It has the dubious honour of being the most expensive studio apartment on the market in Australia right now, with the compact residence carrying a $1.5 million-plus price tag. But whoever forks out a small fortune to make the bedroom-less unit their new home will have to come to termsContinue Reading
A gang known as the “Bitumen Bandits” who allegedly ripped off dozens by doing dodgy work have been arrested. Queensland Police say the gang included two men, aged 34 and 41, and a 16-year-old boy have been in Australia illegally on overstayed visas from Britain. Detective Inspector Mick Searle allegedContinue Reading
The Australian government is actively considering clamping down on ensuring children are not using social media amid mounting pressure to ensure tech companies play their part in protecting young people. After months of lobbying from the Coalition, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland on Wednesday said age verification was a “very liveContinue Reading
A second group of asylum seekers have been found hours after a group of about 30 men were discovered in a remote part of Western Australia by Australian Border Force. The second undetected group of 13 men walked into the Aboriginal community of Pender Bay shortly before 5pm on Friday,Continue Reading
NSW residents have been warned to be on alert as cases of listeriosis rise in the community. Those who are immunocompromised, over the age of 65 or pregnant are at particular risk of becoming severely ill with the disease, health authorities warn. Listeriosis infection, which comes from eating food contaminatedContinue Reading
Handing down the 990-page report into the royal commission into the robodebt scandal, commissioner Catherine Holmes blasted the illegal scheme as “crude and cruel”. Queensland mum, Kath Madgwick knows this first hand. On May 30, 2019, she lost her 22-year-old son Jarrad to suicide. The day before, he had receivedContinue Reading
Top rental and welfare advocacy bodies have warned the government that proposed legislation to end rent bidding will have the opposite effect and potentially increase prices and exacerbate renter pain. This comes after the NSW government attempted to enact its first tranche of rental reforms aimed at stamping out rentalContinue Reading
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government has gone “out of its way” to carve out $11.3bn over the next four years to boost the pay for 250,000 aged care workers. A cornerstone election promise of the Albanese government, backed up by the Fair Work Commission, the “historic” 15 perContinue Reading
The Greens won’t wave through one of Anthony Albanese’s key election promises unless the government agrees to freeze rents around the country for two years and spend more money on building public housing. The minor party, and independent senators David Pocock and Lidia Thorpe have lashed Labor for their unwillingnessContinue Reading
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has vowed to end a brutal court process that leaves survivors of child sexual abuse “broken and traumatised”. Last November, news.com.au launched its exclusive Justice Shouldn’t Hurt campaign, calling for the NSW Government to make it easier for children to give evidence in sexual offence matters.Continue Reading