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The federal government is making big changes to Australian universities — pushing students away from the most popular campuses by limiting how many students they can take, while expanding access for regional and lower-socio economic students. The proposed overhaul is designed to curb intense competition between universities, ease pressure on major campuses and ensure more…
Northern Territory veterans are joining calls for the federal government to dump its plan to place a $5,000 cap on the cost of allied health services they can access from next year, without being reassessed for support. The new cap will apply to services including psychology, occupational therapy and exercise physiology from July 1, 2027,…
Two Ernst and Young employees allegedly accessed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s personal banking information while working for the accounting firm at the Commonwealth Bank. The Australian Federal Police said the Sydney pair were charged with privacy offences in May after the bank allegedly identified that they accessed restricted information belonging to a federal politician. The…
The ABC, The Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney University have created a new fellowship to honour the late journalist Judith Whelan, who died of cancer in 2024. Judith Whelan made a tremendous contribution to Australian media, but it was her leadership style and fostering of young women that marked her out as a trailblazer in…
A driver is unaccounted for and at least five vehicles have been destroyed by fire after a truck crashed into a rest area near Goulburn. Fire and Rescue New South Wales received a call just after 5am today that multiple trucks alight on the Hume Highway at Breadalbane, 30 kilometres south-west of Goulburn. NSW police…
The consumer watchdog is suing Amazon over allegedly having unfair contract terms for its Prime streaming service. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims Amazon had more than one million Australian annual subscribers on Prime contracts with five unfair terms which allowed unilateral changes between November 2023 and August 2025. The lawsuit alleges one…
Police are searching for a person known as ‘Scorpio’ or ‘Bullit’, believed to be responsible for writing more than 100 letters including threats sent to politicians, religious organisations and community leaders. Police say the author goes by ‘Scorpio’ and ‘Bullit’. (Supplied: NSW Police) NSW Police said it was working with the Australian Federal Police (AFP)…
Cristian Volpato says he holds no animosity towards Australian club soccer, despite twice being rejected by A-League academies and having to prove himself in Italy. Stay across the latest news, analysis and features from the 2026 FIFA World Cup here. The winger was released by Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers’ academies, before being granted…
Wall Street’s tech and AI stocks rebounded from last week’s sell-off, driving the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite up by 1.2% and 2.1% respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% to a new record high of 52,183 points. This was after Google’s parent company Alphabet was added to the Dow for the first time, which sent its shares 5% higher. Essentially, the tech giant will…
Ben Stokes has thrown his backing behind Harry Brook to succeed him as England Test captain. Stokes announced his retirement this week during a 160-run loss to New Zealand in the third and deciding Test at Trent Bridge. Brook, England’s white-ball skipper, was Stokes’s vice-captain in the Test series which they lost 2-1, but was…