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Student protesters in Canberra have relocated their pro-Palestine encampment 50m down before the midday deadline set by the university. Protesters at the Kambri Tent Encampment at the Australian National University spent most of Monday defending their camp after a heavy police presence was deployed to observe and monitor the situation. The students were ordered to […]

There are “extreme concerns” for a new mother and baby as police continue an urgent search after an umbilical cord and a placenta were found by a riverbank in Sydney’s inner west. At about 4.30pm on Monday emergency services were called to the bank of the Cooks River near Wardell Road, Earlwood, after a passer […]

Police divers are involved in a search for a woman who is believed to have given birth on the banks of a river in suburban Sydney, as the hunt for her child continues. The alarm was raised when evidence of “the signs of birth” was found on the bank of Cooks River, near Wardell Rd, […]

Emergency Services Minister Murray Watt has defended the government’s stance on the war in Gaza as divisions within Labor intensify in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a makeshift refugee camp. At least 45 people have been killed and hundreds have been wounded after Israel’s military struck an area in the southern Gazan city […]

A slump in demand for Teslas and a backlog of supply of new vehicles have seen prices slashed in Australia, sparking concern and anger among owners of the iconic electric vehicles. About this time two years ago, a Model Y rear-wheel drive was fetching $72,300 drive away, with the price dipping marginally to about $69,000 […]

The mother of Charlise Mutten has faced the man charged with her daughter’s murder, telling a jury she wanted to go to police but he claimed the schoolgirl’s “kidnappers” would “kill her” if her disappearance was reported. Justin Stein is facing trial after pleading not guilty to murder, but has admitted to disposing of the […]

Australia should think about the company it wants to keep before leaving international bodies such as the United Nations and International Criminal Court, experts have suggested. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has flagged potentially cutting ties with the ICC after prosecutors targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside three Hamas leaders over the ongoing war in […]

A journalist, a former assistant police commissioner and a men’s health research director are among the group of experts tasked by the Albanese government to conduct a rapid review into how to best prevent violence against women and children. In the wake of a devastating spate of domestic and family violence deaths – and as […]

The ex-partner of a man who murdered a woman and her teenage daughter before killing himself was not staying with them, it has been revealed. WA Police Minister Paul Papalia also revealed the ex-partner of Mark James Bombara, 63, approached police for help weeks before the gunman shot dead Jennifer Petelczyc, 59, and her daughter […]

Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) is hoping to win refinancers looking to leave rival banks with a new 6.15 per cent digital home loan. The offer, which was announced on Monday, is available to owner-occupier borrowers who have a 40 per cent deposit, and are willing to enter a principal and interest payment scheme. Customers must […]