Australia
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RBA board finally presses pause on interest rate rises
Australia’s central bank has left interest rates unchanged at 3.6 per cent in April as the economy shows signs of cooling off. The decision will offer welcome relief for mortgage …
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State Government announces plans to protect Preston Market after months of delays and protests
The Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) Projects Standing Advisory Committee report on the proposed redevelopment of the Preston Market precinct has been released. It comes a little under two weeks since …
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Queensland’s Greek community mourns death of newly-married couple in light plane crash
A married couple who were expecting a baby have died after their light aircraft crashed in bad weather in north Queensland. The wreckage of the plane, that had been carrying …
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NSW Premier Chris Minns appoints Greeks in cabinet
The Minns Ministry is a reduced Cabinet of 22 Ministers, but for the first time in New South Wales history, will be 50 per cent women (excluding the premier). This …
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Disturbing scale of child abuse delivers ‘wake-up call’
The physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children is “disturbingly prevalent” across Australia, triggering calls for urgent government action to protect the nation’s youth. One in three children experience physical …
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Migration, high rents put brakes on sliding home prices
Sydney has led a turnaround in national property prices after the market tracked down for 10 straight months. The 0.6 per cent uptick in national home values as measured by …
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Liberals look for answers after Labor by-election win
The Liberals are licking their wounds and are trying to figure out what went wrong after unexpectedly losing the Aston federal by-election, despite rising living costs. The loss of the …
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Orkopoulos ‘Improbable’ ex-MP would party with skating teens
Claims former NSW Labor member Milton Orkopoulos sexually abused four teenage boys decades ago were improbable, inconsistent and should be rejected, jurors have heard. Details in the claims of four …
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Giant of the nation, Indigenous leader Yunupingu dies
Visionary land rights pioneer Yunupingu is being remembered by his people as “a giant of the nation” as they mourn his death in northeast Arnhem Land. Surrounded by his family …
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Aston result shows rejection of nasty politics: Andrews
The Liberal Party’s loss in Aston shows Victorians will not support a nasty, bigoted and self-centred approach to politics, the Victorian premier says. Labor’s Mary Doyle won the federal seat in …