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Police are investigating after a terrorist symbol was among graffiti spray painted onto an MP’s electorate office in Melbourne early on Monday. An inverted red triangle, a symbol used by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, was painted on the office of Labor backbencher Peter Khalil, along with the slogan “glory to the martyrs”. Victoria Police said […]

Steven Miles has defended his contentious pledge to fund free school lunches for Queensland kids – to the tune of $1.4bn – amid a tense breakfast TV face-off where he was asked if he thought voters were “idiots”. Today show host Karl Stefanovic quizzed the Queensland Premier on Monday as to how he would fund […]

Millions of Australians are unable to access their money online or through app banking after a major outage hit four banks. Westpac said in a statement shared to X about 1.40pm on Monday it was “aware that customers are experiencing issues accessing online and mobile banking.” “Our teams are working to fix the issue.” St […]

Members of the lonely hearts club have been warned to be vigilant of romance scams, which could end up costing Australian residents much more than a broken heart. Cairns Police have issued a reminder to Australian residents to stay vigilant and aware of romance scams online, which can cost victims a significant amount of money. […]

A push by lobbyists to redefine small business to include more employees could result in workers having “less rights”, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) boss Sally McManus says. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has been pushing to change the legal definition of a small business from 15 employees to 25. Small […]

Businesses have been warned the community is ‘fed up’ with dodgy tax practices including using cash as means of tax avoidance, and they’re being dobbed in in huge numbers. The shadow economy – people and businesses that have legal and illegal economic activity that is not reported or taxed – is estimated to be costing […]

Australia is facing one of the hottest summers on record, particularly when it comes to overnight temperatures. According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s long-range forecast model, most of the country will be in for unusually warm days and nights this season. Sky News Weather meteorologist Rob Sharpe explained the likely “hotter than usual summer” is […]

Republicans are hatching a big tongue-in-cheek plan to protest the upcoming royal visit. King Charles and Queen Camilla will touch down in Australia on October 18 in what will be Charles’ 17th visit to the country and the first since his coronation. Millions tuned in to the watch the King’s coronation, while thousands more flocked […]

The Voice referendum is being remembered as both a “waste of time” and a “painful day” as Australia marks one year since voters said no. On October 14 last year, more than 60 per cent of Australians voted against the Voice, which would have given Indigenous Australians a permanent body to advise parliament on issues […]

The Coalition is leading Labor on a two-party preferred basis for the first time since the 2022 general election, according to a fresh poll. A Newspoll conducted for The Australian released this week revealed the Coalition was ahead 51-49, after months of being neck-and-neck with the Albanese government. The shifts in support come down to […]