Australia's news mix on this page runs from Canberra to the World Cup. Recent coverage includes scrutiny of the parliamentary watchdog and the confidentiality rules critics call a gag, the $1.75 billion Arctic radar agreement signed with Canada, and a record 2.7-tonne cocaine seizure near Sydney. Sport features prominently, with Socceroos players urging schools and workplaces to screen the country's World Cup decider and Australia's 113-run demolition of Pakistan at the Women's T20 World Cup, while H5N1's detection on the mainland forced Western Australian poultry farms into lockdown.
A staffer's account of jail-threat confidentiality warnings puts Australia's parliamentary complaints body — and workplace reform everywhere — to the test.
Defender Jason Geria has called for people to be allowed to watch the Socceroos' crucial group finale against Paraguay, with the midday kick-off and a place in the last 32 fuelling national interest.
With a place in the last 32 on the line and a midday Friday kick-off, Jason Geria has called on schools and workplaces to let people watch, framing the match as a shared civic occasion.
Ellyse Perry's 71 powered Australia to 199 for seven at Headingley before Pakistan collapsed for 86, sealing a fourth straight win.
Poultry farms in Western Australia have entered lockdown after deadly H5N1 bird flu was found in wild birds on the Australian mainland, prompting the country's largest producer to act before the strain can reach commercial flocks.
The agreement brings Australian-designed over-the-horizon radar technology to Canada, marking Australia's largest defence export deal as both Five Eyes partners deepen co-operation.
Officers found cocaine hidden in underground bunkers beneath modified shipping containers at a property outside Sydney, in what authorities call the country's largest-ever seizure of the drug.