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Tue, 13 Apr 2021 01:34:47 +0000
Holgate calls for Aus Post chair to be sacked over Cartier watch scandal, chair says he won't resign
The former Australia Post boss tells a Senate Committee she was "humiliated" and pushed out of her job as CEO unwillingly by the company's chair over a decision to give Cartier watches to staff.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:48:08 +0000
Questions over Laming's link to rugby club that won women's sport grant
The Morrison Government will not say whether it was aware of ties between Liberal MP Andrew Laming's office and a local rugby club before it promised a half-a-million-dollar grant to the club during the 2019 federal election campaign. ...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:35:22 +0000
Second Australian blood clotting case developed two weeks after COVID vaccination, WA Health Minister says
A woman in her 40s believed to have the second case of blood clots linked to AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine in Australia developed the symptoms about two weeks after receiving her shot, according to the WA Health Minister.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:36:05 +0000
Prince Philip gave a tribe a pig — and found himself in the middle of a long-running prophecy
Prince Philip's passing is especially heartfelt for this small community in Vanuatu, who believe he was the physical representation of an ancient warrior leader.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:32:57 +0000
Two dead in light plane crash north of Canberra
NSW Police say they are investigating reports of a light plane crash in the Yass Valley just over the ACT border. 

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:36:03 +0000
Live: 'Your chances of winning Lotto are much higher': TGA says AstraZeneca blood clots are extremely rare
The Therapeutic Goods Administration's deputy secretary says two cases of blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia have come from over 700,000 doses administered. Follow live.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:33:01 +0000
Aged care homes across regional Australia are closing at an alarming rate
7.30 has obtained exclusive data that suggests up to 166 regional homes are in dire financial circumstances and at risk of closure.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:03:07 +0000
Japan decides to treat 1 million tonnes of radioactive water and dump it in the sea
Japan's government approves plans to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:46:33 +0000
Naw Naw is safe here. But when her visa runs out, she fears what awaits her back home
Some in the Myanmar community have called on the Australian government to follow in the steps of Bob Hawke, who offered asylum to Chinese students in Australia after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 03:50:55 +0000
Violent rapist Francis Wark gets 18 years' jail in retrial for killing of teenager Hayley Dodd
Almost 22 years since teenager Hayley Dodd vanished from a remote West Australian road, the convicted rapist found guilty of killing her is sentenced to 18 years in jail.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:17 +0000
Prince Harry and Prince William paid tribute to their grandfather, and the pundits sense tension
Delivered just minutes apart, Prince Harry and Prince William's statements struck a markedly different tone. So what, if anything, do the statements say about the royal relationship? 

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:55:01 +0000
Queues for food, army reserve on standby and power could be 'out for days' after WA cyclone disaster
The power could be out for days in the Mid West region after towns were decimated by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja on Sunday night, which ripped roofs off buildings, uprooted trees and flooded streets.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:08:13 +0000
Australia isn't buying Johnson & Johnson because it's an adenovirus vaccine — here's what that means
The government says the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will not be part of Australia's vaccine rollout because it's an adenovirus vaccine, like AstraZeneca's — but what does that mean?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:40:33 +0000
Queensland records first COVID death in almost a year
An 80-year-old Australian man has died from COVID-19 in a Brisbane hospital after returning from the Philippines last month.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:00:36 +0000
'Like a string of fairy lights': What were these lights in the sky?
This string of lights amazed some people as it streaked across the sky in eastern Australia, but astronomers are getting pretty tired of them.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:00:40 +0000
US woman refuses to return $1.5 million given to her by an accounting error
A US woman is accused of refusing to return more than $1.5 million accidentally deposited into her brokerage account.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:44:28 +0000
Cronulla Sharks punt Morris, announce Craig Fitzgibbon as new coach
John Morris is axed as Cronulla coach after Craig Fitzgibbon agrees to take over the Sharks on a three-year deal, starting next season.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:33:54 +0000
Killer expressed 'venom' towards police in alcohol-fuelled rants, inquest told
The inquest into a Queensland police officer killed in 2017 hears from the man who allowed the killer to hide out in a shed on his family property.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:38:45 +0000
Man who abducted 5yo girl wanted to eat her, court hears
A man who abducted a five-year-old girl in Tasmania's north-west later told prison staff he took the child because he wanted to eat her, a court has heard. 

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 01:04:49 +0000
International travel for Australians still up in the air as vaccine delays threaten timetable
Qantas says it has made no changes "at this stage" to its timetable for restarting international flights, as delays to Australia's COVID-19 vaccination program threaten to push back its plans.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:44:05 +0000
It used to be a 'whodunnit'. Now, police let Insta-hoons convict themselves
The Gold Coast's top cop says solving crime isn't what it used to be, as hoons use social media to hand themselves to police "on a silver plate".

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:19:35 +0000
Will the MCG be allowed to hold 100,000 people in time for Anzac Day?
Victorian public health officials are working with the AFL to try and increase the capacity of the MCG to 100 per cent – but the Acting Premier says there’s no guarantee it’ll be done before Anzac Day.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:00:36 +0000
When asked whether she'd support Trump in 2024, one of his biggest rivals didn't hesitate
Former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley tells reporters she will not run for president in 2024 if Donald Trump has a second tilt at the White House.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:09:36 +0000
After a horror coronavirus outbreak, the UK's wildly successful vaccine rollout means pubs can open
It has been a rough year for the UK, which was experiencing the highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe just a few months ago. But with millions vaccinated, restrictions are easing and pubs are reopening. 

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:16:18 +0000
'Double standards': PNG locals worry over AstraZeneca safety amid Australia's limit to under 50s
Miriam Siwi says she and her family won't be getting the AstraZeneca vaccine. She's one of a growing number of people in PNG worried about potential side effects.



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