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Could Trump force us to pay more for our medicines? - podcast
Big pharma is eyeing Australiaβs Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, as they lobby Donald Trump to demand higher prices for their medicines. Anthony Albanese has promised to bring down the price of PBS-listed medicines to no more than $25 a script, while the Coalition has already pledged to match it if they return to government. Senior reporter Tory Shepherd speaks to Reged Ahmad about the politics of our affordable...
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Australiaβs government agencies use encrypted messaging apps such as Signal. But should they?
Commonwealth agencies have a legal responsibility to preserve records β and security hygiene for device users still poses a challengeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe revelation that a journalist was included in a highly sensitive Signal group chat for Trump officials planning a military operation on Yemen has raised questions about the...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The Lake Macquarie small businessman: βThey pretend they are just like the man on the streetβ
Todd Boorer works six days a week in his mowing and yardcare business. He says he was brought up to believe in the value of self-reliance and hard workIn the lead-up to the federal election, ordinary people around the nation tell us about their life. Read more in the Anywhere but Canberra seriesSee all our federal election coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastβBream, flathead, on the right...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:National security adviser takes 'full responsibility' after war group chat 'mistake'
The journalist was added to a group chat that had officials in it, discussing a planned military operation in Yemen earlier this month.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Coalition promises to halve fuel excise, shaving 25c off a litre of petrol
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will promise to halve the tax on fuel for 12 months in his budget reply on Thursday, which the Coalition says would save a two-car household roughly $28 a week on average and reduce inflationary pressures.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise
Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:New salmon laws are about much more than Tasmania's salmon industry
Tasmania's aquaculture industry has well and truly rocketed to prominence, with even Hollywood actors weighing in. But how did we get here, where the prime minister is ramming through legislation to protect jobs on Tasmania's west coast on the eve of an election?
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:American big pharma boss does not support tariffs on Australian medicines
The head of one of America's largest pharmaceutical companies says he does not support tariffs on Australian medicines as US President Donald Trump considers more trade restrictions.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:NSW court website involved in major data breach, 9,000 documents leaked
Approximately 9,000 court documents, including apprehended violence orders and affidavits, have been downloaded following a major data breach to the NSW Online Registry website.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor on tax top-ups and budget bottom lines
On this podcast we are joined by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor to talk about the budget.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Reid handed sanction after giving Lions fans the middle finger
West Coast's Harley Reid is given a fine by the AFL after he was shown giving Brisbane fans the middle finger in the Eagles' round two defeat at the Gabba.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Australians say the budget lacks bravery and 'long-term vision'
Gold Coast retiree Adrian Sim says the treasurer has announced a "retail budget" full of sugar hits. And he is not the only one disappointed.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:'Systemic failures' found in woman's post-surgery death at Darwin hospital
The Northern Territory coroner has found "systemic failures" contributed to a womanβs "confronting" death at Royal Darwin Hospital following routine elective surgery on her knee.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Tiger shark 'circled boat' after biting swimmer at Fremantle beach
A shark warning is issued after a swimmer is bitten by a tiger shark at Perth's Sandtrax beach, near Fremantle Port.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:'Perfect storm' led to 22yo Indigenous prisoner taking own life, coroner finds
A WA prisoner who died in hospital after fatally self-harming in his jail cell could be alive today had authorities responded appropriately to his calls for mental health support, a coronial inquest finds.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Gen Z social media creators say βnot here to replace journalistsβ after criticism Labor invited them to budget lockup
Some creators had flights, hotels and other travel expenses to Canberra covered by the Labor party, according to people invitedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSocial media content creators invited to cover the Labor governmentβs budget have hit back at βdismissiveβ comments by politicians and media organisations at their inclusion in the...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Albanese says he has invited Trump to Australia β as it happened
This blog is now closedDuttonβs budget reply expected to one-up Albanese on cost-of-living relief, insiders saySee all our federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPM says budget strengthens Australia in face of global turbulenceAsked whether thereβs enough reserve in the budget to weather another global economic storm β for example, if the US tariffs wreak havoc in global...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Workers uncover 'weird' dinosaur in the Gobi Desert. What do we know?
