Home owners told to ‘take a deep breath’ on tax reforms
A major tax overhaul predominantly targeting housing is expected to pass parliament this week despite outcry from the opposition and business groups.
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Most expensive IVF "add-ons" either have no fertility benefit or lack evidence that they work, according to Australian research.
Clever detective work by scientists has uncovered the Earth's oldest known asteroid impact crater in the outback, dating back three billion years.
More Australians are turning to online fundraisers to help cover the rising cost of a loved one's funeral, raising $28 million in the previous year alone.
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As Aussie waistlines expand, so do treatment costs
Most adult Australians are actually overweight or obese and that number is rising, research shows, with the problem taking a growing toll on health systems.
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Katrina’s putting netball on a goal-attack footing
Katrina Roff has been part of the netball world for most of her life, thanks to it being “part of her DNA”. TIA PRIEST-WILLIMOTT meets the new boss of Netball ACT.
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Gentle force behind Woden’s ‘little people’ steps away
Childcare director Reesha Stefek is leaving a legacy shaped by instinct, grief, and an unshakeable belief that early childhood care can and should be better. She talks to DHWANI PATHAK.
Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith won't be attending the opening of a new gallery at the Australian War Memorial after he fell ill.
Anthony Albanese has pushed back on Pauline Hanson's call for Australia to be a monoculture, citing the nation's World Cup squad as proof of its diversity.
Researchers are installing more underwater microphones to track whale migration in Australia and they are already hearing out-of-this-world calls.
Controversial tax reforms are set to become law with Greens support after Labor agreed to close a super fund loophole and extend an inquiry into NDIS cuts.
Farmers and authorities are preparing to fight a deadly bird flu strain that has reached Australian shores, with a major poultry producer locking down.
Three youths allegedly rode e-motorbikes through South.Point shopping centre in Greenway last week, with one rider performing a burnout that damaged the floor.
A bizarre new species of spider has been discovered in the rainforests of far north Queensland that spins a unique trap to snare a single species of ant.
For every four people moving from the capital cities to the regions, there are only three going in the other direction, new migration figures show.
A majority of Australians believe the nation's relationship with the United States has been superseded by ties with another world power, polling suggests.
Canberrans can now fly non-stop to Bali, with Virgin Australia launching its new direct service between Canberra and Denpasar.
A northern giant petrel has been confirmed to have the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Western Australia.
The second-biggest haul of illicit drugs in Australian history has disrupted a major crime syndicate locked in a gangland war, police say.
