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Police minister Mark Ryan says the government accepts that its new laws ‘are incompatible with human rights’Why locking up youth offenders fails to reduce crime – and what we should be doing insteadFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest upd…
Successive La Niñas have eased demand but with many renewable and storage projects now delayed, the energy market operator has revised its projectionsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s main electricity …
With youth prisons full, there are fears the new laws will lead to an ‘explosion’ of children in adult watch housesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government will begin charging children with crim…
This blog is now closed. Follow our next Australia news live blog here when it launchesQueensland Labor backflips to make breach of bail an offence for childrenGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFresh push to ban ‘…
This blog is now closedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast‘The onus is on Labor’ to explain why it needs more coal and gas: BandtThere’s some discussion about possible alternatives – one suggestion is to pause new …
As cybercriminals increasingly target the job market, antipoverty advocates say punitive welfare rules leave job seekers particularly vulnerable“I can’t stop kicking myself,” Rose* says.The 51-year-old has just lost $10,000 to scammers – a life-changin…
Very warm weather conditions will extend across southern areas and linger until next week, Bureau of Meteorology saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTemperatures are forecast to hit 38C in Melbourne, 35C in west…
US man labelled an ongoing person of interest as Queensland police say there was no evidence of domestic accomplicesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolic…
The Currumbin rock pools have been closed since Monday after elevated levels of enterococci were detectedFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe hunt is on t…
Thirty-year-old pleaded guilty and judge calls her choice to leave daughters in vehicle ‘inexcusable’A Queensland woman has been jailed for nine years for negligently leaving her two young daughters to die in a hot car.Kerri-Ann Conley, 30, of Waterfor…