National

Second-busiest auction week of the year

Housing data shows Australia has had its second-busiest auction week of the year, with more than 2800 homes going under the hammer.

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4 hours ago

National

Unions push ALP for insecure jobs pledge

Unions have called on the Labor Party to take a pledge to the next federal election to halve the number of people in insecure work.

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4 hours ago

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Election genius backs Johnson, Trump wins

Griffith University professor Bela Stancic believes UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be re-elected.

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6 hours ago

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Election genius backs Johnson, Trump wins

Griffith University professor Bela Stancic believes UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be re-elected.

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6 hours ago

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Injured hikers rescued from Tas wilderness

Three Indians who were hiking in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain wilderness have been rescued after spending two nights suffering hypothermia in a remote cabin.

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8 hours ago

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Dutton douses call for air force fire help

Peter Dutton has dismissed calls by independent MP Andrew Wilkie for air force transport planes to be used as water bombers.

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8 hours ago

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Labor puts jobs at heart of climate change

Labor frontbencher Terri Butler says climate change reform can’t be achieved without properly explaining what will happen to jobs in coal.

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8 hours ago

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Minister blasts Coles on milk drought levy

Senior Nationals minister David Littleproud has called for shoppers to boycott Coles until it puts a 20-cent levy on all dairy products to help farmers.

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8 hours ago

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Vic Liberal MP’s parting message on gender

Victorian Liberal MP Mary Wooldridge says she’s quitting politics and is calling on her party to do better on getting more women into parliament.

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9 hours ago

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Australian housing scheme still ambitious

An initiative raising funds for affordable housing hopes to become as commonplace as wearing a seat belt.

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10 hours ago

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Conditions ease amid Qld bushfire chaos

Weather conditions have once again eased in Queensland, with a number of bushfires scaled down on Sunday.

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10 hours ago

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Broncos not keen on Folau despite reports

Brisbane have denied they’ve made any approach to bring Israel Folau back to the NRL club following media reports they were pursuing the former Wallabies star.

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15 hours ago

National

Firies battle blazes as PM thanks crews

NSW firefighters hope to get some critical back-burning and containment work done before conditions worsen as prime minister Scott Morrison thanked RFS crews.

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16 hours ago

National

Most back net-zero emission target: survey

The Australian Institute says 62 per cent of Australians back a net-zero emissions target, including 54 per cent of a coalition voters.

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20 hours ago

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Restore faith in politics: senior Labor MP

Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek says the party “let down” true believers with a NSW donations scandal and urged politicians to restore faith in democracy.

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20 hours ago

National

Second attempt at Tas hikers rescue fails

Efforts to rescue three injured hikers from Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain region have been hampered by bad weather for a second day.

AAP Newswire

07 Dec 2019

National

ALP should back wellness budget: NZ Labour

New Zealand’s finance minister says the Australian Labor Party should consider a ‘wellness budget’ approach if it wins government.

AAP Newswire

07 Dec 2019

National

Taylor the minister for ‘porkies’: Labor

Politicians are still going toe-to-toe over embattled minister Angus Taylor, even as he prepares to escape the country to attend an international conference.

AAP Newswire

07 Dec 2019