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Light rail survey to favour neighbouring residents above others
Southern Gold Coast residents are being asked what they think about one of the state's largest infrastructure projects for the second time in three years.
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Man charged over footage allegedly obtained from Perth hospital sleep clinic
A man who worked at a sleep clinic at a Perth public hospital is charged with multiple offences related to footage of female patients getting undressed.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Middle names, music and mutts: less likely ways Albanese and Dutton can sway the 2025 Australian election
Whoโs taller? Whoโs older? And who has more hair? How the two prime ministerial aspirants stack up across all the most unimportant metricsSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has named the date for the federal election, and five weeks from now he will know whether the country wants him or Peter Dutton to sit in the prime ministerโs...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:The Albanese government will ban non-compete clauses. What are they and what industries will be affected?
Business groups oppose them but others think a ban announced in the budget will empower workers and promote competitionInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionGina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has proposed a ban on non-compete clauses for most employees,...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?
The opposition leaderโs election pitch maintains Labor has presided over a litany of price rises โ but experts say some problems began on Coalitionโs watchElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe alternative prime minister boldly...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Analysts warn NT that relying on gas won't guarantee lower power prices
The Northern Territory government is relying on gas as the key to bringing down local power prices, but energy analysts say it's risky to put all the eggs in the gas basket.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Shoplifters make life even harder for regional traders
With retail thefts almost doubling since 2022, traders dealing with the cost-of-living crunch are devastated when stolen stock disappears out their doors.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:The WA seats that could decide Australia's next government
In what's expected to be a close race across the country, every vote in the Federal Election will count โ and a handful of Western Australian seats could decide who forms the nation's next government.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Brisbane land valuations up 17pc, with regional increases as high as 247pc
Brisbane City Council's re-evaluation included almost 351,000 properties with a total value of $346.2 billion, an increase of 17 per cent.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Not guilty verdict for two men accused of murder in north-west Tasmania
Blaise Christopher Baddeley and Dane Ronald Pyke have been found not guilty of murdering Dean Jupp at his north-west Tasmanian home in 2022. The pair have been found guilty of aggravated burglary and other charges.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Tiny Huxley needs a hero. He's found one in marathon man Mitch
Broken Hill steps up for the family of a boy born with a rare and debilitating genetic condition. But none will go further than Mitch McKenny, who is ready to run 27 marathons in 27 days to raise awareness and funds for research into the syndrome.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:This brass band is offering free tuition to bring in a new generation
This northern Tasmanian band will celebrate its 146th birthday but with the average player aged in their 70s, the band is looking to secure its future. It's teamed up with a local primary school, offering free tuition in the hope some of the students will gain the skills to join in.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Growing number of Aussie basketballers land US college scholarships
The number of aspiring Australians being awarded sporting scholarships to American colleges is rising each year, with one Melbourne-based program breaking its own record.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Pilot critical but stable after crash at Avalon International Airshow
The airshow is resuming on Saturday following a crash on Friday that left a pilot from Paul Bennet Airshows with critical injuries.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Watch and Act alert for Gold Coast as south-east cops drenching
A Watch and Act alert has been issued for the Gold Coast as the system that brought flooding to outback Queensland moves south.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:'Zip. Zero. Zilch': The hole in the budget that's shocked the tech sector
Even though the tech sector had low expectations for this budget, there's something impressive about the fact that budget week still managed to genuinely surprise and worry even the most devoted realists in the tech economy.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Damning evidence aired at Taipan helicopter crash inquest
Damning evidence, a radio shock jock, and accusations of witness intimidation have dominated hearings into a defence helicopter crash off the Queensland coast that killed four aviators.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Cattle industry set for 'all guns blazing' live export ban compo fight
Furious cattle producers are heading back to court to win compensation that hundreds of claimants have still not received since a successful class action against the Commonwealth's 2011 live export ban to Indonesia.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Start young, work hard: Australia's top creatives have a lot in common
After another season exploring the essence of creativity with some of the nation's biggest names, I've learned they have a few things in common.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Maddison Levi sets new Australian rugby record after sevens try-scoring blitz
