Jesse Thompson

Thu 18 Jun 2026 at 8:14am In short: A tribunal has ruled an eviction notice handed to an elderly tenant who refused to pay additional rent is invalid.

Sun 21 Jun 2026 at 4:22am In short: Apartment-buyers who bought into ambitious plans for Australia's tallest building say they face up to a decade of uncertainty after the project faltered.

Mon 22 Jun 2026 at 5:52am In short: Kawsar Ahmad, 54, is facing four slavery-related charges and is applying for bail after she returned from Syria last month.

A significant housing affordability bill has passed through Congress and is now awaiting President Donald Trump's signature. The bill, known as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aims to reduce housing costs by easing construction regulations and limiting large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes. The House passed the bill on Tuesday (June 23) following an 85-5 Senate vote on Monday (June 22).

Mon 20 Jul 2026 at 5:56am Mon 20 Jul 2026 at 5:58am The former attorney-general of the Albanese government has urged the Commonwealth

Tue 21 Jul 2026 at 2:59pm A representative of a Melbourne synagogue razed in a firebombing says multiple bids for additional security funding were knocked back before the building was destroyed in the 2024 arson attack.

Wed 22 Jul 2026 at 6:49am The peak body for Victoria's Jewish community says police engagement failed to engender a sense of safety in Melbourne's Jewish community in the face of rising antisemitism.

Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 6:20am A recent wave of antisemitism has been far-reaching, even targeting Jewish people who are critical of the Israeli government, a royal commission probing the phenomenon has heard.

Fri 24 Jul 2026 at 5:58am Australia's Jewish community is facing an unprecedented security threat as otherwise divergent extremist groups converge on a shared hatred of Jews, the antisemitism royal commission has heard.

The City of Yarra has voted to put an affordable housing project at Collingwood Town Hall on hold. ABC News