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Queensland Teachers Union’s members go on strike today. Crushing workloads, school violence, and the teacher exodus are high on their list of grievances. Joshua Barnett with the story. When more…
New Zealand will begin charging tourists up to $NZ40 ($A37) to visit its most popular tourist destinations such as Milford Track and Mount Cook, as the government seeks ways to…
The youngest of the four men convicted over South Australia’s “bodies in the barrels” serial killings has been granted parole. James Vlassakis has spent 26 years behind bars after being…
Australia’s share market has posted its best-ever close as confidence around company earnings and future interest rate cuts washed out global growth concerns. The S&P/ASX200 surged 106.7 points higher, up…
Rare earths miners are backing in the government’s plan to underwrite supply, as talk of a potential price floor sends stocks soaring. Setting a taxpayer-guaranteed minimum price for rare earths…
Taxpayer rescue of two smelters avoids a “national catastrophe” but Australia must now develop a strategy to retain sovereign capability in manufacturing metals, a union urges. Smelters in Hobart and…
Australia will buy more than ten Japanese warships to prop up its navy as it enhances its combat fleet to project firepower deeper into the Pacific. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’…
Australians have been splashing out on new cars, food and electronics as price pressures ease. Household spending rose 0.5 per cent in June on top of a one per cent…
Shares in Asia rose for a second consecutive session and the US dollar held most of its losses on Tuesday as investors increased bets the Federal Reserve will act to…
US-based “Combat Antisemitism Movement” and Jillian Segal are hosting an all-expenses-paid conference for Australian mayors and councillors. Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon investigate. In September, hundreds of Australian local government…