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Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:46:31 +1100
Australia news LIVE: China sanctions to be backed by Australia if arms sent to Russia as Ukraine war continues; attacks on Kyiv intensify; Australian fuel prices soar
Russia is edging closer to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Australia’s expert vaccine body is currently weighing up COVID-19 booster shots for people aged 12 to 15 and the Prime Minister continues his tour of Western Australia.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:32:00 +1100
‘There’s daddy’s bridge’: The boys who had an early walk on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
As celebrations gear up for the bridge’s 90th anniversary, Ian Litchfield, 95, reflects on his visit to the construction marvel with his brother and father in late 1931.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:30:00 +1100
‘Build it to burn’: How the matchbox on stilts withstood fire and floods
Negotiations are under way to take people inside homes rarely open to the public, including the Beachcomber house which has survived bushfires and flood.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:57:36 +1100
Whistleblower soldier at Roberts-Smith trial wanted to be ‘voice from within’
Helping to shine a light on war crimes allegations, despite Defence Force rules enforcing silence, took its own kind of courage.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:43:05 +1100
Mokbel lawyer accuses top prosecutor of not ‘seeking the truth’
A lawyer for the jailed crime boss has questioned whether the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is fulfilling its role in Mokbel’s case as he appeals against his convictions.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:41:38 +1100
Lawyers for Higgins’ accused rapist want case halted, media blackout
Lawyers for Brittany Higgins’ accused rapist are calling on the media to remove published stories about the former parliamentary staffer’s allegations.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:46:15 +1100
Man tried to make ex-wife’s death look like suicide, murder trial told
A man on trial accused of murdering his ex-wife admits he entered her home, waited for her to return and assaulted her, but he says she took her own life after he left.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:42:01 +1100
PM urges businesses to diversify amid warning China relationship may not improve for years
Prime Minister Scott Morrison told an industry breakfast businesses needed to be resilient in a changing world and not put all their eggs in one basket.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:05:35 +1100
It’s good our top blokes are shredding. Now, quit the sledging
The Prime Minister, like me, has shed some kilos, so why does he deride the Opposition Leader for doing the same?

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:04:45 +1100
Albanese will not review Kitching mistreatment claims
The Labor leader said there was no cultural problem with senior women in the party and described “mean girls” allegations in the wake of Kimberley Kitching’s death as disrespectful.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:00:14 +1100
Brisbane Airport’s dangerous wasp infestation ‘beyond limits’ of control
A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to land shortly after take-off in 2018 because its airspeed sensors had been covered up to prevent wasps nesting in them.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:17:22 +1100
Nadia Bartel pleads guilty to driving offences, but avoids conviction
The Melbourne model has also avoided charges over suspected drug use after police announced they had concluded their investigation into the influencer and issued her a fine over a party last year.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:59:51 +1100
Workers withdraw legal challenge to COVID-19 vaccine mandate
The lawyer for a group of more than 100 workers says recent changes to state legislation means his clients’ case has been “rendered futile”.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:32:50 +1100
NAPLAN to be held earlier, add extra optional tests for years 6 and 10
NAPLAN is traditionally held in May, but will be moved to March from next year so that teachers can do more with students’ results.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:22:45 +1100
‘I don’t know what’s around the corner’: Premier defends mandate amid protests
As a crowd called for the scrapping of a bill to extend pandemic powers, inside the similarly loud Parliament the focus was on integrity matters and the flood response.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:18:16 +1100
‘Winter is coming’: Sub-variant drives rise in Victorian COVID cases
Experts say a return to precautions such as mandatory face masks and density limits may be needed after the state recorded its highest daily case number since February 9.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:28:32 +1100
Patient allegedly sexually assaulted by gynaecologist tells court he was ‘like a robot’
The eastern suburbs doctor’s lawyers claim the woman alleging the misconduct is “untruthful” and motivated by financial advantage.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:14:25 +1100
WA COVID cases top 6000 as state records fifth death
As the state recorded 6062 new cases overnight, two people are now in ICU and one woman in her 80s has died.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:55:09 +1100
Morrison plays to McGowan voters on Perth visit
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has appealed to state Labor voters in Western Australia to consider voting for the Coalition at the upcoming federal election.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:48:42 +1100
Cutting beer tax not the solution to cost-of-living pressures
Reducing the price of beer in the federal budget without broader reform will only add to the harm caused by alcohol. But there are other options to help households hurting from rising living prices.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:54:25 +1100
Mario Terán, soldier who executed Che Guevara, dies at 80
The CIA wanted to make it appear as though Guevara was killed in combat.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:11:55 +1100
‘Watch the life drain out’: Ben Roberts-Smith said he wanted to choke a man to death, says soldier
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith violently assaulted an unarmed and scared Afghan man who was in the foetal position and boasted on another occasion he wanted to kill a man with his bare hands, an elite soldier has told the Federal Court.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:03:27 +1100
Murphy’s law enforcer: Why police are watching people in bottle shop car park
Privacy experts and civil libertarians have raised concerns about publicly funded mobile surveillance units being used regularly outside a private business.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:56:53 +1100
Man charged with three counts of murder over Newtown boarding house fire
The blaze claimed the life of three of the house’s tenants, while another man remains unaccounted for.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:16:44 +1100
Alleged Melton school pick-up road-rager was on bail, court told
The accused attacker will remain behind bars after his bail application was refused at Sunshine Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:59:06 +1100
Broken Hill man dies after being sucked into pipe during flooding
Between 9am on Tuesday and 6am on Wednesday, 72.4mm of rain fell in Broken Hill - the town’s wettest day since 2010.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:35:14 +1100
NSW records 30,000 daily COVID-19 cases after ‘data processing issue’
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has asked health authorities to investigate whether significant numbers of people were failing to report positive tests.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:05:00 +1100
From the Archives, 1992: Tick-tick-tick... and I’m Bob Hawke
Thirty years ago, the rejigged career of former prime minister Bob Hawke took another twist when he joined Channel 9’s ’60 Minutes’ as an occasional reporter.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 08:12:18 +1100
Qld motorists switch to electric cars as petrol prices soar
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the state government will provide a $3000 subsidy for anyone buying an electric vehicle, in a bid to reduce emissions.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +1100
Carr and Keating unite for a power lunch for the ages
The quartet were all in casual attire - apart from Carr - in a pin striped suit and tie. Some things never change!

