Australia
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Greens to target seats stacked with renters at election
Greens leader Adam Bandt will call on party faithful to use the government’s failure to implement a rent freeze or cap to swing the millions of Australians struggling to find …
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Ange’s great start marked by manager of the month award
It has taken Ange Postecoglou no time at all to make an impact on English football’s top-flight, a fact recognised by his award as the Premier League’s first Manager of …
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George Megalogenis: what past referenda reveal about the upcoming Voice Vote
Ahead of The Voice referendum on October 14, Greek Australian journalist, author and political commentator George Megalogenis recently spoke to the ABC about what past referenda revealed about our nation. …
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Thunderstorm asthma season conditions similar to 2016
Allergy sufferers have been put on alert for thunderstorm asthma, with an ambulance leader warning conditions are akin to those before Melbourne’s deadly event in 2016. The peak thunderstorm asthma season …
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Minister blocks release of Qatar flight decision papers
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says the government has “nothing to hide”, as a cabinet colleague knocks back a Senate request to provide documents about its decision on Qatar Airways’ …
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Victorians top list for taking deadly ‘super drug’
Victorians are the country’s biggest consumers of the deadly “super drug” fentanyl as authorities warn of its potentially disastrous consequences. Melbourne has the highest level of heroin, ketamine and fentanyl consumption …
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PM urges renewables shift or risk being left behind
Anthony Albanese has told energy industry leaders Australia must move towards renewable energy or risk being left behind. In a speech and panel discussion at NewsCorp’s Future Energy summit, the …
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Illegal links prompt uni to return artefacts depicting Zeus, Hercules and other warriors to Italy
An ancient two-handed vessel and a red-figure fish-plate will be among items a university returns to Italian ownership after revelations about their underworld links. An Attic black-figure amphora, which was …
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Airbnb reforms in spotlight as housing fight rages on
The Greens are calling on the federal government to put limits around short-term rentals like Airbnb to boost supply and take pressure off rents. Leader Adam Bandt said people were …
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Watchdogs give Victoria hurry-up on corruption reforms
Victoria’s corruption watchdogs have given the government a hurry-up on implementing recommendations from a bombshell report into branch-stacking within the Labor party. A progress report into the joint Operation Watts …