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A nationwide push for a four-day work week is gaining steam as unions and the Greens team up to demand shorter hours with no loss of pay.
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A senator who quit Labor over its stance on Gaza has hit back after the government announced plans to recognise Palestine.
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A man has recalled the terrifying moment he intervened in a struggle in a Sydney Airport terminal, during which a police firearm went off.
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Six words keep ringing in the ears of Malka Leifer's victims after it was revealed that the serial rapist and former headmistress is in solitary confinement.
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The man police allege killed a pregnant woman and her partner at a home in Melbourne's southeast has been named in court.
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A tribunal has handed down a decision to prevent Mark Latham's homosexual vilification case from becoming a never-ending story".
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The Albanese government has not ruled out the possibility of a four-day work week, which comes after union claims that shorter hours could boost national productivity. Vote in our poll.
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A trucking company that has delivered freight across eastern Australia for more than half a century has gone into voluntary liquidation.
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Shock details are emerging about a mum-to-be found dead alongside her partner - whose head was found chopped off and mounted on a spike.
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A person has been arrested after a police gun was fired during a confrontation at Sydney Airport, reportedly triggering a partial lockdown.
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Disturbing accounts from inside Australian classrooms reveal a crisis in our education system that far too little is being done about.
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Residents have been shaken awake by an earthquake, just days after another tremor struck the state.
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A man has been charged with killing a pregnant woman and her partner after they were found dead at a home in Melbourne's southeast.
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A union is pushing for a massive overhaul for millions of workers in Australia, proposing shorter working hours and reducing the five-day work week.
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A pro-Palestinian group has begun mediation with police over its plans to rally on an iconic landmark, just weeks after the Sydney Harbour Bridge was shut down.
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The average Australian under 30 expects a half-million-dollar windfall from their parents, but an expert tells younger Aussies to ease their expectations.
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The two men are facing a possible $100,000 fine for chasing the dolphins on their jet skis, which are a protected species in South Australian waters.
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A man has been charged with murder after a pregnant woman and her partner were found dead at a home in Melbourne's southeast.
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Queensland's Deputy Premier says hospitals can cope with surging flu hospitalisations as health experts urge Australians to still get vaccinated.
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A wheelchair-using man was seen naked, standing and talking to a daisy bush before he stabbed a friend in his bedroom, a jury has heard.
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A survivor of the chopper crash that killed Outback Wrangler Chris Willow' Wilson has told a court the last photo of him reveals key intel on the aircraft.
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The ASX 200 has reached a record high following the Reserve Bank's unanimous decision to cut rates, as markets still expect further cuts ahead.
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Julie Bishop has been hit with damning allegations in a Senate hearing of intimidating an ANU staff member, and bullying her into near suicide".
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A date has been set for a coroner to probe the horrific deaths of three people whose bodies were found dumped in the outback more than 40 years ago.
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A socialite has again appeared in court after pleading guilty to crashing her Range Rover, refusing a breath test and then assaulting a police officer in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
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Australia's major banks are responding to the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate call, passing on the 0.25 per cent cut in full.
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Police have provided an update after a man and a woman were found dead in a Melbourne home, with a 39-year-old man of no fixed address arrested.
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Details of what Gail Patterson said in hospital after a poisoned lunch at her daughter-in-law's home can now be revealed.
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A state government has made a major announcement on work-from-home laws that would affect millions of office workers.
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Hollywood came to the council chambers this week, with a major filmmaker joining a high-profile fight to stop booze at one of Australia's most picturesque beaches.
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Jim Chalmers says the RBA's third rate cut in six months is a good day" for homeowners who'll get $109 of relief a month for every $700,000 owed.
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An urgent health alert has been issued for people in two Aussie towns after a potentially deadly parasite was found in the drinking water supply.
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With cancer concerns mounting, experts reveal what Australians need to know about forever chemicals".
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The Prime Minister will visit locals suffering through an unprecedented" catastrophe following backlash from the community.
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A massive upcoming protest to take our country" is going viral online - sparking a divisive debate among Aussies.
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Experts have strongly backed in a rate cut from the RBA on Tuesday afternoon, with another three predicted before March 2026.
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Neighbours heard yelling and called triple-0 before a man and woman were found dead in a home in Melbourne's suburbs, police say.
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A man's body has been found on the side of a road in Sydney's northwest after a suspected hit-and-run.
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A man has been charged after a neighbour dispute allegedly exploded into violence, leaving two women with serious injuries.
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Woolworths is turning up the party vibes with a new range of celebration cakes designed to impress without the mess.
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The new scheme is an important stepping stone' to reduce the rising levels of soft plastics, following the 2022 collapse of the recycling scheme REDcycle.
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It's the second jurisdiction to make the call, with the premier saying it was increasingly clear" the controversial industry does not align with community expectations".
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Two people have been found dead in a home in Melbourne's suburbs, with another man now in police custody.
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Mortgage refinancing surged 22 per cent in the last quarter, with experts predicting another wave of switching as the Reserve Bank considers cutting rates next month.
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British backpacker Alicia Kemp has pleaded guilty to an e-scooter crash that killed a Perth father while she was intoxicated.
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Australia's largest table grape exporter has been hit with a $1 million fine for deliberately deceiving officials" and putting New Zealand at risk of a new pest.
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Three people are under police guard in hospital after an allegedly violent altercation at a Central Coast home left a woman fighting for life.
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A major body will probe what is defined as a terrorist act, following an alarming increase in the radicalisation of young Aussies and rise of hate groups.