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Unsuspecting mum-and-dad investors are among those conned by a global “boiler room” scam – which netted more than $1bn. A man’s believed to have been killed in a shark attack near Elliston on the west coast of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. Peter Dutton wants tech giants to step up and tackle QLD’s youth crime crisis. Minimal enforcement of current vape laws is giving Victorian retailers confid...

With more than 970,000 migrants expected in the next three years, figures reveal only around half that number of new homes will be built. The family of convicted NCA bomber Domenic Perre is considering issuing a petition for mercy following his death. More funding offered to turn a dormant quarantine facility into an emergency shelter for Brisbane’s homeless. New guidelines recommend bowel cancer...

Peter Dutton has made his second budget-in-reply speech overnight, with measures for female health, mental health and welfare. Calls to stop QLD poaching police officers from Victoria. Concerns over potential levies for developers building new housing in Sydney. SA country footballer farewelled following his death after his club’s season-opening match. Severe punishment considered for officials in...

The Coalition and economists have warned that Labor’s cost-of-living relief increases the “risk” of higher interest rates for longer. The landmark Path to Treaty legislation passes in a special regional sitting of QLD parliament. Confusion over the future of Melbourne’s Airport Rail Link after Minister’s backflip. The SA Government launches an anti-vaping campaign for high schoolers. A Wiggle reve...

Centrepiece of the federal government’s cost-of-living relief package is a $3.5bn investment to triple the bulk-billing incentive for GPs. A South Australian trade office will be opened in Germany to spearhead the state’s green hydrogen push. Violent and abusive behaviour at community sporting matches could see parents and spectators across NSW banned for life. Queensland’s Family and Child Commis...

Australia will have a budget surplus for the first time in 15 years with a $4bn surplus expected this financial year. An escort’s been charged over the death of a young tradie found in the stairwell of a Sydney apartment block. Members of the exclusive SA club that hosted LIV Golf don’t want the event back next year. The QLD Police Commissioner is warning that the rise of vigilantism across the st...

Single parents, pensioners, welfare recipients and low to middle-income households will be the big winners from a $14.6bn cost-of-living relief budget package, but Labor’s targeted cash splash will not ease the inflation pain for everyone.  An attempt to rename the proposed new “Gadigal” metro station in Sydney in honour of Indigenous war hero Reg Saunders has been rejected.  Victorian government...

The families of the remaining ISIS brides stuck in Syria are preparing to launch a landmark legal challenge to force the government to   bring them back to Australia.  A young Sydney woman who tragically died after a horse riding accident has been described as an “angel” by friends and family.  A young Queensland woman suffering depression and pleading for help was repeatedly told to go home by st...

Paying interest on Australia’s debt will cost $700 every second for the next five years as the federal government moves to target mega gas profits, high super balances, smokers and multinationals with tax hikes to raise budget revenue.  A man who turned up to television star Sophie Monk’s house holding a single rose claims he was duped by an online scammer into believing he was in a relationship w...

The 15th season of MasterChef Australia will go to air with the blessing of late judge Jock Zonfrillo’s family.  As many as 95 major infrastructure projects across NSW including highway upgrades and road safety programs could face the chop after federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King announced a snap audit Monday as the government looks to rein in spending.  The teenager allegedly behind t...

Australian star boxer Harry Garside has been charged with domestic violence following a dramatic airport arrest.  An archaic cap restricting Allianz ­Stadium and the SCG precinct to just four concerts per year is set to be ­lifted in a win for residents of ­Greater Sydney.  Russell and Ann Field say the QLD government has “blood on its hands” and warn more innocent people will die if it doesn’t ur...

Entertaining MasterChef judge and award-winning chef Jock Zonfrillo’s devastated wife and their two young children are understood to be making their way home from Rome where they were on a family holiday before his sudden death at 46.   Health workers will today walk off the job in a bid to get the NSW government to deliver on its pre-election promise to scrap the public sector wage cap.   Three w...

Junior footy numbers are surging with girls helping kick participation levels in Victoria to ever higher ground. Police are probing a violent brawl that erupted at a barbecue in the carpark of a Laverton warehouse on Saturday night. Charlotte Viney,  the wife of Melbourne footy star Jack Viney , has called out shocking abuse on social media amid another health scare  for their baby daughter . The...