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
These troubled times favour the battlefield Morrison wants to fight on
In fending off a challenge from Albanese and Labor, the Coalition refers to its economic and national security metrics – and current crises overseas only play to this.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
New class of trainee journalists joins The Age
The Age has welcomed a new generation of journalists to its newsroom, with five highly qualified and eager trainees joining the masthead this week.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
Police union figures charged with corruption, influencing witnesses
One of the directors left the police union board late last year after he was raided and suspended, but a second was re-elected in the past fortnight even though he is facing charges.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
The senator who bore the cost of challenging the prevailing view
Prisoners of conscience rot in jails. Regimes terrorise their people. And history will show that, more than any of her parliamentary peers, Kimberley Kitching had their backs.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
‘Ring of fire’: Pandemic and war deliver devastating food price shock
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will further disrupt a global food chain already fractured by the effects of the pandemic and climate change.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
Excise matters, but politicians can pay a price for market meddling
Politicians, desperate for public endorsement, often try to keep a lid on consumer prices. But history tells us that attempts to control the market is a fool’s errand.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
Victoria’s fails in drive to attract foreign healthcare workers
The state government said it would aim to lure 1000 foreign healthcare workers to ease a dire shortage. They didn’t come close.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
What to do about William Street? The plans to fix Sydney’s ‘boulevard of broken dreams’
Developers want their $160 million proposal for a 10-storey unit block to be a catalyst for bigger change on the much-maligned strip.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
WA’s secret COVID files: Health authorities refuse to release basic data, claim public don’t mind
Medical groups, academics, politicians and journalists have repeatedly asked for the data behind the core document guiding WA’s public health restrictions.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 01:01:00 +1100
NAPLAN update: Secrets of the high-performing schools revealed
More than 200 schools in NSW have been labelled “high progress” based on new NAPLAN data.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 01:00:00 +1100
The Victorian schools with the most improved NAPLAN results
Find out if your school made the list of more than 120 Victorian schools to record better-than-expected NAPLAN results.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:09:00 +1100
‘There’s no excuse’: Top employers boost women’s pay to equal men’s
At the best Australian employers for gender equality, careful audits reveal where the pay gaps exist, and then act to close them.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:05:00 +1100
Coalition complaints expose their contemptible hypocrisy
Anthony Albanese has now promised about $750 million in a campaign that wants to bring in some balance to the Coalition’s inequity.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +1100
In the Herald: March 16, 1946
The Persian Army is ready to fight to the last man if the Russians move towards Tehran.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +1100
From the Archives, 1962: Monster from the ‘Lost World’
Sixty years ago, the world’s attention was briefly turned to a remote Tasmanian beach, where locals had discovered the remains of a “mysterious sea monster”.

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:59:00 +1100
Target Time and Superquiz, Wednesday, March 16
Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:12:48 +1100
Mick Fuller did not engage in misconduct and may have been targeted by disaffected officers, LECC finds
The former police commissioner was investigated by the independent law enforcement watchdog over his part-ownership of racehorses with a group of others.

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:14:51 +1100
Bill to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14 in Qld rejected by committee
Queensland Parliament has been urged to block a private member’s bill from an MP who warned that any compromise could delay further reform.

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:14:05 +1100
Sea in the sky hints at light shows to come
A new light show had Brisbane pedestrians, and some drivers, transfixed in recent days. But what, exactly, is going on at the top of Suncorp’s new Brisbane headquarters?

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:13:15 +1100
Moreton Bay copped at least five times more mud, silt than during 2011 floods
The massive flow of mud has been attributed to a lack of riverbank revegetation projects since the 2011 flood. Now a peak environmental agency is hoping the latest disaster will be the final wake-up call.



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