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Australian homeowners could soon be slugged with an interest rate hike, with the latest minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia revealing the board is ready to raise rates to slow inflation if “inflation expectations” change. The discussion, held on June 17 and 18, shows the board, led by RBA Governor Michele Bullock, hold persistent […]

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a stabbing at The University of Sydney. Emergency services rushed to the institution’s Camperdown campus shortly after 8.45am on Tuesday following reports of a stabbing. A 22-year-old man was treated by paramedics at the scene and has been taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He remains in a […]

A Perth man has been charged with drink driving after he was seen in a wild video crashing his car into a house — before copping some choice words from bystanders. Footage of the incident was uploaded to Reddit over the weekend by videographer Luke Dewar, who was in the passenger seat filming after the […]

A coalition of furious sheep industry groups say they will ‘hit the pavement’ to campaign against the Albanese government an over plans to ban live sheep exports by May 2028. The legislation, which included a $107m transition package, passed the Senate late on Monday night, despite calls from Nationals Leader David Littleproud for senators to […]

A road worker who killed his mate while “showing off” drunk in a Bobcat has been jailed for seven years. Christopher Bell, 53, returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of George Tereva, 34, by criminal negligence. The court was told Bell had been drinking beers with three […]

A dilapidated house in Sydney’s inner west has sold for $2.4m at auction, stunning property market experts. The three-bedroom, one-bathroom home sits on 570sq m of land in Enfield, about 14km west of Sydney’s CBD, in a state of disrepair. The property was advertised as an opportunity to build a dream home, renovate or reconstruct […]

Social media giants will be asked to participate in a $6.5m age assurance trial to prevent children and under 18s from accessing porn, detailed and graphic online violence or other harmful content. Speaking at a parliamentary probe into social media on Tuesday morning, the head bureaucrat tasked with rolling out the trial confirmed that companies […]

Senior Labor minister Bill Shorten has hit back at claims Senator Fatima Payman has been exiled from the party, saying her colleagues are simply “giving her space”, instead. Senator Payman was suspended from Labor’s caucus for the rest of the sitting fortnight after she broke Labor rules to vote against the government in favour of […]

The son of a former state Premier, who was convicted of drink-driving and causing a violent car crash which was a factor in the end of his dad’s political career, has come out in support of Peter Dutton’s son. An image of Tom Dutton, 18, holding a bag of white powder was splashed across the […]

Australian music legend John Farnham has been pictured celebrating his birthday with his family. The rock star turned 75 on Monday and enjoyed a dinner with wife Jillian Billman, son Robert Farnham and Robert’s wife, Melissa. Farnham announced he was cancer free in August last year after having a tumour removed from his mouth during […]