2025 • Sep 19
Sydney commuters face more disruption as metro workers to vote on industrial action
Sydney Metro trains are driverless, although customer service attendants work inside the trains and on station platforms
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2025 • Sep 19
Sussan Ley says she ‘misspoke’ after comments that Coalition doesn’t believe in setting climate targets
Liberal leader later clarifies she doesn’t support setting targets while in opposition
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2025 • Sep 19
Ausgrid slashes safety inspectors after report finds cheaper to pay permanent disability injury compensation
Secret report from CutlerMerz finds yearly cost of inspections – $520,219 – is more than cost of paying compensation – $28,375 a year
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2025 • Sep 19
Optus CEO says three people died after triple zero calls affected during network upgrade – as it happened
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2025 • Sep 18
Brittany Higgins’ husband David Sharaz to pay $92,000 for tweet that defamed Linda Reynolds, court orders
Sharaz also liable for former defence minister’s legal costs on an indemnity basis, which is expected to exceed $500,000Get our
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2025 • Sep 18
How vulnerable are Australia’s cities to extreme heat? Explore our maps
Exclusive: Residents of western Sydney and outer suburbs of Melbourne are at particular risk of high temperatures, data shows
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2025 • Sep 18
Social media ban trial data reveals bias in age checking software: just how inaccurate is it?
Young people from Indigenous and Asian backgrounds are more likely to be miscategorised as over the age limit and older people as underaged, analysis finds
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2025 • Sep 18
Nearly one in three single parent households in Australia live in poverty, Hilda report shows
Group is nearly three times more likely to be in poverty than two-parent households, statistical report findsGet our
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2025 • Sep 18
Bowen says cutting emissions by more than 70% ‘not achievable’ as 2035 target criticised from all sides
Albanese says 62% to 70% range represents ‘the sweet spot’ as Coalition rejects ‘economy wrecking’ target while Greens label it a ‘betrayal’
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2025 • Sep 18
Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast
‘Heartbreaking’ drone footage has captured the moment a mother and calf became trapped. Four humpbacks have been snared in recent days
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2025 • Sep 18
Australia’s immigration is not ‘out of control’ – it’s trending lower and has been for over a year
Treasury officials assume net migration to Australia will slow to 335,100 in the year to June
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2025 • Sep 18
Albanese’s Oprah-style emissions target aims to please almost everyone but falls short of real climate action
The prime minister has a stonking majority and a progressive crossbench that wants deeper cuts. So what has happened to lower the goal?Get our
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