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A largely veteran-run start-up has secured funding to deploy drones to install sensors to test transmission lines, to allow them to transmit more renewable energy and prevent potentially fatal accidents.Veteran Chris Cox and former engineer…

Scott Morrison was warned robodebt required changes to the law before it was introduced but his department still forged ahead with the illegal program.A royal commission has heard Department of Human Services officials told the former prime…

China’s “dangerous and coercive” presence in the Indo-Pacific has been called out as Australia and the US vowed to increase military co-operation between the two nations. Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles met…

Anthony Albanese has asked the premiers to use the powers available to them to help drive down energy prices ahead of national cabinet later this week. A proposal from the Prime Minister and Energy Minister Chris Bowen was reportedly handed…

China has accused Australia of playing with fire and undermining efforts to repair relations between Beijing and Canberra after a group of six MPs touched down in Taiwan. In an op-ed published overnight, the Chinese communist mouthpiece the…

One of Australia’s most respected Indigenous academics has fired back at the Nationals, accusing the party of injecting “misinformation and vitriol” into the Voice to parliament debate. Marcia Langton, a leading member of the federal…

Almost one million Australians are set to receive an increase in their welfare payments next year. The government will on Monday announce the largest indexation increase to payments for young people in over two decades. From January 1, the…

Aussie parents have been warned against purchasing potentially dangerous and deadly children’s toys being sold ahead of Christmas. Inspectors from NSW Fair Trading have launched their latest operation, visiting businesses with a history of…

A proposed Indigenous Voice will not have the power to veto parliament, Linda Burney has confirmed. But the Indigenous Australians minister has declined to outline any further details about the body insisting she did not want to “get ahead”…

The Prime Minister has faced a tough grilling as the deadline to his promised power bill cost relief plan draws closer. Anthony Albanese is in South Australia’s Riverland region, where rapid preparations to fight off a rising River Murray…