Coles, Woolies guilty of increasing margins: watchdog
Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised a crackdown on major supermarkets following a consumer watchdog report, but warned breaking them up would be counterproductive.
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Batteries that spark thousands of fires would be tightly regulated under a plan to force makers and suppliers to steward and safeguard their products.
Australia's environment experienced above-average conditions in 2024 yet temperature extremes and more threatened species suggest there's more to the story.
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.
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Australia may back Ukraine peacekeeping after talks
Anthony Albanese has pledged Australian solidarity with Ukraine during a meeting of Western nations supporting Kyiv after the US cosied up to Russia.
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National emergency urged for deadly attacks on women
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.
Alan Jones will soon return to court to fight dozens of charges, and police have just announced another in relation to an 11th alleged victim.
Mass fish farm deaths caused by bacteria and warmer waters have resulted in more than 5500 tonnes of salmon being dumped at waste facilities.
