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Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:48:17 +1000
Australia news LIVE: Labor lifts migration cap to 195,000 as jobs summit continues; COVID isolation period review questioned by AMA
The second and final day of the government’s jobs and skills summit kicks-off this morning, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has met with his French counterpart and Dylan Alcott has called for people with disabilities to keep more of their pens...

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:47:31 +1000
Teen fighting for life after e-skateboard fall
A teenager is fighting for life after falling from an e-skateboard in Adelaide's south.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:47:29 +1000
Soccer club forced to clean up graffiti
A soccer club in Adelaide has been forced to scrub clean its home ground after graffiti was sprayed all over the clubrooms and stands.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:42:59 +1000
Iraqi security guard who exposed himself to little girl at shopping centre jailed
An Iraqi security guard who took a little girl and exposed himself to her at a shopping centre has been jailed.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:40:06 +1000
Friday no longer on Perrottet’s mind in rail union dispute
The NSW government has backed away from its threat to wage war against rail unions despite an ultimatum being ignored to cease all industrial activity on Sydney’s public transport network by Friday.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:39:16 +1000
Husband under fire at jilted wife's trial
A husband allegedly run over by his wife when she discovered him cheating has been accused of being full of excuses at his jilted spouse's trial.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:33:15 +1000
Police chase ends in crash
A police chase has ended in a crash in Queensland's Fortitude Valley.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:32:09 +1000
Man jailed for coward punching father
A thug who coward punched a father of two outside a bar in Hoppers Crossing has been sentenced to 18 months jail.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:29:18 +1000
NSW Police investigating fight between group of teens and man
NSW Police are investigating a fight in St Ives between a group of teens and a man dressed in a business suit.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:29:16 +1000
Extra 35,000 migrants given green light to enter Australia
An extra 35,000 migrants have been given the green light to enter Australia to help fill crippling worker shortages.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:24:53 +1000
Kaye paid $490 a week for care. Her daughter found her filthy body under a tarpaulin
Georgia Wilson told the disability royal commission that when her mother died she found her with her long hair matted and her hands, legs, neck and face encrusted with dirt.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:09:37 +1000
Hope and optimism as young voices ‘finally being heard’ at summit
Last time Yasmin Poole tried to make her concerns about treatment of women heard, the then prime minister didn’t wish to engage. As the youngest person inside this week’s jobs summit, she found a distinctly different vibe.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:55:26 +1000
Education authority told to monitor Knox Grammar after group chat revelations
NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has asked the state’s education authority to closely monitor the situation at private school Knox Grammar following revelations students were expelled after posting offensive messages in an online private chat ...

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:13:38 +1000
Perth child protection caseloads ‘unacceptable’ as state hunts for workers
Child protection workers have said they are burnt out and unable to provide adequate support to the children in their care, with excessive caseloads taken on “at least 85 times this year alone.”

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:12:30 +1000
Two taken to hospital after tram and truck collide
Two people were taken to hospital after a cement mixer collided with a tram in Melbourne CBD.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:07:37 +1000
Victoria Police facing class action over capsicum spray use
Victoria Police is facing a class action over allegations its officers used capsicum spray as a 'coercive tool' during a 2019 mining rally.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:07:37 +1000
Man accused of stabbing woman on doorstep granted bail
A man accused of stabbing a woman on her Sydney doorstep has been granted bail.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:06:08 +1000
Man jailed for 16 years over deadly Epping home invasion
Torris Folau was drunk and looking to score drugs when he broke into a home and randomly attacked two people in May 2020.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:26:55 +1000
Hours from anywhere, this couple’s quick thinking saved their lives
They were about 120 kilometres east of one of the country’s most challenging four-wheel-drive routes when their car caught fire. Luckily, they kept their heads.

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +1000
‘Not for the faint-hearted’: The Melburnian staring down wildlife poachers in Africa
With local villagers hungry for bush meat, John Gardiner is spending millions to protect the wildlife now flourishing on his 55,000-hectare Zimbabwe reserve.



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