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NewsYahoo News AustraliaLandlord '$65k out of pocket' after tenant 'refuses to move, pay rent'
The Melbourne woman rented the home to a single mum six years ago, but when she tried to move back last year, the tenant reportedly refused to budge. Find out more.
BusinessAustralian Associated PressFinal data coming to inform next RBA rates decision
The Reserve Bank will soon get the final two pieces of the economic puzzle that will inform its key April cash rate decision.Both a pause and another hike are still in play, with analysts undecided on which way the central bank will go.
NewsAustralian Associated PressSenior Libs caution against shift to right
The NSW Liberal Party cannot move further to the right or inject division into the mainstream in an effort to regain popularity, senior Liberals say.Having entered Saturday with a claim on 33 seats, the party on Sunday had a firm hold of 15 seats and faced a nervous wait in another 11 electorates.
NewsAustralian Associated PressAndrews to make first state visit to China since COVID
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will be the first of Australia's state leaders to visit China since the COVID-19 outbreak, with a series of high-level education and trade meetings organised.The premier will leave on Monday night and visit Beijing and Jiangsu and Sichuan provinces before returning to Melbourne on Saturday morning.
NewsAustralian Associated PressVoice referendum advice won't be released
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the solicitor-general's advice supports the wording of the proposed change to the constitution on the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, but is refusing to publicly release it.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week revealed the question to be put to voters - between October and December - and the new section of the constitution outlining how the voice will work.
NewsAustralian Associated PressHomeBuilder paperwork deadline extended
Property owners in danger of missing out on vital COVID-19 era cash grants through no fault of their own have won a reprieve, with the deadline to submit paperwork for the national HomeBuilder scheme extended.Subject to agreement with the states and territories, Housing Minister Julie Collins says otherwise eligible applicants who would have missed the April 30 cut-off will now have until the end of June 2025 to provide supporting documentation.
NewsAustralian Associated PressLibs should avoid 'margins' after NSW election defeat
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has warned his party against chasing the "margins" and lurching further to the extreme end of politics following the coalition's loss at the NSW election.NSW premier-elect Chris Minns led his party to a resounding victory in Saturday's election, with a clear Labor majority.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaTerror as hot air balloon carrying tourists crashes into lake
Stunned witnesses watched on as the pilot desperately tried to keep the group, including a child, above water.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaAussie woman's warning after 'dangerously venomous' discovery in pool
A terrifying find at the bottom of a swimming pool has local residents on edge.
NewsAustralian Associated PressLNP names candidates 18 months out from Queensland poll
More than 18 months out from the Queensland election, the state opposition has taken the unusual step of naming three candidates.Liberal National leader David Crisafulli said his party was being proactive for the October 2024 poll after seven years in opposition.
NewsAustralian Associated PressIndigenous advocates plead to 'save sorry business'
More than a year after the collapse of a failed funeral insurer, Lynda Edwards is heading to Canberra to plead with the government to help the thousands of Indigenous people targeted by the company.Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund, also known as Youpla, sold junk funeral insurance plans to Indigenous people across Australia for more than 30 years, despite concerns being raised by First Nations, financial, legal and consumer organisations.
NewsAustralian Associated PressMinns brunches with family as NSW Liberals soul search
Premier-elect Chris Minns has promised to build a government of which all NSW can be proud following his definitive election victory which shattered coalition hopes of a historic fourth term.Labor took at least nine seats from the government in Saturday's contest with a statewide two-party preferred swing of seven per cent.
NewsAustralian Associated PressSA parliament passes historic voice legislation
South Australia has become the first state to legislate for an Indigenous voice to parliament.The Labor government's bill passed the House of Assembly in a special sitting on Sunday.
NewsAustralian Associated PressBusinesses urge support for safeguard mechanism
Business groups have renewed calls for federal parliament to pass safeguard mechanism reforms, as the contentious climate policy stalls.Talks on the safeguard mechanism will be centre stage when MPs return to Canberra for the last sitting week before the federal budget in May.
NewsAustralian Associated PressMan shot dead by police in far north Queensland
A man has been shot by police after officers were called to a domestic violence incident in Queensland's far north.Police attended an address on Love Street, Mareeba, about 11.
NewsAustralian Associated PressLawyers call for pilot's release citing agency probe
Lawyers representing a former United States pilot detained in NSW have called for his immediate release, saying Australia's intelligence watchdog is investigating his case.The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security informed lawyers for Daniel Edmund Duggan it had launched a formal inquiry into the matter, solicitor Dennis Miralis said.
NewsAustralian Associated PressMajor Sydney train delays strand commuters
NRL fans have been told to make new travel plans to get to Olympic Park as Sydney's trains suffer another major outage.Urgent signal repairs have stopped trains running between Lidcombe and Ashfield on the T1 Western and T2 Inner West & Leppington Lines.
NewsAustralian Associated PressMan charged with murder over mystery death
A man has been charged with murder days after another man was found unresponsive outside an address in a rural Queensland town.Police believe an altercation broke out on March 21 in the town of Miles, roughly 330km northwest of Brisbane, during which a 44-year-old man was hit before falling.
LifestyleYahoo News AustraliaAussie vet worker forced out of home after 'enormous' rent rise: 'Not fair'
The 35-year-old says she can't afford what her landlord is asking and has turned to her community for help. Find out more.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaNeighbour loses it over noisy toddler upstairs: 'Call the cops'
Footage has emerged of a neighbour attacking a family's door after getting upset over the noise their children were making. Watch it here.
NewsAustralian Associated PressAnger at rally after Darwin teen's fatal stabbing
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the lawn outside the NT Parliament to call for tougher crime measures after a young man was recently fatally stabbed in the workplace.Responding to a Facebook page created earlier in the week, crowds gathered to express their anger at what they saw as the NT government's inaction on crime on Saturday.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaNSW election: Sydney restaurant sells $16 'democracy sausage'
Voters have hit out at the restaurant's offer, deeming it 'a bit steep'.
SportAustralian Associated PressGabba's Olympic rebuild will solve electrical woes
A planned rebuild of Brisbane's ageing Gabba stadium could help prevent a third repeat of an embarrassing blackout during a major sporting event.Play was halted with 12 minutes remaining in Friday's AFL clash between the Brisbane Lions and the Melbourne Demons after an underground cable joint failure left the teams and more than 30,000 fans in the dark.
NewsAustralian Associated PressEuphoria and relief as Chris Minns leads Labor to win
Euphoria, tears and hints of relief have been painted across the faces of NSW Labor diehards as leader Chris Minns led the party out of the wilderness into the halls of power.Decimated in 2011 after corruption and internal infighting and shocked in 2019, Labor turned to an ambitious young leader who once called for fewer MPs to come from the trade union movement.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaNSW election workers 'harassed by conspiracy theorists' in shocking video
Footage shows a woman following the staffers as they carry sealed boxes of pre-poll ballots to a car. Find out more.
