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‘Medicare card, not credit card’: $8.5 billion plan to deliver more bulk billing and cheaper GP visits

Already, more than 1,000 GP clinics that previously used mixed billing have converted to full bulk billing, joining the 1,600 existing practices.

How to recognise child-on-child sexual abuse – and how to respond appropriately

We actually know very little about very young children in Australia who develop problematic sexual behaviours.

Australian climber dies attempting to climb Nepal’s 7,126-metre peak Himlung Himal

Multiple attempts to reach him failed before Chin Tark Chan, 49, died below Camp 3 at approximately 6,500 metres.

Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows

That’s equivalent to around one-third of gross domestic product – and is mostly contributed by women.

Khalistani thugs attempt to disrupt Diljit Dosanjh’s Melbourne concert, hurl abuse at Sikh fans

"We had planned a flash-mob dance outside the stadium, but we had to cancel it because of the threats issued via loudspeakers by Khalistani goons right across the road.”

Victoria powers ahead with fast-tracked solar and battery projects to cut energy costs

The Meadow Creek solar farm will produce enough electricity to power 140,000 homes, while the 250-megawatt battery will support peak demand for around 85,000 homes.

Are you finishing Year 12? Here’s how to avoid a post-school slump

You have been building up to the end of school for years, then there is the intensity and pressure of exams and festivities of formals and graduation ceremonies. And then suddenly, it’s all over.

Aged care at home is changing. Here’s what you’ll pay for and how to plan

After a delayed start, a new Support at Home program will begin on November 1 2025.

Jacinta Allan makes history with First Peoples Treaty, but Jacinta Price criticises move as ‘middle finger to voters’

The Treaty will be formally signed after receiving Royal Assent, with an official ceremony at Federation Square on 12 December 2025.

Australia and India’s women’s teams honour Melbourne teen Ben Austin as local cricket club launches fundraiser

Teenager Ben Austin’s death, described by the Ferntree Gully Cricket Club as “absolutely devastating,” marks the third fatal cricket training accident in 30 years, highlighting deep sorrow within the local sporting community and renewed concern over player safety.

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Museum of Chinese in Australia opens in Sydney to celebrate more than 180 years of history and heritage

“This museum will celebrate a vital thread through the history of our modern nation. I can’t think of a better site than Haymarket – a place synonymous with the Chinese-Australian story – or a more fitting time of year to open it.”

Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues

Trump had imposed sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” last year under an emergency powers act, but the court ruled this law did not authorise him to do so.

Afghanistan-born Fatima Payman tells One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to ‘pack her bags and go to the US’

In a pointed swipe at Hanson’s long-held position that migrants dissatisfied with Australia should leave, Payman said the same logic could apply to the veteran Queensland senator.
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