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Kyiv is under an extended curfew after a shopping mall was hit by Russian shelling, China is facing its worst aviation disaster in three decades and today marks the Premier of South Australia’s first full day in the job.

The accused killer lost his job as a Jetstar pilot when he was charged with murdering two campers in Victoria’s high country. He initially launched an unfair dismissal claim, but has now withdrawn the action.

The 23-year-old, who is on a bridging visa, was released on bail despite concerns from police prosecutors she could flee the country. The woman who was hit remains in a critical condition at The Alfred hospital.

Philip Ruddock’s Hornsby Council has warned residents they must remove stickers saying the Prime Minister should be binned.

After revelations Planning Minister Anthony Roberts scrapped a requirement to consider the risks of floods and fires before building, architects are calling for clearer rules.

Security guard Aaron Khalid Osmani and patron Richard Arow died from head wounds after both were hit when four shots were fired from a stolen Porsche SUV as it drove past Prahran’s Love Machine in 2019.

One of the Melbourne Demons fans who forged documents to attend the AFL Grand Final in Perth has been described by a Darwin judge as “foolish and dishonest” for breaching NT border rules to get into Western Australia.

Doctors were expected to do a caesarean on the 20-year-old woman to try to save the couple’s unborn child.

The former federal Labor MP pleaded guilty and was convicted in Gosford Local Court on Tuesday to using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.

The war veteran said he was embarrassed by the woman’s behaviour at a function in Canberra, she told the Federal Court, and the pair concocted a lie to cover her injuries.

Exxon Australia has warned the Victorian government about its moves to reduce gas use. Dan Andrews should not be bullied by a corporate giant that values profit over public interest.

Moving away from the fossil fuel is in the long-term interest of Victorians and the planet, but simply setting emissions-reduction targets isn’t enough – policies that cushion the impacts on vulnerable consumers are essential too.

A tribunal has found the dismissal of a government worker who attended an anti-lockdown rally and shared an image of the former NSW premier with a Hitler moustache was justified but harsh.

In addition to telling a police officer at the scene exactly what happened, the Brisbane mother-of-three told an off-duty paramedic: “My babies are in the car ... why didn’t I just stay in the car with them?”

NSW Planning Minister Anthony Roberts’ decision to ditch sustainable development principles may result in severe cost-of-living and health impacts for millions of people.

The former NSW deputy premier has told the Federal Court he hates Google for refusing to take down videos which made serious corruption claims against him.

WA Premier Mark McGowan has announced the state has recorded more than 7000 new COVID-19 cases, after numbers gradually fell over the past four days.

Almost two years after the photos were distributed, the former North Melbourne coach has settled her civil claim against Victoria Police.

With 5400 new infections in schoolchildren so far this week, some private schools have already moved to enforce the wearing of masks again.

In 1997, it was announced that a 70-metre-long yellow steel beam flanked by a forest of red columns would form an “international gateway experience” across the Tullamarine Freeway as part of CityLink.

Liberal MP Tanya Davies has addressed an anti-vaccine rally in Sydney, criticising her own government and calling on for an end to vaccination mandates.

Billions of dollars are being promised for south-east Queensland, but it was the public health response that made Brisbane appear a better place to live.

An Indonesian fishing vessel has capsized about 600 kilometres off the country’s north-west coast, with a rescue helicopter forced to winch one survivor to safety.

Western Australia’s gun ownership laws are set to be overhauled after it was revealed the number of licensed firearms in the state had soared by 60 per cent with a gun owner on close to every suburban street. 

The Maltese Herald’s office, in Merrylands, was a beehive of activity.

Although not formally identified, police believe the woman was 48, while the man, from Browns Plains south of Brisbane, was 52. 

In November 2021, a consignment of silver was allegedly stolen while in transit from Sydney to Melbourne. 

With impeccable timing, considering the Mean Girls dramas, the ALP has called for expressions of interest last Friday.

Greens leader Adam Bandt also levelled a challenge at Woodside and the rest of the sector to ‘bring on’ any challenge of the policy.

WA Police fear there is a growing pile-on culture among those frequenting in Perth and Northbridge’s entertainment precincts.

As the election nears, the federal government is committing almost half a billion dollars to improve the internet service of Australians in regional and rural areas.

Anthony Roberts has revoked a decision that would have put planning for climate change at the heart of building decisions.

Clinical psychologists are today bracing for ever-increasing rates of mental illness among young people.

I was stunned at a recent lunch when a group of former alpha males confessed to their hatred of the humble whipper-snipper.

Vladimir Putin’s war has given fresh meaning and invigorated purpose to the West and perhaps some of the wider world.

A new report is critical of the HSC focus on band 6s saying it is an imperfect measure that creates a narrow definition of success.

Putin has shown us we can no longer safely rely on imported oil. This is a wake-up call to electrify our transport systems and our government can lead the way.

In the interests of full transparency, HSC reporting should take a school’s wealth and income into account, as well as special needs commitments.

As the war in Ukraine continues, condemnation of Vladimir Putin grows.

Great Barrier Reef islands to be sold, pornography racket in the ACT and UFO sightings cause alarm.

Eighty years ago, one man was killed and another injured when Japanese aircraft bombed Katherine, NT. On the same day, Darwin was raided for the sixth time.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

A young woman has revealed how she was stalked, bashed and choked in a chilling roadside attack in outback Western Australia.

There are reports Russia has bombed a school in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Australia’s Foreign Minister has labelled Vladimir Putin a war criminal and the Prime Minister insists South Australia’s recent election is not necessarily a sign of ...

Not even a hacker could locate one online.

Researchers have discovered an unexpected side effect of coral bleaching - the fish community also becomes less colourful.

A study will hunt for the cause of the disorder, which makes previously high-functioning people with Down Syndrome regress to the point they can’t speak or dress.

After setting his estranged wife and their children alight in the family’s SUV, Rowan Baxter dove back in to retrieve a knife and fend off a neighbour, inquest is told.

It did not form part of the long-awaited SEQ City Deal, but the rebirth of Brisbane’s home of cricket and AFL as an Olympic stadium appears on firmer ground.