The 2026 Census will include questions covering sexual identity and gender for the first time in Australian history.Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will ask Australian citizens aged 16 and over about the topic of sexuality.It comes after LGBTIQ+ advocates called on the government to include questions...

A man was allegedly stabbed in the chest after he attempted to defend a woman being assaulted in a car in Sydney's south-west early this morning.The 44-year-old man was found stabbed in the chest at Macquarie Street in Liverpool about 2.20am.Police have been told the man was stabbed multiple times after he tried to intervene when he saw a man allegedly...

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Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction.But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have set off a chain reaction that created the Darvaza Gas Crater – a giant, fiery hole that eventually became the country's most sought-after sight.Also called...

A 23-year-old man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a tree and smashed into pieces in Perth, with the confronting scene "traumatising" police.Officers had been pursuring the black Holden Statesman on Canning Highway in Attadale, in Perth's southern suburbs, just moments before the impact.Police say officers spotted the speeding car...

Police are forming a "ring of steel" around a Melbourneweapons expo that is expected to see around 25,000 protesters descend on the area over the coming days.A massive fence has already been erected around the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre to prepare for what police anticipate to be one of the biggest protests in the city's history.Anti-war...