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The activists blockaded Sydney’s main port terminal again on Wednesday afternoon, after two similar protests this week.

The highest rates of sexual assault, harassment in NSW and ACT were at the Australian National University, where many students live in residential colleges.

La Trobe and Melbourne universities had the highest levels of reported sexual harassment on campus in Victoria, while Monash, Swinburne and Deakin reported below national averages.

The Age has confirmed that Liberal members received complaints about the MP’s behaviour, which a witness described as ‘inappropriately jolly’.

Tomeka Willis remains in a critical condition and has undergone multiple surgeries after more than half her body was burned.

The federal government has raised the alarm about distraction in the classroom and is appealing to teachers for ideas to bring order back to schools.

Walsh reached such a stature that governments were sometimes reading his material before deciding what to do.

The former head of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission has received a suspended sentence for flying into WA in disobedience of quarantine rules.

The former federal Labor MP appeared via video link in Gosford Local Court accused of COVID-19 grant fraud and breaching an apprehended violence order.

McDonald’s is facing direct legal action against 100 of its Australian franchisees over allegations of underpayment and anti-union behaviour, with almost 1000 employees involved in the claims.

As the number of new cases topped 10,000 on Wednesday, the state’s health workers were disproportionately affected, with 1600 in isolation.

Brian Houston was found to have behaved inappropriately with two women.

Ms Clarke also told a colleague she feared her estranged husband Rowan Baxter was going to kill her.

Seven teenagers, one as young as 13, have been arrested following the killing of Declan Cutler, 16, in Melbourne’s north earlier this month.

Mr Barilaro was quizzed in the Federal Court on Wednesday about a video uploaded to the Friendlyjordies YouTube channel which showed snippets of his ICAC evidence.

Leading politicians and policymakers come together to discuss ideas and opportunities as a crucial point in the nation’s growth.

Victoria’s environmental regulator has hit a business with an environmental action notice after a pollution spill resulted in the deaths of thousands of fish in Altona.

Known for her beautifully modulated voice, creativity, perseverance, gentle but persistent and incisive questioning, Mary Adams broke the ABC’s glass ceiling.

Richard Pusey, who was jailed for filming four dying police officers after a road crash, has criticised prosecutors and prison staff over claims Pusey has not been given documents in a separate ongoing case.

WA Health has reported a total of 8429 new cases overnight, and one more death was recorded after a man in his 90s died on Monday.

30 years ago, England’s two most important players, Graham Gooch and Ian Botham, walked out of the World Cup cricket final dinner held at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne in protest against a comedy sketch that lampooned the Queen.

A major national survey has investigated the sexual harassment and assault university students face.

As an artist Powditch would become increasingly obdurate and introverted.

A woman dubbed Person 17 has told the Federal Court she blamed herself for a fight in which the war veteran allegedly punched her in the face.

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said there were powerful firearms in the community which he had tried to argue should not be in the possession of civilians.

One of Queensland’s most notorious crimes, the murder of 15-year-old Janet Phillip in Wynnum in 1987, as well as the brutal murder of Sandra Peniamina were probed. 

Police were called to a Nollamara house on Monterey Street around 10.30pm Tuesday where emergency crews located a seriously injured woman who was rushed to hospital. 

In a win for independent federal candidate Zoe Daniel, the Supreme Court found Bayside City Council could not fine residents for displaying political signs in their front yards.

Paul Toole wants to deport a German national and climate change protester who was charged after allegedly climbing a pole to halt traffic at Port Botany for the second consecutive day.

Florist Brennon Mrzyk has doubled down on claims against his accusers in mocking Instagram posts in which he likened himself to various celebrities including Britney Spears attacking a car with an umbrella.

It’s an organisation you may have never heard of. But Disaster Relief Australia is ready to take the reins from the SES and the military to take charge of the nation’s recovery response.

Mr Thomson allegedly used fraudulent documents to receive $25,000 from the state government’s COVID-19 small business grants. 

Labor figures want Senator Kitching’s successor to be chosen as quickly as possible to stop the infighting that has plagued the party since her death on March 10.

Health authorities originally predicted WA’s peak could come as early as March 10, before settling on a date between March 14 and 18. Other experts are predicting a different course.

How’s this for another nickname?

Perth leads in the nation need just three years and seven months to save a deposit for an entry-level house, less than half the time first-home buyers face in Sydney, a new report has found.

It seems beyond question that Kimberley Kitching was not treated favourably by her senior Senate colleagues Penny Wong, Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher, the group she privately dubbed the Mean Girls

Trains in the Metro Tunnel will be using the new Anzac station on St Kilda Road by 2025 and heading to Melbourne Airport before the end of the decade, the Andrews government says.

Health officials in NSW and Victoria are reluctant to scrap household contact isolation rules, despite politicians pushing for the change.

Charities work on our behalf, collectively. But time and again this federal government tries to silence them.

Acting federal Education Minister Stuart Robert blames ‘dud’ teachers for Australia’s decline in academic results, but you don’t have to be a genius to see there are other factors at play.

With the state still reeling from a deadly weather disaster, Blind Freddie can see that Environment Minister James Griffin must urgently shirt-front his shortsighted colleague.

The War On Wrecks program has seen almost 1000 barely buoyant boats removed from Queensland waterways over the past 3½ years, but that could end in September.

Film producers air grievances, Albury’s centenarian recalls bushrangers and radio static.

Japanese aircraft bomb Katherine, the courage of the far north, and what to do in an air raid.

Only two kinds of people visited the Sydney headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Branch, and both were in trouble: the victims of crime, and the criminals.

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

One lane of the busy Brisbane thoroughfare will be converted into a temporary bikeway from Monday, as the political stoush over the marooned Drift restaurant intensifies.

Students go DJ hunting.