A Tasmanian council has pushed through a 1,050 per cent increase in fees for applications to turn a property into short-stay accommodation.
An independent review found Tasmania Police received 40,000 more dispatch incidents over the past decade, with family violence calls doubling and youth crime a major pressure. Police are acting as 'catch-all' service due to shortfalls in other sectors, using personal devices for intelligence.
Tennant Creek celebrated the grand reopening of the Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre after a $10 million redevelopment. Hundreds marched during NAIDOC Week to the hub, which aims to boost tourism and celebrate Warumungu culture.
Australia's antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, has proposed an oversight committee for ABC and SBS Israel coverage. Meanwhile, Telstra CFO Michael Ackland defended the triple-zero network amid ongoing fallout from a nationwide outage, and Angus Taylor defended Sarah Henderson's actions during the crisis.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor attacked Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, calling it a "column of smoke" incapable of solving Australia's problems. He warned their policies could cost a trillion dollars, increase inflation, and risk a debt crisis, while Hanson met with controversial British activist Tommy Robinson in London.
Australia's first Centre for Personalised Medicine has opened at Canberra Hospital, offering advanced immune treatments tailored to individual genetic and immunological drivers. The centre, a collaboration between ANU and ACT Health, aims to provide life-changing care for complex immune disorders, inspired by successful patient outcomes.
South Australian police are investigating a death at a regional hospital, following claims by Liberal Senator Kerrynne Liddle that an elderly person died due to the Telstra network outage and a failure to connect to Triple Zero. Authorities are working to establish facts, with Telstra cooperating.
