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Calls for new house construction targets tied to population growth, speed up approval times and support more “build-to-rent” homes. Missing woman found in South Australia. Key recommendations from a landmark inquiry into how Queensland Police respond to domestic and family violence have not been enacted. Concerns raised over a national scheme to facilitate the formal transfer of community-based or...

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...

Standing in the same church where, just 229 days earlier, the King bid his “darling Mama” an emotional farewell, the 74-year-old was officially crowned monarch to the cheers of “God Save the King”, from the congregation.  Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has accused Northern Territory Police of ignoring crucial evidence that shows a series of safety rules were broken in the lead up to a deadly flight....

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...

An artificial-intelligence breakthrough developed in Adelaide is set to free up hospital beds, ease ramping and put the city’s name at the centre of health systems around the world.  New data has revealed an ounce of cocaine costs as much as a mid-range second-hand car, while a kilogram of methamphetamine could wipe out a healthy housing deposit.  Land in Adelaide’s north and south will be release...

Secret city-wide bans on selling takeaway booze have been imposed to combat rising levels of alcohol-fuelled violence and anti-social behaviour blighting Adelaide’s most popular areas. New direct flights from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur will start from July as Batik Air Malaysia and Malaysian Airlines lock horns for passengers.  Friends, siblings, a parent and child and legal guardians like aunts, un...

A Catholic schoolteacher accused of maintaining a year-long sexual relationship with a student at his Adelaide school has been released on bail despite concerns he could interfere with the continuing investigation.  Anthony Albanese has signed off on $2.2bn in funding to springboard a major Medicare overhaul as he agreed to almost halve the growth rate of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. ...

A parliamentary committee has recommended Councils should change their bylaws to allow transgender, intersex and gender-diverse people to choose which public toilet they use.  Online gambling using a credit card will be banned as the federal government moves to protect vulnerable people from the harms of betting.  It’s been revealed Australian families are paying hundreds of dollars a year in hidd...

New rapid antigen tests (RATs) that can detect both Covid and influenza with one swab have started to hit pharmacy shelves, priced from $9 to $60.  Mortgage holders face more pain with economists split on whether the Reserve Bank will for the second consecutive month keep rates on hold amid  moderating inflation.  Olympic Dam crash victim Nathan Scholz was supposed to be flying to Fiji next week w...

As Australians gathered across the world to honour the nation’s fallen on Anzac Day, royalty joined the commemorations in London with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester attending a Dawn Service in the British capital   An accused drug trafficker, who has been jailed twice in the past decade for manufacturing methamphetamine, has been refused bail despite claiming he was in pain because...

The brother of a young footballer who was declared brain-dead after an on-field collision has called for better concussion management after seeing his brother suffer several head knocks during his playing career.  The Mount Barker Football Club has been forced to move its Anzac Day clash.  New figures show young children have been worst affected by an early start to this year’s flu season in South...

A great-grandmother made cannabis butter then allowed a young teenager visiting her home to bake muffins with it – which the child then took to school to share with friends, a court has heard. A stunning hole in one at LIV Golf’s “watering hole” sparked wild celebrations among another huge crowd on the final day of the event. Three acclaimed but distinctly different wineries have teamed up to laun...

A city retail worker has referred to Adelaide CBD as “Gotham city”....after a string of knife-related crime. Business leaders are warning South Australian bosses need to get “creative” about offering flexible work options, from early finish times to four-day weeks – or risk missing out on the best talent.  Umpires and players could be forgiven for seeing double this weekend with dozens of footy-pl...

Don Farrell is urging a united push to bring people back to an Adelaide CBD still reeling from hammer blows of Covid shutdowns and a work-from-home exodus. Adelaide’s property market has experienced huge capital growth over the past decade, with house values in one Adelaide suburb increasing by almost $1 million in that time. South Australia has the potential to reverse decades of economic decline...

Interest rate decisions will be better explained to Australian households, occur less often and informed by a wider range of experts under changes to strengthen and rebuild public trust in the Reserve Bank. South Australia’s historic Indigenous voice to parliament is at risk of  being undermined by people falsely claiming to be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage, critics say. Diehard...