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Detainee tweet 'shooting from the hip': PM

Detainee tweet 'shooting from the hip': PM

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both in Melbourne campaigning ahead of a by-election, as the issue of immigration detainees dominates the debate.

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

A zero-tolerance approach to feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park has been flagged by the federal government if culling fails to stop environmental harm.

Australian shares hit new high for third time this year

Australian shares hit new high for third time this year

Australian shares hit new high for third time this year

Australian shares hit new high for third time this year

The ASX200 has risen 0.6 per cent to finish above 7,700 for the first time amid optimism around global markets and risk-on sentiment.

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Ultra Tune to appeal $1.5m contempt of court penalty

Ultra Tune to appeal $1.5m contempt of court penalty

Auto-servicing firm Ultra Tune should be punished for failing to be compliant with franchisees even after being hit with a $2 million fine, a judge has said.

Australia looks at forcing Facebook to do news deals

Australia looks at forcing Facebook to do news deals

All options are on the table as the federal government tries to get Facebook to negotiate deals with Australian news outlets.

'Novel' claim to have GST money cover Qld debt to NSW

'Novel' claim to have GST money cover Qld debt to NSW

NSW has threatened to withhold funding from Queensland if the state does not pay outstanding bills for COVID-19 hotel quarantine measures.

Life360 soars after handily beating earnings guidance

Life360 soars after handily beating earnings guidance

Shares in fast-growing family-tracking tech company Life360 were up more than 30 per cent after it beat guidance and unveiled a new advertising business model.

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Data roaming during disasters not for widespread use

Data roaming during disasters not for widespread use

Data roaming during disasters not for widespread use

Data roaming during disasters not for widespread use

Telstra officials say plans to allow mobile customers to share the networks of other telcos during disasters could not be used in widespread incidents.

Tributes for 'beloved, formidable' Labor senator

Tributes for 'beloved, formidable' Labor senator

Tributes for 'beloved, formidable' Labor senator

Tributes for 'beloved, formidable' Labor senator

Labor senator for Victoria Linda White is being remembered as a fierce advocate and tireless worker after losing a health battle.

Fear spy crackdown will create uni research brain drain

Fear spy crackdown will create uni research brain drain

Fear spy crackdown will create uni research brain drain

Fear spy crackdown will create uni research brain drain

National security legislation designed to crack down on secrets leaking could lead to the unintended consequence of scaring the world's brightest minds away.

'Obsessed' Higgins told Ten not to settle with Lehrmann

'Obsessed' Higgins told Ten not to settle with Lehrmann

'Obsessed' Higgins told Ten not to settle with Lehrmann

'Obsessed' Higgins told Ten not to settle with Lehrmann

Brittany Higgins took the '"extraordinary" position of only helping Ten defend a defamation suit if they did not pay Bruce Lehrmann damages, his lawyers say.

Falling letters, shop traffic weighs down Aust Post

Falling letters, shop traffic weighs down Aust Post

Falling letters, shop traffic weighs down Aust Post

Falling letters, shop traffic weighs down Aust Post

Australia Post may have to shrink its retail network as falling foot traffic and low letter activity threatens the service's financial viability.

NSW leader defends judgment after iftar event canned

NSW leader defends judgment after iftar event canned

NSW leader defends judgment after iftar event canned

NSW leader defends judgment after iftar event canned

Leaders of the states where three in four Australian Muslims live have cancelled annual iftar dinners over community anger about the Gaza conflict.

Super cash-ins lump taxpayers with $85b 'long COVID'

Super cash-ins lump taxpayers with $85b 'long COVID'

Super cash-ins lump taxpayers with $85b 'long COVID'

Super cash-ins lump taxpayers with $85b 'long COVID'

A key super fund body says taxpayers are on the hook for between $75 billion and $85 billion because of the Morrison government's early super access policy.

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Ukrainian-Australians call for support as aid dwindles

Australia needs to increase support for Ukraine because it will boost international security as well as the local defence industry, a public hearing has heard.

Aussies saved by smartwatches to front tech campaign

Two Australians, rescued in different ways by smartwatch technology, will tell their stories in short films created by Apple.

PM backs spy chief keeping politician turncoat secret

A decision to keep secret the name of a former politician who was caught up in a foreign spy ring has been defended by the prime minister and top ministers.

Hires need tools, equipment to grind out productivity

Australia is in the productivity slow lane and although the pandemic goes a long way to explaining it, a key economic institution says more action is needed.

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Invasive bees defy evolution to cover Sydney-sized area

Invasive Asian honey bees have defied evolutionary expectations to grow from a single swarm into more than 10,000 colonies in Queensland, researchers say.

Australian shares hit record high on back of late rally

The Australian share market has hit a record in intraday trading, before closing at its second-highest level after rallying all afternoon.

Storms follow temps over 40C as heatwave bakes on

Severe heatwaves making their way through Western and South Australia have hit the east, where storms could follow after multiple areas passed the 40C mark.

Who Dat: Karoon Energy reveals record $126m profit

Karoon Energy has posted its best-ever profit and is looking forward to more production from its oil and gas field apparently named by a New Orleans Saints fan.

Greens senator censured over Philippines protest

Greens senator Janet Rice has been handed a rare parliamentary rebuke for her protest against an address to parliament by the Philippines president.

Starvation in Gaza accelerates without Australian funds

Australia must clarify the conditions required to restore funding to the UN's Palestinian relief agency or the situation in Gaza will worsen, independents say.

Guessing game over turncoat pollie, no 'treason' charge

Speculation is rife about the identity of the former politician who sold out Australia to a foreign spy ring as government ministers defend the secrecy.

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