Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing the country’s two biggest supermarket chains, alleging they falsely claimed to have permanently dropped the prices of hundreds of items. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleges Coles and Woolworths broke consumer law by […]
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Popstar Kylie Minogue has announced her biggest world tour in more than a decade, and a sequel to her comeback album Tension. The 13 tracks on Tension II will be released on 18 October, with the global tour kicking off
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ABC News/Luke Bowden William Crowther’s statue has divided the city of Hobart For months, an unusual monument sat in an oak-lined square at the heart of Tasmania’s capital: a pair of severed bronze feet. A statue of renowned surgeon-turned-premier William
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Australia has stripped senior defence commanders of military honours over alleged war crimes committed under their watch in Afghanistan. In parliament on Thursday, Defence Minister Richard Marles said they would lose their distinguished service medals, as recommended by a landmark
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The driver responsible for one of Australia’s deadliest road incidents – a wedding bus crash which killed 10 people – has been jailed for 32 years. Twenty-five people were also injured when the coach overturned on 11 June 2023, while
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An Aboriginal teenager has died by suicide at a youth prison in the Australian state of Western Australia (WA). The 17-year-old had spent only two days in custody before he was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday and could
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Warning: This story contains details readers might find distressing A predator posing as a famous teenage YouTuber who blackmailed hundreds of girls around the globe into performing sex acts on camera has been jailed for 17 years in Australia. Muhammad
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Getty Images Australia will introduce a cap on the number of new international students it accepts, as it tries to reduce overall migration to pre-pandemic levels. The nation has one of the biggest international student markets in the world, but
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