Backpackers crucial to business, say farmers as visa approvals pause
Rural communities and farmers are concerned they will lose an essential workforce as the brakes are put on working…
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Cumberland mental health patients abscond 14 times since deaths
Mental health patients at Cumberland Hospital in Sydney's west have absconded more than a dozen times since February,…
Read at source →Australia and China cooperate to bust illegal tobacco smuggling syndicate
Australian Border Force officers are tipped off to containers suspected of carrying illicit tobacco, resulting in…
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Residents of 'serene, peaceful' village concerned over big battery plans
Locals say the company behind the proposal failed to answer questions about noise and light pollution, and bushfire…
Read at source →Surge in NT youths in custody under CLP government, FOI data reveals
Internal Northern Territory Police data obtained by the ABC reveals rising numbers of children and teens being held in…
Read at source →Camilla says it was 'difficult' to keep king's cancer diagnosis private
Queen Camilla speaks publicly for the first time about how hard it was to keep her husband King Charles's cancer…
Read at source →Police task force launched over Byron Bay sexual abuse complaints
The Sex Crimes Squad probe comes after an ABC investigation into historical sex abuse claims around Byron Bay's music…
Read at source →Cut-price haircuts grow in popularity with cost-savvy salon-goers
Cost-of-living pressures drive more people through the doors of apprentice-run hairdressing salons across Queensland —…
Read at source →AFL Players Association labels Swans allegations 'very serious'
The players' body is the latest organisation to express concern over the scandal, with club and player sponsors on…
Read at source →'Entire streets' in regional towns miss out on census information in the post
Some residents of South Australia's largest federal electorate say they are yet to receive census information by post,…
Read at source →UK-based firm eyes Tasmanian smelter in liquidation
A UK-based green technologies company says the state and federal governments should continue agitating for the best…
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Coalition's power line pledge could win back farmer votes
West Victorian farmers, increasingly supportive of One Nation, welcome the Coalition's announcement to scrap a…
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Injured farm worker left homeless as labour hire firm collapses
A Tongan mechanic, who came to Australia under a Pacific worker scheme, is stuck in visa limbo after suffering a…
Read at source →Australia 'can be very selective' about migration, says migrant rich-lister
There are divergent views among business leaders, from migrant and non-migrant backgrounds, about the impact of planned…
Read at source →Newly hired fish food worker quits, raises mould and pigeon risks
The world's largest supplier of fish feed products fires back over a former employee's claim that mould and pigeon poo…
Read at source →The IDF investigated itself and found possible 'criminal misconduct' in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has published the findings of five internal probes that examined deadly attacks its…
Read at source →Qld government asked to withdraw youth justice bill over concerns for Indigenous children
Australia's commissioner for First Nations children has penned a scathing letter to the Queensland government, urging…
Read at source →Labor has made the most of its cooperation with the Coalition
Fights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify. But…
Read at source →Scam payments lead to an Australian business and its Israeli owner
An Australian e-learning website was used as a front for scammers selling fraudulent investments, an ABC investigation…
Read at source →Public servants repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal charges
Some public servants were required to repay thousands of dollars in inadvertent charges on their work credit cards,…
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Tony's Anthony Bourdain is spoilt, rude and totally loveable
Loosely based on Anthony Bourdain's memoir Kitchen Confidential, Tony sees the future legend mess up his first gig in a…
Read at source →The life lesson Peter Garrett wishes more people knew
Peter Garrett is well aware of his place in Australian music history. But at 73, he's far more interested in what's…
Read at source →Keen to plant native flowers in your garden? We asked an expert for tips
We often think that native plants thrive on little water and poor soil, but according to our expert it takes a bit more…
Read at source →Do you know where The Secret Life of Us was set? Try our Aussie TV quiz
Do you know where The Secret Life of Us was set? How about the year Fisk premiered? Find out if you're on the money…
Read at source →Trump says he will meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un later this year
The US president made the announcement days after ordering the US scale back its military drills with South Korea.
Read at source →New 'landmark' drug shown to prevent recurrence of deadly melanoma
A trial of more than 1,100 patients finds a new experimental drug could prevent one of the deadliest forms of skin…
Read at source →Roblox to face external audits to prove it's safe for Australian children
Australia's eSafety Commissioner will be able to take the gaming platform to court if it finds Roblox is not honouring…
Read at source →Sacked Ukraine defence minister calls for wartime presidential election
The poll would represent the first leadership challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russia invaded in 2022,…
Read at source →Israeli military clears soldiers over Gaza strike that killed Zomi Frankcom
The Israel Defense Forces has cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing in the April 2024 strike on a World…
Read at source →Opera for the Dead and ocean-inspired works shine at Art Music Awards
The 2026 Art Music Awards has celebrated a culture of experimentation, collaboration and women composers in Australia.…
Read at source →Graffiti 'wrongly' labelled antisemitic in Sydney spree, judge finds
A man who admitted to a string of vandalism offences in Sydney's east did not act as an "antisemitic bigot" but was a…
Read at source →Kyrgios provisionally suspended after positive cocaine test in Spain
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has said he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca and has…
Read at source →Oil prices spike after ships in Strait of Hormuz hit by fresh strikes
Three ships travelling through the contested Strait of Hormuz have been hit in recent days, according to British…
Read at source →'We are deeply sorry': Swans players break silence over alleged incident
Five Sydney Swans players stood down for the rest of the season over breaches of club standards issue an apology to…
Read at source →Government facing growing push to ditch aged care algorithm after Four Corners episode
Labor has resisted calls to change an aged care assessment tool at the centre of hundreds of complaints.
Read at source →New Bunnings store rejected by WA Planning Commission
Planning authorities decline a fiercely contested multimillion-dollar plan for Bunnings to build a new store 10km from…
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