Premier launches dual probes into AVO murder
The system let down Molly Ticehurst, NSW Premier Chris Minns said as he launched probes into how her alleged killer was released on bail and whether existing legislation was fit for purpose.
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Activist teachers condemned over anti-Anzac lessons
In an unusual bipartisan dressing down, the government and opposition have united to criticise a group of activist teachers.
Left to grab Victorian Labor’s top job
Jacinta Allan’s dominant Socialist Left faction tightens grip on Labor in ALP shakeup.
Inflation douses hopes of rate cut
Interest rates are likely to stay high into next year after inflation eased to 3.6 per cent in the year to March but accelerated sharply through the first three months of 2024.
Why take one jet when there are two, Premier?
Steven Miles blames staff for the decision to use two private jets to fly himself and his Police Minister around Queensland a week after passing ambitious emission reduction target legislation.
Nation’s only Liberal government secures power pledges
Two Tasmanian independent MPs’ written undertakings have shored up Jeremy Rockliff’s minority administration, in return for improved staffing and parliamentary clout.
Flawed plan ‘to sink clean energy’
Former ACCC tsar Rod Sims says an ad hoc ‘Made in Australia’ approach to net-zero transition risks saddling the nation with high-cost solar panels and wind farms.
Feelings won’t change the facts of Higgins payout
Higgins is not the only person hoping Linda Reynolds’s defamation action can be settled – Finance Minister Katy Gallagher must also be petrified.
‘Terror safe room’: warning to tech giants
Australia’s top spy and police chief put tech companies on notice over terrorists, spies and criminals using end-to-end encryption and AI to stoke extremism, disinformation, attacks and foreign interference.
PM ‘betraying Hawke reforms’
John Howard has intervened in the national debate to warn the Made in Australia agenda could unleash ‘harmful consequences’ and represents a new form of protectionism.
Unity over calls to rein in social media
Cyber experts are urging the Albanese government to overhaul its online safety laws and increase penalties for social media giants that refuse to comply with orders to remove harmful content.
Security policy is lazy, say farmers
The government wants to collect a sum of $250 in levy payments from an entire agricultural sector to pay for border biosecurity. But opponents of the policy say it won’t even cover the cost of collecting the funds.
Trad battles to keep muzzle on the watchdog
Former Queensland deputy premier Jackie Trad argues handing the state’s anti-corruption commission the powers to report on its investigations into public officials risks making the watchdog a ‘participant in the political process’.
Crime rise ‘disturbing’ as Miles flags police copter expansion
Queensland Premier Steven Miles said the 11.2 per cent surge in the state’s crime rate last year was “disturbing” and flagged an expansion of the police helicopter program into more marginal seats ahead of the October state election.
Elderly plead for urgent aged-care help at home
‘I’m at my wits end’. Elderly Australians dying before receiving help at home.
Hunter Valley will ‘die on vine’ after power station closures
Unions are warning if closing power stations were not ‘replaced by other viable industries’, it would ‘lead to multigenerational employment (and) social dysfunction’.
Albanese and PNG PM ‘side-by-side’ on Kokoda Track
Anthony Albanese has set off on a two-day hike of Kokoda Trail alongside PNG leader James Marape, describing the feat as a chance to honour hundreds of fallen Australian soldiers while cementing ties with Port Moresby.
US ‘hasn’t wavered’ on Aussie nuclear subs
A senior US official leading the government’s efforts on implementing AUKUS has reassured Australia that the country remains ‘very committed to fulfilling our obligations’ under the pact.
Albanese’s Help to Buy home scheme doesn’t add up
Anthony Albanese’s shared equity scheme will significantly fall short of price caps in Australia’s two largest cities. See how much you’d need to earn to buy in each of the capital cities here.
Nationals leader breached travel rules
David Littleproud contravened parliamentary laws by claiming taxpayer-funded expenses for a private visit to the Gold Coast, days after his $1.375m apartment settled.
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