There’s a country near Australia that has a home ownership rate of 90 per cent. Its government wants widespread home ownership so its citizens feel like they have a stake in the country. It has a tiny land mass, so the dominant housing type is high density flats, the majority of which are built by the country’s Housing Development Board …

A newly renovated two-bedroom home in a trendy inner west Sydney suburb was recently put on the market with a buyer’s guide of $1.5 million. The modest price estimate lured in many hopeful buyers with a budget south of $1.7 million. But they never had a chance. At the auction weeks later, the bidding started at $1.8 million and concluded …

The man who ultimately runs the ABC believes social cohesion is under attack in Australia and around the world and politicians carry some of the blame. Kim Williams, chair of the ABC, argues the breakdown of civilised disagreement is fuelled by social media and says the ABC has a role to try to help rebuild it. “I think we have …

“Time beat him. Time takes everybody out. It’s undefeated,” said Rocky Balboa in the film “Creed” and those words could easily be applied to Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo who struggled to impose himself on their Euro 2024 last-16 game with Slovenia on Monday. A tearful Ronaldo being embraced and comforted by team mates after missing a penalty in extra time that …

A senior Labor figure has ruled out the expulsion and suspension of first-time West Australian senator Fatima Payman after she voted against the government on a Greens motion recognising the statehood of Palestine. On Tuesday afternoon, the 29-year-old defied her colleagues and became the first Labor member to cross the floor in 18 years. While her move risked expulsion or …

Presenter Antoinette Lattouf has declared she “will not stop” as her unfair dismissal case against the national broadcaster heads to trial. Earlier this month, the Fair Work Commission determined the journalist had been fired by the ABC when she was taken off air after sharing a social media post about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Ms Lattouf was sent home three days …

The Senate has overwhelmingly voted to condemn the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” after a Labor senator used it as she broke ranks with her party to condemn Israel of genocide. Senator Fatima Payman on Wednesday blindsided her party when she questioned how many more Palestinian deaths would be needed before Anthony Albanese declared …

The Hon Emma McBride MP Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health Member for Dobell Anne Stanley MP Government Whip Member for Werriwa A new headspace centre will open in Edmondson Park in south-west Sydney in the coming months. headspace is the primary national platform for young people aged 12-25 years old …

The Coalition has furiously attacked Labor for a flurry of memes lampooning Peter Dutton’s grand nuclear vision for Australia. But the Coalition is no stranger to using online memes in similar attempts at humour in political attacks. After the nuclear plan was revealed on Thursday, state and federal Labor members flooded the internet with comparisons of it with The Simpsons and even …

David Speer A man armed with a knife kills five women and a male security guard at a Bondi Junction shopping centre. The majority of those he injured during the stabbing spree were also women. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says it’s “obvious” to her that the offender “focused on women and avoided the men”. Targeting women, however, is not deemed an …