Scientists say the Duonychus is like a "giant feathered sloth" with "big, sharp and nasty claws".
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Duttonβs budget reply expected to one-up Albanese on cost-of-living relief, insiders say
Opposition leader in a bind after Coalition votes against Laborβs income tax cutsExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs are expecting Peter Dutton to one-up Anthony Albanese on cost-of-living relief after voting against Laborβs income tax cuts, as the opposition leader prepares a βvery...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Brisbane to become the only capital that can't host national athletics
Athletics Australia has accused the Queensland government of "overlooking" track and field in its Brisbane Olympics plan, saying the sport will receive "no legacy benefits" beyond the 2032 Games.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Judge not convinced of killer's remorse after shooting young rapper
A Supreme Court judge says he's "far from persuaded" that a killer is sorry for shooting a young rapper dead during a home invasion in Melbourne's west four years ago.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Summernats guards avoid jail after punching patrons in festival brawl
Two security guards who punched patrons in a brawl at Summernats have escaped jail time, with a judge labelling the situation as "highly volatile".
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Scam Factories: The inside story of Southeast Asiaβs fraud compounds - Part 3
Those who escape scam compounds face persistent questions from authorities and their families about whether they are truly a victim.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Scam Factories: The inside story of Southeast Asiaβs fraud compounds - Part 2
Scamming is big business in Southeast Asia, on an almost unstoppable rise.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Scam Factories: The inside story of Southeast Asiaβs fraud compounds - Part 1
Life inside the huge scam factories across Southeast Asia using modern slavery to staff their secret compounds.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Diving through time: South Australiaβs flooded caves hide a rich megafauna history
Scientists have teamed up with cave divers on a perilous mission β to reach exceptional fossils and learn more about Australiaβs past
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Can you spot a rip current? Take our 5-minute quiz on Australiaβs number-one coastal hazard
Be safe this summer by learning the latest rip survival guidelines with this 5-minute quiz.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:βThe bush calls usβ: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track
View the full interactive version of this article here.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Three more charged with murder after Melbourne south-east stabbing
A further three teenagers have been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Melbourne's south-east last week.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Fire revival: how Australiaβs desert people use ancient wisdom to protect the endangered bilby
A return to traditional Indigenous burning practices in the Gibson and Great Sandy deserts is helping protect the ninu, or greater bilby.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Raising cigarette taxes and tobacco wars have created a βseriousβ budget problem. What can Labor do about it?
Growing illicit tobacco trade is undercutting the legal market, leaving government coffers short of funds to pay for major policiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe tobacco wars just shot a $6.9bn hole in the federal budget. A wave of crime in otherwise quiet suburbs has now become a structural drag on the nationβs finances.The...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Afternoon Update: budget tax cuts pass lower house; easing inflation boosts rate cut hopes; and a dachshund on the run
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.The Albanese government has moved to quickly push its budget tax cuts through parliament in an apparent move to wedge the opposition. The bill passed through the lower house on Wednesday morning without Coalition support β a move Jim Chalmers highlighted in a National Press Club...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Woman embroiled in school dispute given 12-month jail term on same day
A 34-year-old woman is jailed for resisting and intimidating police, following a dispute involving two girls at an Armidale high school in which staff were allegedly assaulted.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Inquiry into botched MyWay+ rollout hears personal details were accessible online
An inquiry into Canberra's troubled MyWay+ ticketing system has been told the personal details of public transport users were likely accessible on the internet before and after its launch.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:More than 100 businesses linked to illegal tyre stockpile near Bendigo
About 10,000 tyres have been found at an illegal dump at Lockwood South, near Bendigo, sparking a statewide operation by the EPA.
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