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Referendum only chance to set up Indigenous voice: PM

Referendum only chance to set up Indigenous voice: PM

Anthony Albanese says the government will walk away from future attempts at setting up an Indigenous voice if the referendum fails.

Uniform power of attorney laws will protect the elderly

Uniform power of attorney laws will protect the elderly

Uniform power of attorney laws will protect the elderly

Uniform power of attorney laws will protect the elderly

Legal experts say moves to protect the elderly and vulnerable from financial abuse and exploitation by standardising power of attorney laws are long overdue.

Free shingles jab coming for millions of Australians

Free shingles jab coming for millions of Australians

Free shingles jab coming for millions of Australians

Free shingles jab coming for millions of Australians

Australians most at risk of complications from developing shingles will be eligible to receive a free vaccine against the virus.

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Resilience of Australian businesses under a microscope

Resilience of Australian businesses under a microscope

A health check on the business sector and consumers will reveal how well the economy is holding up as price pressures persist and interest rates remain high.

Hamas attacks against Israel 'abhorrent': Albanese

Hamas attacks against Israel 'abhorrent': Albanese

Anthony Albanese says Australia stands by Israel and recognises its right to defend itself after deadly attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Proposed Indigenous voice would be like no other

Proposed Indigenous voice would be like no other

In a referendum campaign defined by its division, the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ camps wholeheartedly agree on one aspect of the proposed Indigenous voice.

Tradies, skilled workers needed for clean energy shift

Tradies, skilled workers needed for clean energy shift

Tradies and uni graduates with clean energy skills and sustainability credentials are in demand but Australia needs tens of thousands more to hit climate goals.

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Why stolen Australian books are being used to train AI

Why stolen Australian books are being used to train AI

Why stolen Australian books are being used to train AI

Why stolen Australian books are being used to train AI

Novels from best-selling Australian authors including Trent Dalton are being used to improve generative AI without their knowledge or consent.

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

The tax office is coming after businesses owing more than $100,000 by threatening to name and shame them in a bid to recoup more than $5 billion it is owed.

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Housing advocates, unions, think tanks, academics and politicians will meet to talk about possible solutions to the escalating housing affordability crisis.

Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Political leaders have called on young people to be the voice of their generation ahead of the referendum, as the prime minister cast his vote early.

Older Australians face ongoing 'ageism' discrimination

Older Australians face ongoing 'ageism' discrimination

Older Australians face ongoing 'ageism' discrimination

Older Australians face ongoing 'ageism' discrimination

Ageism is rife and needs to be more broadly acknowledged, according to advocates who are calling for a national awareness campaign.

Trump denies telling Aussie billionaire sub secrets

Trump denies telling Aussie billionaire sub secrets

Trump denies telling Aussie billionaire sub secrets

Trump denies telling Aussie billionaire sub secrets

Donald Trump says allegations he disclosed confidential information about US submarines to Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt are "false and ridiculous".

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Forestry authorities say they met all necessary requirements when they held daytime searches for an endangered nocturnal glider before logging a NSW forest.

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Female activists face physical threats, vile taunts

Shocking new data has revealed the vile abuse being directed towards Australian female activists ahead of International Day of the Girl.

Why electric vehicles get better tech than petrol peers

Australians purchasing electric cars are being rewarded with higher-grade entertainment technology featuring as standard in their vehicles.

Syrian Armenian refugees in Australia fear for homeland

Syrian Armenian refugees who fled to Australia are fearing for those left behind amid a fresh conflict that has been condemned as a modern-day genocide.

Against the odds, tiny town bookshop spreads the love

Bricks-and-mortar stores like Nice Stack of Books in the town of Meeniyan, Victoria - population 840 - are helping people re-discover the magic of book shops.

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Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Aboriginal health experts say the success of community-controlled health organisations shows what could be achieved with a 'yes' vote in the voice referendum.

War crimes probes shouldn't 'endlessly pursue' veterans

The UK's minister of state for veterans' affairs says war criminals will be held to account but pursuing soldiers if evidence does not exist shouldn't happen.

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

The federal government's $72.4 million investment into early childhood education will allow workers to grow, upskill and hopefully remain in the job.

Agriculture ministers on the march against fire ants

The spread of an ant that can kill native species and livestock has dominated a meeting of senior ministers, with power poles above farmland also on the agenda.

Australian shares gain ahead of crucial US jobs report

The ASX200 rose 0.4 per cent on Friday to finish the week down 1.2 per cent, before a non-farm payrolls report in the United States.

Forestry Corp looked for nocturnal glider at daytime

A harvesting ban has been extended in a NSW forest after authorities said the Forestry Corporation failed to identify den trees for an endangered glider.

CFMEU blasts industry 'hysteria' on workplace reforms

Tradies have no reason to be worried the federal government's workplace reforms will force them to become employees, the construction union says.

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