Students defy move-on orders, universities demand exit
Pro-Palestine students at La Trobe University will hold a rally in defiance of the university's demand that they dismantle their pro-Palestine encampment.
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More than 400,000 public sector workers have been offered a 10.5 per cent pay increase over three years in a bid by the government to retain essential workers.
Mortgage stress in Australia is at its highest level since the global financial crisis but many borrowers are finding it too hard to get help from their bank.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong says the government is working to get Australians out of New Caledonia as the death toll from the civil unrest rises to six.
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PM praises push to ban kids from social media
Anthony Albanese says parents 'are worried sick' about what their kids have access to online, as he welcomes moves to ban kids from social media.
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Pro-Palestine protesters crash Labor conference
Pro-Palestine protesters have gatecrashed a Labor state conference in Melbourne, targeting the prime minister over Australia's response to the Israel-Hamas war.
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University stand-off continues into the weekend
One Pro-Palestine encampment at one Australian university has been disbanded while a stand-off at another continues into a fourth day.
No one has emerged as the top-tier winner of the $100 million Powerball draw, meaning the jackpot increases to $150 million next week.
Pro-Palestine protesters continue to occupy a university building, prompting classes to be cancelled, as rallies continue at other campuses around the nation.
The presumption of bail will be reversed for high-risk domestic violence offenders in NSW and those who are released will be electronically monitored.
David McBride has been sentenced to nearly six-years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents that revealed alleged war crimes.
Australian laws would be "ignored or disparaged" if enforced outside its borders, a judge has said while siding with Elon Musk's X against the local watchdog.
A case that will determine whether an ex-SAS soldier shot a farmer in Afghanistan and committed a war crime has been delayed by new evidence.
A crocodile measuring more than four metres long has been captured in a north Queensland marina after lunging at a man on a house boat.
Almost 50 critically endangered orange-bellied parrots have been fitted with tracking tags in a bid to better understand the species' migration.
The export of live sheep by sea from Australia will end in May 2028, with a $107 million transition package over five years to support industry.
NSW Premier Chris Minns will use parliament to apologise for the state's former laws that made homosexuality a criminal offence.
Brittany Higgins's fiance David Sharaz says he can't afford a defamation trial against Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds but he may fight her over damages.
More immigration detainees will remain behind bars after the High Court ruled it was legal to keep them locked up if they frustrate their deportation efforts.
