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Jason Clare has lashed out at Peter Dutton after the opposition said it would join the Greens in blocking a government Bill capping international students. The Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 seeks to cap new international enrolments at 270,000 in 2025 and give extra powers to the Education Minister […]

In unwelcome news for mortgage holders, the Reserve Bank’s message is they are not ruling in or out another rate hike, even as much of the developed world moves to lower rates. At its latest meeting in November, the central bank left the official cash rate at 4.35 per cent, and now has not changed […]

One of Australia’s leading legal thinkers has delivered a furious tirade on the fallout from the Bruce Lehrmann saga, hitting out at multiple parts of the criminal justice system for their perceived failures including juries, the police, fellow lawyers, courts and the press. Geoffrey Watson SC, speaking at the Law Society of South Australia, said […]

Firebrand senator Lidia Thorpe has accused the government of purposely passing a censure motion while they knew she was on a plane from Melbourne to Canberra. Her outburst comes after the Victorian senator was censured alongside far right crossbencher Ralph Babet after she interrupted King Charles with an expletive-fuelled protest during the royal visit in […]

A former police officer accused of shooting his ex-boyfriend and his partner before dumping their bodies at a remote NSW property will spend the new year behind bars on remand, a court has been told. Beau Lamarre-Condon appeared before Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday charged with murdering his ex-partner Jesse Baird and his boyfriend […]

The former Jetstar pilot jailed after a jury found he killed an elderly woman while on a hunting trip has lodged the paperwork needed for his highly-anticipated appeal. Gregory Stuart Lynn, 58, was sentenced to a maximum term of 32 years imprisonment last month after he was found guilty of murdering Carol Clay, 73, at […]

An Australian mining company will pay a West African government nearly $250m to free its boss and two other staff. The military-led government of Mali in West Africa detained the Resolute Mining chief executive and two senior staff on November 8 in the capital city Bamako. The arrests were over a purported tax issue. In […]

Anthony Albanese is declaring a major trade win with China despite simmering tensions highlighted by a warning from Xi Jinping. The Prime Minister met with the Chinese President on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil on Monday (local time). Speaking to media after the bilateral talks, Mr Albanese declared Canberra and Beijing had […]

Residents in one state are eligible for cost-of-living relief but will need to apply quickly with a deadline looming. South Australians on low or fixed incomes may be eligible for a range of household concessions for the 2024-2025 financial year, but they’ll need to act quickly. Under the scheme more than 215,000 households, or about […]