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When former Fox News host Tucker Carlson addressed the Australian Freedom Conference in Melbourne in early July, he grabbed one of the live wires of Australian politics and society with both hands – the impact of high levels of migration on housing prices. Carlson pointed to migration as the “one reason” housing prices were high […]

A second person has died amid Victoria’s largest outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in more than two decades. A man in his 60s reportedly became unwell with the harmful disease on July 27 before dying in hospital on Thursday. Victorian chief health officer Clare Looker had previously confirmed a 90-year-old woman contracted the disease and died […]

Tony Burke has defended the Albanese government’s handling of national security, accusing the Opposition of “making things up”. Mr Burke was handed responsibility for Australia’s national security and immigration when he emerged from last week’s ministerial reshuffle as home affairs minister. Reacting to Opposition criticisms of his record as immigration minister under the Rudd government […]

WARNING: Distressing content. A former principal has pledged to continue his support of victim-survivors in his latest venture after he was allegedly sacked following a dispute with the Anglican Church. The alleged dispute, which the church has denied, was over compensation payments to victims of historic sexual abuse at St Paul’s school in Brisbane. Parents […]

Australia will continue to push Israel on the death of Australian aid worker Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom in an Israeli Defence Force air strike, senior minister Tony Burke says. The newly appointed immigration minister said the Binskin review found Israel had failed to meet “obligations under international law” to protect civilians and aid workers. Mr Burke […]

Police are investigating the death of a respected psychologist involved in a lawnmower incident as suspicious, as she is remembered as a woman dedicated to her clients. Emergency crews were called after the body of Frances Crawford, 49, was found on an Upper Lockyer property, west of Brisbane, about 3.40am on Tuesday. Paramedics initially believed […]

Olympians aren’t the only Aussies going for gold, with teachers nationwide registering over 35,000 students the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee in its first two weeks, as experts weigh in on performance culture making a classroom comeback. Team psychologist for Australia’s Winter Olympics team in 2006 and the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, performance coach, speaker and […]

Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes has shared another health setback ahead of his upcoming tour – just a few months after undergoing heart surgery for a life-threatening infection. The rocker took to Instagram on Saturday to reveal he would need to undergo surgery on his hip after experiencing pain during the New Zealand leg of […]

The father of Julian Assange has headlined a major rally on the steps of Victoria’s parliament in support of Gaza, as activists call for thousands of prisoners taken during the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict to be released. John Shipton was one of the key speakers at the International Day of Solidarity with Gaza and Prisoners rally […]

A precise timeline of how the harrowing moments two police officers and a good Samaritan were brutally gunned down during an ambush at a rural Queensland property have been made public for the first time. A coronial inquest into the murders of constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, civilian Alan Dare and the shooting deaths […]