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US tech gains driven by hopes of an interest rate cut Stateside pushed Australian tech shares to big gains on Thursday. The S&P/ASX 200 index recorded a second consecutive record high. The benchmark closed up 22 points to 8,114.7, a 0.28 per cent gain. Overall the ASX200 made a huge 4.18 per cent gain for […]

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has been urged to meet with Telstra and Optus to extend the pending shutdown of the 3G network, with fears Australia’s 4G coverage is not up to scratch. The scathing interim report into the pending network shutdown by September 1 said Australia was “inadequately prepared,” and called on the minister to […]

Two high school mates have pleaded guilty to placing bets on the Australian of the Year awards using insider information, labelling their actions “stupid and irresponsible”. Dale Tristan Young, 39, and James Matthew Dawkins, 38, faced the Dandenong Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon after they were charged by the Australian Federal Police. Young pleaded guilty […]

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are on the rise in Australia, with health experts saying it is time to lose the stigma and get regular checks. Infertility, neurological and cardiovascular disease, ectopic pregnancies, stillbirths, certain cancers and an increased risk of HIV are all health effects that can be caused by STIs if left untreated, according […]

A 21-year-old man which police allege had “mixed and unclear ideological beliefs” has been charged with allegedly preparing or planning for a terrorist attack, following an incident at a popular Sydney Westfield. Emergency services were called to the south Sydney centre about 2pm on July 25 following reports a man was allegedly throwing bottles inside […]

ANALYSIS Well, this is not great. Inflation isn’t getting worse, exactly. But we need it to get better. And that is not happening. The latest official data shows Australian inflation stuck at 3.8 per cent a year. That means prices on average are up 3.8 per cent compared to last year, which is much too […]

Australia is facing a “harrowing” crisis that is having a significant and enduring impact on our young people. Elma Foster had just turned 18 when she found herself facing homelessness. Up until that point, the young Queensland woman had spent her whole life in foster care in Townsville. “I have been in the foster system […]

A Jewish customer has been rejected service by an Officeworks employee declaring “I’m pro-Palestine”, video shows. The clip, shared by the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) on Thursday, was recorded earlier this year in Melbourne at the Elsternwick branch of the Wesfarmers-owned office supply chain. Officeworks has since apologised to the customer but has not fired the […]

Anthony Albanese has again hit out at endangered airline Rex, saying the regional carrier should not have tried to break into the lucrative city routes. The Prime Minister says it is critical that regional communities “continue to have access to aviation services”. But he has deflected criticism that his government’s perceived lack of action on […]

Unseasonal rainfall for parts of Western Australia is forecast for the remainder of the week, as strong winds and frost sweep the country. Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said parts of Western Australia will see rainfall across the coming days. “We can see the cold front sweeping across the southern district of Western Australia,” […]