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Landlord Anthony Albanese is evicting a longstanding tenant who once sang his praises as a “great dude” and even served him beers and snags at a cult restaurant featuring a bizarre shrine to the PM. Jim Flanagan, 45, a Labor voter and former owner of The Sausage Factory, a brewery and snaggery in the trendy […]

The mother of Charlise Mutten sent a text saying she was “devo” and wanted her daughter back after the nine-year-old disappeared, but didn’t report the girl missing for another two days, a jury has heard. The day after her daughter was allegedly shot twice, once in the face and the lower back, Kallista Mutten sent […]

Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has reportedly demanded a painting of her which she deems unflattering be removed from display at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Her portrait appears alongside many others, including Queen Elizabeth II, AFL player Adam Goodes and former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in an exhibition by acclaimed Archibald Prize-winning […]

Pro-Palestine activists have started an occupation of the a building at the University of Melbourne. Approximately 100 students brought tents and began a sit-in at the Arts West building while chanting “we shall not be moved” through megaphones, echoing similar university stand-offs taking place across campuses worldwide in recent weeks. The students have temporarily renamed […]

For five-year-old Addison Kemp, a simple nosebleed can be catastrophic and instead of going to school or playing with friends, she spends her days in a hospital getting blood transfusions to stay alive. Addison suffers from a rare health condition called severe Aplastic anaemia, which means her body’s bone marrow does not produce enough new […]

South Australian oil and gas giant Santos is cutting 200 jobs, blaming a delay in “growth activities” for the cull. The ASX-listed $25bn producer announced the retrenchment on Wednesday, with most impacted roles centred in the company’s Perth office. “A detailed review of the WA, Northern Territory and East Timor business unit was undertaken over […]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has knocked back claims his government will shutter the Nauru offshore detention centre, calling reports about a forecast $250m saving from mothballing the processing facility “wrong”. “Operation Sovereign Borders is in place,” he told the 2GB radio show on Wednesday. “We now don’t send people to PNG, because that facility is […]

Energy rebates set to shave off $300 from every household electricity bill are designed to help Australians “right now”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has claimed, in an attempt to neutralise criticism over Labor’s key $275 power bill cut promise. Speaking on Wednesday following the federal budget, the Treasurer outlined the Albanese government’s plan to extend and […]

A cross-dressing drug dealer who supplied “extremely vulnerable” teenage girls with meth, then raped them at his home, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Jason Andrew Green faced a lengthy trial in the West Australian District Court after he pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated sexual penetration without consent, encouraging children to […]

A “creepy” Adelaide Uber driver who masturbated in front of a terrified female passenger while driving her home from the CBD has escaped jail time over the incident. Tayla Pimlott, 26, recounted her horrific experience to Yahoo News on Monday, describing how she found herself “holding back tears” and fearing she would be raped on […]