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NSW Premier Chris Minns says he wants to see a “real boost” to the pay of NSW Police, as the union demands “nothing less” than a 25 per cent pay rise over the next four years. Speaking at the Police Association of NSW’s 2024 biennial conference, Mr Minns said he was expecting to see a […]

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has condemned the application by the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside senior Hamas figures, branding the move “appalling”. The comments echo similar calls made by US President Joe Biden, who swiftly condemned the prosecutor’s plea as “outrageous”, taking […]

Peter Dutton has slammed Anthony Albanese for failing to condemn the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister and creating a “false equivalency” with the terrorist organisation Hamas. The ICC’s move has sparked international condemnation after prosecutor Karim Khan revealed he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli Prime […]

Millions of Australians who were unable to bank online or through their app will soon be able to log on, after a “technology issue” with a third-party saw them locked out of the services. An ANZ outage reported around lunchtime on Tuesday sparked chaos across the nation, with online banking and the official app unable […]

A Nationals MP has escalated his calls for the federal government to buy out Telstra, claiming the telecommunications giant has failed to provide adequate phone service to thousands of people living in regional and rural areas. Bob Katter has written to Communications Minister Michelle Rowland urging to overhaul universal service obligations to include mobile phone […]

Supermarket behemoth Woolworths will accept lower profits if its delivers “material value” to its customers, its CEO has said during a state-based grilling into grocery prices. Chief executive Brad Banducci, appearing before the South Australian legislative council, defended his company’s $1.62bn profit haul in 2023, but said the retail giant would forego potential profits if […]

A newlywed woman has died in her husband’s arms after suffering a brain aneurysm while the Australian couple were on their honeymoon in Europe. Madison Noronha, from the NSW south coast, was with her husband Kyle when she collapsed in the street in Amsterdam on Wednesday from bleeding to her brain due to an aneurysm. […]

A union leader has justified the hefty salaries awarded to traffic controllers on major projects in Victoria, with some earning as much as $206,000 annually. Industry whistleblowers report that some CFMEU-affiliated traffic controllers working on Victoria’s Big Build projects, which include all current road and rail infrastructure developments in the state, are receiving the six-figure […]

A McDonald’s worker has been filmed drying a mop head under the restaurant’s fries warmer, centimetres away from food. The fast-food chain has insisted the gross act, which occurred several weeks ago in a branch in the Ipswich suburb of Booval, southwest of Brisbane, was an “isolated incident”. A short video of the female worker […]

Australian beauty and makeup company MCoBeauty has issued an urgent recall of one of its most popular products. Batch A23A07,A23A08, and A23A10 of the brand’s Lip Light Shine Gloss – which is sold at Woolies as well as Big W and Chemist Warehouse – “do not comply with the mandatory safety standards”, according to an […]