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No punishment for hotel quarantine deaths as trial axed

No punishment for hotel quarantine deaths as trial axed

No one will be held criminally accountable for Victoria's fatal COVID-19 hotel quarantine system after charges against the health department were dropped.

Jobseeker cash rise quashed but other help on the cards

Jobseeker cash rise quashed but other help on the cards

Jobseeker cash rise quashed but other help on the cards

Jobseeker cash rise quashed but other help on the cards

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will look for other ways to help people doing it tough rather than raising income support payments.

'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

'Take responsibility': PM's $1b domestic violence fund

National cabinet has agreed to a $925 million fund that will provide $5000 to women escaping domestic violence, as part of a suite of reforms.

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Coercive control under spotlight in new ad campaign

Coercive control under spotlight in new ad campaign

A new domestic violence campaign is warning of the 'invisible' signs of abuse amid revelations most people are unaware when they're in an abusive relationship.

Youth detention law change sparks widespread outcry

Youth detention law change sparks widespread outcry

The Queensland government has been accused of breaching its international human rights commitments over a planned youth justice law change.

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Locking up freed immigration detainees who have reoffended needs to be urgently pursued, Anthony Albanese has said after a grandmother's brutal assault.

Commissioner warns of 'tech wreck' from unchecked abuse

Commissioner warns of 'tech wreck' from unchecked abuse

As Australia races to retrofit laws for generative artificial intelligence, the nation's eSafety commissioner says investigators face real-life harms every day.

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MP throws shade on renewable energy at solar conference

MP throws shade on renewable energy at solar conference

MP throws shade on renewable energy at solar conference

MP throws shade on renewable energy at solar conference

A blistering assessment of Australia’s renewable energy investments has shocked attendees at a Brisbane solar event.

Concerns raised over police stop and search powers

Concerns raised over police stop and search powers

Concerns raised over police stop and search powers

Concerns raised over police stop and search powers

The Queensland government's decision to expand police stop and search powers after a spate of NSW knife attacks has raised concerns.

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Some of the world's biggest energy companies have been granted licences to start developing offshore wind farms to replace Australia's coal-fired power plants.

Judge fines Trump for contempt in hush money trial

Judge fines Trump for contempt in hush money trial

Judge fines Trump for contempt in hush money trial

Judge fines Trump for contempt in hush money trial

Donald Trump's hush money trial has resumed, with a judge first ruling on prosecutors' prior request to hold the former US president in contempt of court.

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

Funding crisis leaves 1000 DV victims stranded each day

A funding shortfall and lack of staffing has forced Australia's domestic violence legal services into crisis mode with one turning away 1000 people every day.

Hanson willing to sell Muslim Greens senator her house

Hanson willing to sell Muslim Greens senator her house

Hanson willing to sell Muslim Greens senator her house

Hanson willing to sell Muslim Greens senator her house

Pauline Hanson says a total Muslim immigration ban is not her party's policy, telling a court a Greens senator who practises Islam can buy her house.

Retailers feel pinch as shoppers stay home, spend less

Retailers feel pinch as shoppers stay home, spend less

Retailers feel pinch as shoppers stay home, spend less

Retailers feel pinch as shoppers stay home, spend less

The high cost of essentials such as health, education and housing are squeezing household budgets and leading to weak discretionary spending.

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Government's Games bid a 'stuff up' from the start

The chair of an inquiry into Victoria's doomed 2026 Commonwealth Games bid has slammed the event's business case and the government for withholding documents.

Damage from methane adds to pressure for carbon levy

A leading economist has doubled down on calls for a $100 billion a year carbon tax to back new industries and stop pumping out "astounding" levels of methane.

Lifeline records busiest day after emotional fortnight

More than three people a minute sought help from Lifeline amid distress over femicide and domestic violence, as people call for more mental health funding.

Weapon search laws extended in $1.2b safety pledge

Shoppers and pub patrons could be searched for weapons by police under a proposed expansion of "wanding" laws that have attracted interstate attention.

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Quantum computing bid receives billion-dollar boost

The first fault-tolerant quantum computer in Australia is on its way, with 400 jobs to be created in the process due to a billion dollar government investment.

Military staff face higher suicide risk: commission

Men serving in the ADF are 30 per cent more likely to die by suicide than their counterparts employed in civilian jobs, according to royal commission research.

EV crash victims could be left to die in battery fires

Emergency responders, mechanics and tow truck drivers need greater training in how to deal with electric vehicle crashes and fires, an inquiry has heard.

Marles backs immigration minister after brutal bashing

The opposition has led calls for the immigration minister to step down following the alleged assault of a grandmother by a freed detainee.

Murder of Indigenous women a national crisis: PM

Anthony Albanese has ruled out calling a royal commission into violence against women ahead of a national cabinet meeting that will address the crisis.

No police probe into complaints against sacked Labor MP

A Victorian MP has been booted from the parliamentary Labor party but the premier will not ask police to investigate complaints of inappropriate behaviour.

Origin Energy LNG revenue soars, Eraring's future open

Origin Energy's revenue from liquefied natural gas on higher volumes and prices surged in the March quarter, as talks continue over keeping Eraring burning.

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