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Tue, 12 Oct 2021 03:54:20 +0000
Support floods in for small Sydney coffee shop targeted by anti-vaxxer in online video
A small coffee shop in Sydney's inner west has been buoyed by the support of the local community in the wake of an anti-vaxxer attack over the government vaccination rules.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:45:12 +0000
'They've really relegated their health advice to second place': AMA vice president hits out at NSW
The SA-based vice-president of the Australian Medical Association has hit out at NSW, accusing its authorities of having "relegated" health advice, and warning what is good for one state is not necessarily good for others ahead of proposed ...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:05:33 +0000
Premier says restrictions could ease a week early as NSW rushes towards 80pc target
Premier Dominic Perrottet says his COVID and Economic Recovery Committee will meet on Thursday to discuss easing more restrictions a week earlier, with NSW possibly hitting its 80 per cent fully vaccinated target this weekend.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:35:45 +0000
'Time to draw a line in the sand': Why this farmer says Australia's gun laws are lethal
A pastoralist vows to change firearm laws across Australia, to put an end to the reckless behaviour of some hunters that has left his workers and stock in fear for their lives.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:10:47 +0000
Holocaust survivor who called himself 'the happiest man on Earth' dies aged 101
Having narrowly survived the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps under the Nazis, Eddie Jaku dedicated his life to teaching others about the perils of hatred and intolerance. 

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:04:12 +0000
Forget shotgun weddings, this couple got hitched on Zoom
More than 10,000 kilometres apart, Athar and Hani managed to tie the knot on a video call – with Athar's dad as the proxy groom.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:17:22 +0000
BOM declares La Niña alert as the east braces for storms this week
Central Australia and parts of Queensland have already received a deluge this week, and more wild weather is on the way for the south-east in what's shaping up to be a soggy season.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:47:08 +0000
Albanese refuses to expel MP Anthony Byrne after branch-stacking admission
Labor leader Anthony Albanese will not order the federal Member for Holt Anthony Byrne to be expelled from the party, after the long-serving MP admitted yesterday to manipulating votes in the Victorian Labor branch.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:17:07 +0000
It's cost Daniel Andrews four ministers so far. Here's what branch stacking involves
It is an issue that is causing major headaches for the Labor Party this week, but has been identified as a problem across both the major parties. Here is your quick catch-up on what branch stacking involves and why it is making headlines...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:11:12 +0000
Live: All the COVID news you need from across Australia
Victoria's government will help relocate up to 1,000 overseas health workers, including Australians, to support the pandemic-hit health system while also boosting the pay of doctors, nurses and paramedics in the state. Follow live.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:52:11 +0000
'It does give me hope': Victoria's CHO 'cautiously optimistic' over drop in COVID case numbers
The seven-day average of new cases in Victoria has fallen for the first time since August, as the state tries to bring its Delta outbreak under control. Victoria has recorded 1,466 new cases and eight more people have died.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:54:13 +0000
'Still so mad at myself for staying as long as I did': Tamara says sexual harassment at Sony Music was rife
Tamara says she was sexually harassed and had friends sexually assaulted by senior male employees while working for Sony Music Australia. She says head office in New York turned a blind eye and "let this happen for decades".

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:54:49 +0000
Why do some Nationals still fear signing on to net zero by 2050?
Not for the first time, the 21 members of the Nationals party-room find themselves as the centre of Australia's climate change debate, with some adamant to refuse a net zero target regardless of what policy is behind it.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:20:43 +0000
Daughter of man charged over COVID breach taken into state care, as SA records no new cases
A father is arrested and charged with allegedly breaching SA's COVID-19 directions at a city medi-hotel this afternoon, with his young daughter taken into SA Health's care.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:58:17 +0000
Andrews says he has always followed the rules as branch-stacking scandal engulfs Victorian Labor
Premier Daniel Andrews declares he has always followed the Labor Party's rules, as the state's anti-corruption watchdog says branch stacking appears to have been "endemic within the Labor Party for at least the last 20 years".

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:30:09 +0000
New budget airline Bonza eyes a hungry cut price domestic market with planned 2022 launch
A major US investment firm is planning to launch an Australian low-cost carrier by the name of Bonza to compete with Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin and Rex in the domestic aviation market.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:58:12 +0000
ACT records 28 new COVID-19 cases as plans to end lockdown confirmed
The ACT has recorded 28 new COVID-19 cases and a record 19 people in hospital, as ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr confirms that from 11:59pm this Thursday, the territory's lockdown will be lifted.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:37:00 +0000
Break-in at heritage-listed hotel has guest hiding in wardrobe
A guest has told of hiding in a wardrobe when a group of people forced their way into an historic Kalgoorlie hotel, causing more than $30,000 worth of damage. 

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:16:53 +0000
Wildlife officers complete two-year quest to remove tyre from elk's neck
A years-long quest to free a bull elk ends with US authorities sedating the animal and removing a tyre from around its neck.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:29:50 +0000
McCartney says it was Lennon who broke up The Beatles
Paul McCartney says it was John Lennon, not him, who instigated The Beatles breaking up and that the band would have continued if Lennon had not left.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:00:39 +0000
International students fear 'second culture shock' as return to Australia looms
Nearly 60,000 international students are itching to get on Australian soil to begin or resume their studies, but many are anxious about what life will look like once they arrive.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:12:25 +0000
Alleged murder victim sustained 69 separate injuries during ‘struggle’, court hears
Benjamin Hoffmann’s fourth and final alleged victim sustained 69 injuries across his body, including dozens of “stab or slicing" injuries in a "struggle" that led to his death, a court has heard.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:08:02 +0000
'Invincible military': Kim Jong Un vows to bolster North Korea's ability to fight
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un uses an anniversary event to accuse the US of not taking action to prove it has no hostile intent toward his country, vowing to build his country's military capacity.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:16:49 +0000
Canberra woman who was shot in neck 'will never forgive' man responsible
A man who shot a woman in the neck in a random attack as she sat in her car in Canberra's inner south has been sentenced to more than a decade in jail.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:43:06 +0000
Former Labor staffer Alexander Matters charged with raping second woman
After being charged with two counts of rape last month, a 20-year-old Canberra law student and former political staffer has faced court charged with another count of rape against a different woman earlier this year.



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