Two men who allege they were sexually abused as teenagers at cadet camp are suing the prestigious Melbourne school they attended, seeking an apology and damages for trauma they say they endured for almost 45 years.

The data comes as Health Minister Yvette D’Ath flagged the possibility of new hospital visitor limits and staffing concerns at an aged-care facility amid 19,709 new infections reported on Saturday.

Central NSW has seen violent thunderstorms this week.

Margaret River Chocolate Company in West Swan has now been listed as an exposure site across two separate dates, on January 10 and 13. 

Former Liberal MP Craig Kelly said the decision to cancel the world No.1 men’s tennis player’s visa brought shame onto Australia.

The scheme was due to end on Sunday after being introduced in the first quarter of 2020, and the extension means deferred rent will automatically roll over for enrolled businesses.

People desperate for rapid antigen tests are turning to Airtasker, Facebook groups and friends overseas in search of the coveted tests as authorities investigate reports of price gouging.

The group were detained and five outlaw gang members were charged with displaying prohibited insignia.

About 1100 aged care homes across Australia are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, with 7014 active cases in residents and aged care workers.

The Ladye Chapel of St Francis’, the oldest Catholic Church in Victoria, is a place of great beauty and deep peace that is not disturbed by the constant turnover of people popping in to offer a prayer.

Police say Charlise Mutten was last seen on a property close to the remote Blue Mountains township of Mount Wilson on Thursday, but were notified she was missing on Friday morning.

Queensland has reported six new COVID-19 deaths, including a person in their 20s, alongside 19,709 new infections and an increase of 60 patients in the state’s hospitals.

Ian Flett Robertson was an ophthalmologist and corneal transplant surgeon devoted much of his career to establish the Lions Eye Bank of Victoria, to help facilitate corneal transplants and improve the vision of many Victorians.

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The family company of Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart plans to develop a new iron ore mine beside the homestead of her family cattle station in WA’s Pilbara.

Police said they had decided not to issue a fine to the religious organisation after videos of attendees singing and dancing without masks at a youth camp sparked public outrage.

Sydney Morning Herald and The Age photographer James Brickwood travelled with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as he visited multiple states during a busy schedule in December 2021.

With the election fast approaching, Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a rare one-on-one interview reflects on a tumultuous three years shadowed by crisis and self-inflicted political wounds.

The world No. 1could safely have been waved in to make a fool of himself without making a fool of us.

What’s needed is a national advisory plebiscite in which Australians are asked what mode of appointment they support for an Australian head of state.

A guilty verdict in the murder of Scott Johnson finally brings some relief for his brother Steve, who has spent three decades campaigning for justice.

This has placed further pressure on the hospital system that has seen coronavirus patient admissions almost triple within a fortnight.

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ATAGI says the need for a second booster can’t be ruled out, especially if a more infectious and vaccine-evasive strain emerges or if Omicron continues to push healthcare systems to the brink.

Almost a quarter-way through the 21st century, one has to ask: were we justified in striding into the New Millennium, as I did, with exuberance and optimism?

Among all the stories of government inaction and chaos around Omicron there is an emerging pattern of individuals and organisations being told by suppliers that their RAT order has been taken by the federal government.

Investment bankers and former media executives are among a group of landholders fighting a plan for new power lines.

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Not long after deciding on a winter sport to pursue, Bree Walker’s family moved to tropical far north Queensland. Her unlikely journey could see her take the podium in Beijing.

Queensland health authorities have begun shifting some public hospital patients into the private system to free-up capacity ahead of the anticipated COVID case surge within weeks.

A witness to the shooting says he shook hands with a victim only seconds before they were shot dead.

The Australian Republic Movement’s advertisements include new slogans “we’ll take it from here” and “one of us, for us, by us”.

The family of Charlise Mutten say she has been missing since Thursday from their property at Mount Wilson.

The Immigration Minister has cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa, NSW and Victoria are holding firm on starting the school year on time and there are changes to isolation requirements for teachers and childcare workers who are close contacts.

Novak Djokovic’s visa cancellation might be popular but will damage Australia’s reputation for years to come.

The “mystery case” is confirmed as infected from a source with the Omicron variant, hence advice that visitors to 14 previously announced exposure sites in Perth’s south should be tested immediately.

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Friends gathered outside the Mill Park home on Friday remembered dental nurse Poonam Sharma, 39, as a “good mum” to her daughters Vanessa, 6, and Angela, 10.

Scotch College says it conducted extensive background checks on the man it appointed to be its new principal, even though it has now sacked him before he got to start the plum new job.

Sydney residents have reported paying up to $30 for individual tests that appear to have been separated from larger packs and sold in resealable sandwich bags.

Authorities say they will begin using the state’s quarantine hotels to house virus patients from next week as the state records 34,836 new COVID-19 cases.

More than 30 firefighters raced to the scene in Northmead on Friday morning and extinguished the blaze. A woman was found dead inside the home.

Premier Mark McGowan believes most anti-vaxxers will get the jab once Western Australia’s new proof-of-vaccination requirements are in effect.

Two midwives who were charged over the death of a Melbourne woman following a home birth have had charges of manslaughter struck out and won’t have to stand trial, nearly a decade after the tragedy.

As Roebourne hit 50.5 degrees on Thursday, inmates at the town’s prison were sweltering in an aged facility recommended for closure by the WA government in 2003.

A total of 23,630 new infections was reported on Friday, including 10,182 from rapid antigen kits and 43,913 PCR tests.

A union has called for urgent support for disability workers, including paid isolation leave, priority booster vaccinations and access to rapid tests.

If a 50-degree day is not enough to loosen the purse strings and spend $2 million addressing the 20-year-old human rights issue unfolding in Roebourne, it’s time the Premier and the boss of justice spent a summer evening bunking down in a Pilbara c...

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