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Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:55:09 +1000
Isi Leibler, key advocate for Jewish ‘refuseniks’, dies in Israel
Isi Leibler is being remembered as a “fearless and uncompromising” leader of the Australian Jewish community.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:51:30 +1000
Queensland GP fined $15,000 after professional misconduct
A Queensland GP has been fined $15,000 after providing false information to the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency and not declaring criminal charges despite spending time in an American prison.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:41:57 +1000
Aged care, disability workers scramble to source COVID-19 jabs
Left behind by a slow and uncertain Commonwealth-run vaccination rollout, aged care and disability workers are trying to find their own COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:39:21 +1000
When is a wicket not a wicket? When it’s out
The Hundred, England’s cricket short form, is trying way too hard to be cool.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:24:12 +1000
Passerby rescues sleeping man from burning house, another man dies
A man driving to work did all he could to rescue two men after a fire broke out in a bedroom of a disability group home in in Sydney’s west..

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:18:31 +1000
Myanmar military business links push Adani Ports off S&P index
The company, which is building a $290 million port in Yangon on land leased from the military-backed Myanmar Economic Corporation.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:17:13 +1000
Two people dead in light plane crash near Canberra
Emergency services were called to a property on Tallagandra Lane, Sutton, north of the ACT, after reports a light plane had crashed into a paddock at 4.30pm. 

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:02:01 +1000
Tides of change as Biennale of Sydney announces program
Artist Badger Bates will speak at the launch for the mighty Darling-Barka River, the animals and all the “little things that can’t talk for themselves”.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:01:46 +1000
Woodside Petroleum appoints insider Meg O’Neill as acting CEO
Woodside Petroleum, the nation’s largest oil and gas producer, has appointed internal candidate Meg O’Neill as its acting chief executive as the board’s search for the next CEO continues.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +1000
Majestic Shot takes aim at toughest target yet
The unbeaten filly faces a rise to midweek city class plus extra distance and a new jockey.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +1000
Race-by-race preview and selections for Hawkesbury on Wednesday
Everything you nee to know to pick a winner on an eight-race card.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:57:06 +1000
Medical detectives on look out for rare AstraZeneca side effect after new case in WA
Despite another case of a rare clotting disorder, the country’s top medical experts say the rate remains low and is encouraging all Australians to get immunised when their time comes.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:49:53 +1000
Ex-councillor thought Sidoti’s lobbying was reasonable, but now sees it differently: ICAC
A former Liberal councillor says he never thought Drummoyne MP John Sidoti was acting on behalf of his own private interests when he lobbied council, but that he was advocating for small business.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:34:20 +1000
Sarah Gatt’s ex-girlfriend saw body months before police found remains, court told
The former girlfriend of a Melbourne woman who was allegedly murdered has told a court she saw a body in a bathtub almost six months before police discovered the remains.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:31:15 +1000
Second site approved to take toxic soil from $6.7b West Gate Tunnel project
Bacchus Marsh landfill site Maddingley Brown Coal is the latest to be approved to receive huge amounts of toxic rock and soil from the controversial project.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:28:28 +1000
New rules for Airbnb-style letting in NSW delayed by three months
The rollout of the short-term letting laws across the state has been postponed until November following concerns from councils and industry.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:28:19 +1000
Can’t get to the theatre? Now you don’t even have to leave your couch
Melbourne Theatre Company says digital theatre ‘will be a revolution’.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:27:23 +1000
Man Utd face fight over Mariners from Gold Coast’s US-backed consortium
As FA chief James Johnson endorsed the EPL club’s takeover talks, it emerged United are not the only group in discussions with wantaway Mariners chairman Mike Charlesworth.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:19:23 +1000
Graeme Curran should resign immediately, NSW Attorney-General says
The NSW magistrate, who indecently assaulted a teenage boy in the 1980s, was refused leave to appeal against his convictions in the High Court on Monday.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:17:31 +1000
Journalist knew blackmail plotters wanted $5m from Plutus targets, witness claims
TV journalist Stephen Barrett, recruited into a blackmail scheme targeting Plutus Payroll, was allegedly told of the objective at the last minute.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:17:06 +1000
Commercial tenancy disputes fall in first weeks after end of JobKeeper
The figures are among the first gauges of business health to emerge in the post-JobKeeper period and come amid fears of a wave of insolvencies and evictions.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:16:54 +1000
Brittany Higgins signs major book deal after three-way auction
The book is expected to hit shelves next year.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:14:10 +1000
‘That’s on us’: Skipper Tamou says Tigers fans not to blame for half-time booing
James Tamou told the Herald that while the booing was tough to take after their limp first-half display against the Cowboys, the supporters were well within their rights to do so. 

