The year 2021 was the coolest in Australia for nearly a decade, but still warmer than the historical average, the Bureau of Meteorology’s annual climate statement has revealed.

Australia’s fleet of F-35A fighter jets will spend less time in the air than previously thought, Defence documents reveal.

Australia Post paid a single executive more than half a million dollars to ensure he was not poached from the government-owned enterprise to the private sector.

And nearly 2000 mobile phone black spots across Victoria have been identified in a $230 million upgrade program.

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