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The proportion of petrol and diesel small cars on Australian roads is decreasing as the hyper-competitive EV and hybrid markets gain bigger footholds. The latest quarterly Australian Automobiles Association data shows sales of new internal combustion engine light cars slipped from 78 per cent to 75 per cent of Australian sales in the second quarter […]

Australia should restructure and boost aid to Ukraine, a retired Australian Army major general has said, warning a Russian victory in the war-torn country would embolden an emerging coalition of authorial regimes. Speaking before a Senate committee on Monday, Mick Ryan described an alliance between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as an “axis” that […]

NSW public servants have been ordered back to the office. The largest employer in the country has mandated the move to put bums back in cubicle seats. “On some occasions, NSW government sector work can productively be done from home,” a directive from the Premier’s Department said. “However, that is not available to all (staff) […]

Scammers have swindled more than $900,000 from an unsuspecting small business owner in the latest warning shot to Australians that the online criminal world is getting dangerously sophisticated. The steal hit a construction company in Victoria, with the criminals exploiting a compromised email account to worm their way into the theft. The company had engaged […]

A Ferrari and Porsche allegedly hit speeds nearly 90km/h more than than the limit in a reckless driving incident, “astounding” police. Police were alerted to a red Ferrari 488 Spider and a blue Porsche 911 driving recklessly near Sorrento in Western Australia about 9.30am on Sunday. The two cars were later spotted by a Police […]

A Melbourne learner driver should not receive any jail time after her sister was killed in a horror crash, a court has been told. Asyai Luk, 24, returned before the County Court of Victoria on Monday after prosecutors withdrew most charges, including dangerous driving causing death, in June, days before a trial was set to […]

Australia’s terrorist threat level is being increased from “possible to probable” in the wake of spy agency warnings that the nation’s security threats remain “volatile and more unpredictable”. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the change this morning at a press conference in Canberra with ASIO director-general Mike Burgess. “ASIO is raising the national terrorist and […]

Australia’s terror threat level has been raised from possible to probable because of deteriorating social cohesion, the Prime Minister announced on Monday. Security agency ASIO advised the government that the terror threat level needed to rise because the “security environment is more volatile and more unpredictable.” “I want to reassure Australians probable does not mean […]

Monday marks another hike in the price of booze, as a tax rise is pushed onto businesses and consumers. Taxes on beer and spirits have effectively gone up 2 per cent on Monday. Twice a year the Australian Taxation Office looks at the consumer price index to see how much the cost of everything has […]

Anthony Albanese is under fire from Indigenous leaders over his “confusing” comments on Makarrata. Uluru Dialogue co-chairs Pat Anderson and Megan Davis, two of the Prime Minister’s closest allies on Indigenous rights, issued a scathing statement after he appeared to back track on a key election promise to establish a Makarrata commission during an interview […]