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The Albanese government has called on major Australian banks to continue operations in Pacific countries, amid fears the withdrawal of services would allow China a way in to increase its influence in the region. The importance of continued operation and multilateral collaboration between Australia and the Pacific will be addressed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in […]

Australia will move to modernise and tighten outdated laws which have allowed drug traffickers, people smugglers and terrorist to exploit the system to launder dirty money through luxury goods, real estate, domestic banks and casinos. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will flag reform to the federal Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act in a speech to the […]

The daughter of a Victorian mother who has been missing for more than a month says she just wants to “know that she’s okay” as police continue to search for her. Renee, 42, left her home on Western Hwy, Warrenheip in regional Victoria about 1.25pm on May 30 and hasn’t been found since. The woman […]

A Sydney couple have been slammed for allowing their pet dog to sit on a Guzman y Gomez counter top as they tucked into their meal. The pair were pictured eating at the Mexican restaurant in Newtown while their small dog sat perched on top of the benchtop next to them. The image sparked outrage […]

The brave neighbour who saved four children from a deadly Sydney house fire has stunned with another incredible act. Jarrod Hawkins has been hailed a hero after breaking down a door and running into the fiery blaze at his next door neighbour’s house in Lalor Park, in Sydney’s west, early on Sunday morning. His efforts […]

A 15-year old schoolgirl has been hailed a hero for steering a bus carrying 25 students to safety when the driver suffered a heart attack. The Aquinas College bus crashed on Southport Nerang Road at Ashmore on the Gold Coast about 3.20pm Monday. Witnesses said the driver “cried out and grabbed his chest,” then became […]

Batches of cocaine sold in Australia have been laced with a deadly opioid that’s 100 times more potent than heroin, sparking an urgent health alert. A number of Aussies who recently purchased and consumed what they believed was cocaine suffered “serious” adverse effects due to the presence of synthetic opioid proto-nitazene, the group Harm Reduction […]