Funding shortfall denies 400,000 of key legal service
Hundreds of thousands of Australians are being turned away from community legal centres, as the sector battles chronic underfunding.
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One lucky Australian may become $100 million richer with the sixth-largest jackpot in lottery history up for grabs in the latest Powerball draw.
Lawyers for a police officer who shot a teen have urged caution as a coroner prepares her findings into a long running coronial inquest into the death.
More men want to take action against domestic violence but almost half think they can't do anything to change it.
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‘Fascination with violence’: Rolfe’s ego questioned
More than two years after it was launched, the inquest into the death of indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker is about to begin closing submissions.
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Sad homecoming as teenage backpackers’ bodies returned
The heartbroken parents of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles have brought their bodies back to Australia after their deaths from methanol poisoning in Laos.
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‘Dodgy’ supermarkets to pay the price under changes
Supermarkets will face multimillion-dollar penalties for breaches of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct under a proposal being introduced to parliament.
Federal MPs are being lobbied to help pressure the US government to grant a presidential pardon for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Australia is on track to meet 2030 43 per cent emission’s reduction target, on latest figures.
Older Australians will be able to live at home for longer and receive better protections in aged care after a sector overhaul passed parliament.
The NT coroner has handed down findings into the killing of four Aboriginal women by their partners.
A suburb has been adorned with ribbons in tribute to local teens Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles who died from methanol poisoning in Laos.
Exploitation and working conditions likened to modern slavery have been alleged within a Pacific islander working visa scheme run by Australia.
Ships have paused journeys in the Port of Newcastle after protesters gathered on the water to demand the government to end new fossil fuel mines.
The families of Australians Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones are demanding the Laos government fully investigate a mass poisoning event that claimed their lives.
The remaining members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring are expected to continuing serving their sentences in Australia, a federal minister has confirmed.
A man is fighting for life and his leg has been amputated after he became stuck in rapids in the Franklin River while out on the water with friends.
Police have arrested a handful of climate protesters after they allegedly paddled into ship lanes and disrupted coal vessels in the Port of Newcastle.
Tributes are flowing as a community mourns two Melbourne teenagers who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on holiday in Laos.
