Nicole Hegarty

Australians with student debts will see their repayments fall and won't begin paying down their debt until they earn more in a pre-election federal government move to ease cost of living pressures for younger Australians.

A re-elected Albanese government would reduce student debts by 20 per cent as part of a broader suite of changes to the system.

Construction sector insiders say the absence of legal protections and the fear of career ramifications mean they cannot afford to come forward and speak to the construction union's administrator.

Program: PM Presented by Australians faced with rising costs and long wait times are increasingly raiding their retirement savings to pay for dental treatment.

Program: AM Presented by Australian farmers are facing an anxious waiting to see if US president-elect Donald Trump will carry through on his promise to impose new tariffs on imports.

Social media companies would be required to take preventative action against the worst foreseeable harms of their platforms under new laws the federal government has proposed.

Women's safety advocates say the malicious release of personal information by domestic violence perpetrators has been largely overlooked in the national conversation about criminalising doxxing.

Program: AM Presented by Legislation to ban under 16s from social media will be introduced to Parliament today as the government confirms visual messaging app Snapchat will be covered.

Mobile phones could be confiscated from immigration detainees under a federal government response to what it says are an increasing number of criminal activities being organised inside.

A move by the Federal Government to crack down on organised crime within immigration detention by allowing the confiscation of phones has been met with alarm by immigration lawyers and former detainees.