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Wild dashcam footage has captured the moment a car barrelled through a red light in Brisbane, crashing into a stream of traffic before the driver was detained by a heroic tradie. The incident occurred on Monday morning at the intersection of Hellawell and Beaudesert roads between Acacia Ridge and Sunnybank Hills in the city’s south. […]

The federal government has introduced its signature $22.7bn Future Made in Australia Bill to position Australia as a leader in the global renewable energy sector. The legislative framework will oversee how the government partners with the private sector to deliver more renewable projects. The major policy pillar formed a key part of Labor’s federal budget […]

Tucker Carlson has weighed in on Australia’s housing crisis, pointing the finger squarely at immigration as the “one reason” and questioning “how does anybody live here” on an average income. The former Fox News host, currently on a speaking tour of Australia as a guest of billionaire Clive Palmer, told a crowd in Melbourne on […]

ABC News Breakfast host Lisa Millar will step away from her role on the flagship breakfast show after five years with the program. The veteran journalist announced she would farewell the show later this year to focus on other projects within the ABC but will remain a “regular presence” within the company. “What a blast […]

An incredible timelapse shows the entire skeleton of a new seven-storey apartment block in Brisbane being erected in just 11 days. The superstructure, which is essentially the backbone of a building, of The Fells project in Spring Hill would’ve otherwise taken about four months. Experts say innovations like this are key to solving Australia’s crippling […]

The Prime Minister and ABC presenter Sarah Ferguson have had a fiery clash over the Labor senator who voted against the party last week and defied caucus rules. WA senator Fatima Payman crossed the floor of parliament, voting against Labor last week on a Green’s motion to recognise Palestine. The tit-for-tat has been deafening in […]

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the name and image of a deceased Indigenous person. The family of a beloved grandmother killed in a horror highway bus crash is being remembered for her loving presence. Emergency services were called to the Bruce Highway near Gumlu, in Queensland’s Whitsundays […]

Empty supermarket shelves are revealing a dire reality for Australians as bird flu inundates poultry farms across the country. Woolworths limited the number of egg cartons customers can purchase across most of Australia’s east coast as the industry continues to be hit by a deadly strain of bird flu. The two-pack limit per person has […]

The 14-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a student at the University of Sydney was accused of planning a mass shooting less than a year ago, it has emerged. The teenager had allegedly threatened to carry out a terrorist attack but the charges were dropped on mental health grounds, according to the Daily Telegraph. He was […]

Convicted murderer Greg Lynn has been attacked in prison less than a week after he was found guilty of one count of murder. Human faeces was thrown at Lynn by a fellow inmate at the Melbourne Assessment Prison last week, Channel 7 reports. Lynn, 57, was found guilty of murdering Carol Clay, 73, when a […]