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Thu, 29 Sep 2022 19:00:34 +1000‘It’s higher than Ukraine’: Shoppers hit with fruit and veg price hike
Families are being forced to change their spending habits and business owners struggle to make a profit as fresh produce inflation hits new highs this month.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:50:33 +1000Man jailed for importing 144kg of meth
A Carrum man has been jailed for more than 13 years over a 144-kilogram stash of what he thought was methamphetamine.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:50:30 +1000No food at new Melbourne Ikea store
You'll have to live without the famous meatballs when visiting Ikea's new store at Highpoint Shopping Centre.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:40:34 +1000AGL to close Victoria’s largest power station up to 10 years early
Victoria's largest power station will close a decade earlier than anticipated with AGL announcing the station will cease operation by mid-2035.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:38:15 +1000As it happened: PM calls on Optus to pay for fresh customer passports; Labor says federal budget set to face $32b deficit
The federal government has pledged to overhaul the nation’s cybersecurity laws, Adam Bandt has conceded that he should have responded to a written complaint sent to him by an Aboriginal elder and two major coal-fired power plants are set to close e...
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:31:15 +1000Four arrests over Victorian tobacco shop fire
Four men have been arrested in relation to a suspicious blaze at a tobacco shop near Ballarat in January.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:20:25 +1000Eddie Obeid and sons set to pay $5.25 million or be bankrupted by ICAC
The jailed former NSW Labor MP and three of his five sons have agreed to pay $5.25 million to the corruption watchdog and a raft of creditors or face bankruptcy.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:15:33 +1000Federal government to overhaul Australia's cyber security laws after Optus hack
Optus urged to pay for new passports as government flags tougher privacy laws.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:03:44 +1000We’ve lost our appetite for restrictions. We’re living with the virus now
Scrapping mandatory isolation rules will inevitably mean more people with COVID will be out in the community and infecting others.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:46:26 +1000NSW overhauls flood emergency warnings
The NSW government has overhauled the state's flood emergency warning system.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:44:42 +1000WA ‘nangs’ crackdown to ban sale to teenagers, limit times canisters can be sold
Nitrous oxide gas has been reclassified as a schedule 6 poison and will no longer available to children younger than 16.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:26:02 +1000Increase in children being bitten by dogs in Victoria
The recent spike in pet ownership in Victoria has seen a rise in dog bites, mainly suffered by children.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:20:44 +1000Driver dies after truck runs off overpass
A driver has died after their truck flew off an overpass and onto the railway tracks below, near Ballarat.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:00:00 +1000Bondi schoolgirl killer back in custody over internet searches involving infants
The paedophile jailed for killing Samantha Knight and sexually abusing 13 other young children is in custody after authorities allegedly found searches involving infants on his mobile phone.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:59:41 +1000Daughters tell horror story after mum's surgery by Munjed Al Muderis
‘It was horrific’: How a routine procedure by Munjed Al Muderis lead to six years of pain for Kim Gollan, who died this year.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:52:12 +1000‘No flooding’: Premier’s promise over ‘battery of the north’ hydro project
Queensland has guaranteed no national parks will be flooded as the government works with affected homeowners to push ahead with the world’s biggest pumped hydro scheme.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:51:33 +1000Massive sinkhole forms directly above Sydney's M4 motorway
A massive sinkhole has formed above Sydney's M4 motorway wreaking havoc for residents.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:51:27 +1000Caddick's husband admits to deleting text messages before handing phone to police
Melissa Caddick's husband has admitted in court to deleting text messages before handing his phone to police.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:39:04 +1000‘I am exhausted, mate’: Frustrated Koletti denies involvement in wife’s disappearance
Earlier, Melissa Caddick’s husband admitted to deleting text messages before he handed over his phone to police.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:21:58 +1000Parents sob in court as they recall son being shot dead while sheltering in house
Byron Tonks, 20, was shot dead, and two other people were injured when Bradley Jason Mark White fired more than 200 bullets on a suburban street in 2020.