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Australia · Canberra Times

Let the city stadium debate drive a rethink of how the capital is funded

22 Oct 05:30

A fairer tax system and a new stadium are both worthy national projects.

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Australia · ABC

Influencer 'Clavicular' pleads not guilty to rape allegation

The "looksmaxxing" live-streamer is accused of giving a 17-year-old girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her.

23 Oct 05:04

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Mystery buyer who forfeited $1m deposit for slice of paradise has Byron Bay abuzz

The sale of a $9.5 million property in the Byron Bay hinterland has fallen over, and residents are sure there’s only one real estate baron who could afford to walk away.

23 Oct 05:00

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Jack Zhang’s Airwallex brings in former Trump A-G to fend off US backlash

Under fire in the United States, Airwallex has brought in former attorney-general Bill Barr to lobby the Department of Justice and other officials in Washington, DC.

23 Oct 05:00

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

This Brisbane building might be the best of its kind in the country. Would anything like it be built today?

The architects were in fact using simple ideas gleaned from our well-loved Queenslander homes, scaled up to a city size.

23 Oct 05:00

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

The funeral where the worlds of power, politics and organised crime came together

The 2023 burial of the father of former building union chief John Setka revealed the deep interconnections of Victoria’s troubled construction industry.

23 Oct 05:00

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

A Sydney council wants to add thousands of homes. Residents oppose such ‘radical change’

A plan that would allow 20-storey unit blocks in an inner-west suburb has enraged residents. Housing advocates welcome the proposal for more mid-rise apartments.

23 Oct 05:00

Australia · ABC

Helen Haines pressed PM on regional health days before car attack

Independent MP Helen Haines met with Anthony Albanese to lobby for regional health funding just five days before being critically injured in a targeted car attack.

23 Oct 05:00

Australia · ABC

An artist's answer to finding a place for uncomfortable feelings

Until the flowers wilt and the candles melt, a space created by artist Clare James gives people somewhere to lay down their grief.

23 Oct 04:30