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An FA-18A Classic Hornet is craned into the Australian War MemorialÕs Anzac Hall on April 1, 2025 in Canberra, Australia.

Sky ‘Ferrari’ lands at Anzac Hall

Known as ‘the Ferrari of the skies’, a classic Hornet has been gently craned into the War Memorial’s new Anzac Hall expansion, which will honour Australia’s recent overseas missions

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Mark Knight cartoon
Fri 4 April 2025
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Mark Knight does ‘Liberation Day’

The iconic Statue of Liberty is America’s great symbol of freedom and opportunity but Mark Knight’s cartoon imagines the US and Lady Liberty transformed by Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation’ tariffs

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US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs as US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick holds a chart during an event in the Rose Garden entitled

What is Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’?

US President Donald Trump called it ‘Liberation Day’ and now the world’s anxious wait for tariff terms is over – but what does it mean for Australia and our own economy right here at home?

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Eric Philips will be the first astronaut to fly under the Australian flag. Picture: Supplied

Aussie astronaut’s historic lift off

The SpaceX capsule carrying Australian polar explorer Eric Philips and three other astronauts has successfully launched from Florida, sending the team on an unprecedented space mission

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TOPSHOT - This photo shows a building collapsing in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, during an earthquake. A powerful earthquake killed more than 20 people across Myanmar and Thailand on March 28, toppling buildings and bridges and trapping over 80 workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. (Photo by AFP)

Why some buildings fall in quakes

When a natural disaster like an earthquake strikes a major city like Bangkok, it’s always shocking when a big building collapses – why do some buildings fall when much taller ones are left intact?

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NETWORK SPECIAL.  MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING.    MUST CHECK WITH JUSTIN LEES BEFORE PUBLISHING   Black swimmers: Annette Kellerman in her famous black costume. Image colourised 2025.

Meet the fearless ‘mermaid’ of Oz

Not only did this incredible Australian woman once hold every women’s world swimming record, she also inspired the suffragette movement and chose to be thrown into a pool of crocodiles

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KIDS NEWS 2025: Mark Knight's Federal Budget lock up cartoon featuring Dr Jim Chalmers'

Little to celebrate in Budget break

With the next federal election coming hot on the heels of the Budget, cartoonist Mark Knight wonders what voters will make of the Treasurer’s tiny $5 tax break during a cost of living crisis

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Little girl holding three 20 dollar notes. Click to see more...

Why bother with cold, hard cash?

Why does Australia still print notes and mint coins when the country went cashless faster than we could say ‘Covid’? Well, the Barefoot Investor has doubled down on the value of real currency

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Archipelago Architects Brisbane Bold 2032 Olympic Park concept designs for Victoria Park Picture Archipelago Architects

Olympic venues for Brisbane 2032

The highly contentious line up of venues for host city Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics have been revealed, including where the opening and closing ceremonies will be held amid a big broken promise

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WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 23: William Hickey of the Hawks wins a rebound during game five of the NBL Grand Final Series between Illawarra Hawks and Melbourne United at WIN Entertainment Centre, on March 23, 2025, in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

‘Gong for the gong in NBL decider

Wollongong is in party mode after the Illawarra Hawks took the NSW home advantage and crushed Victoria’s Melbourne United, becoming NBL champions for just the second time in history

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Hidden skeletons found in Egyptian pyramids reveal surprising historical twist

Hidden twist found in pyramids

Archaeologists have long suggested that Egyptian pyramid tombs were reserved for royalty and elite members of society but a new discovery may well turn that widely accepted theory on its head

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Huge support for giant koala park

Huge support for giant koala park

A project that would forever transform large swathes of land into a protected koala sanctuary has the ‘overwhelming support’ of people living in the three closest council areas, new polling reveals

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US President Donald Trump signs an executive order during an education event in the East Room of the White house in Washington, DC, March 20, 2025. President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at shutting down the Department of Education, a decades-long goal on the US right that objects to federal involvement in school systems run by individual states. By law, the Education Department -- created in 1979 -- cannot be shuttered without the approval of Congress, and Republicans do not have the votes to push that through. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Can Trump really dump education?

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle America’s Department of Education despite not having the necessary approval needed from Congress to cut the agency – let’s take a look at what’s happening

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NEWS: Madelaine's Eggs
Madelaine Scott is the owner-operator of Madelaine's Eggs. She featured on our front page in 2014 when she started her business. Photo story is about the challenges of organic farming and the call to reform regulations which are making things difficult for farmers with the economic downturn. 
PICTURED: Generic farm. Chickens. Layer hens. Organic free range eggs. Stock photos.
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Why is there an egg shortage?

You may have noticed some empty supermarket shelves at the egg fridge and egg prices have spiked too – find out why there are egg shortages and how they affect Aussie households and businesses

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Kneeling adults and children pay their respects as the coffin of a Ukranian service man is driven by in a bus to the Lychakiv Cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on March 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

Phone calls inch towards peace

A series of phone calls between US President Trump and the leaders of Ukraine and Russia have taken place as negotiations continue on the ceasefire proposal brokered by the White House

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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, March 17, 2025

Anthem found for wild Grand Prix

You know that feeling when a song gets stuck in your head? So does cartoonist and Formula One fan Mark Knight, whose Melbourne Grand Prix called up an old Crowded House favourite

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***EMBARGOED TILL 5.30PM 18/3/25*** Launch of the Rum'un the Devil is Tasmania Football Club's first mascot. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Tasmania locks in first AFL recruit

Tasmania celebrated the first birthday of the Apple Isle’s very own AFL club by unveiling a valuable new recruit – a Tasmanian devil named Rum’un, team mascot for the state’s AFL entry