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Dutton’s budget reply expected to one-up Albanese on cost-of-living relief, insiders say
Opposition leader in a bind after Coalition votes against Labor’s 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 Labor’s income tax cuts, as the opposition leader prepares a “very...
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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 Asia’s 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 Asia’s 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 Asia’s 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 Australia’s flooded caves hide a rich megafauna history
Scientists have teamed up with cave divers on a perilous mission – to reach exceptional fossils and learn more about Australia’s past
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Can you spot a rip current? Take our 5-minute quiz on Australia’s 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:‘The bush calls us’: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track
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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 Australia’s 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 ‘serious’ 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 nation’s 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 – 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.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Paddington Bear statue vandalisers fined for criminal damage
The pair drunkenly stole the statue in the early hours of the morning before fleeing in a taxi to the RAF base they live on.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Labor to push budget tax cuts through parliament in apparent attempt to wedge Coalition
Government changes parliamentary schedule on Wednesday morning in surprise move to bring debate on federal budget tax cuts immediatelyLive updates: Australia federal budget 2025 latest news and reactionLabor bets big with $17.1bn in tax cuts to win over middle AustraliaExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageLabor is seeking to quickly pass its budget night tax cuts through the parliament this week, in...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Wrapped in plastic: Sarah Hanson-Young waves a dead salmon in Senate – video
The Greens senator produced the apparently headless, dead fish during question time in the Senate after directing a question at Labor’s Jenny McAllister. ‘On the eve of an election, have you sold out your environmental credentials for a rotten, stinking extinction salmon?’, Hanson-Young asked before the Senate president, Sue Lines, told Hanson-Young to remove the fish from the chamber. The Albanese government’s new...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Why economists are so keen to abolish non-compete clauses
A proposed ban on-compete clauses in employment contracts was a centrepiece of the budget. But what are they, how do they work, and why do most economists think they are bad for workers and the economy?
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Dead fish, heckling senator and a DiCaprio intervention as salmon law debated
A dead fish used as a prop in the Senate, a Hollywood superstar's intervention and Labor being shouted at as a "pack of mongrels" all have featured on the day a new law to protect salmon farm jobs in Tasmania is passed.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:'It killed everything': Scientist assesses fluid spills at NT fracking site
Traditional owners and a scientist fear there have been more fracking fluid spills by gas companies exploring the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Albanese thinks the Coalition is ‘delulu with no solulu’ – but what does it mean?
Caitlin Cassidy translates the prime minister’s use of gen Z phrases for Catie McLeodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister is using phrases I don’t understand in parliament. On Wednesday, he said the Coalition were “delulu with no solulu”. What is going on?Catie, I am rapidly aging out of being cool and don’t understand the...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Death toll rises in Korean wildfires as firefighters struggle to contain blaze
Multiple wildfires are raging across South Korea's south-eastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country's worst forest fires in decades.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Bitter broccoli ploughed into soil as epic dry continues in Victoria
One farmer in Victoria's west has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of broccoli, during a dry spell described by another as the worst since the millennium drought.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Women’s health a 'national priority' as budget unveils $793m investment
The changes included may save some women "thousands of dollars across their lifetimes", according to budget documents.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid
Most dental diseases are preventable – if you look after your teeth and mouth.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Every day I struggle to survive on jobseeker. Why doesn’t the government understand how hard it is? | Laura Azzam
The decision not to increase jobseeker this budget just shows that politicians aren’t thinking about people like meSee all our Australia budget 2025 coverageBudget 2025 winners and losersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government’s decision not to raise the jobseeker rate in the budget is a blow to people struggling like me.Living off jobseeker has never been harder. While the cost of...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The 2025 federal budget fails the millions of voters who want action on Australia’s struggling environment
As the federal election looms, Labor is running out of time to show it cares about Australia’s precious natural environment.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Non-compete clauses make it too hard to change jobs. Banning them for millions of Australians is a good move
Non-compete clauses can have a chilling effect on employee mobility, which is detrimental to competition in the labour market.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Our work and home lives are blending more than ever – how do we navigate this new ‘zigzag’ reality?
‘Zigzag work’ – blending the personal and professional during a work day – has become the norm for many people, boosting happiness and balance, but also presenting challenges.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:What makes a good search engine? These 4 models can help you use search in the age of AI
To make sure search engines serve us well, it’s helpful to imagine these tools having different roles – whether it’s a “librarian” or a “teacher”.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Australia stands firm behind its foreign aid in the budget, but the future remains precarious
Three-quarters of Australia’s foreign assistance budget is flowing to the Indo-Pacific, showing a commitment to remaining a reliable partner as USAID cuts bite.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Leak of US military plans on Signal is a classic case of ‘shadow IT’. It shows why security systems need to be easy to use
One of the best ways to avoid the problem of ‘shadow IT’ is building systems that are both highly secure and highly usable.
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