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Australia has joined the US and other countries in calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. In a joint statement put out on Wednesday (local time), the US, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan and several Gulf States called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire, saying the situation between Israel and Lebanon […]

Australia’s major airports are going to be flooded with travellers on Friday. Brisbane Airport is expecting its busiest day of the year with footy fans flying to Melbourne to see the Brisbane Lions take on the Sydney Swans in Saturday’s AFL grand final, as well as Queenslanders returning home as the state’s school holidays wrap […]

COMMENT Artificial intelligence is all fun and games until someone dies. Well, not a real person – not yet, anyway. Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece this week posted to X four images of would-be new parks, announcing that he would build 28 of them if re-elected. They all looked rather green and sunny and fun […]

Water in Sydney Harbour near some of the most prime real estate in the country has been turned green by a plumber. The aquatic anomaly coloured the water next to Milson Park, Kirribilli, near Hipwood Street on Wednesday afternoon. A “large spill of fluorescent green material” was reported to the authorities about 3pm. The offending […]

Women living in NSW will now have better access to the contraceptive pill without having to visit their doctor to refill their script. From Saturday, trained NSW pharmacists will be able to offer women who have used oral contraception for the last two years the pill. It comes after a 12-month trial in which more […]

A Queensland man in his 20s, the son of a former AFL player, has died by suicide. Kye Hart, 24, lost his life on September 21. He leaves behind his parents Linda and David Hart. David is a former AFL player for the West Coast Eagles, representing the team in the 1980s and 1990s. “On […]

In Australia we pay a lot of tax, and it seems to be increasing every year. Cutting your tax bill will give you more money to save, invest, or just spend today – but it’s not easy. The tax rules are complicated and can be confusing, and most of the time tax is something that […]

Anthony Albanese has pushed back on the wisdom of negative gearing reforms hinting that it could increase rents by not boosting housing supply. Economists warn that reforms to negative gearing could put modest downward pressure on housing prices in a boost for first home buyers. Negative gearing policies allow property investors to claim tax deductions […]

Anthony Albanese has snapped at Nine’s Sarah Abo after the Today host pressed him on his government’s fiscal management. Ms Abo was drilling the Prime Minister on inflation, which dropped in August, according to official data released on Wednesday. But analysts have said the situation, while improving, was more complicated, warning against taking the new […]

Strike action is causing more and more domestic flights to be cancelled on Thursday. Qantas union workers are set to walk off the job at Melbourne Airport on Thursday, the first step in a larger nationwide strike against the airline giant. Flight cancellations out of Melbourne and Sydney have been mounting on Thursday morning. As […]