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About five per cent of people serving in the defence force experienced sexual misconduct last year, while six allegations of sexual assault were made against people in the military during 2022. Defence officials cited recent survey data showing high rates of sexual assault complaints in the Australian Defence Force after they reached record levels in […]

The union juggernaut CFMEU claims there is no tradie shortage in Australia as the independent Jobs and Skills Australia mulls which trades need to be put on the visa fast-track channel. Union national secretary Zach Smith said data had been twisted to show Australia needed more overseas labour. “(It is) bulls**t that is designed to […]

A cold front is forecast to bring a dusting of snow to parts of the eastern states and Tasmania towards the end of the King’s Birthday long weekend, as thousands of Aussies continue to shiver through the chilly week. Ski season revellers in NSW and parts of Victoria face a small delay to the start […]

Only a single ski lift out of 75 scattered across the NSW snowfields is expected be operating over the long weekend – the traditional start to the ski season. The dire warning comes after warmer temperatures left slopes bare for the second consecutive year in NSW’s Snowy Mountains region. Selwyn Snow Fields announced on Wednesday […]

The Federal Court has slapped a building automation company with a $1.5 million fine for trying to rig a tender by offering a competitor cash. The attempted tender rigging related to upgrades of the lights, air and power systems at the National Gallery of Australia in 2019. The court earlier found at a Canberra cafe, […]

EXCLUSIVE Anthony Albanese is plotting a cabinet reshuffle amid public service speculation he has offered his old leadership rival Bill Shorten a chance to say au revoir, with a plumb diplomatic posting in Europe. News.com.au can reveal that the offer of a diplomatic posting is the talk of the senior public service chiefs. The latest […]

A jury has officially retired and will go over more than three weeks of evidence to decide whether Justin Stein murdered schoolgirl Charlise Mutten. Mr Stein’s NSW Supreme Court trial entered its final stages after the 33-year-old took to the witness box for two days of evidence from both his defence counsel and a Crown […]

NSW Premier Chris Minns has “unreservedly” apologised to people who suffered under historical laws that criminalised homosexuality and led to the jailing of gay men. Mr Minns said the laws “persecuted, and harmed” people based on their sexuality, and acknowledged there was “still much more work to do to ensure the equal rights of all […]

The release of a single helium balloon could soon carry an $1100 fine under a new call for a statewide ban in NSW. State laws prohibit the release of 20 or more “lighter than air” balloons; however, Greens MP Kobi Shetty has pushed to make even the release of one helium balloon an offence. The […]