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Exclusive: Despite the immediate horrors, women have largely led recovery efforts where government has failed, researchers sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWomen were subjected to violence and sexual assaults resulting in pregnancies in the immediate aftermath of the northern rivers floods due to a lack of triaging and separation...

Exclusive: Leader of successful class action says government should ‘step in to overturn the convictions’, amid calls for a formal apologyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Indonesian fisher who led the challenge against Australia’s unlawful detention of hundreds of children found on people-smuggling boats has urged the government to...

Bureau of Meteorology forecasts category three storm to make landfall near Townsville, warns of damaging winds and heavy rainfallGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueenslanders are being urged to stock up on 72 hours of supplies as a “severe” cyclone begins to swing towards the state’s coast.A cyclone watch has been issued for communities across north Queensland, with...

Move comes as pressure mounts on broadcaster’s management with union members passing vote of no confidence in managing director David AndersonGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ABC has claimed it did not sack the journalist Antoinette Lattouf from her casual radio role, paving the way to attempt to have her termination case thrown out.It comes as pressure...

This blog is now closed.Albanese fuels cost-of-living relief expectations as MPs debate sticking with stage-three tax cutsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast‘No plans to change’ Australia Day, minister saysSpeaking on the Today show, Amanda Rishworth is asked about a decision by Cricket Australia to scrap the term Australia Day at the Brisbane Test match this Friday.We have...

Criticism from the assistant foreign minister, Tim Watts, comes as backbencher says Israeli prime minister ‘is not a partner for peace’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has said it is deeply disappointed by comments from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he rebuffed international calls...

PM says Labor government will receive advice by Wednesday’s caucus meeting on how best to assist Australians struggling with rising costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has continued to raise expectations of further cost-of-living relief as some backbench MPs debate the possibility Labor could modify stage-three income tax...

Costs protection bill would tilt balance in favour of accusers and move financial risk to accused, legal body saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Law Council of Australia has warned that proposed changes removing cost barriers for applicants in sexual harassment and discrimination cases could result in “arbitrary and...

Home affairs department confirms eight of the 11 people flown to island nation in September have since returned homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEight of the 11 asylum seekers taken to Nauru in September – including a woman and child – have returned to their country of origin.In October...

Protesters took aim at foreign minister Penny Wong and prime minister Anthony Albanese and said they would ‘continue to chant for a liberated Palestine’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWidad Waqqad, 20, has been attending demonstrations for Palestine since she was a young girl. This Sunday was no different, as she joined hundreds of others in Sydney’s Hyde...

Heat warnings have been issued to residents in NSW, South Australia and Western Australia about rising temperatures this weekendGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA withering heatwave has spread across three states with temperatures in parts of northern Western Australia reaching towards 50C, and the goldmining town of Kalgoorlie still without power after a rare super-cell storm.Heat warnings...

Detectives believe man is targeting single women – while AFP shines spotlight on romance fraudGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLaw enforcement agencies are on the hunt for a man accused of stealing millions from property market investors as police warn Australians to be on guard against “pig butchering” scams before Valentine’s Day.A Victorian man is alleged to...

Advocates say government failing to meet ‘basic obligation’ to process claims quickly after Tim McCabe spent weeks with ‘no income’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales jobseeker says he was forced to complete welfare mutual obligations – including a 50km round trip for job agency appointments and enrolling in training courses – despite receiving no...

Heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding forecast across Kimberley, Northern Territory and much of Cape York peninsulaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNorthern Australia is battening down the hatches as the Bureau of Meteorology warns intensifying activity in the Coral Sea is likely to result in the formation of Cyclone Kirrily.While the low-pressure system won’t be...

ABS data highlights shoppers’ attraction to promotions, as supermarkets giants discount unhealthy food twice as often as healthier itemsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSupermarket promotional items can sell at up to 70 times their normal rate, analysis shows, in a sign of the market power the grocery giants exert over Australian households that includes a preference to...

After a lengthy, multiple-agency investigation, officers unearthed guns and ammunition at a Mornington Peninsula propertyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree men, including an alleged Russian organised crime suspect, have been charged after a cache of explosives, guns and drugs were seized from a rural Victorian property.A lengthy investigation led officers to a property at Tyabb on the...

Bom says it’s still ‘too early to say’ how strong a potential cyclone may be and when it could reach land Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFar north Queensland is bracing for a second natural disaster in about a month while flooding has forced people to flee their homes in the Northern Territory.Meanwhile, a swathe of Western...

According to a police spokesperson the same man was involved in both the attacks in RedfernGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 38-year-old taxi driver and a 25-year-old food delivery driver were stabbed in two separate incidents in a Sydney suburb, with police now appealing to the public for information.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Walker...

NSW authorities are working to determine how long the pest has been in the area and how they arrivedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInvasive fire ants are continuing their march south, prompting a plea for vigilance, after a nest was detected at Wardell, south of Byron Bay, the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries says.A gardener...

Julian Hill labels Israeli prime minister’s position ‘appalling’ as he calls for financial consequences for Israeli settlers Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBenjamin Netanyahu’s declaration he rejects any moves to establish a Palestinian state after Israel’s offensive in Gaza has been labelled “appalling” and a step toward “apartheid” by influential Labor MP Julian Hill.Hill has called for...

Claim comes amid state and federal inquiries into Australian grocery sector and what producers say is a widening gap between wholesale and shelf pricesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFarming groups have accused the major supermarkets of using their power to distort the market, leading to elevated prices for shoppers and low prices for producers.The claim comes amid...