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Family of Zomi Frankcom 'deeply disappointed' by IDF report — as it happened

Australian Zomi Frankcom's family demands an independent investigation after the IDF cleared its soldiers of wrongdoing in the aid worker's death.

Australia and China cooperate to bust illegal tobacco smuggling syndicate

Australian Border Force officers are tipped off to containers suspected of carrying illicit tobacco, resulting in millions of cigarettes being seized.

Labor has made the most of its cooperation with the Coalition

Fights over immigration, superannuation, housing, tobacco excise and data centre rules will continue and intensify. But this was a week for cooperation.

Public servants repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal charges

Some public servants were required to repay thousands of dollars in inadvertent charges on their work credit cards, including food delivery orders, in the past financial year.

'What we've all been hoping for': Breast cancer drug gets green light

Women with breast cancer left contemplating drastic surgery because of uncertainty over a critical drug have been offered a lifeline, with an equivalent medication on track to be subsidised.

Gambling red flag system under fire as 'Dracula in charge'

A plan to create a red flag system that tags customers showing signs of problem gambling is labelled weak by advocates.

Controversial changes to NDIS will pass after Labor strikes deal with Coalition

The controversial changes to the NDIS have passed the Senate after Labor struck a deal with the Coalition, tabling 63 amendments to the reforms.

Landlords forced to offer renters two-year lease under planned union push

The ACTU wants all renters to have access to a two-year lease and says the government should turn to modular buildings to significantly increase public housing stock.

Labor prepared to fast-track fix to negative gearing 'widow tax'

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is prepared to fast-track a fix to the unintended "widow tax" created by its changes to negative gearing if it will win the Coalition's support to save $37 billion in NDIS spending.

Anthony Albanese's teen social media ban has a shark problem

If the prime minister is right and there's no time to waste, how much more of it can we spend just waiting for the teen social media ban to work?

Is One Nation really chasing the pink vote?

If One Nation genuinely wants to replace the Liberals and Nationals as the dominant force on the right, it needs a broader voter base. That is where the gay vote comes in.

40,000 skilled migrants needed to fill jobs on mine sites

Business and mining leaders are warning it is critical for Australia to remain a destination of choice for skilled migrants, resisting a push from across the political spectrum to cut the immigration intake.