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Energy retailer fined for tardy payments to customers

Energy retailer fined for tardy payments to customers

An energy retailer has been forced to pay more than $400,000 in penalties for breaching the rules for payments after failing to meet guaranteed service levels.

'Brick wall': Young people express climate action anger

'Brick wall': Young people express climate action anger

'Brick wall': Young people express climate action anger

'Brick wall': Young people express climate action anger

Medical professionals, young people and scientists have backed a push to legislate a duty of care for children when considering climate-related decisions.

Greener grass if weed is legal but doctors more blunt

Greener grass if weed is legal but doctors more blunt

Greener grass if weed is legal but doctors more blunt

Greener grass if weed is legal but doctors more blunt

Legalising weed has been touted as a solution to reducing the stigma of users and increasing health benefits as senators hash out the effect of proposed laws.

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Stabbing leads to calls for tougher youth crime laws

Stabbing leads to calls for tougher youth crime laws

A Queensland council is calling on the government to introduce more significant sentences to violent youth offenders after a grandmother's fatal stabbing.

Cheap, damaged e-scooters may be banned in apartments

Cheap, damaged e-scooters may be banned in apartments

Apartment managers will be encouraged to restrict the use of e-scooter "cheap imports" in by-laws and educate residents about using technology safely.

High-risk AI use could be banned by new task force

High-risk AI use could be banned by new task force

Using artificial intelligence technology in risky tasks such as social scoring and biometric identification could be banned in Australia by a new group.

Qld premier commits to expanding CCC's reporting powers

Qld premier commits to expanding CCC's reporting powers

The Queensland government will expand the reporting powers of the Crime and Corruption Commission after a commitment from Premier Steven Miles.

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Justice responses to sexual violence to be examined

Justice responses to sexual violence to be examined

Justice responses to sexual violence to be examined

Justice responses to sexual violence to be examined

An inquiry will look at how survivors of sexual assault can get better outcomes from the justice system when they seek to hold perpetrators accountable.

Minns rejects claim hate speech review targets Muslims

Minns rejects claim hate speech review targets Muslims

Minns rejects claim hate speech review targets Muslims

Minns rejects claim hate speech review targets Muslims

The NSW premier has been accused of disregarding advice and marginalising Muslims with a review of the state's hate speech laws.

NSW incitement laws face overhaul amid Gaza tensions

NSW incitement laws face overhaul amid Gaza tensions

NSW incitement laws face overhaul amid Gaza tensions

NSW incitement laws face overhaul amid Gaza tensions

A former NSW chief justice will review the state's laws criminalising incitement to violence, which have never resulted in a conviction.

Father who murdered three sons stripped from grave

Father who murdered three sons stripped from grave

Father who murdered three sons stripped from grave

Father who murdered three sons stripped from grave

Robert Farquharson, who murdered his three young sons in 2005, has lost his right to his children's gravesite in a first for Victoria.

Rights for older Australians to be legislated

Rights for older Australians to be legislated

Rights for older Australians to be legislated

Rights for older Australians to be legislated

Once in a generation reforms would legislate a statement guaranteeing the rights of Older Australians under sweeping changes to the nation's aged care system.

Laws stripping terrorists' citizenship pass lower house

Laws stripping terrorists' citizenship pass lower house

Laws stripping terrorists' citizenship pass lower house

Laws stripping terrorists' citizenship pass lower house

New laws stripping Australian citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terror offences have passed the House of Representatives.

New media laws to 'level the playing field' for free TV

New media laws to 'level the playing field' for free TV

New media laws to 'level the playing field' for free TV

New media laws to 'level the playing field' for free TV

Free-to-air TV will be guaranteed top billing on smart TVs, while anti-siphoning laws will be updated to stop key sporting events from being behind paywalls.

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Last state opens door to dignified death laws

A sombre celebration will be held by voluntary assisted dying campaigners as NSW becomes the last state to enact the powers for terminally ill people.

Strict new conditions for detainees pass lower house

Amendments to laws keeping tabs on people released from immigration detention have passed the House of Representatives.

Opposition backs age verification for pornography

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has backed calls to implement age verification for viewing pornographic material online.

Credit card gambling ban passes lower house

Gambling reform measures to ban the use of credit cards to place wagers have been passed by the House of Representatives.

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Warning work compo premiums could be hiked further

A planned overhaul of Victoria's broken workers compensation scheme hangs in the balance as the opposition demands a parliamentary inquiry into the changes.

Laws targeting dangerous dogs to be introduced in Qld

Five dog breeds are expected to be banned and owners held criminally responsible for attacks under legislation to be tabled in Queensland parliament.

Sea dumping legislation passes the upper house

Carbon dioxide will be allowed to be exported from Australia to be stored under the sea after new laws passed in federal parliament.

Changes to empty homes tax hit roadblock in parliament

A vote on Victorian legislation to expand taxes on vacant homes and undeveloped land has been delayed, with the opposition and Greens against the changes.

Victoria latest Australian state to ban Nazi salute

The Nazi salute, or anything closely resembling it or a Nazi symbol will be outlawed in Victoria, which becomes the latest Australian state to legislate a ban.

WA to cap gun ownership under tough new laws

The West Australian government has released details about its firearm laws overhaul, including a proposal to restrict the number of guns a person can own.

Little hope of further constitutional change: experts

Australia's emphatic 'no' to the voice referendum may have spelt the end for any constitutional change in the future, experts claim.

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