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November 18, 2025

Australia news live: Optus fined $800k over phone scam; NSW targets ‘dehumanising’ work systems such as Amazon’s

The telco pays up after scammers exploited ID check weakness at subsidiary Coles Mobile. Follow today’s news liveGet our

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November 16, 2025

Debt collecting giant pursued 200,000 debts from Victorians while allegedly banned from operating in state

Thousands of people affected by actions of Panthera Finance, before it was acquired by new owners Francom Group

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November 15, 2025

Police detonated a ‘stinger’ grenade at a Melbourne protest. Now two activists may sue over their injuries

Grenades filled with rubber pellets and other so-called ‘less lethal’ munitions have been increasingly deployed, despite being linked to serious...

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November 10, 2025

NSW shop landlords could be jailed for allowing tenants to sell illicit tobacco and vapes under new laws

Laws being introduced to state parliament will allow fines up to $165,000 a year in prison, or both for owners of commercial premises

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October 31, 2025

Addicts who opted to be banned from gambling in Australia targeted to bet with overseas firms

Media regulator condemns ‘deeply concerning’ third-party websites that seek to entice bets from self-declared addictsGet our

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October 28, 2025

Queensland puberty blocker ban reinstated by health minister hours after supreme court overturned it

Move comes after parent successfully challenged LNP’s previous ban on new patients under 18 accessing hormone treatments for gender dysphoriaGet our

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October 24, 2025

Women launch class action against ADF alleging widespread sexual violence, misogyny and harassment

Female members of the military shouldn’t have to fight off their colleagues on a daily basis, lawyer says

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October 04, 2025

Potential contempt charges in relation to Kyle and Jackie O comments on Erin Patterson still under consideration

Office of public prosecutions says decision has ‘not yet been finalised’, four months after judge referred comments including Kyle Sandilands saying...

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October 01, 2025

NSW urged to stop strip-searches of young people after court ruling spotlights police conduct

Supreme court rules police suspicion that a person is in possession of a prohibited drug ‘is not sufficient to conduct a strip-search’

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September 28, 2025

Clive Palmer banks on Swiss strategy after court throws out $305bn mine compensation claim

Queensland mining magnate had been ordered to pay $13m after tribunal dismissed claim of being a ‘foreign investor’Get our

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