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Sydney’s gang war is on track to eclipse the infamous Melbourne conflict involving Carl Williams and the Morans, according to one of the men behind the original Underbelly TV series.  In Victoria, Mornington Peninsula ratepayers who don’t install new solar power would be forced to fund a generous discount for households that make the switch under a new council proposal.  Queensland Police Commissi...

The Coalition claims people smugglers are “testing” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, following the arrival of more than 40 asylum-seekers in remote Western Australia. A young SA man is fighting for life after he was struck by a car while changing a tyre  on the side of the Port River Expressway. The sole survivor of the deadly mushroom lunch has broken his silence the day after his 45th wedding an...

At least 40 guards will be deployed to protect NRL players in Las Vegas, with players warned over “sex” traps and extortion scams. Linesmen crucial to reconnecting electricity have been accused of downing tools as thousands of Victorian homes are left without power. South Australian criminals are flouting home detention conditions amid claims authorities are failing to properly respond to overnigh...

Dozens of people have fallen ill at a popular Adelaide sporting arena, sparking a major public health emergency and a safety review.  More young offenders could be fitted with GPS trackers and police given expanded powers to randomly search people for knives, as the Queensland government scrambles to crack down on youth crime.  A new study has found pregnant women are too reliant on multivitamins...

Bosses who unreasonably contact their staff after hours face fines and jail time after the Greens snuck criminal penalties into a new “right to disconnect”, leaving Labor scrambling to fix its own law. Melbourne’s Catholic Church has lost a major legal fight to block the parents, siblings, friends and families of abuse victims from suing for ­damages. Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has asked...

Crucial crossbenchers are urging the Albanese government to stop a yearly hike to student debt set to hit almost three million Australians amid a crushing cost of living crisis. A complaint regarding a “hateful” customised licence plate seemingly glorifying the October 7 Hamas terror attacks was not acted upon – despite being made last month. Brisbane’s controversial $2.7bn Gabba rebuild is dead,...

Doctors across NSW could be forced to jack up their fees by $12 in six months time to combat a state government “tax grab” which could also result in the closure of many GP clinics. King Charles’s cancer diagnosis will force Prince Harry into a potentially tense reunion with his father, stepmother and brother, with the rogue royal expected to fly to London immediately. Two vile predators are now b...

The Albanese government will reap billions of dollars from extra tax on fuel, beer and spirits, including a 1.8 per cent hike this week, while sparing Tesla owners and wine drinkers.  Tobacconists across Sydney peddling black market vapes have been swept up in the largest raid blitz so far, with more than 30,000 illegal vapes at a street value of $1.1 million seized over five days last week.  Vict...

Distilleries and brewers are warning of a hit to Australia’s hospitality sector and local tourism unless the federal government freezes the twice-yearly tax hike on beer and spirits. It comes after The Daily Telegraph revealed the Western Parkland City Authority (WPCA) was sitting on $500 million in unspent grants and had only managed to start work on a visitors’ centre that has been dismissed as...

Margot Robbie has spoken out one week after being overlooked for a nomination at the 2024 Oscars. Risk of being unable to field a team if players are benched for three weeks under new concussion protocols, a Victorian Nationals MP has warned. The number of babies dying within a month of birth has almost doubled since 2018, the year the state’s biggest ever review into maternity services was launch...

One of the biggest changes to Australian recreational sport in history is being urged by the country’s peak sporting institute in the fight against concussion and long term brain injuries. Education Minister Prue Car has slammed her federal counterparts, accusing the Albanese government of trying to “short-change” NSW school kids. South Australian public hospitals had five catastrophic “sentinel”...

Godfreys Group, the iconic retailer of vacuums that has been selling cleaners for almost 100 years, has collapsed into administration, with cost of living pressures and the challenging economic environment sucking out its profitability and causing its demise. Extra prevention measures protecting swimmers from sharks will not be installed around Sydney Harbour despite Monday’s brutal bull shark att...

Australia will remain loyal to its top six for next month’s tour of New Zealand despite the worrying form slump that has resulted in No.3 Marnus Labu­schagne’s Test average dropping by 10 in little over a year. Sydney tradies have offered scathing feedback on the industry’s next generation of workers, describing them as “lazy” and “not willing to put in the hard yards”. Pop superstar Taylor Swift...