Frustrated parents are spending 13 times longer in the car on school days as traffic chaos peaks during key pick-up and drop-off times. Victorians are paying more in local taxes per person than any other state in Australia after governments pocketed an extra $7.3bn in land tax, stamp duty and other charges. The chances of another interest rate hike next week have plunged after new inflation figure...

Victorian RSLs trying to rid themselves of expensive and unusable licences for pokies are being blocked by the Andrews government, forcing them to look at cutting vital veterans support. Almost eight dog attacks are occurring across Melbourne each day on average, new figures reveal. SIX million Aussies will be able to buy two months’ worth of prescription medicines from September in a move that wi...

A renowned jockey and father of four Dean Holland, has tragically died after a shocking fall at a racetrack in Western Victoria. A statue of Barry Humphries as alter-ego Dame Edna Everage has been proposed for the Melbourne suburb the comic genius helped put on the map. Australians are not putting their money where their mouths are, at least when visits to dentists are concerned, with half the pop...

Victorian teachers are experiencing “extreme stress” and burnout amid chronic staff shortages and many are resigning or taking leave.  The Australian arm of the mafia has a new Melbourne-based Godfather in the biggest change to the “Honoured Society” in decades.  A Victorian infantryman killed on one of the worst days in Australia’s military history, while his brother was captured in the same acti...

The state government is in discussions with the taxi industry about significant regulatory changes that could see cab drivers forced to turn on their meters and accept all rides.  Telcos will be able to block scammers sending fake text messages impersonating Australian companies and government agencies under a $10m budget initiative.  The driver who was killed in Thursday’s horror crash at Strathm...

Railway maintenance faces major funding cuts and the North East Link project may be delayed in worrying signs for commuters ahead of the state and federal budgets. The driver accused of causing the worst crash on Victorian roads in more than a decade potentially had cannabis in his system and was clocked speeding just minutes before five people died in a “catastrophic” head-on collision. Another V...

Daniel Andrews’ credibility has been called into question over secret evidence he gave before a major corruption probe.  Crown is set to hire about 700 new full-time staff at its Melbourne hotels, expanding its status as one of Victoria’s biggest employers.  One in four drivers admits to squinting while behind the wheel, putting them and other road users at heightened risk of a serious accident.  ...

The monthly number of people attempting to stay in Australia by claiming to be refugees ­despite having arrived by plane on student, work, or holiday visas has nearly doubled since last year.  A group of 100 furious Buddhists descended on a Melbourne pub to protest about a comedian’s joke referencing the ­recent video that showed the Dalai Lama asking a young boy to suck his tongue.  Four complain...

AFL legend Gary Ablett Sr has started proceedings in the Supreme Court claiming negligence against the AFL and Geelong and Hawthorn football clubs.  People seeking cosmetic surgery such as facelifts, nose jobs, breast work and even Botox ­injections may face being ­referred to shrinks under tough new rules likely to further clog the health system.  Desperate Victorians are living in portables in t...

Controversial independent senator Lidia Thorpe has been video delivering a profanity-riddled rant to a group of men outside a north Melbourne strip club early on Sunday. A junior footy league has introduced a white card policy in a bid to stamp out umpire abuse and poor sideline behaviour. Millions of dollars in funding is expected to be slashed from the community health sector, with Premier Danie...

Indigenous Australians will front the “No” campaign against the Voice. The AFL is expected to confirm the Gather Round will remain in South Australia for several years. The Victorian Liberal Party faces the prospect of electoral wipeout, a new analysis of its state election loss has warned. AND Candice Warner is the “happiest I’ve ever been”, personally and professionally, after years of highs and...

Melbourne’s long awaited airport rail link will be put on hold. Australia’s athletes will be banned from staying in the Olympic village once they have completed their events at the Paris Games in 2024 City of Melbourne is planning to make driving down the CBD’s “little streets” difficult and slow, but businesses are hitting back at “green lobby” policies. And A Victorian football club has decided...