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READING LEVEL: GREEN Aussie kids have shown their might in the school round of the fourth annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee. Run by Kids News, the Bee’s record-breaking 70,557 student registrations nationwide were driven by two more new records: 2752 teachers at 1170 schools. The top 200 students in each state and territory across the […]

One million households across Australia will benefit this month from greater assistance from the government following an announced boost to the rental assistance scheme. The federal government announced on Saturday it would increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 10 per cent from September 20 as part of a raft of new measures. Aimed at curbing cost […]

Police have issued a major warning about the circulation of potentially lethal illicit drugs in Canberra after four deaths from overdoses over the past two months. ACT Police suspect high purity drug levels, or the addition of synthetic opioids like fentanyl or nitazenes, are responsible for the deaths in the capital. The most recent deaths […]

The Muslim community leader behind a political advocacy group gearing up to be a disrupting force in the next federal election has given a warning to the Labor: “You’ve always assumed our community will vote Labor, and we will show this election that that will change”.  Ahead of the national campaign launch of Muslim Votes […]

Struggling Australians are fed up with the Woolworths and Coles duopoly as the grocery giants continue to bank huge earnings, Oxfam Australia says. Coles posted an annual $1.1bn profit this week (up 10 per cent), making 2.56 cents for every dollar a customer spends. Woolworths, which makes 2.5 cents off every dollar spent, announced an […]

Anthony Albanese’s new contender for the seat of Moreton has been revealed following a long-serving Labor MP announcing he will bow out at the next election. The prime minister was in Brisbane on Saturday to announce Graham Perrett’s replacement for the federal seat, paying tribute to Mr Perett for his service to the people in […]

A bold plan to scrap stamp duty for first homebuyers could be a “game changer” for struggling families in Western Australia. The plan, unveiled by the Nationals on Saturday, could benefit as many as 20,000 new homeowners and “revolutionise the path to ownership”. Announced at The Nationals WA State Conference and Convention in Bunbury, leader […]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denied knowing about a 17-year old boy who died by suicide in a Western Australian youth prison, dodging a question to focus on the Opposition Leader instead. The prime minister was asked by a reporter during a media stop in Rockhampton if he was aware of the death in custody, […]

Two construction companies have been fined over workplace incidents that resulted in a boy’s death and a worker who was trapped under a fallen concrete staircase. Joshua Field, 12, climbed into the roof area of a building and was killed after he fell and was struck by a falling beam in May 2022. He had […]

Justin Stein wiped back tears in a desperate attempt to convince a jury he didn’t kill his partner’s nine-year-old daughter, claiming it was her mother who shot her twice and put her body in a barrel. But a NSW Supreme Court Judge would later declare the tears were fake and the tissue was simply a […]