Aussies feeling the pinch have been urged to go easy on the heating this winter, as a leading energy comparison organisation warns of rising energy bills to come ahead of the colder months. 

A NSW school Covid cleaning program costing the state government more than $30m a term and labelled “questionable” by a disease expert has been scrapped after it was raised by The Daily Telegraph. 

Brisbane residents can celebrate the lowest rate rise in the South East after Brisbane City Council announced a record $4.3bn budget focusing on cost-of-living relief and transport infrastructure. 

Police stations are closing at night as officers are diverted to tackle youth crime, with more resources employed than those used to combat Melbourne’s infamous gangland war. 

More than $130m will be in the SA budget for virtual health care in a bid to free up hospital beds, unclog emergency departments and ease ambulance ramping.