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Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:00:00 +1100This birthday, give the gift of taking away
Time for Kmart to feed their karma.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:48:29 +1100‘This howl of pain is the soundtrack to millions of women’s lives’
Toxic work environments, sexual harassment, abuse. Women and girls across Australia have long known this, which is why they are now speaking with a collective fury.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:30:52 +1100The grape escape: Students ditch books for first harvest in school’s vineyard
Students at Upper Yarra Secondary School have harvested the first grapes from the school’s unique on-campus vineyard, and will help process it into pinot noir.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:29:36 +1100La Trobe Uni to cut 300 more jobs, laments ‘unsympathetic’ government
Staff at La Trobe University have been told it will shed another 300 full-time equivalent jobs, taking the number of lost jobs at the institution past 500.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:29:36 +1100There is nothing ‘historical’ about my shattered life: a child sex abuse survivor tells her story 50 years later
My abuser finally pleaded guilty and got three years’ jail. I got $5000 compensation.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:50:52 +1100Melissa Caddick’s missing $25m: Report reveals scale of lost funds
The first part of the report was into Ms Caddicks’s financial affairs and the other into her company Maliver, investors told the Herald.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:34:46 +1100Perception rules all: Christian Porter’s political career is over
Australia’s presumption of innocence means Mr Porter will not tried or convicted. But he surely will not continue as Attorney General; or for much longer as MP.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:33:19 +1100We can’t fix a problem we don’t discuss. And so, it begins with conversation
To my fellow survivors I say − it is our time. We need to take this opportunity. We need to be bold and courageous. Share your truth. It is your power.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:32:07 +1100‘We don’t play by the rules’: Acrobats bring Shaun the Sheep to Brisbane
Circa artistic director Yaron Lifschitz says theatre lovers could expect people flying in the air and three “pigs” on a trapeze.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:25:54 +1100Hotel quarantine agency audits workforce after ‘narcissistic’ perjurer scores job
Nelly Yoa, a serial self-promoter who was this week convicted of assault, trained to be a floor monitor in Victoria’s quarantine program.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:25:50 +1100Police arrest suspect following 48hr north Qld stakeout
Police have arrested a suspect they believed was hiding out in a houseboat after a Queensland siege by waiting for him to return to shore for a trip to the toilet.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:23:43 +1100Former headmaster built teaching career on lies to schools, court told
A former Caulfield Grammar headmaster who built a career in education on the back of lies about his qualifications has been hailed as a gifted and exceptional educator who inspired those he taught.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:21:46 +1100Driver dies in three-car and truck crash on major Brisbane road
A man is dead after his car and a prime mover crashed, the force of the collision pushing his car into two other cars.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:09:49 +1100‘Back, bigger, better’: Royal Easter Show’s top showbags revealed
Last year, the show was cancelled due to the pandemic. This year’s show will run from April 1 to 21, with attendees required to pre-book tickets online.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:52:49 +1100Nazi face mask on display in southern Sydney shop
The shop owner said he did not realise what the mask was depicting, and immediately took it down once he was told.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:52:00 +1100Public schools sitting on $1.49 billion in unspent money
The NSW Department of Education chief also said a new south-west Sydney selective school would be built in Leppington.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:36:37 +1100Police divers called off at Dover Heights as search into Caddick disappearance deepens
A police spokeswoman told the Herald the divers did not go in due to the sea conditions and Marine Area Command will make an assessment each morning, starting again on Thursday.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:18:20 +1100NSW Corrections officer guilty of indecently assaulting female colleagues
Paul Leslie Bent repeatedly kissed, hugged and slapped the buttocks of three women he worked with despite them warning him not to, a Sydney court has heard.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:07:05 +1100Aged care facilities left waiting for vaccines amid confusion over rollout
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state was trying to stay a “few steps ahead” by accelerating the vaccination rollout, but it was yet to receive key details in writing from federal authorities.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:54:47 +1100Rebels bikie, taxi driver shot in Sydney’s west
Police believe the two men were shot through the car when the taxi stopped at an address in Riverstone.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:32:05 +1100Labour Day longings and a trip down memory lane
Lockdown Melbourne meant trips to Victoria’s capital, such a feature of the past, were curtailed – but the rest of the state’s delights were soon discovered.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:30:56 +1100CCTV footage reveals three persons of interest in Mejid Hamzy murder
Criminal Groups Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Robert Critchlow said police had been working tirelessly on the investigation but require the public’s help.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:30:00 +1100Will big businesses give back JobKeeper payments?
On this episode of Please Explain, I’m joined by business journalist Dominic Powell to discuss the economic implications of big businesses keeping Job Keeper.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:30:00 +1100Uber is eating its own: Test case ‘blows up fiction’ of who’s the boss
Will a UK court ruling mean the jig is up for the gig economy?
