‘A gap’: fast treatment for UTIs and birth control
The federal government is expanding access to subsidised treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections and hormonal contraceptives.
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Nationals leader Matt Canavan could move to the House of Representatives by contesting Capricornia in 2028, following Nationals MP Michelle Landry’s retirement announcement, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has led tributes to injured colleague Helen Haines, who was allegedly attacked outside her office, as parliament returns.
Race walker Rebecca Henderson has become the first Australian athletics world record breaker in a generation after breaking the marathon mark in Japan.
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Food insecurity ‘entrenched’ for a third of households
One in three Australian households have experienced food insecurity in the past year, Foodbank says, prompting calls for collaboration before it worsens.
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Driver narrowly misses pedestrians in police chase
A 34-year-old Braddon woman has been charged after allegedly driving at pedestrians, speeding along a footpath and fleeing police in Ainslie.
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New grants aim to clean up Canberra waterways
The ACT government has announced $120,000 in community grants to help reduce leaf litter pollution in Canberra's lakes, ponds, wetlands and creeks.
Several women were allegedly chased and threatened by a man outside a fitness studio on Northbourne Avenue, Civic, in two early-morning incidents earlier this month.
Four people have been hospitalised - including a young woman fighting for her life - after shots were fired from a vehicle near a venue hosting a boxing event.
Canberrans are being warned of an increased risk of thunderstorm asthma on Sunday, with high pollen levels, strong winds and forecast storms creating potentially dangerous conditions.
A young woman who grew up watching tulips grow in her parents' hot houses has her own blossoming business diverting tonnes of floristry plastic from landfill.
The massively blown-out Snowy 2.0 renewables project will be pumping power long after everyone retires, Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists.
A Greens senator facing a conduct probe has decided not to attend parliament as details surrounding his "leave" spark a public party rift.
Federal MP Helen Haines' condition has improved, a spokesman for The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne says, after she was critically injured when a car struck her outside her electoral office.
After a week of heavy rainfall, sodden Queensland is bracing for a further round of thunderstorms, with warnings that rivers could rise rapidly.
A 29-year-old Gordon man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated burglary after a man was allegedly stabbed in the head and shot in the leg during a home invasion in Lyneham in August.
A second man has been charged over a burglary and animal cruelty incident at a rural Tuggeranong property last month that left four sheep dead and two seriously injured.
Australia's first new international airport in 30 years is ready to take flight but now shoulders the weight of great economic promises built around it, reports MAX ALDRED.
As politicians grapple with how to improve their security following the alleged attack on Helen Haines, the independent MP's electorate office is set to reopen.
