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Bandaid solution: economists take aim at super to buy

Bandaid solution: economists take aim at super to buy

Top economists have doubts the opposition's super for home ownership scheme will do much to help those struggling most to buy.

Rivals offer parachute for Bonza staff after collapse

Rivals offer parachute for Bonza staff after collapse

Rivals offer parachute for Bonza staff after collapse

Rivals offer parachute for Bonza staff after collapse

Australia's major airlines have thrown Bonza workers a lifeline after their employer collapsed into voluntary administration.

Lehrmann given extra time to consider defamation appeal

Lehrmann given extra time to consider defamation appeal

Lehrmann given extra time to consider defamation appeal

Lehrmann given extra time to consider defamation appeal

Bruce Lehrmann has been granted an extension in which to appeal his failed defamation suit, as a court hears he will likely be liable to pay Ten's legal fees.

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Court could bar One Nation leader saying racial slur

Court could bar One Nation leader saying racial slur

A judge has been asked to reject evidence by a "disingenuous" Pauline Hanson and order the senator to stop telling people to go back to where they came from.

Australia, South Korea discuss military tech alliance

Australia, South Korea discuss military tech alliance

Australia and South Korea are working together on a potential expansion of a secretive defence technology pact that includes the US and UK.

Aussie shares plunge ahead of Federal Reserve meeting

Aussie shares plunge ahead of Federal Reserve meeting

Stronger-than-expected US wage data has again pushed back expectations for when the Federal Reserve might begin trimming interest rates.

Jobseeker cash rise quashed but other help on the cards

Jobseeker cash rise quashed but other help on the cards

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will look for other ways to help people doing it tough rather than raising income support payments.

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'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

National cabinet has agreed to a $925 million fund that will provide $5000 to women escaping domestic violence, as part of a suite of reforms.

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Locking up freed immigration detainees who have reoffended needs to be urgently pursued, Anthony Albanese has said after a grandmother's brutal assault.

Commissioner warns of 'tech wreck' from unchecked abuse

Commissioner warns of 'tech wreck' from unchecked abuse

Commissioner warns of 'tech wreck' from unchecked abuse

Commissioner warns of 'tech wreck' from unchecked abuse

As Australia races to retrofit laws for generative artificial intelligence, the nation's eSafety commissioner says investigators face real-life harms every day.

Child poverty worse, vulnerable face frightening choice

Child poverty worse, vulnerable face frightening choice

Child poverty worse, vulnerable face frightening choice

Child poverty worse, vulnerable face frightening choice

People forced to chose between paying for food and rent are reaching out to the Salvation Army, as concerns were raised over a jump in child poverty.

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Some of the world's biggest energy companies have been granted licences to start developing offshore wind farms to replace Australia's coal-fired power plants.

Flight path changed before army chopper tragedy

Flight path changed before army chopper tragedy

Flight path changed before army chopper tragedy

Flight path changed before army chopper tragedy

Grieving family members have tearfully given evidence at an inquiry into a helicopter crash that killed four servicemen off the north Queensland coast.

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

A funding shortfall and lack of staffing has forced Australia's domestic violence legal services into crisis mode with one turning away 1000 people every day.

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Hanson willing to sell Muslim Greens senator her house

Pauline Hanson says a total Muslim immigration ban is not her party's policy, telling a court a Greens senator who practises Islam can buy her house.

Australian shares gain as retail sales sink

The ASX200 has finished higher as a drop in retail sales in March reduced the odds the Reserve Bank might hike interest rates again.

Retailers feel pinch as shoppers stay home, spend less

The high cost of essentials such as health, education and housing are squeezing household budgets and leading to weak discretionary spending.

Damage from methane adds to pressure for carbon levy

A leading economist has doubled down on calls for a $100 billion a year carbon tax to back new industries and stop pumping out "astounding" levels of methane.

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Lifeline records busiest day after emotional fortnight

More than three people a minute sought help from Lifeline amid distress over femicide and domestic violence, as people call for more mental health funding.

Quantum computing bid receives billion-dollar boost

The first fault-tolerant quantum computer in Australia is on its way, with 400 jobs to be created in the process due to a billion dollar government investment.

Forestry Corp compliance squad sets sights on protests

Conservation groups have sounded the alarm over a new Forestry Corporation compliance team that will focus heavily on logging protests in NSW.

Military staff face higher suicide risk: commission

Men serving in the ADF are 30 per cent more likely to die by suicide than their counterparts employed in civilian jobs, according to royal commission research.

Coles credits Pokemon with lifting supermarket sales

Coles has recorded a 5.1 per cent rise in supermarket sales over the past three months, a boost it attributed in part to a popular collectibles campaign.

Marles backs immigration minister after brutal bashing

The opposition has led calls for the immigration minister to step down following the alleged assault of a grandmother by a freed detainee.

Murder of Indigenous women a national crisis: PM

Anthony Albanese has ruled out calling a royal commission into violence against women ahead of a national cabinet meeting that will address the crisis.

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