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Aussies woke up shivering across much of the southeast on Monday morning, with the Bureau of Meteorology heralding a new record low temperature for Canberra. Temperatures at Canberra airport hit -6.9 C on Mondsy morning, the coldest it has ever been in the nation’s capital for the month of September. The previous record low was […]

The cost of living is forcing an “alarming” number of apprentice mechanics to drop out, data from a not-for-profit training organisation shows. Apprenticeships Are Us general manager Phil Cooksey said inflationary pressures were forcing 60 per cent of automotive apprentices to abandon their training. “The current cost-of-living pressure, especially in the Sydney area, is probably […]

Anthony Albanese has lashed out at the senate crossbench, telling the Greens and other senators to “get on with it” as key elements of the government’s plan to tackle housing affordability faces the upper house this week. The Help to Buy and Build to Rent bills will go before the Senate this week, with the […]

In further signs kidnapping victim Cleo Smith is adjusting well to her normal life after her horror kidnapping three years ago, her parents have shared an update on the young girl. Images shared this week show Cleo, now seven, receiving gymnastics awards. The gymnastics images, shared on Sunday, show Cleo is all smiles, holding a […]

Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie is accusing the government and Defence Force of “cover-ups” in a campaign calling on Defence Minister Richard Marles to release a report into the military’s justice system. A probe into the Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) was commissioned last year, the first time it was reviewed in its […]

An elderly man has died after he was forced to wait four hours for an ambulance in Melbourne’s west, during what the paramedics’ union has described as a critical shortage. Victorian Ambulance Union secretary Danny Hill said the 69-year-old Surrey Hills man could be heard yelling for help inside his home about 2am Saturday after […]

Wild weather sweeping across southeast Australia has triggered warnings for millions of residents, with a woman losing her life after a tree branch fell on her. Damaging wind warnings were still in place up and down the NSW coastline on Sunday afternoon, with even more wild weather on the way. The Bureau of Meteorology forecast […]

A major Chinese airline is launching direct flights linking Adelaide to a star destination in China in a major lift for Australian tourists and businesses. China Southern Airlines, one of the country’s three largest airlines, will link the South Australian capital with Guangzhou province on China’s southern coast from December 12, with three flights a […]

Sydney Mayor Clover Moore has unloaded on what she called a “pretty awful” and “post-Trumpian” council campaign, as she closes in on a historic sixth term in power following Saturday’s local government elections in NSW. Speaking on Sunday with 36.8 per cent of first preferences, Ms Moore said she was “delighted” about the outcome of […]

A 17-year-old was flown to hospital in a critical condition following a violent brawl at a grand final game in Adelaide on Saturday. The incident occurred during the under-17s grand final between Angle Vale and Two Wells at the Hamley Bridge Oval, 9News reported. Just before halftime, the match got out of control, with players […]