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Have a spare bedroom? You could be taxed

Economists argue it could free up housing, but critics call it unfair and invasive

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Houses in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, January 27, 2025. A proposal to tax homeowners with spare bedrooms has ignited public backlash.

Watch: 15-year-old pilot lands his own plane in UAE

Australian teen on epic world tour to inspire sick children yearns to learn driving

Byron Waller while flying above Abu Dhabi in his own plane

Former Australian captain and coach Bob Simpson dies

Simpson represented Australia in 62 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1957 and 1978

Bob Simpson

Scientists discover ancient whale with Pokémon face

25 million-year-old whale was small enough to fit in a single bed

In this illustration provided by Ruairidh Duncan a Janjucetus dullardi is depicted chasing a fish.

McGrath predicts 5-0 to Australia vs England in Ashes

England have not won a series for a long time, Australian legend says

Australian players celebrate during their 3-0 Test series win over West Indies last month.

Australia will recognise Palestinian state: PM

Until Israeli and Palestinian statehood is permanent, peace can only be temporary, says PM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Australia settle on Marsh and Head as T20 openers

Marsh will partner Head for first time in 3 T20s against South Africa starting on Sunday

Mitchell Marsh

Vaibhav to headline India U19 squad for Australia tour

Ayush Mhatre to lead squad that will play three one-day matches and two multi-day games

Vaibhav Suryavanshi took just 52 balls to reach three figures, becoming the fastest player to score a hundred in Men’s Youth ODIs.

Australia bans YouTube accounts for children under 16

Government says will not be intimidated by threats of legal action from platform’s owner

According to new rules, children in Australia will be able to access YouTube but will not be allowed to have their own YouTube accounts. Picture for illustrative purposes.

Dwarshuis gives Australia 5-0 sweep of West Indies T20s

Chasing 171 to win the fifth T20I, Australia recovered to win with three overs to spare

Australia's players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the fifth and final Twenty20 (T20) international cricket match between West Indies and Australia at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 28, 2025.

Indian-origin man attacked with machete in Australia

Police have arrested four teenage boys and are hunting for a fifth suspect

The victim was returning from a pharmacy when the attackers surrounded him.

Australia’s mushroom murders — what you need to know

The deadly lunch, the world’s most toxic mushroom, and a trial that gripped a nation

Members of the media talk to a friend of Erin Patterson as she leaves the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court in Morwell, where Patterson was found by a jury on July 7, 2025 to have murdered her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms at the climax of a trial watched around the world.

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