International airfares out of Australia continued to climb in the first eight-months of the year. Melbourne train commuters may face major disruption across the network with the rail union threatening strike action. South Australia’s average cost to build a new house set a record in July. Around $1.5bn earmarked for projects across regional NSW was used to pay for infrastructure projects in Sydney. The Reserve Bank is predicted to hold ­interest rates today. 

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Australia is set to bid for the basketball world cup in the wake of last month’s record breaking FIFA Women’s soccer World Cup. 

An elite child-rescuing police team is investigating three new cases every week, warning that exploitation has “exploded” in the past decade and perpetrators are “literally any­one and everyone walking among us”. 

Acting Queensland Premier Steven Miles has still not spoken with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk more than a week after she jetted off on a surprise holiday to Italy, saying it would take only “an emergency” for him to contact her. 

Four of Melbourne’s worst teen offenders have stolen a total of 90 cars, mostly taken in their combined 170 home burglaries. 

Taylor Swift fans have been left frustrated after her official Australian tour ticket resale was delayed, but thousands of new seats will become available before the end of the year. 

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Yes campaigners will declare,“You’re The Voice” in a new ad campaign partnering with singer John Farnham to promote the referendum for an Indigenous Voice. 

In NSW, a sickening video taken of two young victims lying dead, or dying, after the crash has been widely shared on social media. 

The $10bn Melbourne Airport Rail Link project is set to be mothballed for years following a review of federally funded ­infrastructure projects. 

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has warned of a looming political dogfight with China over the loyalty of Pacific island nations if the state government turns its back on his bold bid to resurrect the 2026 Commonwealth Games. 

The mother of a young Adelaide Hills footballer who died after an on-field collision will take legal action against the state’s peak football body over its handling of concussions in the lead up to her son’s death. 

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Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has been awarded a swag of extraordinary bonuses of up to $10 million, the same day the consumer watchdog revealed it will target a $250m payout over allegations the airline lied to customers about cancelled flights. 

Union officials will be able to enter workplaces without notice and inspect payroll records when they suspect wage underpayments under proposed changes to the ­nation’s IR laws to be unveiled next week. 

Parents have unloaded on the culture at a Queensland state high school they say is at “breaking point”, plagued with bathroom brawls and students being bullied and bashed for “street cred”. 

Four people have been killed and another seriously injured in a horror collision on a “notorious” stretch of road in Victoria’s north. 

An Adelaide Footy League club has been hit with the biggest fine in SA sporting history for breaches of salary cap. 

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Qantas is being taken to court by the consumer watchdog for allegedly selling tickets for thousands of cancelled “ghost” flights and hoarding takeoff and landing slots to drive up airfares. 

Transport for NSW has for the first time confirmed that WestConnex will be sped up to 90km/h but the plans will require the motorway to be completely closed for safety checks. 

A Gold Coast city councillor allegedly googled “If you kill someone in self-defence will you go to jail?” two days before he choked and killed his abusive and controlling stepdad. 

A key member of the Victorian Liberal Party’s leadership team has resigned. 

Nutbush will come to Adelaide’s city limits when smash stage production TINA – The Tina Turner Musical opens at the Festival Theatre in April next year. 

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Australians will head to the polls on October 14 to decide if they want an Indigenous Voice enshrined in the constitution, as the Yes and No campaigns launch a six-week final push to the referendum. 

Inflation rose by its smallest margin in more than a year following a fall in the cost of food and petrol, raising hopes the Reserve Bank will leave interest rates on hold for a third straight month. 

The victims of crime advocates who marched on state parliament have still not had a response  to their requests from anyone in the Palaszczuk Government a full week on, as the Premier declared from Europe there were simply no issues in Queensland. 
 
In NRL, it’s been revealed the player who walked away from the Bulldogs over a training ground punishment was barely 10 minutes late for training. 

Almost 320 South Australian schools will close or be forced to alter classes because of Friday’s planned teacher strike. 

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The Reserve Bank is under fire for spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on food and booze while the nation grappled with a worsening cost-of-living crisis. 

Victoria’s total debt is predicted to hit a shocking $226bn by 2026-27, putting the state’s credit rating at greater risk. 

Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his top executives have been forced to admit the airline owes at least $150 million more in flight credits to ­customers than previously ­estimated. 

Three days of tense negotiations between the SA teachers union and the government are set to commence on Tuesday ahead of a planned strike. 

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Three US Marines died and five more suffered serious injuries when a military aircraft carrying 23 people crashed in the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory coast. yesterday.

Random urine tests to screen the state’s trains workforce for drugs or alcohol will be axed in a backroom agreement between the rail union and the state government.

The AFL Grand Final Parade will return to city streets in a significant shift from last year’s Yarra River ceremony.

The respected mind Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk turns to for major legal reviews has pleaded with her to “abandon the madness” in youth justice and keep children out of watch houses.

Work will begin immediately to expand preschool and Out of School Hours Care in South Australia in line with the recommendations of the state’s royal commission into early childhood education.

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Of the 17 critical targets identified as part of Closing the Gap only four are being met, while the rates of Indigenous suicide, children in out-of-home care and adults in jail are going backwards.

The women who once quietly lived off the ill-gotten gains of their gangland men are now playing an active role in high-level crimes that are leading to bloodshed on the streets.

The Victorian Liberal Party has claimed an emphatic victory in the critical Warrandyte by-election with the party on track to record a near 20 per cent swing.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has flown to Europe for a two-week vacation amid threats and speculation over the future of her leadership.

South Australia could “run out of land” within 30 years unless drastic changes are made to meet housing demands, a landmark report has found.

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Glaring straight ahead, ­Donald Trump’s fury is unmistakable in his history-making mugshot, taken after he was charged and released from Fulton County Jail.

Zookeeper Jen Brown won’t hear a bad word said about the two male lions who mauled her and left her fighting for life.

Police will investigate whether former Crown staff and big punters banned from the venue were part of an alleged multimillion-dollar illegal casino.

Masked crusaders Kiss are set to be confirmed as special guest performers at the AFL Grand Final after two high profile cancellations left the league high and dry.

South Australia’s most senior federal Liberal, Simon Birmingham, is conceding a systemic failure to elect enough women as he produces a framework to revive the party’s flagging fortunes.

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