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Despite the federal government giving households across the nation $300 to offset their electricity bill, 53 per cent of Aussies still plan on switching off their heater this winter and wear more clothing to stay warm and reduce costs. A Finder survey of more than 1000 people revealed about 50 per cent of respondents would […]

Peter Dutton has pledged to slash the migration rate by 140,000 to address the housing shortage directly linking the number of migrants and overseas students to rising rents. In his budget in reply speech designed to outline his alternative plan for the nation, the Liberal leader has accused Anthony Albanese of putting Australia on “a […]

Australia’s peak social equality advocacy body says the federal budget handed down on Tuesday fails to address the needs of the poorest people. The Australian Council of Social Services, after analysing the financial impact of the budget’s cost of living supports on various family types, argued it unfairly targeted the most benefits towards those on […]

Worsening divisions between leaders over Australia’s response to the war in Gaza have flared after a Liberal senator was heard accusing a Muslim MP of supporting terrorism. Labor Senator Fatima Payman broke ranks with her party on Wednesday after she used the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” to criticise […]

Australia’s permanent migration program would be slashed to just 140,000 per year should the Coalition form government at the next election, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced in a pledge to “restore the Australian dream” of home ownership. As the country grapples with an acute housing shortage, spurring prices for homes and rental prices to record […]

Pizza Hut Australia has been forced to dish out $2.5m for sending more than 10 million marketing messages to customers over four months, breaching Australian spam laws. An investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority found Pizza Hut sent about six million text message and emails between January and May last year. Some of […]

Australian universities and colleges could be banned from enrolling foreign students if they exceed their caps under new laws to ensure the “integrity and quality” of the $48bn education export industry. The move is also part of the Albanese government’s attempts to limit net overseas migration by reducing the intake of foreign students from 15 […]

A top ranking Australian university has been hit with a huge financial blow after it was discovered staff had been underpaid super entitlements since 2013. The University of Western Australia is now working to reimburse current and former staff $10.6m in super payments, including $4m in interest. The payments covered a period from 1 July […]

Landlord Anthony Albanese is set to have the laugh when he sells his Dulwich Hill rental because he’s likely to score a $1 million profit after buying the home just under a decade ago. The Prime Minister’s tenant Jim Flanagan, 45, accused the Labor leader of talking the talk but not walking the walk on […]

Homophobia is still rife across community sport in Australia, new research has found. Swinburne University of Technology research, looking at discrimination for LGBTIQA+ young people, has found three-in-four gay men witness homophobia and 63 per cent of gay men experience it first hand. “The young people we spoke to for this study highlighted their desire […]