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OPINION 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 into housing for […]

Former Treasurer Joe Hockey says Australia will inevitably have to embrace nuclear energy, appearing to support the Coalition’s plan to build seven nuclear energy plants. Mr Hockey told the National Press Club on Thursday power-hungry data centres spurred by the growth in artificial intelligence would force Australia to reconsider its energy needs, and pointed to […]

A business owner allegedly kidnapped his ex-wife’s new husband and forced him with threats to board a plane bound for India, a court has been told. Sairam Uppu, 40, on Thursday appeared in the Victorian Supreme Court where his bid for bail was knocked back by Justice John Champion. Mr Uppu was charged with offences […]

Seven accused “money mules” have appeared in court after allegedly working for foreign scammers in a $14m investment con. Police alleged the group were paid commissions by an international syndicate to open fraudulent businesses and bank accounts used to funnel money overseas. It’s alleged foreign scammers used the local accounts to dupe wannabe investors into […]

A council candidate in Melbourne’s outer suburbs says she has been left scared for the safety of herself and her family after a campaign sign was smeared with racist rhetoric. Jamel Kaur Singh has campaigned for Waratah Ward spot in next month’s council election in the City of Casey on a platform of closing the […]

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 […]