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Thu, 12 May 2022 19:00:00 +1000
‘I should’ve done more’: Nurse watched movie as Veronica Nelson called for help
Prison nurse in charge of indigenous inmate’s medical care tells inquest there were “missed opportunities” that could have saved Veronica Nelson’s life.

Thu, 12 May 2022 19:00:00 +1000
Melbourne Airport makes fresh call for end to mask mandate
Melbourne Airport has again called for the federal mask mandate for airports and planes to be loosened, after the EU dropped the requirement. But epidemiologists warn any change would be too soon.

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:55:11 +1000
Hooper hopeful ahead of 'massive' vote
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper says hosting two Rugby World Cups would be "massive" for Australia

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:44:05 +1000
Sydney bikie Tarek Zahed learnt of bounty on his head from newspaper: lawyer
The lawyer for a Comancheros heavyweight targeted in a gangland shooting that killed his brother says Tarek Zahed first learnt of a bounty on his head in a newspaper article, with police now probing a “long line of suspects”.

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:43:05 +1000
‘Dark secret’: Former cult member charged with murder of daughter Tillie
The death of two-year-old Tillie on a NSW property inhabited by a cult was kept quiet for three decades. Now, the child’s mother has been charged with murder.

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:28:03 +1000
As is happened: Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese defend economic records after final TV debate
Wages and cost-of-living continue to dominate the election campaign, the Coalition says high-profile independents have questions to answer and it’s been revealed that taxpayers paid almost $20 million to sell the Port of Darwin when the PM was trea...

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:15:53 +1000
Queensland superyacht operator arrested over alleged role in NSW cocaine bust
A Queensland superyacht operator has been arrested over his alleged role in a NSW cocaine bust.

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:08:48 +1000
Other leaders will look like they ‘swallowed a bumblebee’ when they see my surplus: McGowan
Booming iron ore prices, property sales and payroll tax revenue have allowed Premier McGowan to predict other states’ treasurers will be ‘green with envy’.

Thu, 12 May 2022 17:46:33 +1000
UAP candidate Ingram Spencer to stay in jail until last week of election campaign
Ingram Spencer, the United Australia Party candidate in the Liberal-held seat of Higgins, has been in custody since April 27 as he faces 13 charges, including using a carriage service to harass.

Thu, 12 May 2022 17:37:02 +1000
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre CCTV footage
CCTV from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre showing nurse Athena George receiving a call from a prison officer before returning to watch a film on her computer, the night inmate Veronica Nelson died.

Thu, 12 May 2022 17:13:31 +1000
Craig McLachlan denies lewd limerick was about Rocky Horror cast member
The actor was questioned during his defamation case, denying he used a vulgarism to refer to his female colleague Erika Heynatz.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:55:27 +1000
Police have extradited a woman living in NZ over alleged child murder
NSW Police have extradited a woman living in New Zealand over an alleged child murder committed over 30 years ago.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:36:50 +1000
Record $33.9b for infrastructure projects as Premier plays down construction costs
Despite major issues in global supply chains, material and labour costs, only a handful of projects are expected to have cost increases in the budget papers.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:36:13 +1000
Fire breaks out at Melbourne primary school
A blaze has erupted at a primary school in South Yarra, Melbourne.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:36:07 +1000
Man arrested after death of diver in alleged cocaine import
A man has been arrested in Queensland while trying to board a plane to Singapore after the body of a diver was found near 54kg of cocaine in Newcastle.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:32:10 +1000
Labor, Coalition ramp up election campaigns
With just nine days to go until the Federal Election, the major parties will be travelling far and wide to squeeze in every possible campaign opportunity.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:31:07 +1000
Red dirt royalties keep WA in the black, but McGowan knows they won’t last forever
The state makes more money from iron ore than from land tax, stamp duty and payroll tax put together, but WA has a lot riding on one product to one market.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:28:33 +1000
Winners and losers: What WA’s booming budget surplus means for you
It’s not good news for climate change or social housing waitlists, however health and mental health services will receive record amounts of spending.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:06:17 +1000
Alleged killer had ‘primal’ need to see mother after death, court told
Defence lawyers for Isabela Carolina Camelo-Gomez have argued in the NSW Supreme Court she did not murder her mother and the pair had a good relationship.

Thu, 12 May 2022 15:42:16 +1000
Missing man found as rising water traps cars, chopper rescues driver
Several vehicles were caught in flood water on Thursday morning as widespread rainfall continued across Queensland.



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