Properties lost in fires as national heatwave builds
Fire crews are battling to contain a dangerous blaze before it overruns more properties as an intense heatwave grips Australia's southeast.
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As the government prepares to announce a federal royal commission into the Bondi attack, some Jewish groups are expressing concern about who may lead the probe.
Police say two men were convincing elderly drivers to open the bonnets of their cars while simultaneously stealing their money.
Police have seized a Holden Commodore after the vehicle was allegedly involved in burnout activity on the Barton Highway on Monday night.
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Higher-density approvals show sharp pullback
New ABS building approvals data shows the ACT recorded 197 dwellings approved in November, down from 668 in October and show a sharp pullback in higher-density approvals, with 128 dwellings approved excluding houses.
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Fires sparked as extreme heatwave blankets Australia
Some of the worst heatwave conditions since Black Summer have sparked emergency level fires, as millions swelter through soaring temperatures.
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Focus on anti-Semitism urged in hate speech overhaul
A looming overhaul of federal hate speech laws must stick to anti-Semitism, not broader issues like gender and sexuality, the opposition leader says.
A sharper-than-expected fall in inflation will encourage the Reserve Bank of Australia, but underlying price growth remains too hot for comfort.
A 33-year-old Whitlam man has been charged with multiple historical sexual offences.
Australian forests are thinning in a worrying finding for a world relying on plants to help soak up excess atmospheric carbon.
A 22-year-old Crace man has been charged after allegedly firing a gun at a vehicle on Tuesday afternoon.
With extreme heat forecast for the ACT, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) ACT president Dr Kerrie Aust is urging parents and carers to learn the warning signs of heat-related illness in children.
A finding Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House was infected by a judge doing his own research, the nation's highest court has been told.
The discovery that some solar panels may last for only half their anticipated lifetimes suggests manufacturing and quality control issues need ironing out.
Australian motorists are increasingly choosing fuel-efficient vehicles but that does not mean a move away from SUVs or utes.
The prime minister has opened the door to a royal commission into a deadly terror attack as calls for an inquiry rise from within his party.
A 33-year-old man has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting his prospective housemate on Sunday evening.
Pressure is mounting on Anthony Albanese to set up a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack, as a group of Labor figures break rank to support the call.
Temperature records are set to tumble across the country in what is set to be the worst heatwave since the devastating 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires.
