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28th March 2025

AM Edition

Revealed: The seats that will decide our next PM

These key seats and their undecided voters have the most power to decide Australia’s fate when the nation heads to the polls.

Seven issues that will decide the federal election winner

These are the key issues the federal election will be fought on, and how Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will tackle them.

Albanese v Dutton: PM to call election

Anthony Albanese is expected to call a federal election this morning as opposition leader Peter Dutton questions the PM’s track record and goes hard on energy. Follow for live upda...

Bomber blitz ends week from hell with gritty win over Port Adelaide

The scrutiny on Port Adelaide’s succession plan could be set to rise, with a gritty Essendon responding to a week of panic to pick up their first victory of 2025.

Australia on alert in new fight against Russia, China

Australia’s military spending is at ‘record highs’ as the nation deals with threats from Russian and Chinese-based attackers in a different kind of warfare.

Dutton’s bold plan as PM to slash migration in fiery speech

Peter Dutton used his budget reply speech to spruik himself as the next John Howard, revealing how he will slash migration, the public service and energy prices.

The whopping amount police will spend to destroy seized vapes

Victoria Police is leasing secret storage facilities to house upwards of a million illegal vapes until they can destroy them — a process which will cost $750,000.

Labor extends First Nations People Ambassador’s contract

The Albanese government has lengthened the contract of globetrotting Ambassador for First Nations People Justin Mohamed by a surprising amount of time.

Diamonds, art: Deloitte director’s ‘out-of-control’ $2.7m expense sham laid bare

A former Deloitte director who claimed $2.7m in fake work expenses to splurge on luxury items, including pink diamonds and high-end art, was “chasing sugar hits” after a relationsh...

Shocking footage reveals Noah Balta’s pub attack

Shocking footage of Tigers premiership defender Noah Balta attacking a man outside a NSW pub has revealed he assaulted the man when he “had his back turned”. Watch the video.

Panahi: Ill-informed Caro doubles down on bizarre Tredrea attack

By doubling down on her attacks against Port Adelaide great and board member Warren Tredrea, veteran footy writer Caroline Wilson has shown how ill-informed she really is.

Eerie satellite picture sparks invasion fears

An image taken near the home of China’s South Sea Fleet has prompted dire predictions from defence analysts who believe it could be a precursor to war.

Grim immigration outlook for Aussie business

A fall in overseas arrivals into Australia could put further pressures on struggling businesses, an economist has warned.

Farewell tour? Decoding Bevo’s public PR campaign

Rather than beg for a new contract, Luke Beveridge is taking it up to the Bulldogs hierarchy with an unprecedented media tour. Jon Ralph unpacks Bevo’s power play.

Collapsed beer company’s staggering debt

Cricket legend Brett Lee’s beer company owed millions when it collapsed, with the tax man and a charity among those in the lurch.

Shock twist in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case

A surprise development has occurred in war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s long-running defamation case against Nine.

Major problem with NDIS

The cost of the National Disability Service is expected to go under the microscope this election as experts call out decision-makers for doing the ‘wrong thing’ by both the disable...

‘Worst nightmare’: Tears for school boy killed in alleged hit-run

An 84-year-old woman was behind the wheel of a car that killed a Teesdale schoolboy in an alleged hit-and-run.

Lyon: How Voss can save Carlton’s ‘butcher Blues’

It sounds harsh, but Carlton has some of the biggest butchers of the football in the AFL. It’s an ugly fact but something Michael Voss has time to fix, writes Garry Lyon.

Harry McKay isn’t playing: Here’s why Blues should be applauded

The days of telling players to “toughen up” are long gone, and Carlton should be applauded for allowing him to step away from footy to deal with personal issues, writes Jay Clark.

Former Hells Angels strongman and son caught up in police sting

Former Hells Angels heavyweight Peter “Skitzo” Hewat and his son Beau have been entangled in a national police operation against the gang.

It’s not just the owner who pays when a luxury car is stolen

Just like a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tornado on the other side of the world, here’s how a machete-wielding teenager in Brighton can affect the price of car insura...

‘Call Kaz’ or your shop is gone: Tobacco threat caught on CCTV

A suburban tobacconist was told to “call Kaz or you will have no shop anymore” in a blatant standover tactic delivered by a man on the other end of the phone. Watch the video.

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