A high-rise under construction in Bangkok collapses after an earthquake on March 28.

Kanittha can barely imagine returning to the office. It’s on the 29th floor

Friday’s earthquake emptied Bangkok into the streets and now darkens routines that involve living and working dozens of storeys above ground.

  • byDamien Cave,Muktita Suhartono andRichard C. Paddock
Peter Dutton campaigns in Sydney and Anthony Albanese in the ACT on Sunday.

Federal election 2025 LIVE updates:AEC issues postal vote warning;PM edges ahead in poll as Dutton spruiks zero-emission nuclear plan

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign as Labor seeks to gain momentum from a boost in the polls.

  • byAngus Thomson,Olivia Ireland andLachlan Abbott
Police were called to the Surfers Paradise property just before 2am.
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Crime

Son shot in groin,father stabbed after asking neighbours to ‘be quiet’

The alleged offender fired a warning shot from a black revolver from the back balcony of his Surfers Paradise unit before confronting the family who complained,police said,

  • byMarissa Calligeros
Mind games:Carlton captain Patrick Cripps is studying psychology. The Blues hope to turn their season around against the Magpies on Thursday.
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AFL 2025

Tigers appeal Mansell’s push ban;Skipper using psychology degree to help winless Blues

Richmond will challenge Rhyan Mansell’s three-match suspension at the tribunal,and pressure continues to mount on Carlton heading into their clash with Collingwood on Thursday night.

  • byJon Pierik
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Spoilers
Streaming

The White Lotus recap:Confrontation,closure and post-incest confusion

Everyone is having a party this week,but some characters are having more fun than others.

  • bySinead Stubbins
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‘We love the harbour’:Dutton says he would live in Sydney as prime minister

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition leader of hubris and “measuring the curtains” before the election.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andOlivia Ireland
The family of former Pie Andrew Krakoeur has given permission for his image to be shared.
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Vale

Former Richmond and Collingwood star Andrew Krakouer dies

Former Richmond and Collingwood AFL star Andrew Krakouer has died,aged 42.

  • byPeter Ryan andMichael Gleeson
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Review

What I learned from this 12-hour theatre marathon

Our critics take in the latest performances around town.

  • byJohn Shand andPeter McCallum
Ahmed Kelly is a four-time Paralympian.

‘Trying to arrest the decline’:The $52 million plan to put a record number of Paralympians on the podium

A dedicated unit at the Victorian Institute of Sport hopes to break down barriers for para-athletes,after Australia recorded its worst result in more than 30 years in Paris.

  • byAngus Delaney
Wall Street closed its week with another tumble.

Miners,bank slump as ASX tumbles;Todd Sampson to exit Qantas

Worries are building about a potentially toxic mix of worsening inflation and a US economy slowing because of households afraid to spend due to the global trade war.

  • byGemma Grant
Min Woo Lee
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PGA Tour

‘I was freaking out’:Min Woo Lee survives water and trees to win first US PGA tournament

The Australian felt the pressure during the final round,but came through when it mattered to achieve his first win on the US Tour.

  • byPeter Ryan
Russian Emergency Ministry employees leave one of two planes that landed in Myanmar following Friday’s earthquake.

China and Russia already have boots on the ground in Myanmar. The US is nowhere to be seen

The United States,the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid,has so far sent nothing to the earthquake disaster zone.

  • byHannah Beech andEdward Wong
Fed chairman Jerome Powell has been reluctant to speculate about how Donald Trump’s policies might affect the central bank’s decisions.

The Trump fire is burning on Wall Street

The American people are losing confidence in Donald Trump,sending shockwaves through Wall Street. And that’s before “Liberation Day”.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Ben Roberts-Smith outside the Federal Court in 2022.

‘Person 17’:Conversation with Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-lover at centre of appeal bid

Three judges will hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s application to introduce a leaked audio recording in evidence in his defamation appeal.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Max Jorgensen leaves the field injured against the Hurricanes
Analysis
Super Rugby

Hip-drop tackles are a blight on the game and rugby bosses need to stamp them out

There is a lot of debate about what constitutes a “hip drop” tackle,but common sense tells you they’re an accident waiting to happen.

  • byPaul Cully
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Mosman local beats six others for $16.1 million ‘knockdown’ at auction

Seven buyers registered,all with big dreams of turning a deceased estate with uninterrupted views and a top position into a trophy home.

  • byCarmen Forward
Rocket crashes into sea in Norway.

‘A great success’:Start-up’s rocket crashes into sea after lift-off in Norway

Video from the launch shows the rocket taking off from the pad,flying into the air and then coming back down to crash into the sea in a fiery explosion.

The board of Nine’s majority owned Domain have backed a takeover bid.

Domain board backs $2.8b bid from US giant

A successful takeover of Domain by US digital real estate listings giant CoStar potentially paves the way for a big payday for majority shareholder Nine Entertainment.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Jarome Luai.

