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A re-elected Albanese government will take the unprecedented step of buying or obtaining options over key critical minerals to protect Australia’s national interest and boost its economic resilience.
New domestic violence offences and a national register are among the measures being promised by the coalition to address the scourge of domestic violence.
Double-income families are among a new demographic of "working poor" Australians fronting up at food charities that are struggling to meet demand.
With Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese trading increasingly personal barbs, experts say negative campaigning is likely to intensify as election day draws near.
Following recent shootings in the ACT, investigations led police to search a vacant home in Holder where they found a cache of 21 firearms, two of which were unregistered.
Hundreds of Qantas labour hire workers are set to receive a big pay rise under Labor's landmark "same job, same pay" reforms after a union deal.
Police are solving more crimes but the push to improve efficiency is leaving officers exhausted and driving them out of the force, an expert warns.
Peter Dutton has promised a coalition government would raise defence spending and rely on higher income taxes to partially fund the pledge.
An federal election sign in Amaroo has been defaced with a hate symbol.
More than a dozen quolls have made a long-awaited return to NSW bushland as part of a major effort to rewild the marsupials on the Australian mainland.
Police seized about $10,000 in cash, an imitation firearm, two listening devices and suspected stolen property during searches on Tuesday with possible links to the sale and distribution of drugs in the ACT.
Pre-polling has proven increasingly popular with more than half a million voters casting ballots on the first day as parties scramble for preference deals.
William Shakespeare's four folios, which compile his plays, will go on sale at Sotheby's in London a month after the Bard's birthday.
Australia is not following the "bouncing ball" of Donald Trump's daily shifts, the treasurer says, amid predictions of a bigger-than-expected economic hit.
Both major parties are going into an election promising to increase gas production, even though the majority of Australians want more renewables.
DAVID TURNBULL continues his series of profiles of Canberrans with a story. This week the focus is on two scientists striving to do amazing things with digital data.
Well-travelled town planner Colin Lyons says Canberra has the worst cases of illegal parking he’s ever seen.
Police have landed on a likely motive for a woman's brutal kidnapping and murder that also left her young son with life changing head injuries.
