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Trade trumps geopolitics as Australia PM visits China

Australia’s leader Anthony Albanese will visit China and meet with President Xi Jinping this weekend as he seeks to strengthen ties with Canberra’s largest trading partner.

Regional security and trade will take centre stage during the prime minister’s six-day trip spanning three cities -…[Read more]

Old Sydney train station could be finished and reopened in new housing plan

One of Sydney’s most well-heeled suburbs could get a new train station, which would unlock a plan to build thousands of new homes.
Woollahra, in the city’s Eastern Suburbs has a partially completed “ghost” station which was abandoned in the 1970s.
But a reopening could a…[Read more]

Passengers delayed 21 hours after aerobridge hits Qantas plane at Sydney Airport

Passengers face a 21-hour delay after an aerobridge crashed into an plane at Sydney Airport.
The aerobridge hit the engine of a Qantas Airbus A380 this morning, the airline has confirmed.
The plane was heading to Johannesburg on QF63.

Nobody was injured, but p…[Read more]

Victorian Premier pulls together ‘anti-hate’ taskforce after anti-Semitic attacks

An anti-hate taskforce will assemble in Melbourne this week in the wake of the latest violent anti-Semitic incidents, with shock footage showing a series of arson attacks.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has pulled together the taskforce after a synagogue was fir…[Read more]

Accos calls for adoption of remaining robodebt recommendations

Two years on from the findings of the robodebt royal commission, the federal government has still not implemented all of its recommendations, the Australian Council of Social Service has said.

Acoss is calling on the federal government to adopt the remaining recommendations of the…[Read more]

Labor warned against ‘shirking legislative reform’ after robodebt royal commission

Economic Justice Australia has also released a statement calling for the government to implement the full robodebt royal commission report recommendations, two years since it published its final report.

CEO Kate Allingham:

While the unlawful robodebt scheme was…[Read more]

Calls for Minns to repeal protest laws in wake of Hannah Thomas’ injury

A collective of human rights groups and a union have alleged that NSW police misused their power when attempting to move protesters on before Hannah Thomas was seriously injured.

Thomas, 35, a former Greens candidate who ran against the prime minister at the federal e…[Read more]

Calls for federal paid placement scheme to include students working across allied health

The Health Services Union (HSU) is calling on the federal government to extend its new paid placements to students working across allied health, not just in key industries.

The payment, which came into effect on 1 July, offers $331 a week to eligible…[Read more]

How life will change for millions of Aussies from July 1

Millions of workers are set to start taking home extra cash from tomorrow, as sweeping changes to how Aussies earn and save their money kick in.

Widespread changes to how Australians save and spend their money take effect July 1.

State and federal governments typically use the new…[Read more]

Former Greens candidate charged after injury in arrest at pro-Palestine protest

The former Greens candidate injured during her arrest at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney’s south-west has been charged.
Hannah Thomas, who needed surgery for facial injuries, is among five facing charges stemming from the “unauthorised” demonstration that saw…[Read more]

Jury retires in mushroom murder trial in Australia

The jury in the high-profile murder trial of an Australian woman accused of cooking a deadly mushroom lunch for relatives has retired to decide her fate.

Erin Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to four charges – three of murder and one of attempted murder – over the beef Wellington lunch at…[Read more]

Tributes flow for ‘cherished’ Sydney business owner after motorbike crash

A stalwart of a south-western Sydney town has been remembered as a well-loved and cherished member of the community.
Chris Boardman, who owned The Argyle Gourmet in Camden for 46 years, died on Monday afternoon when the motorbike she was on collided with a f…[Read more]

Fury over year 9 students in South Australia being asked to debate whether the tradwife movement is good for women

Debating SA says callers have been ‘ringing up screaming’, accusing it of undoing centuries of female advancement

Year 9 students in South Australia are about to debate whether “the ‘tradwife’ movement is good for women” – but the t…[Read more]

The perfect dish for them’: Erin Patterson explains why she included dried mushrooms in fatal lunch

Triple-murder accused also denies foraging death caps hours before buying food dehydrator as trial continues

Erin Patterson has denied leading health officials on a “wild goose chase”, and that she foraged death cap mushrooms two hours befor…[Read more]

‘Ignore all that rubbish’: Phil Gould takes aim at Toby Sexton’s agent while Reed Mahoney’s rival talks confirmed

ould whacks Sexton’s manager over leaks
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Canterbury Bulldogs general manager Phil Gould has taken aim at Toby Sexton’s management and confirmed Reed Mahoney’s agent made an “innocent request” to talk to rivals with reports…[Read more]

Goldstein headed for partial recount, final result still days away

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will conduct a partial recount in Goldstein but has knocked back Zoe Daniel’s request for a full recount of the inner Melbourne seat.
Liberal candidate Tim Wilson finished the count 260 votes ahead of Daniel on Saturday, prompting the i…[Read more]

Coalition reunion seems inevitable but tensions remain

A reunion of the Coalition seems inevitable but tensions remain in both parties.
Some Nationals are defending the gains secured in the talks that sent the opposition into turmoil for two weeks.
But negotiations are back on even as former leaders circle Nationals boss David Littleproud.

“I’m…[Read more]

NSW government to probe anti-Semitism response amid concerns about anti-hate laws

As one state prepares to probe rising anti-Semitism, a peak Jewish body warns that anti-hate laws have not made many in the community feel safer.

A peak Jewish body has claimed controversial anti-protest laws introduced by the NSW government in a bid to crack down…[Read more]

Push for three million workers to get a pay rise above inflation

The federal government is pushing the Fair Work Commission to deliver pay rises for almost three million workers to catch up with inflation price rises.
The Australian Government made a submission today to the annual wage review, recommending that “the Commission award an…[Read more]

The poison paradox: How Australia’s deadliest animals save lives

With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot.

“He’s posing,” the spider-keeper jests as it rears up on its back legs. It is exactly what she’s trying to achieve – that way she can suck the venom from…[Read more]