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A Ferrari and Porsche allegedly hit speeds nearly 90km/h more than than the limit in a reckless driving incident, “astounding” police. Police were alerted to a red Ferrari 488 Spider and a blue Porsche 911 driving recklessly near Sorrento in Western Australia about 9.30am on Sunday. The two cars were later spotted by a Police […]

A Melbourne learner driver should not receive any jail time after her sister was killed in a horror crash, a court has been told. Asyai Luk, 24, returned before the County Court of Victoria on Monday after prosecutors withdrew most charges, including dangerous driving causing death, in June, days before a trial was set to […]

Australia’s terrorist threat level is being increased from “possible to probable” in the wake of spy agency warnings that the nation’s security threats remain “volatile and more unpredictable”. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the change this morning at a press conference in Canberra with ASIO director-general Mike Burgess. “ASIO is raising the national terrorist and […]

Australia’s terror threat level has been raised from possible to probable because of deteriorating social cohesion, the Prime Minister announced on Monday. Security agency ASIO advised the government that the terror threat level needed to rise because the “security environment is more volatile and more unpredictable.” “I want to reassure Australians probable does not mean […]

Monday marks another hike in the price of booze, as a tax rise is pushed onto businesses and consumers. Taxes on beer and spirits have effectively gone up 2 per cent on Monday. Twice a year the Australian Taxation Office looks at the consumer price index to see how much the cost of everything has […]

Anthony Albanese is under fire from Indigenous leaders over his “confusing” comments on Makarrata. Uluru Dialogue co-chairs Pat Anderson and Megan Davis, two of the Prime Minister’s closest allies on Indigenous rights, issued a scathing statement after he appeared to back track on a key election promise to establish a Makarrata commission during an interview […]

The case of an Australian mother jailed for forcing her daughter into marriage has reverberated across the UK and US, as the woman represents a landmark conviction in the Australian courts. Victorian woman Sakina Muhammad Jan, 48, has been jailed for coercing her daughter Ruqia Haidari, 21, into marriage. The mother, who will spend at […]

The Albanese government will shake up access to Sydney airport after the collapse of regional airline Rex last week was partially blamed on the hoarding of slots at the country’s biggest airport. Transport Minister Catherine King will on Monday open a competitive tender process to appoint a new manager of Sydney airport’s timeslots, which are […]

Senator Linda Reynolds is expected to take the stand on the second day of a blockbuster defamation trial against her former staffer, Brittany Higgins. Ms Higgins and her husband David Sharaz are being sued by Senator Reynolds in the WA Supreme Court after failed mediation hearings. The couple shared posts in 2022 and 2023 which […]