14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (476+ words) Drivers have been caught obstructing their number plates to avoid automated parking cameras, but an Aussie lawyer warns that doing so could attract hefty fines — and that's just the beginning. In Brisbane, drivers appear willing to break the law to…...

15+ hour, 9+ min ago   (415+ words) A bizarre alleged blackmail plot against an independent mayor has been explored at a state corruption hearing. Matthew Blackmore admitted he did not always plan on honouring agreements made with Strathfield Council colleagues at an Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing…...

15+ hour, 6+ min ago   (328+ words) Pauline Hanson has been slammed as "completely racist" after she labelled Indigenous Australians "the most primitive race on earth". The One Nation leader made the comments during an interview with the Jamie J podcast a year ago, where she criticised…...

15+ hour, 24+ min ago   (349+ words) WA's advantageous GST deal defies logic, one state treasurer has argued as the revolt against the beneficial arrangement continues. NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey fronted the Productivity Commission on Monday, a month after the organisation released a scathing interim report that…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (274+ words) Racism claims by Aboriginal community police officers are far from straightforward, a federal court has been told. More than 300 officers have joined a class action lawsuit filed against the Northern Territory government alleging racial discrimination, with many saying they have…...

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (508+ words) Australian prosperity faces a "significant detrimental impact'' if a One Nation plan to cut three-quarters of a million migrants comes to fruition, a peak business body is warning. Pauline Hanson's surging anti-immigration party has vowed to axe 750,000 temporary visas over…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago   (905+ words) Without a sovereign AI model Australia will become a "supplicant state", Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has warned, as OpenAI reveals it is in negotiations with the Albanese government over copyright rules. Ms Hastie told the Sydney Dialogue on Monday that…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (337+ words) Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany has said he sustained minor injuries after a plane he was on landed on a lake, forcing him and the pilot to swim to safety. Tiffany, the state's Republican nominee for governor, was travelling in a…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (327+ words) A husband and wife have been fined a total of $5,725 after being convicted of a "significant" fishing offence in South Australia. The amount was significantly higher than the daily bag limit of 15 per person or 45 per boat, and the pair…...

17+ hour, 4+ min ago   (180+ words) One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has branded Indigenous Australians "the most primitive race" in a freshly unearthed podcast interview from last year. "We're actually all leaning towards this … teaching about Aboriginal culture and language – for what?" she said at the…...