The Federal Government is facing calls to match its fee-free TAFE commitment. A flood watch has been issued for Southeast QLD. The Victorian Government has ignored  the parliamentary inquiry recommendation to outlaw recreational duck hunting. NSW caseworkers are failing to visit up to 76 per cent of young people reported as vulnerable. South Australia has overtaken  Victoria as the best-performing...

Two medical researchers helping to cure melanoma have both been recognised as the 2024 Australian of the Year. North Queenslanders could face three-day power outages  and life-threatening flash flooding with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily making landfall. Infectious disease experts have queried official Covid advice sent to Victorian public schools this week. In South Australia, fewer teenage boys are p...

Anthony Albanese will almost halve the tax cut going to some Australians in order to deliver savings to low and middle income earners. Former South Australian premier Steven Marshall retire from state parliament. A young boy is fighting for life after being kicked in the head by a horse in Centennial Park. In Victoria, three people are dead  in a drowning tragedy at Phillip Island. A 400mm deluge...

Anthony Albanese is poised to abandon his promise to leave Stage 3 tax cuts alone. Laws to indefinitely lock up or permanently monitor repeat child sex offenders in South Australia would be the toughest in the country. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is forecast to start lashing the Queensland coast this afternoon. Rugby league players like Reece Walsh and Latrell Mitchell could potentially face visa hur...

More than 25,000 properties across Queensland’s southeast were without power overnight - as storms hit the region after a scorching day. Undercover cop Mick Drury claims Roger Rogerson and other senior police attempted to set him up to be killed after two previously failed attempts. Victoria Police officers clashed with pro-Palestine protesters at the Port of Melbourne on Monday. Up to 5000 new ho...

Cricket Australia will walk a delicate tightrope this week when it gently acknowledges the polarities of emotion around Australia Day during the Gabba Test.  A multi-millionaire conman has been found dead in a Sydney hotel, on the same day he was due to be sentenced for a Ponzi scheme which has left up to $24 million unaccounted for.  A South Australian man missing since being caught in a rip has...

Australian basketball star Josh Giddey is reportedly set to avoid criminal charges over his alleged relationship with a minor.  Runaway Brittany Higgins has shared the first update from her new life in France.  In a Wuhan-esque study, Chinese scientists are experimenting with a mutant Covid strain that is 100 per cent lethal to “humanised” mice.  The first luxury hotel in Adelaide’s northern subur...

The driver who allegedly caused the crash that killed an Adelaide family is an Italian honeymooner and part-time international travel blogger whose new wife was also injured on impact.  Former NRL star Sonny Bill Williams has been cautioned by Channel Nine management over a series of controversial personal social media posts he made claiming horrific atrocities committed by Hamas against Israelis...

The Albanese government rejected a request to fast-track a nationwide review of supermarket conduct, it can be revealed despite the Prime Minister vowing to do “whatever is necessary” to bring down the price of essentials.  Queensland’s domestic violence scourge is now a state of emergency, as shocking new data shows increases in almost every offence in just a year, and more than 20 people killed,...

Victorian developers face delays of up to 18 months due to Indigenous cultural heritage ­requirements that are creating another roadblock to the government’s ambitious plan to build 80,000 homes a year.  New shocking videos of violence between South Australian schoolchildren have emerged on social media – including a boy waving a knife in the face of another child as he performs what appears to be...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered a fresh warning to supermarket giants, telling them the current voluntary grocery code of conduct could become mandated if they do not do the right thing. Aldi has joined Woolworths in its decision to axe Australia Day merchandise this year. Deadly skin cancer diagnoses are expected to rise by up to 69 per cent in Victoria over the next decade, with ex...

Interest rates could be slashed as early as June, as smaller petrol and food price hikes helped slow inflation to its lowest growth in almost two years. Iconic Australian supermarket brand Woolworths has been condemned for ditching its ties to Australia Day after announcing it would no longer sell any merchandise related to the public holiday. Melbourne footballer Joel Smith is facing a suspension...