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If you're renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here's what you can do to keep warm

If you’re feeling the cold this winter, you’re not alone. About a quarter of all Australians have trouble keeping their homes warm enough in winter. That figure is likely to soar this year, due to poor quality housing and the rapidly escalating energy crisis.

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National electricity market suspended as NSW residents told to conserve power to reduce blackout risk

Australian Energy Market Operator suspends spot market after it became ‘impossible to operate’ amid projected energy shortfalls

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Monkeypox virus: what are the symptoms and should Australia be worried?

Infectious disease was first recorded in 1970 but a surge in cases has led to global health emergency

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Penny Wong to meet Solomon Islands PM in effort to mend ties after China deal

Foreign affairs minister will first fly to New Zealand for talks with her counterpart Nanaia Mahuta

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ACT releases Australian-first draft law to protect intersex children from irreversible medical harm

The Australian Capital Territory government has released a consultation draft law to protect the rights of intersex people.

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Maxwell leads Australia to victory over Sri Lanka in 1st ODI

Australia needed 12 runs off the last two overs in a revised target and Maxwell ensured his team secured the win with nine balls to spare

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Australia wants 'broad, deep' security ties with Japan, minister says

Australia wants "broad and deep" cooperation with Japan as the two U.S. allies face complex security circumstances in Asia as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation and COVID-19 disruption, its defence minister said on Wednesday.

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Stagflation: what is it and is it really happening in Australia?

Australians are feeling the pinch from rising inflation, but experts are divided on whether the 1970s economic phenomenon is back

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Why this pool party is likely to be the Socceroos' last World Cup play-off celebration

The world game is set to witness nothing short of a revolution and it means the rollercoaster experience of a shootout with a spot in the World Cup on the line is set to be not for Australia, but for others.

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Australia's foreign minister Wong to travel to Solomon Islands amid concern over China security pact

Australia's foreign minister will travel to the Solomon Islands on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare amid concern over the regional impact of a security deal between the Pacific islands nation and China.

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Mike Cannon-Brookes is going to fix our homegrown energy crisis

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is pursuing 'the biggest decarbonisation project in the world' amid calls for a quicker fix for the energy crisis.

AAP

Australian cricketer enters record books with 309 off 140 balls

Australian Blind Cricket Team opener Steffan Nero has smashed a longstanding world record with an astonishing unbeaten 309 off 140 balls

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Foreign minister to visit Solomons, NZ

Penny Wong will make her first visits to New Zealand and the Solomon Islands as foreign minister as Australia continues to increase its focus on the Pacific.

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Sony Music announces Vanessa Picken as new CEO to replace Denis Handlin in Australia

Handlin left the company under a cloud of toxic workplace culture allegations revealed by Guardian Australia in June 2021

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Albanese has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore civility to Australian politics

Labor has brought collaboration and competence back to the table. The challenge is to harness this positive mood shift

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Cost of living explorer: see how prices for goods and services have changed in Australian cities

Use this interactive data explorer to see which things are getting cheaper or more expensive

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Awer Mabil's journey from refugee camp to the World Cup is the stuff that dreams are made of

As a boy in a refugee camp in Kenya, Awer Mabil played with rolled-up socks for a ball and dreamed of one day playing in a World Cup. After helping secure Australia's passage to Qatar, he's now on the cusp of realising that goal.

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Australian Blind Cricket star Steffan Nero breaks record at International Inclusion Series

Brisbane is currently hosting the International Cricket Inclusion Series in Brisbane, with Australia leading 6-0 against New Zealand with two one-day internationals to play.

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Call for urgent action as Australia faces biodiversity crisis

Former threatened species commissioner says more needs to be done if Australia is to save its unique flora and fauna.

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CHOICE raises concern over Bunnings, Kmart and the Good Guys use of facial recognition technology

Consumer group CHOICE is referring Kmart, Bunnings and The Good Guys to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner over their use of facial recognition technology.

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Australia’s minimum wage earners to get $40 a week pay rise, Fair Work Commission rules

The national minimum wage will lift by 5.2%, with the commission noting a ‘sharp increase in the cost of living’

AAP

Indigenous group vies to halt nuclear dump

The Barngarla traditional owners will continue their fight to stop federal government plans for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia.

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Fkn Good: Australia’s Lowest Paid Workers Will Finally Get A Pay Bump To Keep Up With Inflation

The Fair Work Commission has handed down its decision to raise minimum wage by 5.2 per cent after strong pushes from the Labor Government and workers’ rights groups.Fair Work Commission President Iain Ross announced on Wednesday morning minimum wage will go up from $20.33 to $21.38 an hour, or from $772.60…

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Bitcoin company TDI eyeing off old lead and zinc Que River mine on Tasmania's west coast

An old lead and zinc mine on the west coast of Tasmania could become home to "Australia's largest emerging, 100 per cent renewable energy bitcoin mine".

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Minimum wage announcement: Fair Work Commission says 5.2pc increase 'protects real value of wages' for Australia's lowest-paid workers

The national minimum wage will be $812.60 per week, or $21.38 per hour, after a decision by the commission exceeds the government's suggested 5.1 per cent increase.

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