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Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:00:28 +1000
Police charge Perth ‘vigilante’ whose pursuit of teens she believed were thieves ended in crash
The alleged pursuit ended in a serious crash in Hillarys on August 8, with one of the teenagers, aged 18, left fighting for life in hospital.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:57:56 +1000
Royal Commission called to investigate the Coalition government's robodebt scheme
A Royal Commission has been called to investigate the Coalition government's ‘unlawful’ robodebt scheme.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:57:15 +1000
Teenage rapist sentenced to nine months in jail
A teenage rapist has been sentenced to nine months in jail for sexually assaulting a fellow student.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:54:14 +1000
Disabled doctor in battle over parking fine
A Gold Coast doctor and author is protesting a parking ticket after mistakenly using his disability permit to park on a privately owned road.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:53:13 +1000
Family terrified after police enter property with taser
A Queensland family has been left distressed by a run-in with police, who drew a taser while attempting to issue an infringement notice.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:49:14 +1000
Aishwarya Aswath inquest: Doctor regrets not taking more time
He agreed with the family’s lawyer that on review of CCTV the young girl’s head was floppy before and during his examination of her.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:47:39 +1000
Former Labor minister celebrates birthday in court
Tony Kelly is charged with misconduct in public office with one-time colleagues Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripodi. He celebrated his 74th birthday in court on Thursday.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:38:58 +1000
Australia news LIVE: Labor announces robo-debt royal commission; crossbench pushes PM for wide-ranging inquiry into Scott Morrison’s ministerial appointments
A bigger immigration intake could improve state and federal budgets by $38 billion over the next decade, there’s a push to unmask the staff involved in the secret portfolio saga and doctors are calling for an urgent reform of Australia’s “broke...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:53:41 +1000
Robo-debt inquiry can examine failure and prevent similar injustices
Victims of the cruel scheme are owed an explanation of how it went so badly wrong and why the government persisted with it.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:53:10 +1000
Ex-husband of alleged NAB fraudster was in the dark about source of funds, court told
Geoffrey Rosamond said he did not know how his former wife paid for an overseas holiday, as well as hundreds of thousand of dollars of landscaping at their Mosman home.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:35:08 +1000
Former stockbroker faces court on fraud charges relating to $1.5m in shares
Earlier this year, the managing director was permanently banned by ASIC.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:31:28 +1000
‘Say goodbye to Mum and Dad’: Teen jailed after raping schoolmate
A magistrate said evidence from a boy found guilty of raping his schoolmate had, in effect, “placed responsibility ... on her.”

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:18:32 +1000
Officials to probe alleged developer donation to ambitious Sydney mayor
Carmelo Pesce, who is tipped for a run at state or federal politics, said he had never taken money from a banned donor.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:02:25 +1000
Prime Minister labels Robodebt scheme 'cruel'
Prime Minister Anthony Albenese has labelled the axed Robodebt scheme as “cruel”, vowing to make sure it never happens again after announcing a Royal Commission.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:00:41 +1000
PE teacher sex abuse victim tells court ‘I didn’t stand a chance’
Lee Joyce Dunbar hid behind her position as a teacher at Sydney’s Beacon Hill High School to manipulate the then-teenager’s mind, the victim said.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:57:16 +1000
Golf clubs urged to ditch men's and women's tees
Golf clubs are being urged to ditch men's and women's tees in favour of a gender-neutral colour based system.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:53:57 +1000
South Australia's oldest woman hits 110-years-old
South Australia's oldest woman has hit 110-years-old and revealed her secret to a long life.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:47:05 +1000
Truck driver behind Eastern Freeway crash that killed four police officers has jail sentence reduced
The truck driver who killed four police officers when he crashed a 19-tonne semi-trailer into them on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway has had his jail sentence reduced on appeal.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:42:08 +1000
Truck driver fighting for life after multi-vehicle crash
A truck driver is fighting for life after a multi-vehicle crash on a Melbourne freeway, which has traffic banked up for kilometres.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:29:44 +1000
Could Collie’s coal waste pave the way for its future?
When Collie’s last state-owned coal-fired power plant closes at the end of the decade, the South West town will be left with more than just a gaping hole in its local economy.



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