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Major residential housing projects will be will be fast tracked as the NSW government plans to bypass council approval with the establishment of its new Housing Delivery Authority. Premier Chris Minns announced the major change to the state’s planning system on Friday, saying it would introduce simultaneous state-led approval pathway for large new residential housing […]

An American woman facing sentencing after attempting to smuggle a 24-karat gold-plated handgun worth $2000 into Australia is working on a music album, a court has been told. Liliana Goodson appeared before Downing Centre Local Court on Friday after pleading guilty to two charges of intentionally importing prohibited goods, being the firearm and ammunition. The […]

A man arrested after shoving a stranger onto the tracks at a busy Melbourne train station has had his hopes to be released from custody dashed. Peter Thomas Stewart, 54, returned before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday for a sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the incident. Stewart was arrested in […]

Labor will seek to curb the influence of billionaires like Clive Palmer and Simon Holmes à Court in wide-ranging electoral reforms that aim to cap donations made to political parties to $600,000 a year. While the reforms won’t affect next year’s federal election, and are set to start from July 2026, donations to politicians will […]

Mirvac has declared there are green shoots in the Australian property sector, as supportive governments and employers getting staff back into the office help offset rising labour and material costs. During the company’s annual general meeting, Mirvac said it has made progress towards its strategic goals following below market expectation 2024-2024 financial year results. “It […]

The former leader of South Australia’s Liberal Party has fronted court for the first time on a shock drug supply charge. David Speirs, who led the embattled state Liberal Party from April 2022 until his resignation in August this year, pushed through a scrum of media reporters at Christies Beach Magistrates Court on Friday, where […]

A command centre that helps Aussie travellers in strife has been “inundated” with hundreds of calls for assistance since the volcanic eruption in Indonesia. Staff from the Brisbane-based travel risk management company World Travel Protection have helped hundreds of travellers left stranded after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a volcano on the remote island of Flores in […]

A man charged with the murder of his ex-partner – in addition to allegedly repeatedly intimidating and sexually assaulting her in the months prior – faces a longer wait in custody until his charges are ready to be certified in court. Daniel Billings is charged with murdering Molly Ticehurst, a mother of one and early […]

Australia has split with the United States and Israel voting in favour on a draft United Nations resolution which recognised the “permanent sovereignty” of Palestinian people in occupied territories like the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. On Thursday, Australia sided with 154 countries, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand and France, to vote in […]