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The Australian sharemarket traded lower on Wednesday after investors priced in stronger than expected inflation figures reducing the chance of a rate cut in 2024. The benchmark ASX 200 index declined by 68.80 points, or 0.83 per cent, to finish the session at 8,180.40 points. The broader All Ordinaries fell by 66.40 points, or 0.78 […]

A Melbourne father has been left horrified after discovering his local park was vandalised to depict an anti-Semitic message in the grass. The Jewish father, who has asked not to be named, was taking his one-year-old daughter to Mill Park in Melbourne’s northwest when he discovered the distressing message. It’s understood someone either burnt or […]

The senior leadership of the national anti-corruption probe have all been given access to Qantas’s exclusive Chairman’s Lounge. The revelation follows the Coalition’s calls for Anthony Albanese to refer himself to the National Anti-Corruption Commission over whether his longstanding relationship with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce influenced his decisions, namely Labor’s decision to block Qatar […]

A Victorian father accused of enslaving his family on a regional property allegedly told one child; “I could kill you at any time”, when she complained they were late for school. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, returned to the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday as prosecutors continued to outline their case. […]

A man accused of killing his mother for money could not fund the glamorous lifestyle he portrayed on social media and was bankrupt when he was arrested for her murder two years after she died, a court has been told. Andre Zachary Rebelo is on trial for the murder of Colleen Rebelo, who was found […]

A man accused of a fatal assault in Melbourne’s CBD did not come to court as his lawyer claimed the man was “withdrawing heavily” from heroin. Todd Menegaldo, 33, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with manslaughter after a three-week manhunt located him at a Moonee Ponds address. He was scheduled to appear in the […]

Anthony Albanese’s fiancée Jodie Haydon was personally offered “stand alone” membership of the Qantas chairman’s lounge after the 2022 election as an unsolicited act of soft diplomacy by the national carrier. Hitting back at claims he personally sought freebies, Mr Albanese privately maintains he did not seek the gift or request it for his fiancée […]

Customers at a major Australian bank have reported being locked out of the website and app for hours, with staff “urgently” working to resolve the issue. Almost 1300 people reported issues accessing ING Australia banking services by midday on Wednesday, according to website Down Detector. In a statement, ING said it was “aware that some […]

Country Liberal Party senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been ordered to pay the legal fees of an Aboriginal land council chief executive for a court date in a defamation case over a media release. Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner launched legal proceedings against the Northern Territory senator over the release that he said […]