Steve Price has ripped into the NSW Environment Minister for linking recent bushfires to climate change. As Sydney choked on a heavy smoke haze on Tuesday, Environment Minister Matt Kean was addressing the Smart Energy Summit alongside the likes of Malcolm Turnbull. Mr Kean insisted “no one can deny” climate change is to blame for […]

A Brisbane mother and daughter have been confirmed as the first Australian deaths in the New Zealand volcano tragedy. Six people have been confirmed dead after the White Island volcano erupted in New Zealand on Monday. Police have confirmed 47-year-old Julie Richards and her 20-year-old daughter Jessica are among the dead as well as Adelaide man […]

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced music festivalgoers will be given a chance to discard illegal drugs, standing by her hard-line policy on festival regulation.  The state government will provide ‘amnesty bins’ for future festivalgoers to dispose of drugs “no questions asked”, in the hope it will discourage patrons from overdosing at police checkpoints for […]

Two Sydney roofing companies have been accused of attempting to fix prices to repair hail-damaged homes. ANZ Roofing and Ivy Contractors have acknowledged the ACCC’s concerns about messages in Facebook groups, in 2018, discussing minimum rates for repairing homes hit by hail. The messages appeared after a significant hailstorm with one reading “I think this […]

Consumer sentiment has continued to fall amid growing concerns about the state of the Australian economy. The monthly Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index fell 1.9 per cent in December. Westpac chief economist Bill Evans tells Ross Greenwood people are concerned about job security. “I would expect by the middle of the year the Reserve Bank […]

Environment Minister Matt Kean has stood by his controversial comments linking recent bushfires to climate change. As NSW battles unprecedented bushfires the environment minister has insisted “no one can deny” climate change is to blame while addressing the Smart Energy Summit. He has drawn criticism from many who have accused him of politicising the bushfires. […]