Australia

The lesser-known festival that spawned Dark Mofo was a sprawling, captivating affair.

The charity claims 2153 billionaires had more wealth than 4.6 billion people in 2019.

Pergola roof damaged by hail. Photo: ACT ESA

SINCE midday, the ACT ESA reports it has received 226 requests for assistance as severe storms cross Canberra. 

A car window smashed by hailstones. Photo: ACT ESA

The ACT State Emergency Service, ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service are working together to respond to hail and roof damage, electrical threats and localised flooding.

ACT Ambulance Service is attending to two people for minor injuries sustained during the storm.

Residents needing help for storm or flood damage should call 132500. In a life-threatening emergency call 000.

Photo: ACT ESA

Joan Dwyer, lawyer, philanthropist, tribunal member, and second chair of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Board, has died after an extended negotiation with cancer.

Civil society groups including a church, legal organisations and conservationists will urge the Queensland government to amend its proposed political donation laws.

Trust in government, which should be central to a healthy democracy, is at a historical low in Australia.

Serena Williams hasn’t won a set in her four major finals since returning to the WTA Tour, but compatriot Lindsay Davenport believes the 38-year-old tennis great will pass Margaret Court’s record.

While the events of the past 10 days will undoubtedly have taken their toll on the 93-year-old monarch, Her Majesty's decisive action over the Duke and Duchess of Sussex not only reminds us who is boss - but why.

Gary Starkweather took inspiration in a statement reportedly made in 1929 by Albert Einstein: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

An ambitious collaboration from Performing Lines and the Arts Centre Melbourne captures the tangled, amorphous mess that is life today.

Australia's Patty Mills has celebrated the NBA's first Indigenous People Night by playing a starring role in San Antonio's 107-102 win over Miami on Monday (AEDT).

The Australian Open has broken new ground by making gender neutral toilets available for use at Rod Laver Arena.

Thousands of people have volunteered to help fight the bushfires, but a rigorous screening process is vital.

The athletics world is grieving the loss of one the most significant figures in the sport, the manager, organiser and broadcaster, Maurie Plant.

Hail falls in Yarralumla. Photo: Janis Meikle

THE inner-south and the inner-south was slammed by hail early this afternoon in a day of predicted “severe thunderstorms”. 

The burst of hail was described by one householder as “noisy and bouncing everywhere.”

The Bureau of Meteorology suggest that amid a 95 per cent of showers (becoming less likely tonight), that possibly severe thunderstorms are likely.

 

The former Australian of the Year noted criticism of the banking sector was 'well-founded', as he outlined plans to alter the bank from the inside when he starts next month.

The last time Donald Trump spoke at Davos he foreshadowed an aggressive approach to ''unfair trade.'' China was the target but will it be Europe's turn now?

The money has been given to state emergency services as well as charities assisting with Australia's bushfire crisis. 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there was "no military solution" to the 11-year conflict that followed the outsting of Moammar Gadhafi.

Controversial tennis champion Margaret Court will be honoured on centre court during the second week of the Australian Open for the 50th anniversary of her grand slam achievement.