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Alfred is now an ex-tropical cyclone with the system downgraded to a topical low, but warnings remain for dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding and destructive winds. Follow our live updates
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8th March 2025
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Cyclone Alf downgraded but waves, wind, flooding threat remains
Alfred is now an ex-tropical cyclone with the system downgraded to a topical low, but warnings remain for dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding and destructive winds. Follo...
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Lismore residents emerge from homes before heavy rain sets in
Flood-weary residents of the Northern Rivers town have left their homes to walk dogs and survey the situation before the town is hit by expected major flooding and heavy rains.
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Cyclone Alfred in pictures: NSW battered as Alf hovers off coast
Residents across the northern NSW coast are weathering the storm as Cyclone Alfred intensifies off the east coast. It’s been a rough night. See the images in our gallery below.
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‘Unprecedented’: Hackman's autopsy results released
More than a week after the mysterious deaths of Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, police have finally released the long-awaited details on how the couple d...
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Albo: Election can wait as cyclone hits April poll plans
Cyclone Alf has scuppered any plans Anthony Albanese had for calling an April election this weekend. The current stormfront’s the only issue he’s invested in at the moment, he tell...
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Bennett’s woes grow as star Rabbitoh faces suspension
South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett’s selection problems have grown, with one of his star outside backs charged by the judiciary in addition to the form of an unheralded rookie agains...
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‘We don’t forget’: The crack team hunting fugitives across the globe
They can be mobile at a moment’s notice – and even those wanted for over 20 years are in their sights. Meet Australia’s fugitive hunters, a specialist team of investigators and ana...
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Man dead after armed attackers break into Sydney home
A man has died after armed intruders broke into his western Sydney home and assaulted him, with police from the homicide squad launching a major investigation to find the attackers...
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Police release CCTV image after Merrylands sex assaults
Police, ‘deeply concerned’ by five aggravated break and enters in Sydney’s west in which two elderly women were allegedly sexually assaulted, have released an image of a man they w...
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Lovers’ tiff fears behind Bulldogs coach quitting
The Canterbury Bulldogs NRLW side is still without a head coach weeks before their season kicks off. Here is the untold story about the controversial exit of the man who was suppos...
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Raunchy Rozz swaps TV job for sexy subscription website
You may know her as the ‘Queen of Infomercials’, but after more than a decade off our screens, Rozz Switzer is back ... with a subscription-only website.
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Why evacuation centres will be different during Cyclone Alfred
For the first time in a natural disaster women, children and domestic violence victims will be protected at NSW evacuation centres. This is why.
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Eddy’s letter to her son on International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day, prominent Australians share moving and insightful letters voicing what it really means to be a woman in 2025.
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Jessica Rowe gives emotional update on husband’s health
As she reveals the latest on her husband Peter Overton’s health condition, Jessica Rowe opens up about being conned by someone posing as US comedian Chelsea Handler.
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Christmas Day trip to the airport: Ministerial drivers scandal deepens
A ministerial chauffeur drove 71km on Christmas Day to take Ron Hoenig to the airport … 3km from the Local Government Minister’s house.
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Insult to tenants: landlords stoop to new low
Tenants have been delivered a fresh blow that could push more out of their Sydney homes, but the impact will vary across age groups.
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Trump slams Russia over Ukraine ‘pounding’
As the Kremlin launched massive strikes against Ukraine using ballistic missiles and drones, Donald Trump has threatened Russia with sanctions and tariffs.
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Sydney beaches closed after shark bites woman
A woman suffered deep wounds above her right knee when she was bitten by a shark at a popular beach south of Sydney on Friday afternoon. Swimmers rushed to her aid.
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Hope amid the heartbreak as bikini model gets engaged
The past six months have been a whirlwind for model Casey James, who lost her mum, launched a business, and got engaged to one of Sydney’s best-known real estate agents.
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Albo provides key election update
Anthony Albanese has provided an update as Tropical Cyclone Alfred scuppers any plans for an early federal election.
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Inside plans for southwest Sydney’s $127m film studio
A bold $127m vision has been unveiled for the first state-of-the-art TV and film studio earmarked for southwest Sydney. See the plans here.