Sevens flyer Maddison Levi becomes the all-time top try scorer in the country's rugby annals at the age of just 22 in Hong Kong.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Judge's sentence for taser death of 95yo 'surprising', legal experts say
Kristian White's non-custodial sentence is likely a surprise to public, legal experts say.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Live: Albanese on the offensive in Dutton's electorate, selling Medicare record
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will embark on their first full day of campaigning on Saturday, ahead of a federal election called for May 3.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:From 24/7 pain to tolerable symptoms, Botox is helping people living with endometriosis
Botulinum toxin injections are being used to treat the condition which affects more than one million Australian womenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor 15 years, Katrina Moore experienced debilitating pain that at times left her unable to walk but was dismissed by doctors as being a symptom of stress.The actual cause was endometriosis, a condition that affects more than one million...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Back to Back Barries: weโre off and running to a May election
This week Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry analyse budget week and what promises to be a tight election, with a campaign where every advantage is sought and every mistake regretted.Also on the table: when political husbands go rogue; and whether the second coming of Donald Trump could actually bolster the progressive voteSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Fears โLucky Boxโ vending machines giving children โa taste of gamblingโ
Experts say whether or not prize-box games constitute gambling in Australia is โmurkyโ โ and authorities are at an impasse over who regulates themGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe bright yellow box, covered with cute cartoon characters, sits among other vending machines and arcade games in one of Sydneyโs busiest shopping centres.Behind its glass screen, the so-called Lucky Box is packed...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Aspirational, marginal, crucial: which side of the election line will Bennelong and Chisholm fall?
The Sydney and Melbourne middle-ring seats have gained voters from abolished electorates and have significant numbers of Chinese Australians. Labor faces a battle to hold on to bothWho is leading in the polls?See all our 2025 Australian federal election coverageInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOut the back of the Diddy sporting club in...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:The Adolescence alarm: โIf thereโs a problem with boysโ behaviour, itโs because of usโ
Millions have been gripped by a story of toxic masculinity in children thatโs been called a โwake-up callโ. But is it a moral panic, and how should we respond?There is a scene in the Netflix super hit Adolescence, about an elfin-faced 13-year-old boy who stabs to death a female schoolmate, motivated by a fear and loathing of women apparently fuelled by his exposures online, that is not โ relatively speakingโ very...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Here is what Australians across age groups and postcodes want from the next government | Celeste Liddle, Melissa Fisher, Anjali Sharma, Steven Herrick
Four voters share their No 1 issue as Australia prepares to head to the ballot boxWhen it comes to this election, I am uninspired. All around me, particularly in the aftermath of the US election, I hear panic that a Peter Dutton-led government will be our equivalent here. Continue reading...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:As a hate-filled kid, I turned to far-right ideology. Now I help others avoid that path | Matthew Quinn
In Sydneyโs suburbs, I fell in with other traumatised loners โ and we found scapegoats for our rage. A trip into the city changed everythingIn this series, writers share how they countered the rise of extremist ideologies around the worldI grew up in a predominantly white Christian community in Sydneyโs western suburbs. I was a pretty traumatised, messed-up kid. I had a lot of anger, mostly towards the people closest...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Politics with Michelle Grattan: Itโs on โ tracking policies and truth in advertising in the 2025 election
After months of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dissolved parliament and called a federal election for May 3. Michelle Grattan speaks with political editor Amanda Dunn about the closeโฆ
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Weather tracker: Heavy rain alerts in Queensland as floods cut off towns
Wettest March day for 15 years in some parts of northern Australian state, while storms and hail hit MediterraneanMore heavy rain has hit Queensland, Australia, just weeks after the devastation of Cyclone Alfred. Much of north and central Queensland was put under severe weather alert for heavy rainfall earlier this week, as six-hourly rainfall totals of 30-60mm were anticipated, with the risk of seeing up to 120mm...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Australian election called for 3 May โ as it happened
This blog is now closed.Who is leading in the election polls?See all our Australian election 2025 coverageAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment to enter caretaker modeSo what does this mean? Continue reading...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Tobacco excise revenue has tanked amid a booming black market. Thatโs a diabolical problem for the government
Despite the government taxing tobacco at higher and higher rates, revenue continues to fall. Thereโs no easy solution.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:The Coalition has promised $400m for youth mental health. Young people told us what they need
Young people are waiting more than three months for mental health care, and are struggling to cope while they wait.
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Policy tracker: how will Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and the independents make Australia better?
The Conversation is keeping an eye on the major policies being promised during the election campaign
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