13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (988+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Almost half of Melbourne’s new housing approvals are concentrated in the city’s outer growth corridors, despite Labor’s push to prioritise building new homes in established suburbs and curb urban sprawl. There were 20,252 dwellings approved across Melbourne’s seven growth-area municipalities…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (733+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:00am Extended night opening hours and a three-week launch festival for the $1 billion Powerhouse Parramatta are under intense scrutiny and likely to be rolled back as NSW Treasury scrambles for cost savings just weeks ahead of the museum’s ribbon-cutting. The…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (41+ words) A Perth suburb is in lockdown after a man was shot and two others are on the run. September 13, 2026 — 9:23am...

13+ hour, 8+ min ago   (526+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:30am Over a year that brought horror and tragedy to Sydney’s iconic shores, a television crew has been quietly capturing the unpredictable work of the water police. From busting drug traffickers, to searching for sunken weapons, shepherding swimmers away from…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (1682+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am It was a conversation with their son who put words to something Ross and Paula Wade had always felt: the desire to live a little differently. They wanted to share a garden and were happy to live in a…...

14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (251+ words) September 13, 2026 — 3:55am An Australian tourist has died after falling from a cliff at Kelingking Beach in Nusa Penida near Bali. The incident unfolded about 8am on Saturday when tourists alerted a local lifeguard to a woman who appeared to be stranded on…...

17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1005+ words) September 13, 2026 — 12:53am Brisbane: For the first time this year, Chris Fagan felt he needed to target one group of players and ensure they knew their performances hadn’t been up to scratch. The Brisbane Lions’ small forwards were in the firing line,…...

23+ hour, 38+ min ago   (539+ words) September 12, 2026 — 7:00pm Filled with boxes of toilet paper, Christmas decorations and filing cabinets, the room on the top floor of the Melbourne Recital Centre sat neglected for 17 years. But philanthropists Peter and Ruth McMullin saw the potential in the hidden storage…...

1+ day, 10+ min ago   (53+ words) Eels winger Josh Addo-Carr has allegedly tested positive to cocaine, almost two years to the day since being embroiled in another drug scandal. #9News September 12, 2026 — 6:27pm...