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Anthony Albanese has taken a stern line on Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli leader vowed his country would continue striking Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with “full force”. The Prime Minister on Friday renewed Australia’s call for “an immediate ceasefire” on the Israel-Lebanon border as well as in Gaza. “We want to see an end to […]

A driver behind the wheel when his car crashed into a tree during a street race in Sydney’s south last year, killing two young boys, has made an “unusual” request in court. Jimmy Martin Brito, 33, appeared before Downing Centre District Court on Friday after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter over the August […]

A man has been labelled an “idiot” for walking into Australia’s most croc infested river to fish for barramundi in front of his family and horrified onlookers. Footage has emerged on social media of a man fishing at Shady Camp in Mary River in the Northern Territory, which is recognised as one of the best […]

Opponents of a proposed school in outer Melbourne say the development threatens hundreds of kangaroos and creates a serious bushfire risk. Thousands of people have put their names to a petition against a new school at Lysterfield Lake, about 30km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD. “This site is in a green wedge A zone in an […]

The price of a typical basket of groceries has increased by more than 20 per cent in the past five years, with low-income households currently spending more than a fifth of their income on food, a highly-anticipated report into supermarkets has found. While prices across all grocery product types had increased, the most considerable hikes […]

The Federal Court has whacked one of Australia’s “big three” energy retailers with a $14m fine for misleading customers over prices. The court ordered EnergyAustralia, a major electricity and gas seller, to pay the penalty for making false, misleading or deceptive statements to hundreds of thousands of consumers about electricity prices and for failing to […]

A notorious detention centre will be overhauled with $100m purpose-built facility to house Western Australia’s most “dangerous and violent cohort” of juvenile detainees. Unit 18 was established in 2022 to detain the “most challenging, complex and often dangerous juveniles” after a series of riots at Perth’s Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre. Several incidents of violence […]

OPINION By Leanne Pilkington Targeting negative gearing will have dire consequences for both investors and renters. The Real Estate Institute of Australia cautions against the demonising of negative gearing, arguing that disincentivising investment will exacerbate an already strained market and create a massive exodus of current investors if brought in for existing properties. Disincentivising investment […]

Nurses say passing “Boomers” yelled abuse at them while they held rallies calling for higher pay. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association went on strike on Tuesday, calling for a 15 per cent pay rise. Thousands of nurses joined the rally, with some reporting they’d been target by “boomer” men hurling abuse towards […]

EXCLUSIVE A Chinese medical practitioner who treated a woman with cardiac problems with herbal tea before her death has been banned from practising for three years. Dr Shuquan Liu describes himself as Australia’s leading Chinese herbalist and previously treated former PM Malcolm Turnbull and TV host Larry Emdur with his signature 101 Wellness program. The […]