The change is expected to benefit more than 736,000 households, easing the financial strain of moving by removing the need to pay a double bond.

Official labour force data released on Thursday shows that in the month to September, Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped from 4.3% to 4.5%.

Over the past decade, the median age of mothers has risen by 1.2 years, and fathers by 0.9 years.

The lake, previously informally known as Berwick Springs Lake, had no official gazetted name before being designated Guru Nanak Lake in 2023.

From 2027, students in Years 3–6 will be restricted to a maximum of 90 minutes of device use per day, while those in Prep to Year 2 will have minimal screen time.

“Most cyber incidents are preventable” through simple steps such as installing software updates, using unique passphrases, enabling multifactor authentication, and avoiding unsolicited calls.

China has been selling down its holdings of US government bonds and switching to buying gold in a process referred to as “de-dollarisation”.

Offences include overcharging, refusing to use the meter, and denying service to passengers with assistance animals. Safe Transport Victoria will also publish disciplinary actions on its public register to signal that illegal behaviour will not be tolerated.

On September 26, two women and four children arrived in Victoria after smuggling themselves out of one of Syria’s IDP camps.

The magistrate laughed at the prosecutor's claim that the Victoria Police was unable to locate Pradeep Tiwari, the Maribyrnong Mayor, to serve the notice for the court proceedings.