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Labor's rivals block health rebate cut for pensioners

Labor's rivals block health rebate cut for pensioners

A plan to cut health insurance rebates for older Australians has been blocked for now, due to a combined move in the upper house by the coalition and Greens.

Widower's compassionate wish for killer stuns courtroom

Widower's compassionate wish for killer stuns courtroom

Widower's compassionate wish for killer stuns courtroom

Widower's compassionate wish for killer stuns courtroom

A man has offered compassion for a youth who killed his wife of almost 50 years while speeding and affected by drugs, as she drove home from church.

Labor gas plan a short term 'sugar hit', industry warns

Labor gas plan a short term 'sugar hit', industry warns

Labor gas plan a short term 'sugar hit', industry warns

Labor gas plan a short term 'sugar hit', industry warns

Labor promises its national gas reservation scheme will lower gas prices for households, but the industry warns it will only be a "sugar hit".

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Bottom of house-price slide, rent peak 'fair way off'

Bottom of house-price slide, rent peak 'fair way off'

Renters and home-owners are likely to be in pain for some time yet as a fight picks up over whether tenants should be protected by caps.

Russia hits Ukraine energy facilities despite ceasefire

Russia hits Ukraine energy facilities despite ceasefire

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has condemned Russia for not abiding by Donald Trump's energy ceasefire, as Ukraine says more power facilities have been hit.

Big bank rejects push to end financing of land clearing

Big bank rejects push to end financing of land clearing

Commonwealth Bank shareholders have firmly rejected an attempt by conservationists to get the company to end the financing of deforestation.

Expert rejects killer cop's 'impossible' gunshot theory

Expert rejects killer cop's 'impossible' gunshot theory

A theory promoted by Beau Lamarre-Condon's lawyer about how one of his alleged murder victims died has been rejected by a ballistics expert.

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Kangaroos coach makes Tedesco vow, explains Walsh pick

Kangaroos coach makes Tedesco vow, explains Walsh pick

Kangaroos coach makes Tedesco vow, explains Walsh pick

Kangaroos coach makes Tedesco vow, explains Walsh pick

The door remains open for James Tedesco to dislodge Reece Walsh as Australia's first-choice fullback, Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters says.

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Tuvalu's climate minister says he was "very happy" with pre-COP attendance, but alarmed by new fossil fuel projects being green-lit in Australia.

Prisoner's landmark egg freezing win in High Court

Prisoner's landmark egg freezing win in High Court

Prisoner's landmark egg freezing win in High Court

Prisoner's landmark egg freezing win in High Court

The High Court has opened the door to more women freezing their eggs behind bars after it overturned a state's decision banning a prisoner from the procedure.

Iran shifting tactics before US midterms: officials

Iran shifting tactics before US midterms: officials

Iran shifting tactics before US midterms: officials

Iran shifting tactics before US midterms: officials

Iran is using a new strategy to target ships in and beyond the Strait of Hormuz, officials say.

Selection headaches loom as Matildas thrash Haiti

Selection headaches loom as Matildas thrash Haiti

Selection headaches loom as Matildas thrash Haiti

Selection headaches loom as Matildas thrash Haiti

Leticia McKenna starred with two goals as the Matildas rebounded from a poor loss with a big win over Haiti as they prepare for next year's World Cup.

Saudi-led coalition strikes oil facilities in Yemen

Saudi-led coalition strikes oil facilities in Yemen

Saudi-led coalition strikes oil facilities in Yemen

Saudi-led coalition strikes oil facilities in Yemen

New strikes overnight by the Saudi-led coalition on oil facilities in Yemen have marked a fresh escalation in the widening Middle East crisis.

Closing the Gap progress 'stalled' since referendum

Closing the Gap progress 'stalled' since referendum

Closing the Gap progress 'stalled' since referendum

Closing the Gap progress 'stalled' since referendum

The Closing the Gap campaign has stalled since the Indigenous voice referendum says Megan Davis, a key architect of the 2023 initiative.

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Record-breaking bowlers relishing it while they can

Australia need their big four bowlers fit and firing to achieve what they want to over the next 12 months. And the early signs are good in South Africa.

Ruthless Australia start road run with a big win

Josh Hazlewood's six-wicket haul has carried Australia to a resounding 214-run win in the first Test against South Africa in Durban.

Russia hits no energy targets in Ukraine after 'truce'

Russia hasn't struck Ukrainian energy targets for the first time since Donald Trump's "energy ceasefire", while Kyiv says it will honour a truce if Moscow does.

Don't become the status quo, treasurer warns Labor

Despite Labor losing political paint over its budget tax changes, the treasurer says the only way to see off One Nation is to continue the hard work of reform.

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'Feral flesh': pedophile screamed at before extradition

One of Australia's most notorious former childcare abusers has had vitriol hurled at him before the pedophile was extradited interstate to answer more charges.

Telstra takes aim at nation's growing regulatory burden

Telstra's chairman has cited mandatory mobile roaming as an example of a regulation that discourages investment at a time Australia needs more of it.

'Abhorrent': PM slams plans for US execution livestream

Anthony Albanese is considering all options to prevent Australians from being exposed to the "completely abhorrent" proposed livestream of a US execution.

Saudi attacks raise fresh concerns over Asian Cup

The Houthi rebel attacks on Saudi Arabia's main airport have cast fresh doubt on the likelihood of next year's Asian Cup going ahead as scheduled.

'Very comfortable': Roos defend trade for 'sorry' Swan

After pulling off one of their biggest trades, North Melbourne won't say if Nick Blakey gave assurances about his role in the Pullman Hotel scandal.

Vanishing gun marks on body probed in officer's trial

How marks consistent with an "execution-style" killing of Beau Lamarre-Condon's ex vanished between the body's discovery and its autopsy has been questioned.

'Will be great for us': Suaalii welcomes Nawaqanitawase

He looms as a rival for a Wallabies backline spot but Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii cannot wait to have fellow code-hopping superstar Mark Nawaqanitawase back in rugby.

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