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Former president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Jillian Segal has been announced as the special envoy to combat anti-Semitism. Making the announcement at Sydney’s Jewish Museum on Tuesday morning, Anthony Albanese said Ms Segal would be tasked with coming up with measures to educate people on anti-Semitism and advise the government, in a […]

Large parts of Sydney will be transformed with ‘micro-cities’ that will leave some suburbs totally unrecognisable, in a bid to solve the capital’s crippling housing crisis. The New South Wales Government has unveiled its detailed plans for “accelerated precincts” surrounding key rail hubs – the first of three Transport-Oriented Development (TOD) zones that will deliver […]

Alice Springs Mayor Matt Paterson believes the curfew hitting the outback town will not only be extended but have unintended “flow-on” effects that will decimate local businesses and the local community. Spurred on by a spate of violent assaults, including an incident in which a police officer was allegedly run over, people of all ages […]

Australia’s biggest city is drastically cutting speed limits in a new road safety push. The City of Sydney will lower the speed limit from 50km/h to 40km/h on all of the roads within its council area, which takes in major inner-city suburbs like Glebe, Forest Lodge, Redfern and Alexandria. Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore AO […]

Australia could see a slightly milder winter week. And there ends the good news. Not only could it be soggy this week but an “Antarctic outbreak” of cooler than average winter weather is sprinting towards Australia towards the end of this week and into next week which could see temperatures plunge once more. “The frigid […]

A family has been left devastated after a young girl died a little more than a week after a routine operation. Aliyah Yugovich, three, underwent a tonsillectomy at St John of God on Friday June 28 and was discharged the following day. However the toddler was admitted to Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) three days later […]

More than three tonnes of illicit tobacco worth over $6 million has been seized in Victoria in a police crackdown blitz on the illegal tobacco market. About 1000kg of tobacco, 1.5kg of cannabis, about $60,000 cash and 10 shotgun rounds was seized from a Melton South man in a joint operation with the Australian Taxation […]

A disturbing new report has revealed more than four million Australians are living in hygiene poverty and skipped buying essential personal items or cleaning products because they can’t afford them. Hygiene poverty is often a precursor to food and fuel poverty, as people are more likely to give up products like shampoo before they go […]

Property investors have delivered a small ray of sunshine to Australia’s embattled rental community, with vacancy rates across the ultra-squeezed market easing slightly in June after years of sustained tightening. REA’s latest PropTrack Market Insight Report shows the national rental vacancy rate rose by 0.09 per cent in June to hit 1.42 per cent, with […]

EXCLUSIVE A Sydney mayor has branded this year’s Vivid festival the “worst experience ever” and called for more support for similar cultural events outside the CBD. And on the whole, he believes the over-regulated and over-tolled city is becoming “more of a headache” for people to visit. “I brought my kids to Vivid. It was […]