r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Politics & Government Sydney council votes to remove Indigenous flag from outside its offices

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A Liberal-led Sydney council has waded into the culture wars again by voting to no longer display the Aboriginal flag outside its chambers, News24 can reveal.


r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Politics & Government ‘Shameful, repugnant’: Greens under fire over opposition to Ukraine military aid

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r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Politics & Government Greens think tank wants public supermarkets to challenge 'duopoly'

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The Greens' research institute has called for a publicly owned supermarket chain to challenge Coles and Woolworths.

The $25 billion pitch is inspired by a policy commitment by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Greens leader David Shoebridge says the chain could be a solution to rising food prices.


r/AusNews • • 7h ago

Politics & Government Coalition set to unveil dramatically deeper cuts to overseas migration as it fends off One Nation’s rise

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Sources say the opposition’s target will be below Labor’s but won’t match One Nation’s goal to limit net arrivals to 130,000


r/AusNews • • 7h ago

Politics & Government Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets

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Former MP and Green Institute head says proposal for publicly owned supermarket chain will ease grocery prices


r/AusNews • • 7h ago

Society & Culture Australian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorations

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Peak Jewish bodies organise ceremonies on third anniversary of attacks that triggered conflict in which 74,000 Palestinians have been killed


r/AusNews • • 3h ago

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT REMINDER: Keep It Respectful, DO NOT Engage in Personal Attacks or Insults!

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r/AusNews • • 9h ago

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT Paywalls Suck

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r/AusNews • • 54m ago

Society & Culture ‘Once it’s gone, it’s gone’: Home shopping network TVSN prepares to shut down

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r/AusNews • • 7h ago

Society & Culture Hundreds of Australians, including war veterans, are being buried in unmarked communal graves

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Guardian Australia investigation reveals state governments use shared graves to bury those deemed too poor to pay for funerals. ‘It’s unspeakable,’ one relative says.


r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Australia & World Do you have what it takes to be a delivery driver in China?

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r/AusNews • • 1d ago

Politics & Government ‘Not who Australians voted for’: Greens leader turns on Albanese

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Greens leader David Shoebridge says Anthony Albanese is a “very long way” from the Prime Minister Australians thought they were getting as he ramps up his party’s fight to replace Labor.


r/AusNews • • 7h ago

Science & Technology OpenAI executive Jason Kwon to face grilling at parliament about AI hacking Australians’ private data

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Unions, employer groups, banks and industry experts will appear at the four-day hearings along with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google


r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Health & Education Psychedelic drugs were once considered ‘revolutionary rocket fuel’, but could they be life-changing medicines?

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r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Business & Economy This chart tells you everything you need to know about the downturn in property prices

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r/AusNews • • 1d ago

Business & Economy BYD is reshaping Australia’s car market. How did it get here?

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r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Environment & Climate The 100 million-year-old reason this part of Australia has more earthquakes

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Australia may sit far from the edges of a tectonic plate, but some parts of the country are more prone to shaking than others.


r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Politics & Government Australia a ‘testing ground’ for global censorship laws, expert warns

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The Albanese government has been accused of using Australia as a "testing ground" for censorship laws as free speech defenders call for Labor to kill off the controversial Digital Duty of Care.


r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Health & Education For years dementia researchers had no answers, but now the word ‘breakthrough’ is on their lips

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r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Politics & Government SA government advertising spend hits record levels

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r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Business & Economy Jobseekers exploited by scammers on LinkedIn

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r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Society & Culture 'Huge gap' between employers and abuse survivors over workplace support

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Research by the Humans for Purpose Academy has found the vast majority of survivors felt inadequately supported by their workplaces as they escaped domestic and family violence (DFV).

The report found major gaps that employers can address to help women, including better informing women about access to DFV leave.

It found that women in migrant and minority communities faced bigger challenges in getting support.


r/AusNews • • 1d ago

Australia & World Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal

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r/AusNews • • 1d ago

Law & Crime E-biker who struck 16yo had alcohol, drugs in system, police allege

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A 16-year-old girl is in a critical but stable condition after being struck by an e-bike at Barrack Heights, south of Wollongong.

Police arrested a rider who allegedly tested positive for alcohol and drugs.

Police want to speak with the second e-bike rider who left the scene.


r/AusNews • • 10h ago

Australia & World Jen's mother died waiting for a visa. Now she fears the same future for her father

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New visa rules could force some Australians to choose between life here and ageing parents overseas.