Luai banned,but not binned for high shot as NRL dishes out $15k in fines

The Tigers captain will miss this week’s grudge match against the club’s former coach Michael Maguire.

  • byDan Walsh
Jamieson Ave
Updated
Crime

Father confronted children’s mother during Sydney stabbing attack:police

The three children,including a paraplegic girl,were allegedly attacked in their sleep before their screams woke their father.

  • byRiley Walter,Clare Sibthorpe andDaniel Lo Surdo
Sam Kerr has been sidelined with an ACL injury since January.

‘Sincere regret’:Sam Kerr to retain Matildas captaincy and join team in Sydney

Sam Kerr is set to continue her rehabilitation from a long-term knee injury with the Matildas this week in Sydney after being cleared of further punishment by Football Australia for her drunken run-in with London police.

  • byVince Rugari
Peter Dutton visits a mosque

From yum cha to a mosque:Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion

In his first weekend on the campaign trail Peter Dutton visited a mosque before a church,synagogue or a Hindu temple,inviting voters to take another look at him.

  • byMatthew Knott
Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins with mum Robyn.

‘It was surreal’:Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins’ search for her birth parents

The Wiggles’ youngest member opens up about her return to her birthplace in Ethiopia for the first time ever last year.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Thai rescue workers remove a body recovered from the building that collapsed in Bangkok’s Chatuchak area.

‘We have no time left’:Search for survivors in Bangkok tower tragedy enters crucial day

The prospects of pulling survivors from the rubble of a Bangkok tower are narrowing by the hour as the complex search and rescue effort enters a third and possibly deciding full day.

  • byZach Hope andVeena Thoopkrajae
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deserve some credit for our economic good fortunes.

Debt and deficit:Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

When it comes to the budget,there’s been an element of good management as well as good luck,for which Chalmers and Albanese deserve some credit.

  • byRoss Gittins
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Departures of migrant visa holders are expected to accelerate in coming years,according to leading demographers.

Migration tipped to plummet as post-COVID visas set to expire

A key election issue is high immigration levels,but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling fertility and shorter lifespans.

  • byShane Wright
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A very ABC farewell for outgoing boss,but departing star isn’t feeling the love

Aunty threw open the doors of its Studio 22 in Ultimo to send off David Anderson,as exiting presenter Simon Marnie frothed at the lack of an official goodbye.

  • byStephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
Forty per cent of voters now rank Peter Dutton (left) and the Coalition as best to manage the economy,with only 24 per cent naming Anthony Albanese and Labor.

What the major parties avoid could be as important as what gets their focus

A Dutton government would no doubt be very different from the Albanese government,but the differences being debated are mostly minor.

  • bySean Kelly
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

After months in the doldrums,the government has its mojo back,right when it was really needed

Despite the good news in the latest Resolve Political Monitor,it is a strange world when Labor finds comfort in any poll that has its primary vote at just 29.

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Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday wearing a yellow foam cheesehead hat.

This US state is electing a Supreme Court judge,but this poll is really all about Elon Musk

A judge,a former politician and the head of the Young Republicans walk into a bar. No,it’s not a joke – it’s a Thursday night in Wisconsin and there’s an election to be won.

  • byMichael Koziol
There are no specific rules about how many toilets an airline needs to provide on board.

The 10 rules of plane toilet etiquette

Earlier this month,Qantas passengers on a nine-hour flight to Hong Kong were warned that three of the five toilets wouldn’t be working.

  • byMichael Gebicki
ASIC chair Joe Longo at an Autralian Institute of Company Directors’ conference this month after announcing the regulator was suing AustralianSuper.

Grieving Australians are suffering because of super fund failure:ASIC

The corporate watchdog has blasted top superannuation executives for failing to prioritise grieving families when paying out their members’ death benefits.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Neighbours,including Rachmat Djajadikarta,second from right,are campaigning to adjust the proposed development.

The surprising reason this neighbourhood opposes a new development

Inner West residents are pushing back against the state’s largest ever build-to-rent development – because they want more affordable housing on the site.

  • byAnthony Segaert
For Chae Ryan,33,the search for his Korean identity has been a harrowing journey. The South Korean agency that facilitated his adoption to Australia in 1991 is now at the centre of damning inquiry into widespread fraud and malpractice in the country’s adoption system.

‘I believed I was an orphan’:Australians caught up in global adoption scandal

For Chae Ryan,the search for his identity has been a harrowing experience. He’s not the only one.

  • byLisa Visentin
The state government says its agencies must be held to account to ensure there are no delays to housing approvals.

Revealed:The state agencies holding up new housing in NSW

Councils are publicly named and shamed over the time they take to approve housing developments. Now it is the government’s turn.

  • byAlexandra Smith
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Commuters will be forced to catch replacement buses between Bankstown station and Lidcombe.

Second passenger train line faces two-month closure

Commuters also face disruptions from full or partial closures of the busy M1 metro line over several weekends,as well as services stopping earlier some nights.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
The end of the daylight savings period is near.

