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There are more pokie machines in suburban Australia than public toilets, ATMs or post boxes, new research has found. The Grattan Institute study finds Australians lose three times more money than Kiwis every year on the punt, and twice as much as adults in the US. “It’s time our politicians stood up to the powerful […]

A Melbourne security guard hired to help evict a man from a home has had his prison sentence extended by two years after a court found it was “manifestly inadequate”. Terrence Tiumalu, 32, appeared in the Victorian Court of Appeal on Tuesday where his sentence was overturned as a panel of judges instead imposed a […]

Tweed Heads South is holding the mantle as the state’s worst suburb for renters by a cash-strapped mile. Average rents in the Northern Rivers suburb have increased 11 per cent in the past year, and rent now eats up 69 per cent of the median income in the area. The northside of Greenacre takes second […]

An iconic Australian cheese producer is closing its doors after, discontinuing the beloved brand after more than 120 years. Tasmania’s King Island Dairy will no longer operate from mid-2025, parent company Saputo revealed on Thursday. The dairy giant launched a strategic review of the facility 10 months ago, making the decision to retire the brand […]

Even seasoned detectives who were part of an elite squad were left shocked by the mammoth number of men they found gathering in a secret online space to share sickening child abuse material, with babies among the young victims depicted. Strike Force Parker was established by New South Wales Police early last year after a […]

“Lauren, you need to check your Facebook.” Those seven words still haunt former journalist turned author and content creator Lauren Dubois, who was doing her groceries almost a decade ago when a panicked friend delivered that warning. Ms Dubois had posted an image on social media of a Muslim bride laying her wedding bouquet at […]

From sweltering summer heats to wild winds and bushfire warnings, the rollercoaster weather of the first weekend of spring is set to continue. The Bureau of Meteorology forecast Sydney could reach a balmy maximum of 30C on Friday, well above the 19C reported on the same day last year. Conditions are set to ease into […]

Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan says she referred embattled ex-CFMEU boss John Setka to police after he gave an expletive-ridden address to workers on a site at Melbourne’s Footscray Hospital and attended another major worksite on Thursday morning. Ms Allan said Mr Setka, who resigned in July amid allegations his union was tied to criminal gangs, […]

Bindi Irwin has paid tribute to the late Crocodile Hunter on the 18th anniversary of his death. Steve Irwin, 44, died while filming the documentary Ocean’s Deadliest at the Great Barrier Reef on September 4, 2006. He was pierced in the chest by a stingray barb. On Thursday, Bindi shared a picture of her dad […]

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has acknowledged the bleak reality of households struggling with high interest rates, and conceded some may “make the difficult decision to sell their homes”. In a speech to the Anika Foundation fundraising lunch in Sydney on Thursday, Ms Bullock said the board was “very conscious” of how interest rates, currently […]