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The man accused of murdering a beloved children’s doctor is set to answer the charges against him following his latest appearance at court. Kerem Aydin appeared again before Magistrate Simon Smart for a committal hearing at Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday following an adjournment in early May, which was granted after his lawyer claimed he […]

Inflation re-accelerated last month, compounding the challenge the Reserve Bank faces in taming simmering price pressure and delivering interest rate relief to cash strapped borrowers. The monthly consumer price index rose to 3.6 per cent in the 12 months to April, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday, outpacing an expected increase of 3.4 […]

Local councils across NSW will be able to access a $200m incentive pool if they reach their housing targets, in a new announcement set to be revealed alongside highly-anticipated revised targets. NSW Premier Chris Minns is expected to unveil the long-awaited figures in Wednesday’s address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). He […]

Adam Bandt, the leader of the Greens, has taken to the floor to move to suspend standing orders to debate his motion that the federal government recognise the state of Palestine. It comes amid rising political tensions over Australia’s response to the war in Gaza, which have intensified after an Israeli air strike on a […]

A major component of an ambitious housing plan lauded by experts will be watered down to appease NIMBY councils, despite a new report warning Sydney has virtually no affordable rental properties left. Late last year, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns unveiled a multi-pronged strategy to deliver an estimated 185,000 new homes across the state […]

Australian Baby Boomers have revealed how much they bought their first homes for and whether they really think it is more difficult for young people to get into the property market today. The older generation of homeowners were stopped on the streets of Sydney and asked how much they paid as first homebuyers and if […]

Coles has announced a sweep of price cuts for the next three months, part of a price drop campaign to help Australians struggling with cost-of-living pressures keep warm during the winter. From today, the supermarket giant will cut prices on 200 products, from pantry staples to roast meat, bumping up the total number of products […]

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has been forced to defend Immigration Minister Andrew Giles after revelations his ministerial direction allowed serial criminal offenders to remain in Australia. A Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday heard Mr Giles was warned by his department that his ‘direction 99’ changes, which gave non-citizens with ties to Australia greater leniency […]