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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has introduced new laws to empower the ACCC to crack down on price gouging, including a tough new penalty.
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The waste industry has issued a dire warning to Aussies about their bin collections as the fuel crisis deepens. Follow live.
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A teenager has been charged with terrorism-related offences, including plans for acts of extremist violence".
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A doula present to support a wellness influencer's freebirth may be compelled to give evidence at a coronial inquest, a court has been told.
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Rubbish could start piling up on streets within weeks as waste collectors may have to reduce or pause bin collections due to the soaring cost of diesel. Follow live.
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The family of a young girl abused by a childcare worker said they are devastated" to learn of his 10-month jail sentence after he was found guilty.
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Labor has delivered a rallying cry to embrace constructive nationalism" as the nation faces a critical test during the global fuel supply chaos and the world being remade around us".
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Former AFL player Nick Stevens always intended to complete works for customers of his pool installation business, his lawyer has argued.
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A key state Premier warns states can't act alone as hundreds of servos run dry and fears grow over what comes next for Aussie drivers.
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Police caught an IT worker mid-download of child abuse material during a raid that uncovered hundreds of disturbing files involving children as young as two.
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Broncos fans copped mixed news when the team lists dropped for round four, with one unbeaten side receiving a huge boost with a superstar cleared to return.
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Criminals-for-hire are offending for despots, dictators, and disrupters" in a major challenge to police, Australia's top cop has warned.
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Transport workers are protesting at airports across the country following a series of safety blitzes" that exposed alarming breaches".
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A group of campers were rescued after spending 16 hours in the ocean after their boat broke apart. However, one remained unaccounted for.
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Police caught an IT worker mid-download of child abuse material during a raid that uncovered hundreds of disturbing files involving children as young as two.
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The two new expansion sides have missed out on a premiership star after the Panthers were able to re-sign one of their unsung heroes.
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An Aussie leader has called for Covid-style" protocols to manage the escalating fuel crisis, which could see new national rules rolled out.
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From a distance, this home in Sydney's Inner West looks normal. But the boarded-up windows offer a clue to the truly distressing deaths that occurred inside.
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Tens of thousands of teachers in one state who are struggling to make ends meet" are trading the classroom for the picket line.
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A Labor minister has clashed with Michaelia Cash over the handling of the Iran fuel crisis, telling the senator she didn't hear any solutions".
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A fierce backlash from workers and unions has forced one jurisdiction into a backflip on their Anzac Day public holiday.
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RBA governor Michele Bullock settled on a luxury $2m holiday home on the same day the central bank hiked the cash rate.
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The father of an ISIS bride has made a desperate plea to the Prime Minister to bring his daughter home, insisting she has no involvement" with the terrorist group.
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With cost of living pains growing by the day, stark new polling shows voters are starting to turn away from the Labor government in droves.
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A stark warning has been issued after police were given the power to seize and crush illegally modified e-bikes.
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New details have emerged after two men were allegedly stabbed in a brawl involving men armed with knives, batons, and poles outside a Sydney home.
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A peak union body has launched a major push to increase Aussie workers' minimum wages so they can continue to catch up".
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Pauline Hanson's One Nation has made a historic breakthrough in the South Australia election, with projections the party could clinch even more seats.
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Barnaby Joyce's ex-wife has revealed she lost more than $400,000 after the biggest superannuation collapse in history.
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Just one jurisdiction in Australia is set to deny a public holiday on Anzac Day this year - and its workers are furious.
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A service station attendant has allegedly been run down by a person who fled in a car without paying for fuel.
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Anthony Albanese has issued a grim warning about the future of the world order, warning the country must prepare for a new economic reality.
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Wild footage has captured the moment a group of teenagers were cornered by a police dog and arrested, after they allegedly stole a luxury car and led officers on a high-speed chase.
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Bizarre scenes involving an Australian senator showing off a chain of dead seahorses and accusations of blood soaked profits" have brought the Senate to a standstill.
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Beaten in and out of consciousness with bruises littering her body, a woman was forced to flee the backyard shed where her abuser inflicted his torment.
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A South Australian man who subjected a teenager to a sickening campaign of abuse also committed sexual acts with a dog.
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A woman has died after falling from a CBD building onto a man below, leaving him with serious upper body injuries.
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A man has been jailed for raping a 20-year-old Canadian backpacker who became lost on a beach in Byron Bay and asked for directions at an RV park.
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A former footballer allegedly deceived six families into handing over $171,000 by claiming he would install legally-complaint pools, a jury has been told.
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A woman has died after falling from a CBD building onto a man below, leaving him with serious upper body injuries.
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Australian motorists have claimed they have lost access to 7-Eleven's price lock app, amid prices for petrol skyrocketing across the nation.
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Asked if Australians were prepared for Covid-style fuel measures, an international energy boss says he definitely wouldn't say yes".
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A bombshell report has exposed Australians' deepest fears about national security.
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Tom Trbojevic has shut down a nasty rumour involving Daly Cherry-Evans, with all eyes on how fans will react when the club legend runs out in a Roosters jersey.
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In a bizarre celebration of its new Liquid Gold Sauce," KFC has offered exclusive access to taste the sauce in a gathering of people with this name.
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Authorities are continuing their desperate search for a man who has been missing for days after vanishing in waters just off the NSW south coast.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns has confirmed more than 100 service stations are out of diesel and dozens are completely dry amid the worsening fuel crisis.
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A man has been jailed for raping a 20-year-old Canadian backpacker who became lost on a beach in Byron Bay and asked for directions at an RV park.
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Police say a man accused of planning a terrorist act with mass casualties in Perth had an arsenal of weapons at his disposal.
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There's still a long road back for the Collingwood premiership hero but he made a colossal step on Monday morning.