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Budget 'falls short' on helping Indigenous survivors

While the budget included some money to support Indigenous victim-survivors of crime, advocates say they need more assistance as costs spiral.

Queensland commits to two new youth detention centres

Two new youth detention centres are slated in Cairns and Brisbane by the Queensland government as the state continues to grapple with youth crime.

SA urged to use GST windfall to turbo-charge housing

A multimillion-dollar GST bonus should be used by the SA government to build more public housing, the state's peak welfare group says.

Labor promises persistence on China trade reopening

Trade Minister Don Farrell is travelling to Beijing in a bid to end a long-running dispute blocking Australian businesses accessing lucrative Chinese...

Emotional plea to pass social, affordable housing fund

Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie was on the verge of tears as she implored her colleagues to vote for a housing fund to tackle affordability.

Allkem in $15.7bn lithium merger with US-based Livent

Brisbane-headquartered Allkem, the world's fifth-biggest lithium miner, has agreed to an all-stock merger with US-based Livent to create a global lith...

QX Resources (ASX:QXR) confirms formal application for Mining Lease...

Highlights,There are robust market conditions for molybdenum, with price recently reaching a 17-year high of US$100/kg,QX Resources' Anthony Deposit (...

Supermarket guilty of selling nicotine vapes to kids

A Queensland supermarket has been ordered to pay more than $88,000 following complaints it was selling vapes containing nicotine to children as young...

Link between Black Summer bushfires and years of floods

A new study suggests cloud cover created by the Black Summer bushfires has influenced several years of La Nina flooding events on Australia's east coa...

NZ finds $4 billion savings but no tax cuts in budget

New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced a four-month reprioritisation hunt has yielded $4 billion in savings over the next four yea...

We'll make Labor take housing crisis seriously: Greens

Key amendments have been put forward to help resolve a deadlock over Labor's $10 billion federal housing fund legislation, which is being blocked by t...

Supermarket found guilty of selling nicotine vapes

A Queensland supermarket has been prosecuted for selling vapes and e-liquids containing nicotine, and has been ordered to pay almost $90,000.

Teen girl dies after being trapped under Sydney tram

A teenage girl has died after becoming trapped under a tram in Sydney's Haymarket district.

Storing money in banks is a mistake, Michael Saylor says

Michael Saylor, the co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, has shared his thoughts on the banking sector turmoil. In an interview with Va...

FYI Resources (ASX: FYI) jumps 35% in two days: Is further steam lef...

Highlights,FYI Resources Limited (ASX: FYI),shares have been rallying over the last two trading sessions.,On Tuesday, the company announced its plans...

Innocent man shot dead in gang war, trial told

Eight men with bikie links killed an innocent man when they went to a body shop with the intention of killing an employee, a murder trial has been tol...

Housemate charged with murder over stabbing death

A 66-year-old man has been charged with murder over the alleged stabbing death of his housemate in Queensland's far north.

Cynata Therapeutics (ASX:CYP) share purchase plan oversubscribed, fu...

Highlights,Together with the placement of AU$5 million, Cynata has been able to raise total proceeds of AU$7 million,Valid applications were received...

Relief for families as serial killer loses parole bid

Families of the victims of serial killer Paul Denyer have welcomed a parole board decision to keep him in prison.

Lehrmann prosecutor regrets 'feeding the media pack'

Chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold will be questioned for a fourth day at an independent inquiry into the rape trial of ex-Liberal Party staffer Bruce Le...