Popular dating apps such as Bumble, Tinder and Hinge have been handed an ultimatum by the federal government – make your platforms safer or the commonwealth will do it for you.

Detectives across the state are being taken off investigations and put back into uniform to cover shortages on the front line, so bad is the current employment crisis in the NSW Police Force.

Councils are slugging Victorians with sneaky new bin taxes of up to $179 and raising rubbish rates by 10 to 20 per cent as the state continues to struggle with the landfill crisis.

Distressed patients battling cancer have slammed a decision by Gold Coast University Hospital to mothball a world-leading medical device that prevents hair loss during chemotherapy treatment.

After a screaming success at yesterday’s City-Bay Fun Run, organisers are now aiming for a record-breaking crowd of 50,000 to celebrate the race’s 50th event next year (it was cancelled twice by Covid).

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Prominent Aboriginal activist and No campaigner Warren Mundine has warned that the agenda behind the Uluru Statement is a “metaphorical” declaration of war on modern Australia.

Public sector unions are set for a salary windfall worth billions of dollars as the reward for helping get Labor into power as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey prepares to hand down a budget he says will “fix the fundamentals” of an economy bloated by excessive debt.

The Commonwealth should step in to help cover Victoria’s pandemic debt that is harming the state’s reputation and holding back the national economy, a leading business figure says.

Queenslanders won’t be slugged extra fees to see a GP after the state government and doctors reached a compromise on a heated payroll tax stoush.

Access to bank branches dealing with physical currency must be maintained for customers in the regions where ‘cash is still king’, according to regional residents.

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Former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and chairman Richard Goyder are expected to be top of the list of people the senate aviation inquiry will decide it wants to summon when it meets for the first time on Thursday.

Taxpayers are paying councils tens of millions of dollars for the privilege of having their garbage bins collected once a fortnight as weekly pick-ups are being scrapped.

Victorians are being warned to be on high alert of bushfire risks with warmer and drier conditions predicted, but the state won’t face the same catastrophic scenes experienced in Hawaii, Canada and Greece.

Corruption investigations into politicians and public servants will be kept secret from Queenslanders unless laws are urgently changed in light of a landmark High Court decision, the state’s powerful watchdog has warned.

South Australian taxpayers will likely shell out at least $70m for a late swoop on one of Adelaide’s premier pieces of land for housing in a move amid a developer backlash.

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Australia has warned there will be “consequences” for any country that aids Russia in its illegal war against Ukraine – ahead of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.

A woman claims one of Australia’s most reviled gang rapists harassed her for months with messages of sexual fantasies and emails saying “I want you all to myself” which she took to police, but they refused to protect her.

Victorian businesses will be slugged almost $18bn extra over the next decade as a result of the government’s changes to WorkCover premiums.

Queensland’s major hospitals hit breaking point and couldn’t adequately service patient needs at least 156 times in a three-month period, bombshell new data has revealed for the first time.

A 19-year-old father has faced court after police allegedly found him and a 13-year-old with firearms at the weekend.

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An extra billion dollars to build public and community homes has won Labor desperately needed support for its signature housing fund, but the end of a bitter nine-month political stoush will bring little relief to renters at the coalface of Australia’s housing crisis.

Sydney’s bus network is facing fresh scrutiny amid an alarming number of services being cancelled and bus drivers calling in sick, with an average of 134 trips being abandoned on one network each day.

Damning videos show top doctors alerted the state government in the lead-up to the 2022 election that serious emergency department failings were driving a rise in child deaths in hospitals.

Nearly 40  per cent of investors surveyed by a peak industry body have sold their Queensland rental properties in the past year – more than anywhere else in the country.

More than 4500 illegal vapes have been seized and 12 Adelaide businesses fined during a blitz  on unlawful  nicotine sales.

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Partner of detained journalist Cheng Lei says Anthony Albanese’s China visit is the ­perfect opportunity for Beijing to set her free. Slain gangland figure Gavin Preston had been at war over stolen trucks with a feared Melbourne underworld gang. About 1000 unqualified university students will have taught in Queensland classrooms by the end of the year. Police in NSW are threatening to stop attending emergency calls relating to mental health incidents. A furious Adelaide Hills resident has hijacked a press conference to confront the Premier over a plan she says will cost lives.

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Tinder and other online dating apps are driving a spike in requests for paternity tests. Fourteen siblings have been rescued from a Sydney “house of horrors”. Warning for Queenslanders over scammers using social media platforms to stalk and rob them. Police fear the shooting death of Melbourne underworld figure Gavin Preston could set off a wave of revenge attacks. South Australian teachers could soon have the right to ignore calls and emails from their boss or parents outside work hours.

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Australian troops will patrol the South China Sea alongside the Philippines, as the two ­nations step up their partnership with a new agreement. One person has died and five people injured after a driver collided with pedestrians and two vehicles in the Melbourne CBD. More than 280 teenagers have been nabbed in the last 18 months for breaking into Sydney homes and stealing high-powered cars. More than 700 people have now been screened as part of the SA government’s efforts to fight a tuberculosis outbreak in the APY Lands. QLD Motorists wrongly suspended from driving due to a major traffic camera system flaw will know early next week how they can get their licences back.

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The Qantas frequent flyer program will now become part of the senate aviation inquiry looking into the blocking of flights by Qatar Airways. South Australian police have found skeletal remains they suspect are those of murder victim Robert Atkins. Anthony Albanese will visit President Xi Jinping this year to make a personal appeal for the release of Australians detained in China. A baby girl has died just hours after being sent home from a Queensland hospital.

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Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his successor Vanessa Hudson will be called before a senate inquiry probing the government’s Qatar Airways decision. Police build intelligence as another tobacconist is firebombed in Melbourne. An investigation into one of Queensland’s biggest child safety failures was called off by Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath on the eve of the last state election. Covert recordings continued to be heard in the court case against William Tyrrel’s foster mother. SA launches brazen campaign to poach Victorian businesses.

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