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Sophisticated scam factories staffed by a mammoth 120,000-strong workforce are deploying new technologies to fleece Westerners out of billions of dollars. And experts say the level of psychological manipulation that victims are subjected to is on par with brainwashing. An investigation by 60 Minutes has given a glimpse of the dozens of scam factories based […]

More than one in seven Australian households are struggling to pay for home insurance as premiums surge in regions threatened with increased risk of natural disasters. A new report to be released on Monday by the Actuaries Institute has sounded the alarm on insurance affordability, warning increasing costs will pose a risk to households, lenders […]

A ombudsman will be set up to police Australian airlines and airports under a new scheme to protect passenger rights. Transport Minister Catherine King is expected to announce the establishment of an aviation industry ombudsman on Monday as she releases the Albanese government’s long-awaited aviation white paper. “Too many Australians have been left out to […]

The last time Kim Brassington saw her cousin, it was her birthday and it seemed like he “didn’t want to get out of the car”. “Jake is a beautiful young man, he was 20-years-old when we last saw him,” she said. “He deserves for us to find him somehow.” Ms Brassington braved news cameras on […]

The grinding and mounting cost of mortgage repayments has been laid bare in recent weeks as key data from the big banks shows arrears are growing. The number of households behind on mortgage repayments is still not above historic averages, but it is rising and many people believe the full effects of the run of […]

Petrol prices have dropped to their lowest prices in 13 months across several capital cities. Following peak prices of up to 230.6 cents in mid-April and early May, petrol prices in all capital cities have dramatically dropped. At the end of last week, motorists filling up in Sydney were met with the lowest average price […]

Queensland is expected to be scorched by temperatures up to 14 degrees above average this week with Brisbane expected to swelter through the mid-30s on the final day of winter next Saturday. Temperature records have been smashed in outback Australia in the last several days and those unseasonably hot conditions will move into northern NSW […]

A terse Bill Shorten has defended pending sweeping NDIS reforms against “misinformation being peddled by the extremists,” promising the changes to the $40bn-a-year disability scheme will allow more people access to the program. The legislation, which aims to curb the scheme’s current unsustainable growth to 8 per cent a year, was finally passed last week […]

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says he believes adequate security checks were done on the 2568 Palestinians fleeing Gaza who were granted visitor visas and there is no threats to the local community. The government is being attacked for choosing the short-term visas over a specific humanitarian visa for Palestinians fleeing the regions following retaliation […]

EXCLUSIVE A top radiologist who was wrongfully terminated after a colleague claimed he “performed a pelvic thrust” towards her at a Christmas party has been awarded more than $350,000 in damages over the claim. Senior Radiologist Kevin Daynes, 72, sought damages in the NSW Supreme Court after being terminated from the I-MED Radiology Cairns clinic […]