Twelve months after the Minns Labor Government introduced a ban on no-grounds evictions, renters across New South Wales are reporting greater stability, clearer rights, and improved transparency in the rental market. The reform, which took effect in May 2025, requires landlords to provide a valid, legislated reason to end a tenancy.
The New South Wales Government is stepping up efforts to recruit more police officers, announcing an additional intake at the NSW Police Academy this year to strengthen frontline policing across the state. Under the expanded program, the Academy will increase from three attestation classes annually to four.
The NSW Government and Surfing Australia have announced the return of the Seas The Day Women's Surf Festival to Kingscliff Beach next month, backed by $110,000 in state government funding. Now entering its fourth year, the festival has grown into the world's largest women's surfing event.
Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations. From Anthropic to SpaceX to OpenAI, tech giants are looking to take their shares public to access more capital in the race to shape the technology’s future.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The American job market continues to show surprising strength – good news for President Donald Trump who has taken a beating in the polls over the surging gasoline prices that followed U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – China’s Xi Jinping is traveling to North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years in a trip that offers North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a stage to showcase an increasingly assertive foreign policy anchored by closer ties with his country’s former Cold War allies.
LONDON (AP) – A Russian drone strike killed three people waiting at a bus stop in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday, an official said, as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany for talks on ongoing support for Kyiv.
MREIJEH, Lebanon (AP) – Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning on Sunday, days after a ceasefire agreement in Washington went into effect and despite a U.S. request not to attack Lebanon ‘s capital. Lebanon’s state-run national news agency said two people were killed and 11 wounded.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump tried to create a near $1.8 billion fund that could be funneled to his supporters as a means of settling a lawsuit he filed against his own government – even arguing that he “gave up a lot of money in allowing” it. After drawing outcry in Congress and the courts, however, the White House is reconsidering the fund.


































































































































