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Marian Robinson, mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86, her family have announced. In a statement, the Obamas said Robinson died “peacefully” on Friday morning. Ms Robinson was a familiar presence at the White House during Barack Obama’s administration from 2009 to 2017. She was known to spend much of […]

House prices rose to a new record in May, according to new research from PropTrack. Prices in Perth rose 20 per cent in a year, and nationally prices are up nearly seven per cent on May 2023 prices. That is set against national wage growth of four per cent in the year to March. Capital […]

Australian couple Keith Davis and Kerry Jordan who were badly injured in the turbulent Singapore Airlines flight have returned home from Thailand. The Adelaide couple had spent some time in a hospital in Bangkok receiving medical treatment after Ms Jordan suffered a spinal injury during the flight. Ms Jordan is reportedly still without feeling from […]

The last time Kallista Mutten saw her daughter, nine-year-old Charlise asked if she could “go with Daddy”, hours before prosecutors allege she was shot twice and her body stuffed in a barrel. At the time, Ms Mutten had hoped to marry Justin Stein and let her daughter travel more than 90 minutes away with the […]

Get settled in for a wet, rainy weekend to herald in the winter season as the 5000km rain cloud band continues to move across the east coast of the country. The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the cloud band will continue its journey east throughout the coming days and is set to have brought rain to […]

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins will marry David Sharaz at one of Australia’s most exclusive and elegant wedding venues. The couple are expected to tie the knot at the stunning The Valley Estate venue at Currumbin Water, about 25km south of the Gold Coast on Saturday. The pair, who have moved to France, will exchange […]

“I wish the Australians were with us”. Eighty years ago this week, as the Allies launched the greatest seaborne invasion in history, a key British general voiced what many were thinking. Knowing that the D-Day landings – the first step in liberating Western Europe from the Nazis – would be a tough fight that could […]

Cops investigating the alleged murder of Samantha Murphy may have hit a new problem, trouble accessing her mobile phone. Officers found the mum’s iPhone next to a dam on a property in Buninyong on Wednesday in a targeted search. The discovery of the phone is a big breakthrough in the case and police are likely […]

Defence Minister Richard Marles is challenging Beijing to make clear that it opposes the invasion of another sovereign state, while repudiating claims that western governments, including Australia, possess a deep rooted hostility towards China. Amid heightened tensions in the Indo-Pacific, Mr Marles will speak at the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore on Saturday, challenging Beijing […]

Ticketek Australia has confirmed some of its customers may have had their personal details exposed in a “cyber incident”. The ticketing company released a statement on its website on Friday afternoon, explaining that the information – which includes names, dates of birth and email addresses – had been stored in a cloud-based platform, which was […]