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Fraudulent VET providers targeted in sector crackdown

Fraudulent VET providers targeted in sector crackdown

New laws introduced to parliament will make it easier for fake training organisations to be suspended from operating to better protect students.

NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW is shutting the door on offshore drilling and mining operations in its waters, sabotaging PEP-11 and other projects.

Albanese pledge on domestic violence and harassment

Albanese pledge on domestic violence and harassment

Albanese pledge on domestic violence and harassment

Albanese pledge on domestic violence and harassment

The prime minister has made a pledge on domestic violence during a UN Women's breakfast before shifting his focus to the workplace culture in Parliament House.

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Guns, machete 'crackdown' to target crims in Victoria

Guns, machete 'crackdown' to target crims in Victoria

Victorian laws will be tweaked to give police greater powers to issue criminals with gun bans and crackdown on the sale of machetes to minors.

Three Black Hawk army helicopters to arrive early

Three Black Hawk army helicopters to arrive early

Black Hawk helicopters from the United States have been expedited after the early grounding of the Taipan fleet left a hole in the army's capability.

Demand for Vic budget to plug health funding holes

Demand for Vic budget to plug health funding holes

The Victorian government must address soaring WorkCover premiums and wage rises outpacing indexation so public healthcare doesn't worsen, a peak body says.

Israel presses Gaza onslaught as US pursues ceasefire

Israel presses Gaza onslaught as US pursues ceasefire

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held a meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid hopes for a truce in Gaza.

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Murder charge for boy, girl traumatised after stabbing

Murder charge for boy, girl traumatised after stabbing

Murder charge for boy, girl traumatised after stabbing

Murder charge for boy, girl traumatised after stabbing

A boy has been charged with murder and a six-year-old girl has been left traumatised after a 70-year-old woman was fatally stabbed outside a shopping centre.

Wong walks tightrope over top court's Israel ruling

Wong walks tightrope over top court's Israel ruling

Wong walks tightrope over top court's Israel ruling

Wong walks tightrope over top court's Israel ruling

The Greens and coalition want the foreign minister to be more resolute in her stance on the world court's ruling on allegations of genocide in Gaza.

Premier to discuss media access to courts

Premier to discuss media access to courts

Premier to discuss media access to courts

Premier to discuss media access to courts

After a boy accused of murder appeared in a closed court hearing, Queensland Premier Steven Miles says he will speak to the attorney-general about media access.

Church bells and protest chants as parliament returns

Church bells and protest chants as parliament returns

Church bells and protest chants as parliament returns

Church bells and protest chants as parliament returns

A church service offered a moment of quiet as federal politicians returned for 2024, before protests and tax debate brought sound and fury back to Canberra.

Tokyo governor's hydrogen innovation hopes for new deal

Tokyo governor's hydrogen innovation hopes for new deal

Tokyo governor's hydrogen innovation hopes for new deal

Tokyo governor's hydrogen innovation hopes for new deal

While rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific occupy Japan and Australia, Tokyo's governor hopes a new deal can combat another growing global challenge.

Shock at call for moratorium on 'reckless renewables'

Shock at call for moratorium on 'reckless renewables'

Shock at call for moratorium on 'reckless renewables'

Shock at call for moratorium on 'reckless renewables'

Anti-renewables activists want to protect agricultural land but the energy industry says solar and wind is future-proofing farmers and giving regions new jobs.

Australia's despair at writer's death sentence in China

Australia's despair at writer's death sentence in China

Australia's despair at writer's death sentence in China

Australia's despair at writer's death sentence in China

The prime minister has expressed dismay and despair after a Chinese-Australian writer was handed a suspended death sentence.

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Hospital head 'falsified death certificates'

An inquiry has been told a former senior executive at a Tasmanian hospital falsified death certificates and didn't report matters for investigation as required.

BHP clinches renewable energy supply for Olympic Dam

A wind farm and battery system will supply BHP's Olympic Dam mine with baseload renewable energy under a deal struck with French renewable energy leader Neoen.

Concerns stranded livestock could still go to Israel

Animal activists are concerned an exporter may re-apply to ship thousands of stranded sheep and cattle to the Middle East after an earlier attempt failed.

Low income earners to benefit from Medicare levy change

The minimum income threshold at which taxpayers incur a two per cent Medicare levy will be lifted under laws before the federal parliament.

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Inquiry wants second inquiry into Vic workers comp laws

A Victorian parliamentary inquiry into contentious proposed changes to the state's worker compensation scheme has suggested experts hold their own inquiry.

'One step forward, two back' on costly demerger mess

Communities wanting to unwind council mergers will have to pay up to $190 million to do it amid calls for the state to clean up the "mess" it created.

Axed Labor MP dodges questions on return to parliament

Former Victorian Labor MP Will Fowles has remained tight-lipped after returning to state parliament following a police investigation into an alleged assault.

A decade to save for a country home as regions grow

Regional Australia can look forward to more jobs and innovation, but health, housing and climate change present ongoing challenges, a landmark report says.

More jobs in regions, health and housing fall behind

All Australian regions grew during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and jobs have doubled. But health, housing and climate present major challenges.

Defence robotic vehicles tested in joint AUKUS trial

Australian scientists have joined their US and UK counterparts in testing robotic vehicles, amid warnings the AUKUS pact must deliver if it is to succeed.

Tolling tale of truck crashes in the spotlight

A convoy of truck drivers has made the journey to Parliament House in Canberra to call for increased safety rules to stem a rising road death toll.

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