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:25:15 +1100Catholics education branches out with new schools in growth suburbs
The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria wants state and federal funding to open more schools in outer suburbs of Melbourne, but a state school lobby group has labelled this a “greedy grab” for taxpayer funding.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:43:35 +1100Six new mental health hubs to be rolled out in priority areas
All the communities chosen by the government had higher ongoing mental health issues than the Victorian average.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:18:59 +1100Lawyers yet to determine which strain killed father in COVID-19 class action
Dragan Markovic, whose father contracted COVID-19 in aged care before dying in hospital, is the lead plaintiff in a class action against hotel quarantine security guards.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:16:25 +1100WA top cop wants new stop and search laws to ‘wipe out’ meth supply at interstate border
His comments come a day after the Premier backtracked on an idea to maintain some of WA’s border restrictions post-pandemic, to choke WA’s drug supply networks.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:59:16 +1100New Russian COVID-19 variant detected in Queensland quarantine
Dozens of returned travellers have had their hotel quarantine stays extended after two people tested positive to a new strain of COVID-19 in Brisbane.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:35:23 +1100Do you recognise these images? AFP appeals for help in identifying child abuse victims
Photographs of clothing, bedding and furniture found in the background of child abuse material is being released, as Australian Federal Police agents work to find and rescue more young victims.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:02:32 +1100Rapid COVID-19 tests could miss significant number of infected people, study finds
Data published by the Doherty Institute raises questions about how useful antigen tests would be in Australia given the low level of virus present.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:53:56 +1100Minister to consult NSW Police on teenage sexual assault response
Education Minister Sarah Mitchell told a budget estimates hearing on Wednesday that she had sought a meeting with NSW Police to learn their view on the problem from within Sydney’s school communities.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:51:34 +1100Brisbane City Council rules out its own Inland Rail impact research
The interstate rail freight route is planned to end almost 40 kilometres from the city’s port, with growing concern about how linking the two could affect suburbs in between.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:31:30 +1100Road to nowhere? Roundabout revamp could be a waste, say angry locals
The Andrews government will build an oversized intersection in the bushland suburb of Eltham to solve a traffic problem that locals say is already being fixed by building the state’s most expensive road.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:25:51 +1100Philippine embassy steps in over alleged exploitation of migrant workers
It comes after claims migrant workers were being exploited by a Brisbane business, including doing domestic work on weekends.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:23:55 +1100Loss of CCTV makes case of body in sewage tank one of cop’s toughest
The case of a NSW father found in a Brisbane sewage tank almost three years ago has baffled police, with one detective saying it is his most challenging ever.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:19:01 +1100NSW to merge vaccine rollout phases, provide doses to workers’ families
NSW will bring forward coronavirus vaccinations for people in the next phase of the national rollout, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:15:44 +1100Scientist boosted global wheat yield with disease-resistant varieties
Rajaram increased global wheat production by more than 200 million tonnes.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:11:33 +1100NSW to trial free tampons and sanitary pads in public schools
NSW is developing a plan to address period poverty in schools.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:54:47 +1100Appeals dismissed: Two police officers guilty of assaulting disability pensioner
Two police officers have had appeals against their guilty findings dismissed by a judge, who ruled the pair unlawfully assaulted a disability pensioner in a use of force that was disproportionate and unnecessary.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:50:45 +1100Shots fired in ‘targeted attack’ on home of senior bikie who bashed Nick Martin
The shooting is the first major incident involving Perth outlaw motorcycle gang members since Mr Martin’s murder at the Perth Motorplex in Kwinana on December 12.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:41:01 +1100‘No place for those symbols’: Parliamentary committee calls for swastika ban
It would be a criminal offence to display Nazi symbols under laws proposed by a Victorian cross-party parliamentary inquiry.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:38:15 +1100Court rejects Leyonhjelm’s appeal over Hanson-Young defamation
The comments made by the former Liberal Democratic Party senator were “manifestly crass, offensive and obviously sexist”, a Federal Court judge said.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:30:53 +1100Neo-Nazi group leader charged with assault of Channel Nine security guard
The leader of a Melbourne neo-Nazi group has been charged after allegedly assaulting a Channel Nine security guard prior to the broadcast of a story about the organisation on “A Current Affair”.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:50:43 +1100Trio arrested over alleged assault of four girls on jet ski off Altona beach
Three men have been arrested over alleged sexual assaults on four underage girls at Altona beach that took place on jet skis driven out to deep water.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:02:11 +1100As election looms, WA Premier Mark McGowan closes in on the civil liberties he once defended
Vying for another term in government, WA Premier Mark McGowan’s tune has changed considerably since he called the ‘stop-and-search’ laws of the Barnett government “quasi-fascist”.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +1100Naked City podcast: The day that shocked a nation
A regular work day turned deadly when a bomb exploded outside Russell Street police station, killing one, injuring many and changing lives forever.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:58:22 +1100As WA working families start to call, housing support workers face ‘tsunami’ of homelessness
WA social sector experts predict a “tsunami of homelessness” with as many as 100,000 people affected when the moratorium on rental evictions ends in an already tight market.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:18:41 +1100Storms batter south-east Qld: 61mm of rain in 20 minutes, widespread blackouts
Energex is continuing to restore power to houses after already helping 18,000 affected customers following severe thunderstorms in the south-east.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:14:32 +1100Victoria records no new coronavirus cases as Premier defends state of emergency extension
The state has recorded a fifth consecutive day of no new local cases of COVID-19 as Premier Daniel Andrews defended the extension to Victoria’s of emergency through to December.