Coffee cups, truck laws leave shoppers with hefty bill
Different laws across Australian states are putting pressure on the retail sector, which wants legislative harmony between jurisdictions.
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Anthony Albanese has written to the 14 Commonwealth countries to ensure a disgraced former prince never becomes king after the British royal's fall from grace.
Kyiv's top diplomat in Australia has issued a desperate plea for more military aid to stop the eradication of his country, asking for more consistent support.
The mistaken abduction of a grandfather for 10 days has baffled investigators as they scour dense bushland for clues to track him down.
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Man jailed for dragging tied-up roo along country road
A man who caused severe deformities to a kangaroo by dragging it along a road has been jailed by a magistrate who cited his lack of remorse.
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Prison flagged for those who help ‘ISIS bride’ cohort
Aid groups have hit out at plans by the coalition to jail people found to have helped a cohort of women and children linked to the Islamic State to return home.
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Ex-PM ensnared in legal battle over Higgins scandal
Ex-staffer Fiona Brown will mediate with the federal government after alleging she was let down by an ex-Prime Minister in the wake of Higgins' rape claim.
The ACT Brumbies have celebrated James Slipper's 200th game with a victory as they ended a 26-year losing streak against the Crusaders in Christchurch.
Police believe two suspicious car fires could be linked to the kidnapping of a grandfather, who investigators say was taken in a case of mistaken identity.
Security agencies have not given any advice that would allow the government to bar a cohort of so-called "ISIS brides" from getting passports, a minister says.
A 20-year-old man has been accused of throwing incendiary device into Hyatt Hotel during conference, prompting counter-terrorism investigation.
Police are probing potential links to overseas crime entities after the alleged gunman behind the shooting of a former NRL star was charged.
Conservationists are outraged that a minister has used national interest provisions to continue strip-mining a forest ecosystem.
Australia's legislative processes are the subject of a new integrity watchdog report.
A Labor minister has delivered some of the harshest criticism yet about an IS-linked group of Australian women who went to a war zone with children.
A supermarket giant is defending claims it misled customers with its "down down" campaign, saying it offered value for money.
Sections of Commonwealth Avenue and Parkes Way will close at night and on weekends in February and March as work continues on Light Rail Stage 2A, including construction of a new bridge deck over Parkes Way.
Police are less hopeful about finding a mistakenly kidnapped grandfather alive after they searched a semi-rural property believed to have held the 85-year-old.
Canberra assistant coach Brock Shepperd believes the changes to the NRL's bench rules will play right into Daine Laurie's hands at the Raiders.
