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Australia must scale up aid for security

Australia must scale up aid for security

Australia’s peak body for international development is urging the federal government to step up its foreign aid budget, or risk the nation's reputation.

Training rolled out to improve state emergency response

Training rolled out to improve state emergency response

Training rolled out to improve state emergency response

Training rolled out to improve state emergency response

Training exercises on mass fish kills, dam failures and mass casualty events will be rolled out to NSW emergency crews in a bid to improve disaster responses.

Green mining could be dynamite for new hydrogen sector

Green mining could be dynamite for new hydrogen sector

Green mining could be dynamite for new hydrogen sector

Green mining could be dynamite for new hydrogen sector

Australia could usher in the next boom by switching ammonia production plants from gas to renewable hydrogen to supply the mining sector with green explosives.

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Spy ring that recruited former politician uncovered

Spy ring that recruited former politician uncovered

A spy ring specifically targeted politicians, academics and students while others had tried to hurt dissidents in Australia, the nation's top spy has revealed.

Health workers 'welcome to reapply' amid vaccine ruling

Health workers 'welcome to reapply' amid vaccine ruling

Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman says health workers axed over refusing the COVID-19 vaccine can reapply for their jobs after a court ruling.

Calls for Closing the Gap to be 'above politics'

Calls for Closing the Gap to be 'above politics'

With only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets on track to be met, a range of senators put forward different ideas on how best to address Indigenous inequity.

First homebuyer shared equity scheme clears lower house

First homebuyer shared equity scheme clears lower house

A shared equity scheme allowing first homebuyers to buy a property with a two per cent deposit has passed the House of Representatives.

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Hypocrisy call after 'devastating' report on $5b scheme

Hypocrisy call after 'devastating' report on $5b scheme

Hypocrisy call after 'devastating' report on $5b scheme

Hypocrisy call after 'devastating' report on $5b scheme

Substantial issues have been uncovered in an audit of a war chest filled with billions of dollars derived from Australia's largest road infrastructure project.

Indigenous senator felt 'culturally unsafe' after abuse

Indigenous senator felt 'culturally unsafe' after abuse

Indigenous senator felt 'culturally unsafe' after abuse

Indigenous senator felt 'culturally unsafe' after abuse

Malarndirri McCarthy has accused another Indigenous senator of making her feel "culturally unsafe" in the chamber after her family and character were targeted.

October 7 attack 'legitimate': Islamic Council rep

October 7 attack 'legitimate': Islamic Council rep

October 7 attack 'legitimate': Islamic Council rep

October 7 attack 'legitimate': Islamic Council rep

A leading Islamic group won't attend the Victorian premier's Iftar dinner over Labor's response to the Gaza conflict, calling an attack on Israel "legitimate".

Defence holding fire on more aid for Ukraine

Defence holding fire on more aid for Ukraine

Defence holding fire on more aid for Ukraine

Defence holding fire on more aid for Ukraine

Ukraine's top diplomat in Australia has called on the nation to help end the "meat grinder" war besieging his country by donating more military equipment.

Biden wins Michigan primary but faces Gaza protest vote

Biden wins Michigan primary but faces Gaza protest vote

Biden wins Michigan primary but faces Gaza protest vote

Biden wins Michigan primary but faces Gaza protest vote

Joe Biden and Donald Trump have easily won their parties' Michigan primaries but the Democratic president has been hit with a protest vote over the war in Gaza.

Tax cut changes to be put to test as by-election looms

Tax cut changes to be put to test as by-election looms

Tax cut changes to be put to test as by-election looms

Tax cut changes to be put to test as by-election looms

Controversial tax cuts will be front of mind for by-election voters as they prepare to go to the polls just days after the passage of the reforms.

Vape shops could close as government eyes sales ban

Vape shops could close as government eyes sales ban

Vape shops could close as government eyes sales ban

Vape shops could close as government eyes sales ban

Vape shops have been put on notice, as the government attempts to ban the sale of e-cigarettes and vapes in coming months,

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Piggy politicians squeal for end to greedy grocers

Strutting through parliament as swindling swines, independent MPs Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie have called on the government to break up the major supermarkets.

Tas AFL club rejects premier's pitch to delay launch

Tasmania's AFL club has stuck to its planned launch date despite the state's premier saying he wants it delayed until after the election.

'Hundreds of millions' to flow to states for basin deal

The Commonwealth will soon deliver large cheques to improve the health of the Murray-Darling Basin as one state sets its sights on private irrigators.

One-third of Tasmania to snub major parties, poll says

Opinion polling suggests more than one third of Tasmanians will not vote for a major party at the upcoming state election.

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Farmers fuming despite having say on biosecurity spend

A panel that includes farmers will help decide how biosecurity funding is spent, but producers are still furious about a new levy they will have to pay.

Child support changes introduced after court finding

Amendments to interim child support payment periods have been introduced to the federal parliament after a court raised the need for reform.

Veterans' compensation laws to miss key deadline

Draft laws to overhaul the framework governing how former military personnel receive compensation have been released but are behind schedule.

Language and culture may be key to Indigenous education

Traditional languages and cultural practices must be central to education for Indigenous children, First Nations elders and senior leaders have found.

Kremlin warning to NATO if its troops fight in Ukraine

France's president has raised the possibility of European troops on the ground in Ukraine, but Russia says such a move would make conflict with NATO inevitable.

Aussies to keep more of what they earn as tax cuts pass

Low and middle income earners are guaranteed bigger tax cuts after changes championed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cleared federal parliament.

PM issues Greens challenge on first homebuyer scheme

Anthony Albanese is challenging the Greens to back the government's Help-to-Buy housing scheme as it faces opposition from the minor party.

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