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Rogue Labor senator Fatima Payman says she has been ‘exiled’ by the party after the Prime Minister suspended her indefinitely on Sunday and is considering her future. She said she had “lost all contact with my caucus colleagues as a result”. “Yesterday, the Prime Minister suspended me indefinitely from the Australian Labor Party caucus,” she […]

Rebel Labor senator Fatima Payman is being urged to again cross the floor to vote against the government’s Bill to stop live sheep exports and stand up for her home state of Western Australia. Nationals leader David Littleproud said Senator Payman had the opportunity to take a stand by voting against the Bill, which is […]

The cost of a visa for international students has quietly been more than doubled. A stark 125 per cent fee hike from $710 to $1600 will be implemented from July 1, with the funds to be reinvested back into the tertiary eduction and vocational sector and used for the implementation of the Migration Strategy. This […]

Millions of Aussies are set to shiver through another arctic week as a cold mass positions itself over much of the country. Colder and drier air is expected to spread across much of Australia this week, with both maximum and minimum temperatures forecast to fall “well below average”. The Bureau of Meteorology is anticipating widespread […]

Other people’s trash has proven to be Leonardo Urbano’s treasure on an almost daily basis for the past four years, earning the hospitality worker tens of thousands of dollars. When the 30-year-old first moved to Sydney from his native Italy several years ago, he began collecting furniture, household decor and other items of interest to […]

Authorities are investigating after a family was rushed to hospital when a restaurant allegedly served their daughters insect repellent instead of cranberry juice. The family were dining at Miky’s Italian Restaurant in the Perth suburb of Nedlands on Friday night when their daughters, aged 11 and 12, ordered cranberry juice. Mum Michele Lemin said her […]

Major changes to income tax, superannuation and the minimum wage came into effect on Monday, with Aussies set to have more money in their coffers – now, at tax time and at retirement. From this week, the implementation of stage 3 tax cuts will increase workers’ regular pay, while more will be put away for […]

A former Home and Away heart-throb has admitted to bashing a woman during a suspected mental health crisis. Orpheus Pledger returned before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday via videolink wearing a green prison jumper. He kept his head down as details of the attack were read to the court. The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to […]

Anthony Albanese says West Australian senator Fatima Payman’s decision to appear on ABC’s Insiders and vow to go against Labor’s position on Palestinian statehood was deliberately disruptive. On Sunday, the 29-year-old first-term senator had her one-week suspension upgraded to an indefinite ban following comments on the current affairs show that she would continue to cross […]

Sunrise host Natalie Barr has slammed NSW’s Police Minister in a fiery on-air exchange after police took 60 minutes to respond to an alleged domestic violence murder, leaving a mother of-three “waiting for an hour on the floor”. Sarah Miles was found unconscious with head injuries when police arrived at a home in Casino, in […]