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'Room in your home and heart': budget backs foster care

'Room in your home and heart': budget backs foster care

A call for more foster carers of all backgrounds has been put out by a state after a landmark $1.2 billion budget injection to fix a "failed" system.

New approach needed to fulfil closing the gap promise

New approach needed to fulfil closing the gap promise

New approach needed to fulfil closing the gap promise

New approach needed to fulfil closing the gap promise

Governments must self-reflect and begin to work in new ways with Indigenous organisations if they want to close the gap in health, a report has found.

Funding fires starter's gun for Brisbane 2032 Games

Funding fires starter's gun for Brisbane 2032 Games

Funding fires starter's gun for Brisbane 2032 Games

Funding fires starter's gun for Brisbane 2032 Games

The countdown to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics has begun with a state government allocating almost $150 million to Games infrastructure in a milestone budget.

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Fresh-faced MPs arrive in parliament for orientation

Fresh-faced MPs arrive in parliament for orientation

Newly elected politicians will learn the ropes of the lower house as they prepare for the first sitting day since the federal election.

'Class warfare': blowtorch on softened home gas bans

'Class warfare': blowtorch on softened home gas bans

Homeowners in one state will be exempted from replacing broken-down gas heaters and hot water systems with electric models under watered-down rules.

'Transformational': cystic fibrosis drug price slashed

'Transformational': cystic fibrosis drug price slashed

Affordable access to life-changing treatment for cystic fibrosis will be expanded to more Australians with a change to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

Zelenskiy visits UK, Ukraine minister faces graft probe

Zelenskiy visits UK, Ukraine minister faces graft probe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has visited the United Kingdom as authorities in Kyiv probed a deputy prime minister over alleged embezzlement.

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Voters want AFL stadium deal redo but leaders unmoved

Voters want AFL stadium deal redo but leaders unmoved

Voters want AFL stadium deal redo but leaders unmoved

Voters want AFL stadium deal redo but leaders unmoved

A survey shows two-thirds of voters in one state believe they're getting a raw deal on an AFL stadium as election day approaches.

PM breaks silence to back US military strikes on Iran

PM breaks silence to back US military strikes on Iran

PM breaks silence to back US military strikes on Iran

PM breaks silence to back US military strikes on Iran

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed the US in its attack on three Iranian nuclear sites, while again calling for "dialogue and diplomacy" not war.

Call for laws to stop harm to consumers, firms online

Call for laws to stop harm to consumers, firms online

Call for laws to stop harm to consumers, firms online

Call for laws to stop harm to consumers, firms online

Australian consumers and businesses are being harmed by the behaviour of tech giants in ways that cannot be addressed with current laws, a report has found.

Global race on as state speeds up billion-dollar builds

Global race on as state speeds up billion-dollar builds

Global race on as state speeds up billion-dollar builds

Global race on as state speeds up billion-dollar builds

Existing systems are too slow-paced to keep up in a global race for capital, a major Australian technology chief says amid moves to boost business confidence.

Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown

Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown

Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown

Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown

A state government will maintain its crime crackdown in a milestone budget, with police to get the latest technology including tasers and body worn cameras.

ACT budget on life support amid health funding woes

ACT budget on life support amid health funding woes

ACT budget on life support amid health funding woes

ACT budget on life support amid health funding woes

As he readies his first budget, ACT Treasurer Chris Steel warns the territory's finances are unsustainable without a health funding boost from the Commonwealth.

Australia urges de-escalation as US strikes Iran

Australia urges de-escalation as US strikes Iran

Australia urges de-escalation as US strikes Iran

Australia urges de-escalation as US strikes Iran

The US president's decision to enter the conflict in the Middle East has sparked calls for de-escalation from Australian politicians.

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Major boost for tradie students to solve housing crisis

Tradies will be able to complete their apprenticeships for free as a state government tries to ease the housing crisis.

Belarus opposition leader, 13 others freed from jail

Fourteen dissidents including Belarus opposition leader Syarhei Tsikhanouski have been released from prison, media reports and relatives say.

Grandfather pens letter to PM after death in custody

The family of Kumanjayi White, who died in police custody on May 27, have stepped up their calls for justice and an independent probe into his death.

EU-Aust free trade deal: a “middle finger to Trump”

Hopes of inking a speedy European Union-Australia free trade deal appear wishful, with some Brussels observers hosing down expectations.

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Friends united by concern for family in Iran and Israel

Saina Salemi and her colleague Oscar are bound by fear for their respective families in Iran and Israel as efforts continue to repatriate stranded Australians.

British MPs vote in favour or legalising assisted dying

MPs have voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people, a move that would be Britain's biggest social reform in decades.

Lab boss suspended in latest DNA contamination scandal

The director of a forensic testing lab has been suspended following the emergence of contamination issues, with more than 30,000 samples still to be reviewed.

Empty chairs spark bid to arrest premier's senior staff

A state's most senior ministerial staff face being dragged to an inquiry by force after their no-show to answer questions about an explosive-laden caravan.

'Astronomical' mess prompts hospital insurance plan

A beleaguered major hospital's strained operator is seeking some of its investment back but plans are in motion to restrict it .

Secret's out: premier's ex-partner misled watchdog

Former NSW Liberal premier Gladys Berejiklian's ex-partner has failed to hide a finding he misled a corruption probe over a $48 million property development.

Liberal leader's unity call after $1.5m party bailout

Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin denies he has sided against defamed MP Moira Deeming after supporting a $1.5 million party loan to his predecessor.

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