Five things you should do before daylight saving ends this week

With the clocks turning back an hour from Sunday,it’s the last chance this side of the winter solstice to go outside to enjoy an extra hour or two of evening light.

  • byHannah Hammoud
Eric Bauza is now the voice behind iconic Looney Tunes characters like Daffy Duck,Bugs Bunny,Tweety and Sylvester.

‘That’s not all,folks!’ The voice actor taking Looney Tunes back to its roots

Eric Bauza has always loved cartoons. Now,he’s the voice of his all-time favourite.

  • byNell Geraets
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin,threatens secondary tariffs on Russian oil

The US president’s comments suggest he is growing frustrated with his inability to strike a quick peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war,which he promised in the election campaign.

  • byMichael Koziol
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Labor has finally found a more convincing message. The mystery is why it took so long

Australians’ opinions have flipped in just a few weeks on whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton will be victorious in the federal election.

  • byDavid Crowe
Labor plans to roll out subsidies for household batteries very soon.

Labor takes power bill election fight in-house with help to buy home batteries

Households are set to gain federal help to cut their energy bills under a government plan to make it easier for them to buy home batteries.

  • byPaul Sakkal andDavid Crowe
Fonua Pole and James Fisher-Harris collide at Campbelltown.
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NRL 2025

Luai’s high shot and injuries add headaches to Tigers heartbreak

The Tigers may have discovered newfound resolve but it was the same old heartbreak with their $1.25 million half placed on report in a nailbiting loss to the Warriors.

  • byDan Walsh
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No end to the tales of element

Animals hold their own

Daly Cherry-Evans on the fly against Parramatta.
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NRL 2025

‘Smear campaign’:Departing star lashes destabilising forces

Manly accounted for Parramatta on Sunday,but Daly Cherry-Evans was still lamenting a difficult week.

  • byRobert Dillon
Daly Cherry-Evans and Manly fans on Sunday.
Analysis
NRL 2025

Brookvale faithful deliver a (pleasantly) shocking verdict on DCE

Daly Cherry-Evans’ decision to leave the Sea Eagles after 15 years was met with understanding and appreciation,not the vitriol usually synonymous with sport.

  • byNeil Breen
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Peter Dutton in his campaign outfit on Sunday.

A hung parliament is just what our stagnant political system needs

Whenever any idea that’s even slightly transformational is proposed,it’s met with a massive scare campaign,writes Graham Meale.

Flyers by Stand4Palestine instructing followers to confront and disrupt politicians in mosques.

‘Interrupt,disrupt,expose’:Plan to drive MPs from Sydney’s mosques

A campaign is under way to force government and opposition politicians away from the city’s Islamic community by heckling and filming them.

  • byPerry Duffin
A building under construction in Bangkok collapses after an earthquake on Friday.

Town waiting for answers after 10 of its men go missing in Bangkok tower collapse

Aye and her brother are holding vigil beside a four-storey mound of rubble in Thailand,hoping to get news for worried families in their home town 1000 kilometres away.

  • byZach Hope andVeena Thoopkrajae
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has morning tea during a visit to a home in Downer

As it happened:Albanese dodges energy price questions in first major interview of campaign;Dutton slams supermarket taskforce as ‘wet lettuce’ fix for price gouging

Read all the headlines from day three of the 2025 federal election campaign as both leaders will tighten security after gatecrashers disrupted their events yesterday.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Latrell Mitchell and James Tedesco.
Analysis
NRL 2025

Latrell and the Roosters - rugby league theatre at its finest

Why do the biggest moments around Mitchell - the biggest personality in the game - always seem to come against his former club?

  • byDan Walsh
Aerial footage of feral deer in Victoria.

Life just got a lot more dangerous for Victoria’s feral deer

More than 1 million feral deer are thought to call Victoria home. But unlike native dingoes,they remain a protected species.

  • byBianca Hall
Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy after the 200m.

The AFL created a TV vacuum. Gout and Kennedy filled it

Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout now has something in Australia he hasn’t had before – competition. And it will be on show again next week.

  • byMichael Gleeson
Andrew and Tristan Tate land in Florida in February after leaving Romania.

Influencer Andrew Tate accused of sexually assaulting girlfriend in LA hotel

The former girlfriend of the self-described misogynist says he beat and choked her in a Beverly Hills hotel earlier this month.

  • byLea Skene
The Australian dollar posted one of its best weeks in a year.

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ overshadows Reserve Bank’s rate call

The US president’s threat to treat Australia’s 10 per cent goods and services tax as a trade impediment has been branded as ‘ridiculous’ by economists.

  • byJacob Shteyman
US President Donald Trump has backed efforts by US tech giants like Microsoft to stop countries like Australia putting fresh taxes on their revenue.

Tax Office’s brawl with big tech faces its first hurdle:Pepsi

A High Court challenge over soft drink syrup payments could determine the future of a multibillion-dollar tax battle against Trump-backed tech giants.

  • byColin Kruger