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'Blood on your hands': disability reforms blasted

'Blood on your hands': disability reforms blasted

Disability and human rights advocates have serious concerns about a planned overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Shares lift as rate-sensitive stocks continue higher

Shares lift as rate-sensitive stocks continue higher

Shares lift as rate-sensitive stocks continue higher

Shares lift as rate-sensitive stocks continue higher

The local mining sector continues to retreat from recent gains, but retail stocks, banks, real estate trusts and utilities have fuelled a bounce on the ASX.

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Higher debt, cheaper homes as territory axes stamp duty

Stamp duty will be abolished for ACT first home buyers in an Australian first, despite the territory budget set to surpass $12 billion in debt.

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'Justice for cruelty': detainees able to sue government

'Justice for cruelty': detainees able to sue government

A High Court ruling could pave the way for non-citizens held unlawfully in detention to receive millions of dollars in compensation from the Commonwealth.

Charity cheerleader brushes off impact of tax plan

Charity cheerleader brushes off impact of tax plan

A minister who is urging Australians to leave more gifts to charity upon their death has shrugged off the impact of proposed new taxes on trusts.

Target-practice drone maker lauds spike on trade debut

Target-practice drone maker lauds spike on trade debut

Shares in Boresight, which makes cheap, expendable drones for militaries around the world, jumped by 80 per cent upon their stock market debut.

Arts groups lament remote chance of snaring city donors

Arts groups lament remote chance of snaring city donors

An inquiry into arts philanthropy has heard organisations outside capital cities struggle to find generous philanthropists.

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'Historic': disability workers push for massive raise

'Historic': disability workers push for massive raise

'Historic': disability workers push for massive raise

'Historic': disability workers push for massive raise

Australian disability and community workers are calling for a historic pay rise, with almost a third saying they cannot meet basic living costs.

Relief for workers with lifeline for ailing smelters

Relief for workers with lifeline for ailing smelters

Relief for workers with lifeline for ailing smelters

Relief for workers with lifeline for ailing smelters

Smelter operator Nyrstar hasn't ruled out needing further taxpayer money after extra funds were announced to prop up two ailing facilities.

Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Back to the future: Kmart returning checkouts to exits

Kmart Group is refurbishing two dozen more stores to a new format, and opening a new concept store for home goods near an Australian capital city.

Motorists set to pay more for fuel as tax cut ends

Motorists set to pay more for fuel as tax cut ends

Motorists set to pay more for fuel as tax cut ends

Motorists set to pay more for fuel as tax cut ends

Motorists will face higher fuel prices at the bowser in the coming weeks as the federal government flags the end of the temporary cut to the excise.

Preparing for lift-off: green fuel projects get a boost

Preparing for lift-off: green fuel projects get a boost

Preparing for lift-off: green fuel projects get a boost

Preparing for lift-off: green fuel projects get a boost

A pilot program will provide support to some of Australia's low-carbon fuel projects in a bid to turn potential into commercial reality.

'Transformative' airport to open with meagre schedule

'Transformative' airport to open with meagre schedule

'Transformative' airport to open with meagre schedule

'Transformative' airport to open with meagre schedule

An international airport will open with less than two dozen domestic flights a week, but it's hoped it can give passengers better travel options.

'Reform is always hard': PM coy on tax carve outs

'Reform is always hard': PM coy on tax carve outs

'Reform is always hard': PM coy on tax carve outs

'Reform is always hard': PM coy on tax carve outs

Anthony Albanese has not revealed whether carve outs for businesses are on the table for controversial tax changes from the federal budget.

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Hopes native tree project will save endangered cockatoo

The endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo has been thrown a lifeline, with more than 200,000 trees being planted to create a crucial 10km bushland corridor.

Australia, Turkey launch ambitious electrification goal

Electrification, waste and building efficiency targets have been proposed by the leaders of international climate negotiations to keep a key goal within reach.

Aussie retailers under pressure from e-commerce giants

Australians are continuing to turn to global e-commerce providers as rising costs weigh on household budgets, heaping more pressure on local retailers.

Hundreds of jobs to go as barbecue retailer sizzles out

An outdoors chain retail store synonymous with Australian barbecue culture will shut down after 50 years after failing to find a new buyer.

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Hybrid sales in the used car fast lane as prices rise

More Australian motorists are getting behind the wheel of a second-hand hybrid vehicle in a trend experts say is designed to beat petrol prices.

'Back in the 1970s': NDIS changes to take away dignity

Cost-saving measures targeting the National Disability Insurance Scheme will strip disabled Australians of their dignity, advocates have warned.

Australian shares trim losses as NAB predicts rate cut

The ASX has recovered some of its early dip after major bank economists predicted a change of direction for the Reserve Bank, but risk appetite remains subdued.

Just a mimic of One Nation: coalition cops Labor serve

One Nation's rise in the polls is no shock to experts who say it's been brewing for years, as the coalition fails to rule out a preference deal with the party.

Aussie demand for SpaceX float overwhelms call centres

The lead Australian broker on the $2.5 trillion public launch of Elon Musk's SpaceX is experiencing "extremely high" call volumes as investors try to get in.

Modern slavery investigators urged to follow the money

Conviction rates on modern slavery are around one per cent of reports, leading to calls for fresh thinking on how to investigate the crime.

Apple boss praises social media ban in Albanese call

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has singled out Australia's under-16 social media ban as a driver of child safety changes on the tech giant's devices.

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