From a new cash mandate to cheaper medicines and welfare payment rises, here are the main changes coming into effect in 2026.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has knocked back a plea from the families of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack victims to open a royal commission into the shooting.

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That experience proved invaluable on a Chronicle assignment involving a missing juvenile ball python at a local EaDo nightclub. Assistant general manager Javi Ramirez discovered the snake weeks later, ...

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When Sam Darnold threw his second interception Thursday night, there was no reason to believe the Seattle Seahawks could come back. The Los Angeles Rams had clearly been the better team. Darnold was ...