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Representatives of Australia’s Jewish community have slammed the Australian National University (ANU) for “a complete failure of leadership” after the institution reportedly reversed the expulsion of a Hamas-sympathiser student. ANU expelled Beatrice Tucker in June after she told ABC radio that the Palestinian militant group deserved “unconditional support”. Hamas, a designated terrorist organisation, killed 1200 […]

South Australia will become the first state to introduce legislation aiming to ban social media for children under the age of 14. Premier Peter Malinauskas on Sunday released draft legislation which would oblige social media platforms to ensure children can’t get access. “We know that in some instances social media services can be a force […]

The Albanese government has attached a $600bn price tag to the opposition’s nuclear energy proposal in an attack ad targeting the plan, after the Coalition failed to provide costings since announcing it in June. “Peter Dutton’s had an idea: nuclear power stations that will cost $600bn to build and make up just 4 per cent […]

Police have been ordered to open a new probe into how complaints against a vile child predator, alleged to be Australia’s worst pedophile, were handled in the years before his arrest. Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan said the new internal probe needed to be conducted as to how initial complaints about former childcare worker Ashley […]

Weak commodity prices could deal a $4.5bn blow to Commonwealth coffers, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned. Iron ore and coal exports have slumped massively over the year amid weak steel production in China and declining demand for thermal coal. “What we’ve seen in commodity markets this year is that iron ore and coal have come […]

Police in Melbourne have been granted special powers by the Victoria’s highest court ahead of planned protests against an international weapons expo. Scheduled to run from September 11 to 13, the Land Forces International Land Defence exhibition will bring together almost 1000 exhibitions from 31 countries in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Up to […]

A leading veterans support group says it “stands ready” to help implement key recommendations of a major royal commission report into suicides among current and former defence personnel. The Royal Commision into Defence and Veteran Suicide will hand over its highly anticipated final report to Governor-General Sam Mostyn on Monday. Little is known about what […]

New teachers in Queensland will be eligible for up to $30,000 in grants as part of a new measure to attract educators to regional areas. Education Minister Di Farmer on Saturday outlined plans for a $71m package to support new teachers to enter the workforce. “I am so pleased to be announcing one of a […]

The 2026 census will include questions on sexuality and gender, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed. Following backlash over the government’s election to exclude such questions, breaking an election promis, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said late last month the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was testing “a new question”. Mr Chalmers, the minister responsible for the […]

A new national student ombudsman will help combat anti-Semitism at Australian universities, Education Minister Jason Clare says. Mr Clare says Jewish students “don’t feel safe at university” and it was “obvious” anti-Semitism is a problem at tertiary institutions. “There is no place for the poison of anti-Semitism, whether it’s at university or anywhere else,” Mr […]