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:08:37 +1000
Swans and Giants not interested in war of words before Sydney derby
Footy’s showpiece in the harbour city is in danger of becoming a massive love-in, as the Swans and Giants prepare to resume the AFL’s nicest rivalry on Saturday at the SCG.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:05:20 +1000
‘Weak, slow and ineffective’: Australia urged to reach out to Myanmar’s deposed government
Burmese Australians have urged the Morrison government to reach out to members of the deposed Myanmar government and to allow more than 3000 citizens of the country to stay in Australia once their visas expire.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:03:39 +1000
Albo compares himself to Mark McGowan in bid to capture WA voters
Anthony Albanese has compared his political views to those of WA’s rock star Premier as he looks to take Labor’s momentum in the state to the next national poll.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:56:43 +1000
The gifts that were really responsible for Australia Post’s woes
There were generous and inappropriate gifts handed out at Australia Post, but they weren’t the Cartier watches awarded to senior executives by Christine Holgate.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:56:07 +1000
‘The troops keep arriving’ but Putin snubs Ukraine’s request for talks
It comes as the United States notified Turkey that two US warships will sail to the Black Sea and stay there to keep an eye on Russia.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:50:23 +1000
Shaking up the lens of family history
Memory is shaped by the stories we choose to tell, says artist Hayley Millar Baker.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:49:14 +1000
Morris to leave Sharks as Fitzgibbon steps up as NRL head coach
Roosters assistant Craig Fitzgibbon is on the verge of signing a three-year deal with Cronulla after John Morris was told he won’t get a new contract.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:38:53 +1000
A cheeky single from Shaun Burgoyne in the nervous 390s
A look at the lighter side of football: Shaun Burgoyne’s one game rest; the Bulldogs/Melbourne quinella; snakes, and ladders

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:37:51 +1000
Christine Holgate was treated ‘abysmally’: Australia Post chairman
Lucio Di Bartolomeo has told a Senate inquiry the former chief executive was not owed an apology by the board, but conceded she was poorly treated during the Cartier watches saga.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:26:35 +1000
Once suicidal, Christine Holgate re-emerges to damn powerful men
The former chief executive of Australia Post is the latest strong woman to produce evidence of being wronged by Australia’s political culture.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:22:47 +1000
‘You were our whole life’: Cranbourne teen dies after party assault
Heartbroken family and friends of a 17-year-old Cranbourne North boy are grieving after he died in hospital at the weekend as a result of injuries from an assault as a party in Melbourne’s south-east last month.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:08:42 +1000
Protesters clash with police in Minneapolis after black man killed at traffic stop
Daunte Wright, 20, died on Sunday in a metropolitan area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:49:46 +1000
Kate Winslet delivers acting masterclass in gripping Mare of Easttown
The Oscar-winning actress is in superb form as the cranky detective investigating a series of murders in her hometown in this superb seven-part series.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:48:21 +1000
Muslims open Ramadan with socially distanced prayers, vaccines
Last year, authorities shuttered all mosques and clerics issued a fatwa, or edict, urging Muslims to pray at home over the holy month.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:47:52 +1000
Porsche driver Richard Pusey to fight allegation he assaulted partner last year
The 42-year-old faced Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link on Tuesday charged with a number of offences stemming from an incident that occurred at his home on December 27.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:45:51 +1000
‘Humiliated by our Prime Minister’: Christine Holgate says Scott Morrison cost her Australia Post job
Former Australia Post boss Christine Holgate has blamed Prime Minister Scott Morrison for driving her out of the top job, accusing him of humiliating her in Parliament.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:45:34 +1000
Big emitters’ green goals drive AGL to mull ‘hybrid’ power plans
AGL is assessing developing huge hybrid power systems to help decarbonise some of Australia’s most emissions-intensive industrial operations.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:43:01 +1000
McKay says coal is ‘a given’ with Labor’s candidate for Upper Hunter
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay says she does not support a moratorium on new coal mines in a move likely to cause division in the party as it grapples with balancing mining and environmental issues.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:40:27 +1000
COVID-positive crewman in negative pressure room at Perth hospital
The man in his 50s, a crew member onboard the Aquagenie, became unwell and was tested on board the ship on April 8.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:38:45 +1000
Port Adelaide, Melbourne eye Bombers star Merrett
Port Adelaide and Melbourne have joined the queue of clubs interested in acquiring Essendon’s star midfielder and 2021 free agent Zach Merrett.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:30:00 +1000
Why are there numerous inquiries into Ben Roberts-Smith?
Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by Deputy Editor of The Age, Michael Bachelard to discuss the investigations to Ben Roberts-Smith.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:29:32 +1000
Anti-Chinese racism hinders efforts to counter foreign interference: Paterson
Liberal senator James Paterson is concerned about the rise in the “morally abhorrent” racism and says it’s hampering efforts to counter foreign interference within Australia.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:26:36 +1000
Improving healthcare for Australians in aged care could save $21 billion: AMA
The government could save billions over the next four years by preventing unnecessary hospitalisations with improved access to doctors and nurses in aged care, the Australian Medical Association says.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:20:05 +1000
Mayor blasts phallic graffiti attack on Bogut’s Bayside bunker
The mystery phallus scrawled on a window at one of the properties retired basketball star Andrew Bogut plans to redevelop has offended the sensibilities of Bayside Council’s mayor.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:04:49 +1000
Sydney’s pop-up cycleways to remain for another two years
Several temporary cycleways which were installed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have come under fire from local residents.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:50:05 +1000
Teen driver on bail when he sped and caused fatal crash, court told
The 16-year-old boy drove up to 130km/h, deliberately fishtailing along Old Geelong Road in Hoppers Crossing, when he lost control, killing a 15-year-old girl, a court has heard.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:40:38 +1000
‘We can’t keep up’: Cemetery sector uncertainty is panicking buyers
Two cemeteries in Sydney have announced plans to add new burial space, saying it will allay fears that their local cemeteries are full.



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