No sniffer dogs or strip searches at music festivals: report
A 10-year, harm-minimisation drug strategy and more alternative sentencing options for Aboriginal teens are among the recommendations of a report from the NSW drug summit.
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Liberals to drop fines on car emissions
The Coalition will abolish fines for car companies who breach targets under Australia’s first vehicle emissions standards scheme.
Student visas dive as ‘de facto cap’ takes effect
The number of international students who applied for and were granted a student visa has fallen dramatically, in the first indication the measure, largely targeting Chinese students, is working.
Bradfield teal apologises to teen hairdresser for sexualised joke
Nicolette Boele, the teal independent challenger for the Liberal-held seat of Bradfield, has been banned from a hair salon after making an inappropriate comment to a 19-year-old female worker.
‘Growth will pick up’: RBA doesn’t anticipate recession
The Reserve Bank does not expect Australia to experience a recession in the year ahead, despite growing concern from some analysts that the United States’ economy could shrink.
Chris Dawson in court to appeal schoolgirl sex conviction
Convicted wife killer Chris Dawson says, while he may have been ‘romantic’ and ‘smitten’ with a schoolgirl before she turned 17, the prosecution can’t prove he had sexual intercourse with her before she finished Year 11.
‘Jews should feel uncomfortable’: uni probes academic’s comments
A Jewish anti-Zionist professor, who says he was citing fellow academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, told a rally ‘it’s our duty to make them uncomfortable’.
Dumped Shore principal in fight for job
Sydney’s Shore School has claimed concerns about the ‘performance’ of a former headmaster were repeatedly raised before his contract was terminated.
How big is your tax cut? $5 a week to help ease cost-of-living burden
Labor has unveiled a $5 per week tax cut as the centrepiece of its cost-of-living measure, which will deliver just $268 in savings in its first year beginning in July 2026.
Free speech threat as police target anti-Semitism campaigner
A landmark case will determine whether Victoria Police can gag an Israel advocate because of the ‘threat’ to the leader of a left-wing group.
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