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Family law changes will protect women, children: expert

Family law changes will protect women, children: expert

Current family law measures are not responsive enough to address family and domestic violence, an inquiry has been told.

Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

BHP-owned Oz Minerals has agreed to pay $9.3 million in fines after self-reporting employees bribed foreign officials to obtain mining rights in Cambodia.

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

Newcrest Mining will pay its biggest-ever dividends in fiscal 2023, in what is likely to be the big goldminer's last months as an Australian company.

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'Positive' talks over in-limbo Bass Strait power link

'Positive' talks over in-limbo Bass Strait power link

Discussions have been positive between the Tasmanian and federal governments about how to fund a Bass Strait power link, the state's energy minister says.

Ex-discrimination chief heads arts workplace council

Ex-discrimination chief heads arts workplace council

Former sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins will lead a council to lift workplace standards across the arts industry.

New generation of cheaper electric vehicles rolls in

New generation of cheaper electric vehicles rolls in

One of three electric vehicles costing less than $40,000 arrives in Australia this week and its manufacturer promises to accelerate progress in the market.

Skelton to let actions do talking as Wallabies skipper

Skelton to let actions do talking as Wallabies skipper

New Wallabies captain Will Skelton won't let his lack of leadership experience prevent him driving Australia's young side forward at the Rugby World Cup.

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'G'day Aussies': Cheng reaches out from Beijing jail

'G'day Aussies': Cheng reaches out from Beijing jail

'G'day Aussies': Cheng reaches out from Beijing jail

'G'day Aussies': Cheng reaches out from Beijing jail

Australian citizen Lei Cheng was working as a journalist in China when she was arrested in 2020 on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas.

'Perfect storm': insolvency surge threatens businesses

'Perfect storm': insolvency surge threatens businesses

'Perfect storm': insolvency surge threatens businesses

'Perfect storm': insolvency surge threatens businesses

The Australian Taxation Office and other creditors pose the biggest threat to cash-strapped businesses facing an insolvency "surge", an organisation says.

Battle looms for parliamentary standards watchdog

Battle looms for parliamentary standards watchdog

Battle looms for parliamentary standards watchdog

Battle looms for parliamentary standards watchdog

An independent human resources authority will be set up to support workers in Parliament House but establishing an enforcement body could face an uphill battle.

Aust stocks climb ahead of crucial US inflation readout

Aust stocks climb ahead of crucial US inflation readout

Aust stocks climb ahead of crucial US inflation readout

Aust stocks climb ahead of crucial US inflation readout

The local share market finished 0.26 per cent higher ahead of a crucial monthly US inflation report, with gains for energy companies as gas prices soar.

Don't blame migration for housing mess, business says

Don't blame migration for housing mess, business says

Don't blame migration for housing mess, business says

Don't blame migration for housing mess, business says

The Business Council of Australia says it's disingenuous to brand a temporary rebalancing of Australia's migration inflows as a "big Australia" policy.

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicines and 60-day dispensing will go ahead as planned but a second push to veto the policy will come up for a vote just days after it starts.

Households urged to check power bills for cheaper rates

Households urged to check power bills for cheaper rates

Households urged to check power bills for cheaper rates

Households urged to check power bills for cheaper rates

Residential households could save hundreds of dollars a year off their power bills by taking advantage of regulated cheaper plans as electricity prices spike.

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AGL Energy posts $1.26 billion loss after writedowns

AGL Energy suffered a $1.26 billion loss after writing down the value of its coal-fired power plants and its energy derivatives contracts.

Ex-PM Morrison avoids probe into robodebt comments

Scott Morrison will not be investigated for allegedly misleading parliament about his role in robodebt, in the wake of a royal commission report.

Matildas' belief grows as Cup fever sweeps Australia

Support for the Matildas is sweeping the country as Australia's players continue to believe they can do something special at the Women's World Cup.

Nuclear waste dump King hit, Indigenous owners rejoice

Indigenous owners have welcomed the federal government dumping plans for a nuclear waste facility in regional South Australia.

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'Milestone' reached on 24/7 nurses in aged care homes

Nurses were in residential aged care homes almost the entire time at facilities nationwide, with the federal government declaring the achievement a "milestone".

Tourism bonanza as China resumes tours of Australia

China has re-added Australia to its approved destination status scheme, setting the scene for hundreds of thousands of extra holiday makers to visit Down Under.

President Biden to host Albanese at the White House

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to travel to Washington in October to meet US President Joe Biden and discuss the bilateral relationship.

Aussie winemakers are hoping to raise a glass to China

Australian grape and wine producers are optimistic that hefty tariffs will be scrapped on wine exported to China, after imposts on barley were removed.

Rudd portrait provides open door to the imagination

Kevin Rudd's official portrait captures a former prime minister at home and provides an "I Spy'' of symbolic objects open to the viewer's interpretation.

Pacific workers set to gain new government benefits

Pacific engagement visa holders could soon be given financial support to attend university, under new laws introduced to parliament.

Tax office whistleblower a 'hero not a villain'

Federal crossbench MPs say the prosecution of tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle should be dropped.

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