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Drug overdose deaths spark calls for national action

There's calls for a national strategy to help prevent fatal drug overdoses with a report revealing they continue to outstrip deaths on Australia's roads.

Farid Farid • 46m ago

Opioids continue to account for the most drug overdose deaths in Australia. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS

Drug overdose deaths spark calls for national action

There's calls for a national strategy to help prevent fatal drug overdoses with a report revealing they continue to outstrip deaths on Australia's roads.

Farid Farid • 46m ago

Hundreds of former immigration detainees to be deported

A deal to deport former immigration detainees to Nauru has secured bipartisan support but drawn condemnation from human rights groups.

Tess Ikonomou • 1hr ago

A deal to send immigration detainees to Nauru is set to go before federal parliament. Photo: Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS

Hundreds of former immigration detainees to be deported

A deal to deport former immigration detainees to Nauru has secured bipartisan support but drawn condemnation from human rights groups.

Tess Ikonomou • 1hr ago

Nation's economic pulse check dominates data-heavy week

Australia's weak private sector could dampen the nation's economic recovery and cause GDP growth to undershoot the Reserve Bank's forecasts.

Jacob Shteyman • 1hr ago

GDP growth is expected by some to undershoot the RBA estimate of 1.6 per cent for the year to June. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS

Nation's economic pulse check dominates data-heavy week

Australia's weak private sector could dampen the nation's economic recovery and cause GDP growth to undershoot the Reserve Bank's forecasts.

Jacob Shteyman • 1hr ago

Wife urges alleged cop killer to turn himself in

Alleged gunman Dezi Freeman, wanted over the deaths of two police officers, has been urged by his wife to surrender.

Samantha Lock and Ethan James • 1hr ago

Police continue to search alpine terrain for an armed fugitive who allegedly killed two officers. Photo: Simon Dallinger/AAP PHOTOS

Wife urges alleged cop killer to turn himself in

Alleged gunman Dezi Freeman, wanted over the deaths of two police officers, has been urged by his wife to surrender.

Samantha Lock and Ethan James • 1hr ago

'No place for racism': leaders condemn divisive rallies

Political leaders are calling for calm and warning that violence and racism have no place in Australia ahead of nationwide anti-immigration marches.

Farid Farid • 2hrs ago

Police will be out in force for anti-immigration rallies across the country. Photo: Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS

'No place for racism': leaders condemn divisive rallies

Political leaders are calling for calm and warning that violence and racism have no place in Australia ahead of nationwide anti-immigration marches.

Farid Farid • 2hrs ago

Telltale research findings might help detect disasters

In a find that might show how landslides occur, Australian scientists have detected hidden indications of below-surface particle movement.

John Kidman

Avalanches are rare but slips and landslides in Australia occur in coastal and mountainous regions. Photo: Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS

Telltale research findings might help detect disasters

In a find that might show how landslides occur, Australian scientists have detected hidden indications of below-surface particle movement.

John Kidman

Busting the tough bush stereotypes, rural dads open up

Eight farmers have revealed their trials and triumphs raising kids on the land, in an interview series that aims to encourage vulnerability in rural men.

Stephanie Gardiner

A new podcast series engages rural fathers about their experiences of farm and family life. Photo: Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS

Busting the tough bush stereotypes, rural dads open up

Eight farmers have revealed their trials and triumphs raising kids on the land, in an interview series that aims to encourage vulnerability in rural men.

Stephanie Gardiner