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Imagine every primary school student across Australia learning and performing an Indigenous song for a cause that supports literacy in remote communities. This is the vision of Busking for Change 2024, a musical fundraiser by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Created by ARIA award-winner and ILF ambassador Josh Pyke, the initiative invites primary schools nationwide to […]

Veteran Seven reporter Robert Ovadia is being investigated by the network’s management over allegations of “inappropriate conduct” towards a woman. A network spokeswoman on Friday said Mr Ovadia – who has worked for Seven for more than 20 years – was “on leave.” “Seven is conducting an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Robert […]

Furious students at the Australian National University (ANU) rallied behind a fellow scholar who was expelled for saying Hamas deserved “unconditional support” during a radio interview. Former ANU student Beatrice Tucker was taking part in a pro-Palestine encampment at the Canberra campus when she was interviewed for the program on April 30. Ms Tucker was […]

Former AFL champion Daniel Kerr has avoided jail for inflicting terrifying violence on his former partner over a period of six years. The WA District Court was told that Kerr, 41, the brother of Matildas star Sam Kerr, had choked and assaulted his former partner multiple times and used coercive behaviour that was controlling, emotionally […]

Former AFL champion Daniel Kerr has avoided jail for inflicting terrifying violence on his former partner over a period of six years. The WA District Court was told that Kerr, 41, the brother of Matildas star Sam Kerr, had choked and assaulted his former partner multiple times and used coercive behaviour that was controlling, emotionally […]

Customers are being encouraged to double check the varying trading hours for supermarkets and other retail vendors across the King’s Birthday long weekend. The June 10 public holiday is celebrated in NSW, ACT, Victoria and South Australia on Monday. Western Australia and Queensland choose to mark the King’s birthday in October and September. Here’s what’s […]

Australian workers should get an extra week of paid annual leave to make up for the fact that employees are working longer hours than ever, a powerful union says. Annual leave hasn’t increased in Australia since the mid-1970s under the Whitlam government, when unions successfully pushed for an increase from three weeks to four weeks. […]

Holidayers heading to the snow for the opening weekend of the ski season are being urged to prepare properly after thousands of vehicles were forced to turn around last year. Victoria Police revealed more than 3600 vehicles were turned back at Mount Hotham for attempting the journey without the wheel chains required for driving in […]

Anthony Albanese has ramped up his attacks on the opposition’s nuclear energy plans, calling on voters to reject a Coalition ­“nuclear fantasy, dreamed-up to delay real action on climate change”. Speaking at the Sky News/The Australian Economic Outlook lunch in Sydney on Friday, the Prime Minister told business leaders that there were “big opportunities” in […]

Some of Nine Entertainment’s biggest radio stars have criticised their boss Peter Costello on air after he allegedly knocked a journalist to the ground on Thursday. 2GB host Ben Fordham said Mr Costello had “had a shocker”. Mr Costello has been accused of pushing over The Australian journalist Liam Mendes at Canberra Airport, a claim […]