9+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1447+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:22pm Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was riding high in early July, fresh off the successful negotiation of a peace agreement with the United States, and had travelled to neighbouring Iraq for part of a weeklong funeral spectacle for Iran’s slain…...

17+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1076+ words) Here is what’s making news today. Liberal backbencher Andrew Wallace has attempted to table a stack of papers which he said contained more than 10,000 signatures from Australians opposing Labor’s plan to cut back the private health rebate for over-65s. He…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (494+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:06pm Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has delivered a blistering rebuke of Pauline Hanson, accusing the One Nation leader of “wilful ignorance” after she described Indigenous Australians as “the most primitive race on earth”. Price, a prominent Indigenous voice…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago   (428+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:10pm Old Xaverians’ under-19s premier men’s team will miss out on playing in Saturday’s grand final after fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary final at the weekend. The Victorian Amateur Football Association announced late on Sunday night that the…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago   (998+ words) September 14, 2026 — 2:10pm Brisbane’s inner-city streets came to a standstill on Monday as the Queensland Police Service farewelled its former leader, Steve Gollschewski, who died of cancer earlier this month, aged 67. Uniformed police officers lined the streets alongside citizens as funeral processions…...

12+ hour, 37+ min ago   (447+ words) September 14, 2026 — 12:12pm The Queensland transport minister says neither a credit rating cut nor a potential slashing of overseas migration will get in the way of his government delivering the infrastructure it has promised. The state will spend $55.9 billion on transport projects…...

12+ hour, 53+ min ago   (739+ words) September 14, 2026 — 11:55am Peter Barry was about to start an exciting new chapter in his life. He was preparing to sell his house in Colac, in Victoria’s south-west, and take a job driving heavy machinery and trucks in the West Australian mining…...

14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (468+ words) September 14, 2026 — 10:46am This year, Fremantle have made Fridays their own. They’ve risen to the occasion, becoming box office, must-watch viewing. Eight games, five at home, with an average of more than 55,000 fans in the west. Most importantly, they’ve won them all....

15+ hour, 9+ min ago   (249+ words) Woodside Energy director Mark Cutifani has resigned from his position on the oil and gas giant’s board after just seven months in the role. In an announcement on the ASX this morning, Cutifani said the decision was made after careful…...