Articles by Martin Farrer

Australia news live: police to resume search for body in infamous cold case of Indigenous child killed in 1990

Colleen Walker-Craig was just 16 when she was last seen in Bowraville 35 years ago. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.NSW police are resuming the search today in an infamous cold case murder investigation: they will be combing the Nambucca River in Bowraville for the remains of Colleen Walker-Craig, one of three Indigenous children killed over a five-month period in 1990. Continue reading...

Oct 23, 2025

Australia news live: Pauline Hanson says ‘don’t write me off’ amid Barnaby Joyce leadership speculation

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Oct 22, 2025

Morning Mail: house prices surge, online grocery price premium revealed, Australia thump England

Values rise at fastest rate for four years as Brisbane takes second place behind Sydney

Oct 22, 2025

House prices surge, online grocery price premium revealed, Australia thump England

Values rise at fastest rate for four years as Brisbane takes second place behind Sydney

Oct 22, 2025

Morning Mail: US pushes for Aukus tweaks, environment reforms to target company profits, and how to keep pets cool

Prime minister addresses concerns about American comments on ‘ambiguity’ of pact; tips to protect animals as temperatures set to soar

Oct 21, 2025

Australia news live: Sydney forecast to have hottest ever October day as Melbourne braces for destructive winds

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Oct 21, 2025

Morning Mail: Albanese signs $8.5bn deal with Trump, ANZ bonuses criticised, claim Prince Andrew ‘tried to hire internet trolls’

Prime minister secures Aukus support and signs $8.5bn critical minerals deal in Washington visit

Oct 20, 2025

Australia news live: Cash calls on PM to condemn Chinese jet incident; Barnaby Joyce quizzed on One Nation move

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Oct 20, 2025

Politics

Australia news live: Cash calls on PM to condemn Chinese jet incident; Barnaby Joyce quizzed on One Nation move

Coalition describes South China Sea action as ‘dangerous’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Nick Visser with the main action.And so far today the main action has been at the White House, where the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, met the US president, Donald Trump, signed a big deal, and laughed as his ambassador was told off. We have all the colour and news for you. Continue reading...

Oct 20, 2025

Morning Mail: Trump to meet Putin after ‘productive’ call, FOI fears revealed, new frogs found on island

Government plans to limit system over fear of being overwhelmed by automated requests; two leaders plan Budapest summit after ‘productive’ call

Oct 16, 2025

Morning Mail: Gaza peace tested by dead hostage returns, the case for lowering speed limits, Broad’s Ashes sledge

Hamas to return more bodies as Israel threatens to cut aid; research suggests reducing speed limits would not delay drivers

Oct 14, 2025

Morning Mail: Trump joins world leaders to sign peace deal, CSIRO plans more cuts, Abbott’s history lesson reviewed

Donald Trump given ovation by Knesset before leading Egypt summit; science agency must find more savings as funding declines

Oct 13, 2025

Morning Mail: Hamas says war ‘completely over’, Dreyfus’s seat in Socialist Left sights, plea for help amid NDIS changes

US president says Israeli captives could be released on Monday; Victorian faction could target seat of Isaacs

Oct 9, 2025

Morning Mail: new AFP powers to target sex offenders, blueberry farming blues, Australia’s Nobel winner

Police will be given licence to possess illegal images to help investigate criminal gangs; explosion in production causes unease in NSW

Oct 8, 2025

Morning Mail: One Nation soars amid Coalition chaos, Israel deports Australians, genetic clue to depression

Pauline Hanson party activists are buoyant over polls and ‘shifting’ mood; Australian study shows women carry higher depression risk

Oct 7, 2025

Morning Mail: Gaza activists accuse Israel of brutality, cost of extreme weather soars, Australia’s porridge champion

Flotilla activists deported by Israel add to claims by Australians of mistreatment; Melbourne food stylist takes a prize at the Golden Spurtle

Oct 6, 2025

Morning Mail: Nauru asylum seekers ‘going hungry’, ATO hunt for old debts, UK synagogue attack

Refugees and asylum seekers say they can’t afford to eat and plead for help

Oct 2, 2025

World

Morning Mail: voters back net zero target, Trump lectures generals, IVF breakthrough

Latest Essential poll shows support for level of emission cuts while One Nation support doubles

Sep 30, 2025