1+ hour ago   (146+ words) By The Canadian Press staff Posted September 14, 2026 1:32 pm. OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the response rate for this year’s census of the population was 98.4 per cent, one of the highest ever recorded. The data is collected every five years and the…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (645+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am Victoria is spending more than any other state on cost-of-living relief, but some of the government’s biggest schemes are delivering more than twice the savings to high-income households as the state’s lowest earners, a new analysis has found. New…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (517+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am Thousands of Queenslanders in social housing will have access to new insulation, fans, solar power and electric stoves to make energy bills cheaper under an almost $100 million funding injection. The Albanese government will announce the $97.1 million investment for Queensland…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (698+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am State Labor MPs are bracing for a tense confrontation with their own government over the failure to pass new anti-slavery laws, taking the highly unusual step of seeking to present a backbench bill to the party’s caucus and force…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (321+ words) Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns, who is in the third trimester of her second pregnancy, will miss her party’s think-in and the start of the Dáil term this week following medical advice. Cairns, who is due to give birth to…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (722+ words) September 15, 2026 — 4:00am Labor leveraged an invite-only $20 million fund to install CCTV networks across critical electorates, prioritising its own seats and high-value Coalition targets before the last election. The Coalition seized on the “Strengthening Community Safety” program as another example of Labor…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (430+ words) By Raimundo Rojas, Outreach & Events Director National Right to Life The term “sexual and reproductive health and rights,” or SRHR, did not appear out of nowhere. It grew out of a political problem. For years, the United Nations and Western…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (59+ words) With his company in liquidation and a warrant out for his arrest, convicted property developer Jean Nassif has made an extraordinary remote appearance at the corruption watchdog. September 14, 2026 — 6:26pm...

12+ hour, 36+ min ago   (899+ words) Joanne Butterfield disappeared in June 1998 while hitchhiking in Far North Queensland where she had been living. (Supplied) An inquest is examining the suspected death of Joanne Butterfield and the adequacy of the police investigation into her 1998 disappearance in Far North…...

14+ hour, 34+ min ago   (495+ words) NSW public schools will cap students’ screentime use at 15-minutes a day in a bid to address a “worrying trend” of declining student learning outcomes. The announcement, made by NSW Education Minister Prue Car on Sunday, will see the limits…...