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A woman says she was pushed to resign from the NSW Liberal Party because she was told to go on a crash diet and to step out of the way for male candidates. Jemma Tribe has had tilts at preselection in federal and state seats for the Liberal Party and is now running as an […]

A woman has died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease following Victoria’s largest outbreak of the illness in more than two decades. Victorian chief health officer Clare Looker said a woman in her 90s suddenly fell ill with the disease on Tuesday before passing away that same night. As of 3pm on Thursday, health authorities confirmed there […]

PwC Australia boss Kevin Burrowes hid from a parliamentary probe and his own ethics chief that he was “serving two masters” by receiving an additional $1.2 million from the consultancy giant’s international parent, a bipartisan committee looking into the PwC tax scandal has heard. The explosive charge came from Corporations and Financial Services Committee chair […]

An Australian-Lebanese businessman has revealed the reason Australians are ignoring a serious warning to leave Lebanon is because they’re used to the dangers of the unfolding situation. The government issued an urgent warning for Australians in Lebanon to leave immediately on Wednesday amid concerns they may be trapped if war were to break out between […]

Queen Mary has sent Australia into a tizz with a touching move for our newest champions at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Tasmanian-born Queen of Denmark showed her support for the relay swimmers after they snatched up a gold medal. Mollie O’Callaghan, Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister and Brianna Throssell won the 4x200m freestyle relay race. […]

Relief could be on the way for mortgage holders, with experts predicting a rate cut could arrive “before Christmas”. A new Finder survey revealed one in four economists are expecting the first cash rate cut to happen by the time the RBA finishes its December meeting, in what could be a Christmas miracle for homeowners […]

Senator Linda Reynolds and her former staffer Brittany Higgins are set to face off as a blockbuster defamation trial gets underway in Perth later today. After multiple failed mediation hearings, the pair will ask the Supreme Court of WA to decide whether a series of social media posts shared by Ms Higgins and her husband, […]

A drug that mimics popular weight loss medicine Ozempic will be available in Australian pharmacies within days. Both Ozempic and Wegovy are manufactured by pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk and use the same active ingredient Semaglutide, which mimics the hormone released by the gut after eating, reducing cravings and controlling hunger. Like Ozempic, the drug is […]

One capital city is struggling to attract workers back to its once thriving CBD seeing office vacancy rates rise, while other parts of Australia’s market tighten. The Property Council of Australia released its July 2024 Office Market Report which showed vacancy rates fell 0.2 per cent across Australia in the last six months. Office vacancy […]

Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather has written to the newly installed Housing Minister Clare O’Neil urging her to consider key reforms like phasing out capital gains tax benefits for investors and negative gearing, or risk losing support from the minor party over two crucial bills. In a letter sent to Ms O’Neil’s office on Thursday, the […]