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Australian doctors call for clampdown on social media influencers allegedly glamorising poker machines

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Tony Burke says Melbourne synagogue fire an ‘attack on Australia’ as NSW man charged over incident

9h ago

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns ‘reprehensible’ antisemitic Melbourne synagogue attack

15h ago

Australia news live: Victoria police charge NSW man over synagogue fire; Minns government confirm fare-free travel days

17h ago

Will the Tasmanian election put an end to the island’s parliamentary chaos?

20h ago

Liberals condemn gender quotas as ‘disgraceful’ and ‘antithetical’ in leaked messages

Fri

Australia news live: man shot dead by police in siege in Victorian town; boy dies after e-bike crash in Sydney

Thu

Frontbencher proposes alternative to quotas as Liberal party agonises over gender imbalance

Thu

Federal government throws support behind LNP’s controversial new Olympic Games venue at Brisbane’s Victoria Park

Thu

Australia news live: NSW weather will ease this morning, BoM says; Qantas customers told to be on alert after hack

Wed

Gender balance in Liberal party should be based on ‘merit’ not ‘quotas’, says new senator Jess Collins

Wed

Australia news live: flood warnings as storm batters NSW; train passengers told to avoid non-essential travel

Tue

Liberal figures push for expiry dates on gender quotas in bid to win party support

Tue

Australia news live: NSW coast braced for low; Greens welcome investigation into Hannah Thomas incident

Mon

Teenagers as young as 13 could view misogynistic Andrew Tate videos on YouTube, report finds

Mon

Union leader appointed to federal government role without being shortlisted or facing ‘due diligence’ check

Mon

Paul Keating says young Australians are guaranteed to have $3m in super by retirement – but not everyone agrees

Mon

Senior home affairs official abused public office to get her future brother-in-law a job, Nacc finds

Mon

Jacinta Allan rubbishes claims Queensland GST revenue is keeping Victoria’s ‘hospital lights on’

Mon

US tariffs on Australia ‘should be zero’, Albanese says as leaders prepare for end of Trump’s 90-day pause

Mon

Australia news live: Wong heads to US as pressure grows on defence spend; east coast braces for wet and windy weather

Sun

Top public servant urges ‘more doing, less reviewing’ after 70 inquiries in Labor’s first term, FoI papers reveal

Sun

‘It’s not Chinese assistance’: Australia accuses China of taking undue credit for aid projects in the Pacific

Sun

Coalition happy to have quotas for Nationals on frontbench but not for female Liberal MPs, Tanya Plibersek says

Sun

Fewer than 1% of households with multimillions in super could struggle to pay Labor’s tax, study finds

Jun 27

Albanese will need to resolve the standoff with Turkey if Australia is to host Cop31

Jun 27

Former Greens candidate may lose sight after being arrested in Sydney protest at alleged Israel technology supplier

Jun 27

Australia news live: white supremacist organisation reportedly listed as terror group; fatal stabbing of Sydney man investigated

Jun 26

Sussan Ley pushes for new collaborative policy process in bid to avoid Peter Dutton-style party control

Jun 26

Australia news live: Anglicare calls for urgent action on energy debt; banks predict rate cuts in July

Jun 25

Excessive social media found to harm teenagers’ mental health – but experts say moderation may be key

Jun 25

Sussan Ley says she’s a ‘zealot’ on recruiting more women to Liberal party – but stops short of endorsing quotas

Jun 25

News live: stranded Australians flown out of Israel, Marles plays down chance of Trump meeting at Nato summit

Jun 24

YouTube fires back at eSafety commissioner’s push for platform’s inclusion in under-16s social media ban

Jun 24

Anthony Albanese criticised for ‘vindictive’ move after Coalition MPs see staff numbers slashed

Jun 24

Queensland state budget 2025: five key takeaways

Jun 24

Penny-pinching NSW budget lacks vision and offers few solutions to state’s most pressing problems

Jun 24

Housing push centrepiece of NSW budget which projects $3.43bn deficit next financial year

Jun 24

Australia news live: Mike Pezzullo’s Iran warning; budget day in NSW, Queensland and ACT

Jun 23

YouTube should not be exempt from Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Jun 23

Governments are leaving ‘heavy lifting’ on Closing the Gap to underresourced Aboriginal groups, review finds

Jun 23

PM backs Iran strikes but says Australia is ‘deeply concerned about any escalation’

Jun 23

News live: Wong says Australian government supports US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities but warns against all-out war

Jun 22

Australia risks losing ‘war on nicotine’ in same way as war on drugs as illegal tobacco sales explode

Jun 22