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A Melbourne man faces court for allegedly broadcasting fake mayday calls to commercial planes at Melbourne airport. The alleged offending happened during a two-month period. Australian Federal Police Detective Superintendent Simone Butcher said “these offences are extremely serious”. The 45-year-old was arrested after police searched his home in Melbourne’s northeast on Saturday. Australian Federal Police […]

Riders jumping on their e-scooter instead of getting behind the wheel of a car after drinking alcohol could still face significant penalties, including the risk of losing their driver’s licence. Slater and Gordon Legal Counsel for work and road claims, Jess Lyons, said at least two people have reportedly lost their driver’s licenses for offences […]

A truck driver charged with failing to provide a blood sample after a crash that killed sports journalist Sam Landsberger has flagged he plans to ask a court to lift his drivers licence suspension. James Latchford, 45, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday where his lawyer Michael Pena-Rees said the Seaford man was […]

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will keep voters in the dark over the cost of the Coalition’s election promise to build seven nuclear reactors, stating only that the “significant upfront cost” is balanced by an 80-year lifespan. On Monday, Mr Dutton will share further details in a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia […]

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has called the Greens “out of control” after they demanded unprecendented action against the Reserve Bank. The Greens have threatened that if the federal government did not force the RBA to cut interest rates, they would not support Labor’s major reforms to the central bank. Senator Gallagher said on Monday “their […]

The consumer watchdog is taking Coles and Woolworths to court for allegedly jacking up prices and then only marginally dropping them under their respective ‘Prices Dropped’ and ‘Down Down’ campaigns. “We allege that each of Woolworths and Coles breached the Australian Consumer Law by making misleading claims about discounts, when the discounts were, in fact, […]

A hot mic has caught Joe Biden issuing a grave warning on China to Anthony Albanese and the leaders of India and Japan, giving a glimpse of the candid nature of talks between some of the Indo-Pacific’s key players. Mr Biden, who was hosting Mr Albanese and prime ministers of India and Japan for the […]

Master Builders Australia is calling for more migrants from overseas, and a lowering of English language standards, to fill daunting gaps in the workforce. A report by the major construction and building industry association released, on Monday, forecasts the sector needs 130,000 more workers this year just to fill shortages. “About 130,000 people need to […]

Struggling Australians on income support are now either completely priced out of, or navigating severe rental stress across all capital cities and major regional centres across Australia due to rising prices, with one advocacy group calling for urgent action. Defining rental stress as situations where more than 30 per cent of a person or household’s […]

Australia has slightly reduced its debt position by $17 billion about four months after the federal budget in a move that will save Aussies a whopping $80 billion in interest. This year’s federal budget papers indicated gross debt was expected to rise to $923bn, or 35.8 per cent of the GDP, however the final budget […]