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Two former agency heads involved in robodebt will not face penalties even though a government probe into the illegal debt recovery scheme found they breached the public service’s code of conduct numerous times. In its final report released on Friday, the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) said Kathryn Campbell and Renee Leon were among 12 […]

Australia’s Olympians and Paralympians have received an ecstatic welcome home in the first public event for the combined Paris Games athletes. Crowds gathered just a stone’s throw from Sydney Harbour on Friday for the free event. Athletes gave interviews, signed autographs and told some of their inspiring stories. Grae Morris became Australia’s first silver medallist […]

Prominent activist Monica Smit has been awarded $4000 in damages after a court found she was unlawfully arrested during anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne in October 2020. Ms Smit, founder of the Reignite Democracy Australia (RDA) lobby group, was arrested three times during the October 31, 2020 “Stop the Sale of Victoria” protest at Treasury Gardens, […]

An alleged “coward punch” attacker accused of putting a 20-year-old man in hospital with life-threatening injuries has been released to his family as his case moves through courts, but he will be shackled by a strict 100m rule separating him from nine people. The South Australian Supreme Court granted Craig Sansbury-Weetra home detention bail on […]

Senator Jacqui Lambie has grilled government officials on how they are going to communicate changes to veteran supports as parliament prepares to review legislation that will overhaul how ex-servicepeople’s entitlements are processed. The Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024 aims to streamline claims processes for veterans, with all claims from former defence […]

Billionaire Elon Musk has been accused of pedalling “crackpot stuff” after he branded the Albanese Government fascists for considering disinformation penalties for social media giants. Social media companies could be fined up to five per cent of their annual turnover under the proposed laws. That’s prompted Mr Musk, who owns the social media platform X, […]

An anti-weapons protester is having her concrete-encased hand detached from a car by police and an angle grinder as another person at the protest reportedly smashed several vehicles in the central business district. After 42 protesters were arrested on Wednesday and police were hit with balloons and bottles filled with acid and vomit thrown from […]

Get ready to rug up as winter descends in early spring. After a run of unseasonably warm weather, the mercury is sinking as a cold snap envelops the south east. Melbourne’s Saturday maximum temperature could be six degrees below the September average. Coastal areas of southern New South Wales could be up to eight degrees […]

A new strategy to drive out family and domestic violence before it starts will be rolled out across schools, community groups and workplaces in one Australian state which hopes to shift attitudes and behaviours through primary prevention programs. The NSW government has committed $38m to develop new initiatives for early education centres, schools, sporting clubs, […]

The mother of two boys found dead in the Blue Mountains had battled long-term postnatal depression, it has been reported. Trish Smith was found by her former partner Nick Smith with self-inflicted injuries next to their sons Russell, 11, and Ben, nine, on Tuesday. She was arrested when she arrived at hospital for treatment. No […]