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Australia is risking a “bright economic future” by allowing government to crowd out the private sector, economists have warned, after Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down some of the worst growth numbers Australia has seen since the 1990s. “We are going backwards in terms of our living standards,” said EQ Economics managing director Warren Hogan. “Our […]

Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi plans to sell the home her mother has lived in for two decades after a court ruled she was entitled to full ownership. The Absolutely Everybody artist sued Joyleen Robinson for sole ownership of two properties last year after the pair had a falling out almost a decade earlier over what […]

A major collective of unions wants bosses to be banned from trawling their workers’ social media accounts. A Victorian Trades Hall Council submission to the state parliament is filled with creepy and intimidating anonymised accounts of workplace surveillance. The trades council is pushing its case for a social media trawling ban in its submission to […]

A beloved Australian fashion label has revealed it is closing multiple stores across the country by the end of the year. Sass & Bide, owned by Myer, has announced 10 stores are set to close from October 6. The Australian-born fashion label will now have just four stores open, with an aim to shift focus […]

Members of a cult-like religious sect on trial over the death of a young diabetic girl have opted not to call evidence in their defence or make any no-case submissions. The mammoth Supreme Court trial of the 14 defendants – who are charged with causing the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs in early 2022 – […]

One of the cornerstones of the Albanese government’s bid to tackle the housing crisis is in trouble, with the Coalition preparing to block legislation saying it promotes a “rent forever” approach. Legislation for Labor’s Build to Rent scheme is aimed at increasing the of number rental homes in the Australian market by providing tax cuts […]

Sometimes in the dead of night, the faces of countless unidentified children flood Detective Chief Inspector Adam Powderly’s mind. They are the victims of unspeakable horrors that his team of investigators in the Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) of New South Wales Police have unsuccessfully tried to find. While some sexual abuse victims depicted in […]

Olympian sisters Jess and Noemie Fox have had an island named after them after securing gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The NSW government on Wednesday unveiled the new name for the island at the centre of Penrith Whitewater Stadium in Greater Western Sydney. The island will now be known as Fox Island, following […]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wasn’t keen to stop and chat with a member of the public who heckled him in Perth on Tuesday. Vision of the awkward encounter has emerged, shared to the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. In it, a man could be seen approaching the PM as he made his way to […]

The family of a young man killed over a $250 drug debt have described his death as a “senseless tragedy” as a court was told no one would be held responsible for shooting him. Griffin Harris, 22, was asleep in bed with his new girlfriend, Alison Sleddon, when four men attacked their Kalkallo home in […]