The news landscape has become the “canary in the coalmine” as social media giants stretch the limits of regulation, prompting a media executive to call for a new legal regime. Social media platforms including Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, once filled their feeds with news content to attract sign-ups and engagement. But now their user … Read more
More than 2 million Australians will get a boost to their government payments, as indexation takes effect from July 1. Families and pensioners are set to the beneficiaries of the boost. About 1.3 million people on family payments — including the Family Tax Benefit, Newborn Supplement and Multiple Birth Allowance — will see increases in … Read more
Millions of Australian students with an outstanding HECS debt will see an increase in the amount of money they owe when the second-biggest indexation to their student debt is applied on Saturday. Anyone who has an unpaid loan on June 1, will see their debt increase by 4.7 per cent. According to the Federal Government, … Read more
WARNING: Graphic content Australia has decried Israel’s attack on Gaza’s last refuge as “horrific” and “unacceptable”. Israel has launched a bombing campaign on Rafah in the territory’s south after directing more than one million Palestinians to travel to the area. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today On Monday, one of its airstrikes … Read more
The weight of cost-of-living pressures has been enough to prompt young people to move back in with their parents or in to share houses to save on bills and food. Those in their mid-to-late 20s continue to bear the brunt of high rents and other elevated living expenses, and are pruning their spending far more … Read more
The penalty for lodging a tax return after the deadline in Australia is set to increase, if proposed legislation passes before the end of the financial year on July 1. The 5.4 per cent increase will bring the existing $313 penalty up to $330, and the penalty will continue to go up every three years … Read more
The RSL has asked Governor-General David Hurley’s wife Linda to respect the professionalism of soldiers after she demanded defence force personnel in Adelaide sing her one of her favourite songs three times. Soldiers said they were asked by Linda Hurley to sing You Are My Sunshine by Christina Perri at an event at RAAF Base … Read more
A number of changes have been made to the mutual obligation rules to improve Centrelink’s JobSeeker payment, according to the federal budget. The relaxation of the rules is likely to result in fewer people being cut off from the payment. Among the changes, comes an expansion to the grace period before a Jobseeker recipient gets … Read more
Australian airlines are working to cut emissions in line with reduction targets but without a local industry to produce the sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) needed to do so, the cost of air travel was set to soar. But funding for a local SAF industry announced in the 2024-25 federal budget means airlines can now “remain … Read more
A high-profile Sydney real estate agent has lashed the government for not doing enough to help Australians through the housing crisis, as he claimed it would take a typical first home buyer 40 years to save for a deposit in Sydney. Tom Panos filmed himself in a café, highlighting one of the staff members working … Read more
