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Australia’s supermarket giants risk being slapped with multi-billion dollar fines if they fail to comply with a mandatory code of conduct overseeing their ties with their suppliers. The Albanese government has announced its support for the findings of a review designed to give farmers and householders a better deal on prices. But despite widespread competition […]

A deadly type of painkiller which can be a thousand times stronger than morphine is being shipped en masse to Western countries from Chinese labs, landing right in the hands of vulnerable Aussies. Nitazenes, a highly potent synthetic opioid developed in the 1950s, never made it onto pharmacy shelves due to its strength. But a […]

Robert Irwin is in line for a Gold Logie, as the 20-year-old’s career in the entertainment world hits a new level. The son of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is one of the youngest to be nomintated for the presitigous award recognising the best in the Australian television industry. His nomination comes just months […]

A major shopping centre in Adelaide has gone into lockdown following reports of an armed person. Shoppers at the Westfield Marion centre were evacuated on Sunday afternoon and South Australia Police has asked the public to stay away from the area. Video circulating on social media shows heavily armed SWAT officers storming into the centre. […]

Legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld has been seen leaving his Melbourne hotel room following yet another show which was interrupted by hecklers. The 70-year-old left the Park Hyatt dressed down in a blue cobalt polo shirt, jeans and white sneakers before he was seen disappearing into a black Mercedes-Benz van alongside an entourage. Seinfeld is set […]

As workplaces and businesses attempt to lure staff back to offices amid a working-from-home crackdown, plunging winter temperatures could provide bosses with a left-of-field incentive. Employees across Australia have taken to social media to complain about working-from-home in frigid indoor temperatures, with cost-of-living pressures causing people to think twice about turning on their heaters and […]

Police will investigate whether the two men who allegedly attempted to ram a junior officer with a car have links to organised crime gangs, as they appeal for help from the public. Three officers confronted two men in the underground car park of a unit block on the Princes Highway in St Peters, in Sydney’s […]

Traditional owners of Great Keppel Island, the troubled former tourist mecca in Queensland, have lodged a fresh native title claim for exclusive ownership and use of key parts of the island after the state government cancelled the lease for its dilapidated resort. The Woppaburra people were formally recognised in 2021 as the native title holders […]

Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has added her voice to the tirade of criticism against the Opposition’s nuclear energy push, labelling the proposal as “completely irrational” and “designed to be a distraction”. Speaking on Sunday, the environment and water minister criticised the Coalition for its refusal to detail the estimated cost to add nuclear generation to […]

Jerry Seinfeld has brutally shut down yet another group of pro-Palestine hecklers at his Melbourne show, the latest in a series of disruptions during the legendary American comedian’s Australian tour. Seinfeld was performing in front of thousands of fans at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night when, towards the end of his set, a […]