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Telstra has revealed it will be giving 12,000 mobile phones away for free in a bid to help vulnerable customers switch from 3G to 4G, as the network shutdown looms. Starting from Tuesday, the telecommunication company will be issuing complimentary phones to customers who are either elderly, live rurally or are in difficult situations. Difficult […]

Australians overwhelmingly support a crackdown on Chinese investors buying real estate amid growing concerns over housing affordability, a new survey has found. Eighty-three per cent of Australians believe the government “should restrict the amount of investment in residential real estate that is permitted from Chinese investors”, according to the poll published last week by the […]

Tributes are pouring in for three freinds who were killed when the car they were travelling in struck a light pole in Western Australia. The white Holden Commodore, containing five men, was travelling on Wallwork Rd at Wedgefield in the Pilbara region about 9.20pm on June 10 when it veered off the road and hit […]

A travel agent accused of ripping 16 customers off and leaving them hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket has been charged with making multiple allegedly fraudulent bookings. Officers from St George Police Area Command in Sydney’s south established Strike Force Bail to investigate reports a travel agent had allegedly failed to honour bookings […]

Pauline Hanson has declared she won’t remove the latest controversial episode of Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain, after Robert Irwin threatened to sue the One Nation leader. The response comes after Seantor Hanson was threatened to be sued for defamation by the 20-year-old son of iconic wildlife legend Steve Irwin, who says he was mocked in […]

Furious drug reform advocates have sent a terse message to NSW Premier Chris Minns over months of radio silence on the date of a long-promised drug summit. On Monday afternoon, ahead of the state budget on Tuesday, Uniting NSW unfurled a banner on St Stephen’s Church on Macquarie St opposite parliament house. The large purple […]

Radio star Chris O’Keefe has revealed a hidden childhood battle with juvenile arthritis, which he said consigned him to a wheelchair at times as every joint in his body was “inflamed”. The popular 2GB radio host opened up about his battle with the debilitating disease alongside fellow sufferer Lucy Mathewson, 14, Ruth Colagiuru from the […]

An Indigenous group has been formally recognised as the native title holders over a huge are of land in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in a historic ruling by a Federal Court judge after almost two decades. At a special hearing in Brisbane, Justice Berna Collier recognised the Kabi Kabi as the native title holders for more […]

Grim opinion polling suggests the end of almost a decade of rule for Queensland’s Labor government, despite it splashing billions of dollars on pre-election sweeteners in a bid to hold on to power. But experts and insiders say it won’t be enough to prevent electoral annihilation at the ballot box come October. The government’s latest […]

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will hand down his second budget on Tuesday, flagging fiscal responsibility, and deflating any hopes of any cash splashes. While Australians living in Queensland were treated to billions in cost-of-living relief – like a $1000 electricity rebate and 50 cent flat public transport fare – NSW will not be so lucky. […]