Money

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?

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

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?

VIDEOSociety and Culture

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?

VIDEOExplainers

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Science behind EV fire big bucket

A big roadside bath could be the future emergency response for burning EVs on our roads as a good soaking could be key to safely suppressing vehicle fires that may otherwise last for days

Mark Knight cartoon Thu 26 Nov 2025 Our higher power prices Bowen

Power price pledge unplugged

Do your parents stomp around switching off lights? Well, Mark Knight’s toon delivers this power point: energy costs are currently Australia’s biggest inflation driver despite election promises

Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, November 11, 2025

Could federal fiasco flow to states

Fifty years since Australia’s most dramatic government crisis, Mark Knight’s Dismissal cartoon captures the cast of Whitlam’s sacking but also ponders if history could repeat in state politics

The sale of 381 Tweed Valley Way, South Murwillumbah marked an all-time low for the NSW government’s flood buyback scheme. Picture: First National Real Estate

Cheap as chips house sells for $1

Got a buck to buy a house? While most people spend their whole working lives paying off a home, one Australian has nabbed a bargain with a single gold coin. But just how did they do it?

VIDEOSport

Josh Giddey achieves something not seen since MJ.

Aussie star stuns with 36-year first

Australian NBA star Josh Giddey is enjoying some rare air as his stunning season continues with a feat unmatched since the lofty heights of Michael Jordan’s best days playing for the Bulls

Mark Knight cartoon on New York mayoral election

Trump cast as angry ape of NYC

Here’s how the chest-beating King Kong swinging from the Empire State Building inspired cartoonist Mark Knight to draw President Trump as a peeved primate as NYC elects new mayor

VIDEOScience and Technology

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Oz ideas that changed the world

Australia punches above its weight in several arenas including innovation – meet one of our young big thinkers and discover 40 world-beating inventions you didn’t know were Australian

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Viral ‘sky stadium’ not as it seems

Images of the world’s first “sky stadium” project in Saudi Arabia have gone viral across the globe but a closer look reveals they aren’t real. So what will the 350m high stadium really look like?

Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, October 27, 2025

Trump demos White House wing

Will Donald Trump’s wrecking ball through the historic East Wing of the White House deliver the US President his ballroom bliss? Mark Knight’s toon imagines there could be more to come

Science and Technology

KIDS NEWS 2025: Media Literacy Week - Ballina Coast High School students during the Day of AI Australia incursion on 27 October. Picture: Day of AI/supplied

Aussie teens learning AI bot tricks

As nearly half of Aussie kids struggle to spot fake news, students at one school are tackling AI head-on this Media Literacy Week, with an AI bot battlefield based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm

DAILY TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 21, 2025. HOLD FOR NETWORK BACK AUSTRALIA CAMPAIGN. From left at front Jerico Hayllar,11, and sister River 7, with Chloe May,11, Chloe Pun,12, Edie Docherty,11, and Jemima Pun,12, at Wanda Beach. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Buy Australian to boost our future

How many of your toys or clothes were made in Australia? Our country is falling behind when it comes to producing a range of goods and our economy is at risk. But there is a way we can help

VIDEONews

People check jewelry in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre museum on Sept. 4, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull)

Jewel heist strikes the Louvre

‘Daylight robbery’ is the understatement of the century after eight priceless pieces of royal jewellery were stolen from the Louvre in Paris in a brazen seven-minute heist. How did this happen?

Gold panner makes $1000 a day

Is panning for gold a prospect?

All that glitters is gold for modern-day prospectors now that the precious mineral has soared in value amid economic upheaval. But just how much can you earn panning for gold in the 21st century?