Industry deflects blame as car insurance premiums soar
Car insurance premiums have soared in recent years but the industry insists it's doing its part to reduce costs and wants government to step in.
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Shoppers outside the cities will continue to pay higher prices for food and groceries without support to boost competition, a business council says.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised a crackdown on major supermarkets following a consumer watchdog report, but warned breaking them up would be counterproductive.
Batteries that spark thousands of fires would be tightly regulated under a plan to force makers and suppliers to steward and safeguard their products.
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Environment in better shape overall but threats linger
Australia's environment experienced above-average conditions in 2024 yet temperature extremes and more threatened species suggest there's more to the story.
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‘The King is King of Australia’: backlash over $5 note
Monarchists have slammed the central bank's decision not to include the King's portrait on the $5 note, saying the government is pushing to become a republic.
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Nation of waders: poor swimming puts generation at risk
Primary school students struggle to reach nationally recognised benchmarks for swimming and treading water, placing them at greater risk of drowning.
Anthony Albanese has pledged Australian solidarity with Ukraine during a meeting of Western nations supporting Kyiv after the US cosied up to Russia.
Rallies have been held across Australia calling for an end to the killing of women with a senator saying the violence should be treated as a national crisis.
Anthony Albanese will speak with world leaders on peacekeeping in Ukraine, but its ambassador to Australia wants a ceasefire to come in first.
A switch in diet from fish to pork for the Northern Territory's massive crocodile population is having a big environmental impact, researchers say.
A 140-year-old racecourse could be put in public hands for a $5 billion price tag as part of a plan to turn the pivotal site into a "mini city".
Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has changed his legal defence team ahead of a trial for allegedly raping a woman in October 2021.
More than 60 per cent of women feel they will be unable to achieve a comfortable retirement compared to 47 per cent of men, a survey has found.
More than five million people will see their welfare payments boosted later this month, under the latest round of indexation changes.
Six defence forces personnel are seriously injured among 13 taken to hospital when their trucks rolled over in a deployment to flood ravaged regions.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has ousted the NT's most senior police officer after a jobs-for-mates scandal.
An animal welfare body is investigating an aquaculture company operating in southern Tasmania, where more than 5500 tonnes of salmon have died.
A prominent Indian community figure has been jailed for 40 years for sexually abusing five women, who he lured with fake job ads before drugging them.
