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Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood says there is a "case" for property tax changes, but for it to be serious reform, the economic benefit must flow to workers.  

More than 100 activists, including six Australians, on ships bound for Gaza were intercepted by Israeli forces earlier this week.

UK police charge a 45-year-old man over the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London, the latest in a string of attacks targeting Britain's Jewish community. 

Anthony Albanese pledged at the federal election that Labor would return the port to Australian hands, saying it necessary for national security.

Adelaide claims a remarkable one-point victory over Port Adelaide after Hayden Young fires the Dockers to victory over the Bulldogs.

Weather records fall across the state, as a spell of summer-like conditions tips into the first day of May.

Activists appealed the local council's approval of the 18-storey resort on the grounds that it would endanger local wildlife. The community fears the court's green light for the development will permanently change their seaside town.

A woman who groomed and sexually abused a teenage boy while she was working as a high school teacher near Newcastle has been sentenced to at least two years in prison.

The inquiry heard calls for more scrutiny over how Commonwealth money is spent in the NT, which is trending backwards on seven Closing the Gap targets.

The man in his 80s was working a school zone crossing in Australind, near Bunbury in WA, when he was hit by the Woolworths truck.

The family of a beloved Tiwi Islands sistergirl has pleaded for the man who killed her to be handed a life sentence, describing more than a year of sleepless nights, heartbreak and grief.

A coronial inquest hears letters that arrived three days after an apparent murder-suicide in Lismore outlined a father's deadly plans.

Rebel Wilson's defamation trial hears from another producer on her directorial debut, who claims The Deb's lead actor was "fudging" her version of events about an alleged incident during production.

The Melbourne Storm have sunk to a historic low, losing seven consecutive NRL matches for the first time as the Dolphins powered to victory at a wet Lang Park in Brisbane. 

Heart is not something anyone expects from the court system, but it was something outgoing ACT chief magistrate Lorraine Walker, who retired in March after 15 years in the job, aimed to portray.

A Kalgoorlie couple expecting triplets welcome a surprise fourth baby — delivering an extraordinarily rare set of quadruplets that stunned even their doctors.

The sperm whale carcass was towed from Era Beach in the Royal National Park to Bellambi Boat Ramp in Wollongong this afternoon.

An independent review finds fire ant eradication is still achievable, but major issues, including poor communication, public mistrust and strategy confusion, must be fixed first.

Parents of children attending Kingswood Primary School filled the Moorabbin Magistrates Court on Friday, intending to see accused teacher Timothy Blamires.

Locals say the possible closure of the Port Pirie smelter and the loss of the 900 jobs associated with it would have ongoing effects on the city and the wider Spencer Gulf region.

A Perth man who fatally stabbed his father has been found not guilty of murder on the grounds of insanity.

Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick provides a spirited response to St Kilda counterpart Ross Lyon's comment about the AFL national draft.

The family of Alice Springs five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby have called for calm following rioting in the outback town overnight, while police say her alleged murderer was beaten unconscious.

The death of a beloved school teacher in a crash with a road train has prompted a call to review the safety of an unsealed road in remote WA.

A Wollongong man drove to Lightning Ridge with his police officer friend to rob an elderly convicted paedophile of $100,000.