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Victorian prosecutors will “carefully review” a magistrate’s decision to dismiss all charges against a diabetic driver accused of causing a fatal crash. William Herbert Swale, 66, successfully fought to have the case against him tossed out of court this week, arguing the prosecution could not prove his decision to get behind the wheel was made […]

Logie-winning television host Tony Armstrong is the latest in a growing list of Australian celebrities trying their hand at a new trend: writing a best-selling children’s book. The ABC News Breakfast host and former AFL footballer revealed to fans this week that had turned his hand to writing with his first-ever children’s book, titled George […]

Australia’s second longest-serving prime minister says Donald Trump is “not compatible with democracy”. John Howard criticised the 45th President of the United States and Republican presidential candidate in an interview with Channel 9 this week. “I think his refusal to accept the result of the last election and various attempts to overturn that result are […]

Flight paths in Australia have been designed without proper consultation with the communities that will be affected by aircraft noise, a senate inquiry has been told. The Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport is investigating the impact and mitigation of aircraft noise in capital cities and regional towns across Australia. The […]

The Commonwealth Bank has pushed its prediction of a rate cut to December, still months ahead of the wider consensus. Polling of 34 keen Australian economic minds shows 15 of the experts believe a February cut to the cash rate is in the offing. None of the 34 polled by Finder think the RBA will […]

The vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney Mark Scott has apologised for the “unacceptable” anti-Semitism experienced by Jewish staff, students and alumni during an eight-week pro-Palestinian encampment protest. Speaking to a Senate inquiry into anti-Semitism on campus, Prof Scott said it was unacceptable Jewish students were made to feel “unsafe” during this period, and said […]

Nurses and midwives will strike for 24 hours across NSW next week following a breakdown in negotiations between the union and the state government. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association, or NSWNMA, will strike for one day from the beginning of the morning shift on Tuesday. The NSWNMA said only minimal and “life-preserving” […]

Greens senator David Shoebridge has warned that sophisticated deepfake videos made using generative AI has the power to “steal the next federal election”. The warning comes after the final report into a Senate probe into adopting artificial intelligence was delayed on Thursday, with the report now due to be published by November 26. However, an […]

An economist has warned Australia has been left “exposed to inflation that’s really destructive”, days before the Reserve Bank of Australia hands down its next rates decision. The RBA will on Tuesday announce whether it intends to raise the official cash rate, having held off doing so since raising it 4.35 per cent in November, […]

One year after Victoria released a landmark housing plan, rents are increasing higher than inflation and wages and the crisis has gotten worse in almost every key indicator. “At the moment, it’s unclear how much of the government’s 800,000-home target is actually social housing,” Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Deborah Di Natale said. “The […]