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Seb Costello resigns from Nine after toilet chase probe
A Current Affair reporter Seb Costello has quit Nine, after an incident where he tried to interview a Melbourne businessman in a women’s toilet. He’s reportedly been seen this week...
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Chaos after WWII bomb disrupts trains across Europe
Rail travel across Europe has been thrown into disarray as the continent’s busiest station, Gare du Nord in Paris, is shut after a 500kg WWII bomb was found near the tracks.
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Jessica Rowe gives emotional update on husband’s health
As she reveals the latest on her husband Peter Overton’s health condition, Jessica Rowe opens up about being conned by someone posing as US comedian Chelsea Handler.
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Listed: The 12 Australian women changing the world
As we mark International Women’s Day, here’s the 12 inspirational trailblazers that should be on everyone’s radar.
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My income has halved – here’s how I’ve coped
If Meghan Markle can out herself as someone who halves raspberries, Angela Mollard can reveal how she’s digging herself out of a financial hole – and having agency over her own lif...
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Can I hangout? Red-bellied black snake comes knocking
A venomous snake was determined to get into an Adelaide Hills home and went straight up the fly screen. Watch the video.
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‘Fuelled by rage’: Top kickass queens
From a royal daughter who melded military muscle and delicate diplomacy to a bearded PR princess (who later got cancelled), these are history’s top women power players.
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‘Unprecedented’: Hackman's autopsy results released
More than a week after the mysterious deaths of Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, police have finally released the long-awaited details on how the couple d...
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Exposed: The rich families behind Aus’ major shops
A slew of family-run companies are taking over Australia’s shopping centres. Now, we can reveal who they are.
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The 100 most influential women in Australian sport revealed
They’re some of the biggest names in the country – world champions, powerful executives, perennial winners and the secret stars behind the scenes. Here's our 2025 edition of Austra...
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Hope amid the heartbreak as bikini model gets engaged
The past six months have been a whirlwind for model Casey James, who lost her mum, launched a business, and got engaged to one of Sydney’s best-known real estate agents.
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‘I walked off’: Sam Pang’s awkward encounter
Logies host Sam Pang recalls a recent run-in with an Australian acting legend, as he prepares to unveil the biggest project of his career.
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Baywatch actress found dead in LA home
Former Baywatch star Pamela Bach, who was married to David Hasselhoff, has been found dead in her Hollywood Hills home.
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Nine unsung Aussie female heroes changing how we live
These nine women are extraordinary in their own right. From stopping child marriages to finding the cure for cancer, helping others with grief and fitness, these are their stories....
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‘Never felt hungover’: The rise of grey drinking
And it has nothing to do with age or hair colour. But is it a healthy approach to drinking? Elspeth Hussey dives in.
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King Charles reveals love for Aussie star
An Australian star has made the cut on King Charles’ list of favourite songs. See who else has impressed the monarch.
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‘Smug, elitist and desperate’: New fallout for Meghan Sussex
The response to Meghan’s new show has been so dire that experts are questioning if this could be the Sussexes’ last show for Netflix — or worse, the final nail in the coffin for th...
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Neighbours star knocked back move from Ramsay St to Westeros
It turned out to be one the most talked about shows of the small screen, but former Neighbours star Eliza Taylor knocked back the chance for a role in Game of Thrones. Read why.
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Kanye’s ‘for sure dressing her like that’: Ex weighs in on Censori
Kanye West’s ex Amber Rose has claimed that Ye’s controlling and exhibitionist behaviour is part of a serial pattern he enforces on partners, including Aussie wife Bianca Censori.
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Shame list: 4 banks that won’t pass RBA cuts
More than two weeks since the RBA’s rate cut, most of us are already paying less interest, but there is no relief in sight for customers of these four banks.
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‘Schools don’t get it’: Influencer mum cans the canteen
Justine has enough on her plate with five daughters, but says the disappointing truth about “healthy” tuck shop options doesn’t make life any easier.
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‘11 out of 10’: Aus’ first millionaire playground
An old coal mine is being transformed into a private racing track for Australia’s ultra wealthy. We got an exclusive look.
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