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Call for DV package to also target changing violent men

Call for DV package to also target changing violent men

A new push to prevent domestic violence in NSW must address men's behavioural change program waitlists and expand resources across the state, providers say.

Surfer murder prompts calls for tough knife search laws

Surfer murder prompts calls for tough knife search laws

Surfer murder prompts calls for tough knife search laws

Surfer murder prompts calls for tough knife search laws

Police are hunting the killer of a 22-year-old man as the surfer's stabbing death in Coffs Harbour adds fuel to calls for knife law reforms.

PM slams prosecutors amid fallout over ex-detainee bail

PM slams prosecutors amid fallout over ex-detainee bail

PM slams prosecutors amid fallout over ex-detainee bail

PM slams prosecutors amid fallout over ex-detainee bail

Anthony Albanese has distanced himself from a decision to oppose bail for a released detainee before an alleged assault, saying it "lacks common sense".

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Grocer monopoly price-gouging Torres Strait Islanders

Grocer monopoly price-gouging Torres Strait Islanders

Company monopolies and the need to have goods shipped from Cairns has left Torres Strait Islanders paying over-the-top food prices in Queensland.

Ministers mark Germany's return of Indigenous artefacts

Ministers mark Germany's return of Indigenous artefacts

Australian and German ministers have witnessed the return of cultural items to the Kaurna people that were sent to Germany in 1840.

Supply shortfalls set to exacerbate housing crisis

Supply shortfalls set to exacerbate housing crisis

Housing affordability has worsened in Australia and could be set to deteriorate further but there is no easy fix on the horizon.

'No easy answer' as ministers meet on gendered violence

'No easy answer' as ministers meet on gendered violence

The attorney-general has met with police ministers to discuss early prevention methods for violence against women.

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Mind the gap: job choice not behind lower pay for women

Mind the gap: job choice not behind lower pay for women

Mind the gap: job choice not behind lower pay for women

Mind the gap: job choice not behind lower pay for women

The fact women and men tend to enter different occupations only accounts for around 20 per cent of the gender pay gap, research shows.

Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion

Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion

Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion

Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion

Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are seeking additional sanctions over his out-of-court comments, and say an alleged payment was extortion.

Solomons picks China-friendly Manele as new PM

Solomons picks China-friendly Manele as new PM

Solomons picks China-friendly Manele as new PM

Solomons picks China-friendly Manele as new PM

Jeremiah Manele is the Solomon Islands' new prime minister after a vote by MPs that suggests the Pacific nation will maintain close ties with Beijing.

Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines

Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines

Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines

Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines

Donald Trump faces the prospect of more sanctions in his hush-money trial as he returns to a Manhattan court for another contempt hearing.

State parliament votes to make sex work legal and safe

State parliament votes to make sex work legal and safe

State parliament votes to make sex work legal and safe

State parliament votes to make sex work legal and safe

A fourth Australian jurisdiction has voted to fully decriminalise sex work in a bid to prevent discrimination and ensure safety.

Judge retires to consider if Pauline Hanson is a racist

Judge retires to consider if Pauline Hanson is a racist

Judge retires to consider if Pauline Hanson is a racist

Judge retires to consider if Pauline Hanson is a racist

After days of arguments and evidence, a judge will consider whether Pauline Hanson made a racial slur in telling a Greens senator to go back to Pakistan.

Global body warns Australia on interest rates, NDIS

Global body warns Australia on interest rates, NDIS

Global body warns Australia on interest rates, NDIS

Global body warns Australia on interest rates, NDIS

Services inflation, the Chinese economy and household consumption are sources of uncertainty hanging over the OECD's economic growth forecasts for Australia.

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'Horrifying' caged dog account sparks kids care review

Children in care, who drew careful distinction between therapeutic carers and shift workers, have described being shuttled through hotels and exposed to danger.

Parents groomed online after posting photos of kids

Parents are being asked for child sexual abuse material and intrusive questions about their kids after posting photos of them online.

Bonza passengers in limbo as planes grounded for longer

Bonza's fleet will be idle or a few more days as administrators hold talks with stakeholders and determine the airline's future.

New Solomons PM to calm frictions but keep China ties

While a China-Solomons policing pact is expected to stay under the new prime minister, there's likely to be less friction with Australia, an expert says.

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Qld homes receive nation's biggest energy bill support

The Queensland government is delivering a major rebate amid the cost of living crisis in Australia's biggest energy cash splash for households.

Woolies CEO says customers struggling to make ends meet

Customer shopping patterns have shifted since the start of the year as rents rise and Australians seek savings, Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci says.

No 'sugar-coating' Victorian budget, treasurer says

Victorian families won't be asked to shoulder an "inordinate burden" in the state budget so the government can balance its books, Treasurer Tim Pallas says.

Teen climate activists demand apology from premier

Climate activists who protested inside Woodside's annual general meeting claim the WA premier defamed them to the media and have demanded an apology.

Specialist police to target Alice Springs youth crime

Eighteen extra police officers will be deployed to Alice Springs to target youth crime, high visibility policing and rapid response to public order situations.

Sustainable investment must be real not faked: ASIC

The corporate watchdog wants Australia to attract sustainable investment, not scare it off, but not at the expense of well-meaning consumers and investors.

Calls to establish climate change intelligence unit

A dedicated unit to tackle the security threat posed by climate change should be established within Australia's intelligence community, a former ADF chief says.

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