Construction on a harbourside skate park in the eastern suburbs has begun, sparking a last-ditch community effort to permanently halt a project that has been in the works for 13 years.
The owner of Australian pharmacy group Chemist Warehouse is in talks with UK pharmacy chain Boots to buy the business in a deal reported to be worth more than $14 billion.
Larvotto Resources has added another heavyweight name to its growing list of project partners, locking in global commodities powerhouse Glencore in a gold purchase agreement from its Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales.
The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences.
Inspector of custodial services says inmates are sleeping on the floor and denied basic entitlements due to ‘a systemic failure across multiple prisons’
"When people used to see me, they didn't believe I was homeless," Victoria says. She did not look like a rough sleeper and did not drink or take drugs. "So it was hard for people to believe that I was actually homeless."
"When people used to see me, they didn't believe I was homeless," Victoria says. She did not look like a rough sleeper and did not drink or take drugs. "So it was hard for people to believe that I was actually homeless."
Tears were shed, and a passionate declaration issued, as Tino Fa’asuamaleaui revealed the health battle his father was enduring within 100 kilometres of Queensland Maroons camp on the Sunshine Coast.
Julie Bishop has blamed “coercive threats” and “increasingly contemptuous intervention” in the Australian National University’s affairs by the university regulator for forcing her to quit as chancellor.
Former NSW premier and Cricket Australia chairman Mike Baird leads the list of witnesses called to Canberra next week to appear before a parliamentary committee into the growing whistleblower scandal at global consulting giant KPMG.
Australia have crashed to their first ODI loss against Bangladesh in 21 years, crushed by 86 runs (DLS method) in the opening match of their three-game series.
Penny Wong issues statement overnight announcing joint action with western allies to combat ‘horrific levels of settler violence against Palestinian civilians’
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Serena Williams and Victoria Mboko defeat third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe to reach the second round at Queen's. The unseeded pair came through a tie-break in the opening set before racing away with the second set to win 7-6 (7-2) 6-2.
Liz Gwynn is a journalist at ABC Brisbane. She formerly worked at ABC's Hobart bureau, and before then at Nine News and the Seven Network. Liz has worked across Australia and overseas including with BBC Radio Solent. She is covering a range of issues and is always keen to hear from you.
LONDON — Serena Williams made a winning return to tennis after four years in retirement as the American legend partnered Victoria Mboko in a first-round doubles victory at the Queen's Club on Tuesday.
Fans of Port Melbourne sandwich shop Baba’s Deli love to wax lyrical about the Mama’s Vodka: the mother of all chicken-schnitzel focaccias, doused in a creamy, tomatoey, vodka-spiked sauce that the team has to make more than 150 litres of every week.
On our second day at Macquarie Island, we’re told we won’t be able to go ashore for our morning excursion. It’s disappointing, given the incredible experiences we had ashore on day one, but after we arrive at Lusitania Bay, it becomes apparent why.
The average NSW resident is already $20,000 a year worse off because of historical climate change, and economic modelling suggests future global warming will further squeeze household budgets through a double whammy of lost wages and higher grocery bills.
Police have admitted to battery, false imprisonment and causing “harm and damage” to former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas, who suffered permanent eyesight damage during an unlawful arrest at an anti-Israel protest in Sydney last year.
Victoria’s brightest state school students will be able to put their minds to the test with extra programs on subjects including botany, coding, music and dance as part of a $75 million state government funding package.
Five years on from Westmead Hospital’s billion-dollar redevelopment, its emergency department has recorded the worst wait times and ambulance ramping in NSW.
Zoos Victoria is seeking to cut up to 70 roles across its workforce, prompting concerns the organisation’s operations, conservation and wildlife services will all be affected.