Fireworks, light shows and party zones: what’s on for New Year’s Eve in Australia’s capital cities?
From the Sydney Harbour fireworks to rooftop parties and a pop-up cinema in Melbourne, there are plenty of NYE events to bring in 2026
For most families, New Year’s Eve is a time to come together. For mine, it’s time for a water-bomb war
For close to 50 years we’ve waged an ever-escalating battle against one other – and our home town
Police with machine guns at Sydney New Year’s Eve are part of ‘fundamental changes’ after Bondi, Minns says
NSW premier says some will find police presence confronting but ‘we won’t be mucking around’
Officers armed with assault rifles will patrol Sydney’s streets. But do more imposing police make us feel any safer?
The NSW premier wants ‘the public to be assured that there is a comprehensive and massive police response’ to Bondi. But at what cost?
Key viewing spots for Sydney fireworks reach capacity as city urged to celebrate first New Year’s Eve since Bondi attack
NSW premier Chris Minns encourages Sydneysiders to ‘puff out your chest’, stating police on ‘high alert’ as more than 1 million people expected to celebrate in the city
Sydneysiders urged to ‘show defiance’ after Bondi attack by coming out for New Year’s Eve, as police presence ramps up
More than 2,500 police will be deployed throughout metropolitan Sydney, including some with long-arm weapons
Coral Adventurer passengers return with diverging accounts of cruise ship drama
One passenger tells the ABC it was ‘chaos’ and she felt her life was in danger, but others shrug off the incident
‘I never imagined we could buy an island’: how a community saved Mexico’s Galápagos
When developers began circling Espíritu Santo island in the 1990s, a private conservation effort saw them off. But today the Unesco site faces a new threat: mass tourism
‘A little light in the dark’: the former Chinese police officer bringing bubble tea to wartorn Ukraine
Brother Dong is one of a growing band of Chinese volunteers who are lending their support to Ukraine
Russia still importing Michelin aviation tyres despite sanctions, records suggest
Exclusive: Sales via intermediary companies appear to continue despite Michelin’s attempts to cut off trade
The Guardian view on the new Monroe doctrine: Trump’s forceful approach to the western hemisphere comes at a cost
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2025. Today, how US foreign policy has dramatically – and alarmingly – turned towards Latin America and the Caribbean
‘Move fast, break stuff’: how tech bros became Hollywood’s go-to baddie in 2025
From Stanley Tucci’s imperious tech titan to Lex Luthor’s distractingly hot CEO and Elon Musk-esque blowhards, films this year took us inside the billionaire mindset
Ukraine war briefing: ‘Attack on global food security’ as Russia hits wheat ships and ports
US has verified as fake the claimed attack on Putin residence, says Zelenskyy; leaders of Ukraine’s allies to meet in France next week. What we know on day 1,407