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General practitioners willing to make the move to rural Tasmania will receive a $100,000 allowance as part of the state government’s $4m push to attract health professionals to the state. The Liberal state government has also pledged to wipe HECS debts of up to a maximum of $100,000 for doctors who agree to work in […]

Australian homeowners could soon be slugged with an interest rate hike, with the latest minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia revealing the board is ready to raise rates to slow inflation if “inflation expectations” change. The discussion, held on June 17 and 18, shows the board, led by RBA Governor Michele Bullock, hold persistent […]

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a stabbing at The University of Sydney. Emergency services rushed to the institution’s Camperdown campus shortly after 8.45am on Tuesday following reports of a stabbing. A 22-year-old man was treated by paramedics at the scene and has been taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He remains in a […]

A Perth man has been charged with drink driving after he was seen in a wild video crashing his car into a house — before copping some choice words from bystanders. Footage of the incident was uploaded to Reddit over the weekend by videographer Luke Dewar, who was in the passenger seat filming after the […]

A coalition of furious sheep industry groups say they will ‘hit the pavement’ to campaign against the Albanese government an over plans to ban live sheep exports by May 2028. The legislation, which included a $107m transition package, passed the Senate late on Monday night, despite calls from Nationals Leader David Littleproud for senators to […]

A road worker who killed his mate while “showing off” drunk in a Bobcat has been jailed for seven years. Christopher Bell, 53, returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of George Tereva, 34, by criminal negligence. The court was told Bell had been drinking beers with three […]

A dilapidated house in Sydney’s inner west has sold for $2.4m at auction, stunning property market experts. The three-bedroom, one-bathroom home sits on 570sq m of land in Enfield, about 14km west of Sydney’s CBD, in a state of disrepair. The property was advertised as an opportunity to build a dream home, renovate or reconstruct […]

Social media giants will be asked to participate in a $6.5m age assurance trial to prevent children and under 18s from accessing porn, detailed and graphic online violence or other harmful content. Speaking at a parliamentary probe into social media on Tuesday morning, the head bureaucrat tasked with rolling out the trial confirmed that companies […]

Senior Labor minister Bill Shorten has hit back at claims Senator Fatima Payman has been exiled from the party, saying her colleagues are simply “giving her space”, instead. Senator Payman was suspended from Labor’s caucus for the rest of the sitting fortnight after she broke Labor rules to vote against the government in favour of […]