Accused rapists will no longer be protected by outdated legislation under new and “desperately” needed law changes expected to be implemented next year. 

Parents of young children are set to save an average of $1700 a year on child care after the Albanese government passed one of its first election commitments. 

A Commission of inquiry has found the widow and police partner of slain officer Senior Constable Brett Forte were targeted in “ill-advised” disciplinary proceedings after raising “reasonable concerns” about his murder. 

The butterfly foundation has slammed a practice of primary schoolchildren being weighed and their kilos openly ranked from lightest to heaviest. 

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