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‘No silver bullet’ for housing crisis, experts warn

Australia needs to build more than one million homes over the next five years, but experts and politicians are divided on how to get there.

‘Unfair’ supermarket prices on watchdog’s hit list

The consumer regulator has vowed to find answers to shoppers' complaints of sky-high grocery prices and farmers' concerns about low supermarket payments.

Former minister’s son dies after parachute malfunction

A soldier who is the son of former federal minister Joel Fitzgibbon has died in a parachute training exercise tragedy.

Fair Pay for Radio Play: Inquiry into Senator Pocock’s Bill

Today, the Senate will hold an inquiry into Senator David Pocock's Bill to overturn legislative caps on royalty payments for musicians.

Calls to re-design insurance products to prevent financial abuse

A new report released today by the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety (CWES) calls for general insurers to disrupt domestic violence in Australia by re-designing products to prevent financial abuse.

‘Filthy Five’ car companies polluting more than Australian coal mines

Five car companies whose fleets are responsible for more climate pollution than some of Australia’s biggest coal mines have been identified in new analysis by the Climate Council.

Childcare giant profits highlight need for fee regulation

News that listed childcare giant G8 Education has posted a 53 per cent profit increase and is paying its CEO a $3 million package while continually lifting fees has renewed calls from family advocates for tighter government regulation of early childhood education and care costs.

Higgins and Reynolds meet for defamation mediation

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds is meeting with Brittany Higgins and her partner David Sharaz in an effort to settle a defamation suit.

Share the Dignity wants to know if period poverty has worsened

Share the Dignity’s second Bloody Big Survey is set to unpack if period poverty rates have risen since 2021.

Former politician turncoat was in parliament at time

A former politician accused of selling out Australia was serving in parliament at the time they were caught up in a foreign spy ring, the ASIO chief says.

Labor, Liberals look for positives after Dunkley swing

Labor has held the Victorian seat of Dunkley at a by-election but recorded a swing against it as the Liberals received a major boost in their primary vote.

Australia looks at forcing Facebook to do news deals

All options are on the table as the federal government tries to get Facebook to negotiate deals with Australian news outlets.

Seven colas and a single prawn: MPs declare freebies

Freebies for politicians range from party pies and grilled chicken to sporting tickets and business class flights, their register of interests shows.

Luke Davies not target in murders of Sydney couple: police

NSW Police are being called on to undertake further training to ensure members of the LGBTQI community are able to safely report threats or violence.

AIHW drug survey reveals vaping tripled in past 4 years

Less than 10 per cent of people in Australia smoke daily, while the use of e-cigarettes tripled between 2019 and 2022–2023

NSW Police to march out of uniform at Sydney Mardi Gras parade

Mardis Gras organisers and NSW police have reached an agreement to allow officers to march out of uniform in the upcoming parade.

Vape shops could close as Australian government eyes sales ban

The sale of vapes could be banned within months with retailers coming into focus as the next battlefront in the war on vaping.

Federal government urged to end discrimination by life insurers

Senator David Pocock and others say Australians with a family history of cancer or illness are avoiding life-saving genetic tests.

‘Thought we were bulletproof’: Wally Lewis’ CTE journey

Rugby league great Wally Lewis has revealed his struggles with the brain condition probable CTE and called for more protection for young players.

Rolfe felt ‘sad’ and ‘burnt out’ before shooting man

A former Northern Territory constable sent a series of racist, homophobic and sexist text messages to friends months before he killed an Indigenous man.

Aussies to keep more of what they earn as tax cuts pass

Low and middle income earners are guaranteed bigger tax cuts after changes championed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cleared federal parliament.

Alleged killer reveals location of missing men’s bodies

Police have found the bodies of two missing men who investigators allege were killed in Sydney by a NSW officer, who gave them information about their location.

Australian Senate acknowledges need for inquiry into excess deaths

Persistence paid off yesterday for Senator Ralph Babet, of the United Australia Party, as the Senate voted in favour of his motion calling for further inquiry into the causes of Australia’s excess deaths.

Calls for Mardi Gras to reverse axing of police invite

NSW Police have been asked not to march in the Sydney Mardi Gras parade, sparking concerns of a setback in an already fraught relationship

Gladys Berejiklian influenced by ‘serial pest’ Daryl Maguire: lawyer

Ex-NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian was influenced by her close personal relationship with an "insecure" MP who pushed her for millions of dollars in funding, a court has been told.

NT Police launch racism probe after shock Rolfe claims

Former Northern Territory Police constable Zachary Rolfe continues to give evidence on the death of a teenager he shot, after his claims of racism within the force prompted the commissioner to launch a probe into police culture.

Another Captain Cook statue toppled by vandals

A third monument to Captain Cook has been damaged in Melbourne, with the local council assessing whether a statue in Fitzroy Gardens can be repaired.

Triple-zero callout confirmed in Sydney couple murder

Police are still hunting for the bodies of two missing men, believed to have been murdered by a serving officer.

‘I leave having given all’: Morrison farewells politics

Scott Morrison has given his final speech to parliament, using the address to sound the alarm on China, thank his family and even work in Taylor Swift.

How Beaumont Lamarre-Condon’s alleged double-murder case unfolded

Police are still searching for the bodies of two men who investigators say were killed by a NSW officer in an inner-Sydney home.
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