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It’s an awful, devastating irony. At the same time as the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) has been documenting widespread abuse, neglect and a lack of support available to disabled Australians, the Federal Government has been flagging cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). To add insult to injury, after almost five years of horrifying […]

Australia’s biggest bank says the rising cost of living is pushing up mortgage arrears as it posts a $9.48bn profit. Commonwealth Bank’s eyewatering profit is a 6 per cent slip on last year. Full-year dividends for shareholders in Australia’s largest company have risen 15c to $4.65, fully franked; This represents 79 per cent of its […]

Liberal senator Michaelia Cash has issued an ultimatum to the Albanese government, stating the Coalition will not support the government’s Bill to appoint an administrator to the CFMEU unless Labor accepts its 20 amendments. The changes to the Bill call on the administrator to be appointed for a minimum of three years, report to the […]

The young pilot who died after a helicopter crashed into a Cairns hotel posted just months ago about how excited he was for his “next adventure”.  New Zealander Blake Wilson, 23, was piloting the R44 Robinson helicopter when it crashed into the roof of DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton about 1.50am on Monday.  He died at […]

An iconic Australian festival has announced it will return for one final show before finishing up after 35 years. Bluesfest is set to go ahead in Byron Bay next year, however festival director Peter Noble confirmed the 2025 event will be the last. “To my Dear Bluesfest Family, and after more than 50 years in […]

An Olympian has shared a touching reunion with his partner after returning home from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Australian Olympians touched down at Sydney airport on Wednesday morning after smashing the country’s record for the most gold medals won at an Olympics. The Qantas choir rang out as the Olympians stepped off the plane […]

Parts of eastern Australia will continue to cop a drenching in what could be the heaviest August deluge for almost a decade, forecasters have said. The Queensland coast saw a drenching on Tuesday with widespread falls of 100mm. Samuel Hill, north of Rockhampton, saw 176mm while parts of Northern New South Wales have seen 240mm […]

Girls largely outperformed boy students in writing and literacy, while male students outperformed their female counterparts in maths, according to the newly released National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results. Nationally, the latest set of results were similar and “broadly stable” to what was reported by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) […]