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Jetstar is facing a class action lodged on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers whose flights were cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic. The claim, which was lodged in Federal Court by Echo Law, alleges Jetstar failed to refund customers’ payments for cancelled flights, despite being legally obliged to do so. Echo Law partner Andrew […]

The Prime Minister has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of “nastiness” over the Coalition’s ongoing attacks on visas granted to Palestinians fleeing war-torn Gaza. Domestic issues took a back seat yet again during Question Time on Wednesday, with the opposition throwing question after question at the government over the issue. The Coalition accused the Albanese […]

WARNING: Confronting details A mum of four “intentionally” took her own life and her children’s lives by driving headfirst into an oncoming truck, a coroner has determined. Charmaine McLeod, 35, was killed alongside her children Aaleyn, 6, Matilda, 5, Wyatt, 4 and Zaidok, 2, in a fiery crash on Queensland’s Bunya Highway near Kingaroy on […]

Anthony Albanese has lauded the approval of Australia’s largest solar project, backed by tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes. SunCable’s Australia-Asia Power Link, a 12,000-hectare solar farm slated for development near the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek, is estimated to generate 4GW – enough energy to power some three million homes. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on […]

The global Domino’s pizza empire is spread a little thin in Asia as the embattled franchisor still reels from falling off a share price cliff earlier this year. The ASX did not immediately warm to Domino’s Pizza Enterprises’ full-year results on Wednesday, and by 1pm the stock was down 2.7 per cent. While an apparent […]

A renowned businessman has copped a massive jail term for his depraved exploitation of children, with a furious judge describing his criminality as “disgraceful to the extreme”. Philip David Andrews, the former boss of Gasworks Unley in Adelaide, was sentenced to eight years in prison for knowingly accessing and disseminating child exploitation material. Judge Anthony […]

The Albanese government has finally struck a deal with the states that should result in the stalled Bill to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme pass parliament. NDIS Minister Bill Shorten on Wednesday announced the state and territory governments, who will be responsible for providing more services, had agreed to amendments, which will help significantly […]

An American backpacker who allegedly landed at Australia’s busiest international airport with a 24-karat gold-plated handgun worth $2000 in her luggage told officers she came to attend “clown school”, a court has been told. Liliana Goodson appeared before Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday for a special fixture hearing after pleading not guilty to two […]

People scraping together mortgage repayments or a house deposit can take comfort in another of the big four banks cutting mortgage rates. Westpac announced on Tuesday that, effective immediately, it had lowered its owner-occupied and investment property fixed-rate loan prices. Getting a fixed rate for one year on the home you will live in has […]

The federal government has been reminded there are “no quick fixes” when it comes to ending domestic violence as it prepares for its inaugural report card into the 10-year National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children. Ahead of the report, Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence Justine Elliot, who previously worked […]