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Price cuts may recharge Aussie electric vehicle market

Price cuts may recharge Aussie electric vehicle market

Some of Australia's biggest electric vehicle brands have cut the price of their models, with one setting a record cost for low-emission cars.

Australia's Antarctic research needs '100-year plan'

Australia's Antarctic research needs '100-year plan'

Australia's Antarctic research needs '100-year plan'

Australia's Antarctic research needs '100-year plan'

An inquiry into the importance of Antarctica to Australia's interests has been told of the need for longer-term funding and issues around competing interests.

Housing 'defining issue' for economy, says treasurer

Housing 'defining issue' for economy, says treasurer

Housing 'defining issue' for economy, says treasurer

Housing 'defining issue' for economy, says treasurer

Rents remain a lingering source of inflation weighing heavily on household budgets, with the federal government keen to see more homes built to ease pressures.

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PM downplays airline duopoly as Rex waits for lifeline

PM downplays airline duopoly as Rex waits for lifeline

A competition tsar has taken issue with the prime minister's suggestion that regional airline Rex engineered its own demise by targeting capital-city routes.

Disability reform chance squandered, say advocates

Disability reform chance squandered, say advocates

Claims it is delaying reforms recommended by the disability royal commission have been rejected by the federal government, despite concern from advocates.

Call for Woodside to extract more value, not more gas

Call for Woodside to extract more value, not more gas

Woodside Energy is under fire for its management of climate risk and capital as activist investors slam recent "high-cost, high-emission" acquisitions.

Aussies told to leave Lebanon as contingencies prepped

Aussies told to leave Lebanon as contingencies prepped

Australians in Lebanon have been told to leave immediately as the security situation deteriorates and commercial flights are at risk of being grounded.

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Why the next ride you share could be in an electric car

Why the next ride you share could be in an electric car

Why the next ride you share could be in an electric car

Why the next ride you share could be in an electric car

Another 500 electric vehicles will be made available for rideshare drivers as part of a $20 million investment in the industry.

Indigenous inequality not solvable overnight: PM

Indigenous inequality not solvable overnight: PM

Indigenous inequality not solvable overnight: PM

Indigenous inequality not solvable overnight: PM

Just five of 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to being met, a report says, leading to calls for the federal government to step in and do more.

Australia may not be the quarry Asia requires for steel

Australia may not be the quarry Asia requires for steel

Australia may not be the quarry Asia requires for steel

Australia may not be the quarry Asia requires for steel

Australia needs to act quickly or lose out to faster movers on green iron and steel elsewhere, an industry decarbonisation expert warns.

Myanmar refugee in Melbourne saving scam gangs' slaves

Myanmar refugee in Melbourne saving scam gangs' slaves

Myanmar refugee in Melbourne saving scam gangs' slaves

Myanmar refugee in Melbourne saving scam gangs' slaves

A Myanmar refugee in Melbourne who rescues migrant workers enslaved in scam schemes operated by Chinese mafia says Australia is seen as prime duping territory.

Australia's 'harrowing' youth homelessness reality

Australia's 'harrowing' youth homelessness reality

Australia's 'harrowing' youth homelessness reality

Australia's 'harrowing' youth homelessness reality

Almost one-in-10 people aged 15 to 19 said they experienced homelessness in the past year, according to a survey.

Scams help push financial complaints to record levels

Scams help push financial complaints to record levels

Scams help push financial complaints to record levels

Scams help push financial complaints to record levels

Financial complaints have reached a record high after disputes to the ombudsman service went up a further nine per cent to more than 105,000 in 2023/24.

'Unacceptable': period poverty leads to DIY solutions

'Unacceptable': period poverty leads to DIY solutions

'Unacceptable': period poverty leads to DIY solutions

'Unacceptable': period poverty leads to DIY solutions

Two in three Australian women struggle to afford menstruation products and one in two miss work due to periods, as advocates call on the government to step in.

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Journalists at Nine end pay dispute with management

Editorial staff from the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and other Nine mastheads have struck a deal with management over improved pay and conditions.

Methane menace must be tackled and farmers rewarded

Large scale livestock trials should test the efficacy of feed supplements in tackling methane,says a new report as the greenhouse gas hits new levels.

Help on its way for Rex despite 'flawed' expansion

A taxpayer-funded lifeline for Rex Airlines looks increasingly likely as the Albanese government highlights the carrier's "absolutely vital" regional presence.

'Kick in the guts': shock at disability report response

Almost a year after the Disability Royal Commission delivered its damning report, the government has released its response to a mixed reaction.

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ASX hits record high, dollar sinks as inflation cools

The ASX200 rose 1.8 per cent in its best single-day performance since late 2022, while the Aussie fell under 65 US cents for the first time in three months.

Special education to stay despite royal commission call

While a royal commission urged for special schools to be phased out for students with disabilities, states and territories say the arrangements will stay.

Door swings shut on rate rise following inflation data

Australia's inflation rate has clocked its first annual increase in 18 months but borrowers can breath easy as it was unlikely to trigger another rate hike.

Political playground fight rages over school funding

As the number of Australians finishing high school slips, the federal government has proposed a new plan to help students and teachers.

CFMEU-busting law being prepared, new minister says

Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has tasked his department to have new laws ready to go if the tarnished CFMEU push to fight its administration.

Industry calls for $3b fund to clean dirty big trucks

A big investment will be needed to put more heavy-duty electric trucks on the road, an industry group says, as well as changes to support cleaner fuel.

Rio Tinto 'open' to nuclear energy, profit flatlines

Rio Tinto says it wants to find better ways to provide the materials the world needs but warns decarbonisation has "a long way to go".

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