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Social media giants such as Meta and TikTok have been put on notice by the federal government, which is setting up a large-scale and wide ranging probe into its harm to Australians. The federal government will establish a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee into the impact and influence of social media, including its ability to spread […]

Almost 14.4 million Australians are expected to be in work by mid-year, more than 105,000 than previously forecast, as the nation’s red-hot jobs market continues to defy a broader economic slowdown. But economists have warned that the firmer-than-expected jobs numbers means Treasurer Jim Chalmers should redouble his focus on reducing stubborn cost of living pressures […]

A head drama teacher who sexually touched two students before being caught with almost 18,000 abuse files involving children as young as nine has been sentenced to a minimum of seven years and three months in jail. Aaron Worwald, 48, was sacked as the head of creative arts at Jamison High School in Sydney’s west […]

A landlord has enraged Aussie renters after admitting to the illegal way she runs her investment property. The admission came when the woman commented on a post in a Facebook group for Victorian landlords after a member had asked for advice about renting to tenants who have pets. She revealed that, in her experience, she […]

A woman who survived the horrific massacre at Bondi Junction Westfield has reunited with the man who saved her life by carrying her into a nearby store after she was attacked. Argentinian student Liya Barko, 35, was one of 18 people stabbed by Joel Cauchi, 40, during his rampage at the shopping centre which killed […]

Bondi Westfield attack survivor Liya Barko has held an emotional reunion with the unsung hero who saved her life in the terrible moments after a killer plunged a knife into both of her kidneys. Wayne Tolver-Banks and his wife Michi, who came to her rescue at the Westfield shopping centre, were strangers she had never […]

A growing number of Australian employers will preference skills and AI aptitude over more traditional markers of value such as experience and job titles, a leading tech giant says, as the AI revolution sweeps through the workplace. Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index, which tracks changes in work practices for knowledge workers around the globe, suggests […]

Australians could be spared $5.3bn in rent increases over the next 12 months if a rent freeze was implemented, new parliamentary library analysis for the Greens shows. Rental inflation was nearly 8 per cent over the last year to March, and the Reserve Bank has predicted that will increase to 10 per cent over the […]

An elite New South Wales private school has sparked outrage after renaming its Mother’s Day stall to a ‘Family Gift stall’, with one mum accusing the school of spreading a “woke ideology”. Hunter Valley Grammar School in Maitland, 40km from Newcastle, is holding the stall on Friday for junior school students from kindy to Year […]

Former rugby league star and convicted wife killer Chris Dawson will appear in the state’s highest court on Monday in a bid to be freed from jail. Dawson has been in jail since August 2022 when he was found guilty of murdering his wife Lynette, who vanished without a trace from their Bayview home on […]