Labor will recalibrate its international student crackdown with an overhaul of visa requirements to ensure the tough rules do not deter quality applicants from Australia. The federal government will review financial requirements for international students from South Asia amid concerns that high refusal rates are dissuading genuine applicants and damaging Australia’s education sector. Visa rejections have soared in the two …

Australia’s sex discrimination laws must be overhauled to stop workplaces “penalising” pregnant women and mothers, a new report urges. More than 100 women have told Four Corners they experienced discrimination at work after falling pregnant, revealing it can occur regardless of industry, seniority, pay or where you live. It comes as Australia’s fertility rate plummets to historic lows and more …

Three weeks into the job, Greens leader David Shoebridge has gone from a public row over Ukraine to criticism from his own colleagues and now an inquiry into one of his senators. Since Shoebridge was elected leader of the Greens at the end of September, he vowed to “beat down One Nation” and expose Labor’s “failures”. Instead, the story has …

Two teenage boys have been arrested following an alleged fight at Mosely Square in Glenelg, after reports of a disturbance involving a large group of youths. SA Police said they were called to the beach after 3:50pm on Sunday. “Two youths who were fighting each other were arrested at the scene and charged with disorderly behaviour,” police said in a …

Victoria’s major parties are now both promising to cap freeway tolls with Labor pledging a $30 cap in a fresh round of cost-of-living pledges. As the countdown to the November state election continues, both Labor and the Coalition are focusing on hip-pocket appeals to voters as they unveiled their latest pledges. Premier Ben Carroll was out spruiking his government’s toll …

Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino has conceded the government knew the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was considering banning credit card payments in July, months before the decision was made public. The ATO’s decision in late September to stop accepting credit card payments from December 1 sparked backlash from the business community. That outrage eventually forced an intervention from the prime minister …

Australians are living closer together but feeling further apart. At least, that’s the paradoxical picture that emerges if recent research on loneliness is set against the backdrop of the nation’s current housing policy. More than half of all Australians are battling “some form of social disconnection”, community cohesion initiative Ending Loneliness Together has reported. At the same time, the nation’s …

The blood-splattered Demon rose from the charcoal-colored court creating a rousing revival day. A feisty Alex de Minaur saved match point in the tiebreaker shocking US Open champion Alexander Zverev 2-6, 7-6(5), 11-9 in a Laver Cup thriller at London’s O2 Arena today. Reigning Roland Garros champion Zverev dominated this match for a set-and-a-half. Zverev served for the match at …

Nestory Irankunda’s stunning free kick had the Socceroos just seconds away from a famous victory against Brazil in Townsville. However, Brazilian substitute Rayan slammed a header in off the underside of the crossbar in the 95th-minute to salvage a 1-1 draw, dashing the Socceroos hopes of recording just a second ever victory against the Seleção. Irankunda later told Channel 10 …

Kylie Minogue beat the elements to dazzle more than 100,000 fans at the MCG, plus many more at home, for the AFL Grand Final pre-game entertainment. If anyone has the power to stop the rain at the MCG, it’s Australia’s Kylie, whose 20 minute set was full to the brim with greatest hits, costume changes and literal spinning around in …