Lib premiers unite for excise cut
Surging petrol prices and threats of higher interest rates have sparked demands from the Liberal premiers to cut fuel excise to address cost of living pressures.
Surging petrol prices and threats of higher interest rates have sparked demands from the Liberal premiers to cut fuel excise to address cost of living pressures.
The former foster father of missing toddler William Tyrrell has been charged with giving false or misleading evidence to the NSW Crime Commission.
As another body is found in Sydney floods, Scott Morrison defends federal government response in flood-ravaged Lismore, saying ADF ‘aren’t available at a moment’s notice’.
More than 50,000 people have been ordered to evacuate homes and a further 18,000 are on alert as NSW braces for more devastating floods.
The misery is set to continue this week for thousands of flood-stricken residents across NSW and Queensland, with more rain and storms forecast.
Flood-ravaged communities in NSW and southeast Queensland have been urged not to let their guard down, with heavy rain forecast.
Mullumbimby residents have been pulling people out of the mud after having woken up mid landslide, as the town remains cut off by continuous flood waters.
Thousands of people are stranded or on flood alert across the eastern seaboard as torrential rain pounds communities.
Federal government to unveil another round of assistance grants; Queenslanders warned over ongoing severe weather from Bundaberg to Moreton Bay.
The deadly storm system that has left a trail of devastation along Australia’s eastern seaboard is now threatening major flooding in significant areas of Sydney.
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