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CLOSED: The Great Western Highway is closed in both directions until further notice after cracks began appearing near Mount Victoria forcing commuters to take alternative routes from the Central West to Sydney.

What caused big highway closure?

Imagine your main road link closing overnight, which is what has just happened to one major highway connecting an Australian capital to an entire region – how did it happen and what’s next?

Silver medalist Ben Tudhope, of Australia, from left, gold medalist Emanuel Perathoner, of Italy, and bronze medalist Lee Jehyuk, of South Korea, pose with their medals after the men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Australia wins Paralympics silver

Australia has its first medal of the 2026 Winter Paralympics after flag-bearer and veteran snowboarder Ben Tudhope beat a dislocated shoulder to win silver on Day 2 at Milano Cortina

Mark Knight cartoon, Monday, March 2, 2026

Trump tees off to topple Tehran

The US and Israel-led war in the Middle East gets a golf course treatment as cartoonist Mark Knight transforms Trump’s military strikes on Iran into a memorable Mar-a-Lago resort metaphor

The Australian dollar coin will change this year, with a new design to celebrate 60 years of decimal currency.,

Small change gets design change

A new one dollar coin has been released with a subtle design alteration that, while small, represents a big change in our nation’s economic history. Can you spot the difference?

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 18, 2025 shows (L to R) a handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 12, 2025 depicting him during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran; US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters about the G7 Summit aboard Air Force One while travelling back to Washington from Canada on June 16, 2025; and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. Iran's supreme leader on June 18 described as

Middle East: What is happening?

The Middle East descended into chaos as Iran retaliated against US and Israeli strikes by targeting neighbours with American bases. Here’s what the fight means for the region and the world

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Mark Knight cartoon Feb 25 2026

PM’s plan for multistate fast train

Successive Australian prime ministers have seen their high speed train hopes derailed but as Albo dusts off the dream, cartoonist Mark Knight is left wondering if the PM can jump-start his plan

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Danielle Scott and Cooper Woods, of Australia, carry their country's flag during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Verona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Winter Olympics: week 2 highlights

Athletes say ‘ciao’ to the memorable mayhem of the 2026 Milano Cortina Games at the Closing Ceremony in Verona, as Australians celebrate our best ever showing at the Winter Olympics

A large asteroid flying in outer space with small fragments. Threat of an asteroid impact. Dangerous space object. 3D rendering illustration

NASA move for medium asteroids

NASA announces new mission to help build better defences for Earth against asteroids of a certain size, with experts revealing a surprising estimate of undetected asteroids within striking distance

Mark Knight cartoon Herald Sun publication date 19 Feb 2026- Victoria loses the Phillip Island MOTO GP to Adelaide

MotoGP banished instead of bikies

Record attendance last year and a $60 million boost to the region’s economy wasn’t enough to save Phillip Island’s MotoGP in Mark Knight’s spin on the Allan government’s biker bungle

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Gold medalist Australia's Jakara Anthony celebrates after the women's freestyle skiing dual moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Winter Olympics: week 1 highlights

MORE GOLD! Jakara Anthony tastes redemption, winning the inaugural dual moguls final after Josie Baff’s snowboard cross comeback in Australia’s best ever Winter Olympics UPDATED

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Mark Knight cartoon Friday 13th Feb 2026. Angus Taylor to challenge Sussan Ley for the Lib Leadership

Liberals fire up the leader barbie

Australia has a new Opposition Leader after the vote Friday morning, with Sussan Ley going down in flames drawn by Mark Knight as the Libs ‘throwing another leader on the barbie’

Society and Culture

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JULY 29: (EDITOR NOTE: STRICTLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO MERCHANDISING). Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims of the Youth Jubilee at the end of the Holy Mass of Welcome and Dialogues with the City at St. Peter's Square on July 29, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Francesco Sforza - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV to visit Australia

Pope Leo XIV will make the first papal visit to Australia in two decades, with hundreds of thousands of worshippers expected to flock to one lucky capital’s famous horse racing venue

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(L-R) Canadian Space Agency astronaut, NASA Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch, NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Gloverand and NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman looks on during the rollout of NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, in January 17, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Astronauts journey to next frontier

Humanity’s history of space travel will get a modern makeover as NASA launches its most ambitious moon mission in over 50 years with four astronauts taking diversity to the far side of the moon

A baggy green cap personally handed over by Sir Donald Bradman is set to emerge from private hands and go to auction.Â

Bradman’s rare cap sells for $460k

The baggy green cap of cricketing icon Sir Donald Bradman has sold for a motza at an Australia Day auction – but have you ever wondered why ‘The Don’ is such an enduring Aussie legend?

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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain reacts during a press conference as he sits with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, early Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Alcaraz wins the Australian Open

Spanish tennis ace Carlos Alcaraz has made history to become the youngest man to claim a career Grand Slam, denying Novak Djokovic what would have been his 25th championship win

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Screengrabs from the Life in Australia series, commissioned by the Department of Immigration in the 1960s to attract migrants, restored in 4K by the National Film and Sound Archive. Picture: NFSA/YouTube

What was 1960s Australia like?

Remarkable footage showcasing life in Australia in the 1960s – used as a ‘marketing tool’ to attract more British migrants – has been restored in 4K – but does it really reflect the way we were?

KIDS NEWS 2025: AI-produced impression of some of Australia's oldest-known mammals from the Tertiary period 55 million years ago. Picture: AI/UNSW/supplied

‘Drop crocs’ roamed Australia

Ancient crocodiles that may have ambushed prey by dropping from trees have been identified through fossilised eggshells found in Queensland, suggesting a prehistoric predator ready to pounce

9/12/18 NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian (3rd L) after lighting a candle with members of SydneyÕs Jewish community while celebrating Chanukah Ð the Festival of Lights Ð at Bondi Beach. Tracey Nearmy/Daily Telegraph

Australia in mourning after Bondi

Jewish communities worldwide will celebrate the triumph of light over forces of darkness during Hanukkah festivities this week and despite our nation’s shock and grief, may peace and love prevail

Primeval Caveman Wearing Animal Skin Holds Stone Tipped Spear Looks Around, Explores Prehistoric Forest in a Hunt for Animal Prey. Neanderthal Going Hunting in the Jungle

Fire-starters change human history

New evidence of humans deliberately making fire up to 350,000 years earlier than previously thought has lit up a team of British scientists – find out why fire was such a species game-changer

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Aussie kids’ first taste of freedom

Australian kids under 16 trying to log into Snapchat are greeted by lockout screens, with other apps to follow suit as the nation’s historic new laws for accessing social media come into effect