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Australia is rolling out stricter regulations for retirement funds after Shield and First Guardian collapsed, leaving 11,000 people A$1.1 billion worse off. The government will ban unsolicited sales calls and improve access to financial advice.
A spreading H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in South Australia poses a critical threat to the endangered Australian sea lion, with experts warning transmission to marine mammals is nearly inevitable based on previous outbreaks.
Cruz Hewitt, son of former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, has claimed his first ATP Tour-level victory at the Washington Open, defeating Marcos Giron 6-3 6-4 at age 17 following a breakthrough summer.
A Queensland police constable was shot in the leg responding to a domestic violence call in Yengarie on Friday evening. The 45-year-old suspect was discovered deceased hours later during a property search.
Origin Energy, Australia's leading electricity and gas provider, is investigating unauthorised access to customer data. The company has ruled out compromised financial details and is cooperating with authorities.
A 16-year-old has been detained by Western Australian police after a stabbing incident in Perth suburbs claimed the life of his 35-year-old mother and left his 12-year-old sister with serious injuries.
Australia's online safety regulator has documented a sharp rise in sexual extortion cases targeting young men and boys, identifying critical vulnerabilities in how major social media platforms respond to such crimes.
New South Wales police have arrested 356 people in the latest phase of Operation Waratah, a sustained campaign against violent and sexual offences on trains, buses and ferries. The arrests bring the operation's total to over 1,800 since its launch.
A man in his 40s has died following a stabbing in Hamilton South, north of Sydney, while two men in their 20s were injured in a separate assault in western Sydney on the same weekend.
Australian rail services are gradually returning to normal following a major Telstra network outage that disrupted mobile and data connectivity nationwide. The incident has renewed concerns about critical infrastructure vulnerability.