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Shell Australia says campaign needed to ‘counter-balance’ claims by levy advocates – but Ed Husic urges industry ‘do not spend millions defending the indefensible’
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‘Impossible to know’: Questions remain unanswered after coroner’s probe into Kellerberrin shooting
Western Australia’s coroner could not determine the reason why a mentally ill ambulance volunteer shot a co-worker dead before turning the gun on himself hours later in front of police tactical negotiators.
· Hannah Murphy
Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’
CSIRO researcher says there are reports of up to 4,000 mouse burrows per hectare in parts of Western Australia
· Petra Stock
Australian waste facility proposal in Fiji labelled 'waste colonialism'
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· Finau Fonua
Western Sydney a hotspot for NDIS rorts, data reveals
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‘Not out of the woods’: Waugh issues warning despite record RA profit
At last year’s Rugby Australia AGM, chief executive Phil Waugh forecast a $50 million surplus. One year on, he announced a record operating surplus of $70.6 million.
· Jonathan Drennan
Grand $45.5m Melbourne house sells – and is likely to be knocked down
A Toorak mansion that was listed for sale with a price guide of $45.5 million to $50 million has found a buyer in what could prove to be the exclusive suburb’s highest sale for the year so far.
· Wes Mountain
Accused childcare rapist ‘paid to fix CCTV footage’ to prove innocence, court told
A Brisbane childcare worker accused of sexually abusing children took to the stand to deny the allegations, telling a jury he paid to have corrupted camera footage fixed because he believed it would exonerate him.
· Cloe Read
The NDIS is undergoing sweeping changes. How will the cuts work - and could you be impacted?
Mark Butler said he will make ‘hard’ decisions to bring the program, which supports around 760,000 Australians with disabilities, under control
· Sarah Basford Canales
Bombing of Darwin veteran urges public to learn about largest attack on Australia
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· Felicity James
Australia's online watchdog targets Roblox and Minecraft over extreme content
SYDNEY — Australia's internet watchdog raised fears on Wednesday that popular online gaming platforms such as Roblox and Minecraft were being used by "predatory adults" to target children.
· Agence France-Presse
Australian guard Anneli Maley getting shot in Liberty’s training camp
Anneli Maley had just three days between returning from a short stint playing in China and heading off to New York for the Liberty’s training camp.
· Madeline Kenney
Coles adds 20c to the price of milk as war in the Middle East pushes up Australian grocery costs
Farmers have been calling for higher prices for weeks, amid soaring diesel and fertiliser costs and limited supply
· Luca Ittimani
‘To the detriment of our game’: Cricket Australia ignores NSW protests over BBL sale
Cricket Australia will plough on with plans to sell off Big Bash League clubs in defiance of vocal protests by Cricket New South Wales, after the CA board green lit the next stage of the process to test the market with potential investors in Australia and overseas.
· Daniel Brettig
Court-assigned guardian juggling up to 60 cases prior to client's death
Raymond Wheatley, 54, died a week after self-discharging from Wagga Wagga Base hospital in 2021. (Supplied: NSW Local Court)
· Rachel Holdsworth
Salmon industry launches campaign to get 'truth of our industry out there'
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· Monty Jacka
Young actor speaks in high-stakes legal battle with Rebel Wilson
The young actor suing Rebel Wilson for defamation has told the Federal Court she feels “numb” reading abusive comments from strangers on social media amid her court fight with the Hollywood star.
· Michaela Whitbourn
Australia asks ‘Roblox,’ ‘Minecraft’ to detail child safety measures
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Two men seriously injured after violent home invasion and kidnapping
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· Eleanor Wilson
‘Clear case of cronyism’: Former school building boss Anthony Manning found corrupt by ICAC
The former head of the NSW school building agency has been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions after the state’s anti-corruption watchdog found he acted corruptly in a “clear case of cronyism”.
· Michael McGowan
More than 200 million litres of extra diesel coming to Australia
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Channel Seven’s Spotlight digging for dirt on clean energy ignores fundamental facts and basic journalistic standards | Temperature Check
Program portrayed efforts to wean Australia off fossil fuels as morally bankrupt, trashing rainforests and enslaving Australia to China
· Graham Readfearn
Police called to embattled medical college board meeting
Police were called to a board meeting of one of Australia’s largest medical colleges on Wednesday, after its president-elect allegedly attempted to hold her own proceedings to oust the college president without the subject of the vote and other directors present.
· Mary Ward, Angus Thomson
Assault charges against Offspring actor Alicia Gardiner dropped
Alicia Gardiner leaves the Melbourne Magistrates' Court after assault charges against her were dropped. (AAP: Con Chronis)
· Kristian Silva
Teenager locked up and charged with widower's kidnapping murder
The fourth person charged over the alleged mistaken-identity kidnapping and murder of elderly grandfather Chris Baghsarian is also accused of arson.Moustafa Ohrok, 19, did not apply for bail in Mt Druitt Local Court today after being charged with the murder of the 85-year-old in February.Ohrok was arrested yesterday…
· Tom Wark
What is Hezbollah? How the group embedded itself into the fabric of Lebanese life – video
When Lebanon gets mentioned in the news, it’s often alongside Hezbollah. The group, designated by major western powers as a terrorist group, is varyingly characterised as a democratic political party in Lebanon’s parliament, as an organisation that provides social services and other times as a puppet of Iran. So wha…
Karl Urban’s year in Australia was the toughest of his life. He has no regrets
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· Bronte Gossling
‘Get Jorgo the ball’: NSW star redeployed for ‘Test intensity’ clash with Crusaders
Waratahs coach Dan McKellar predicts the sold-out clash with the Crusaders on Friday night, under the roof in the Christchurch’s new $625 million stadium, will have the intensity of a Test match.
· Iain Payten
Gateway hits end-of-hole gold at WA Yandal play
Gateway Mining has hit paydirt with a broad, shallow gold intercept from aircore drilling at its Yandal gold project in Western Australia, with a 32-metre hit at 1.1g grams per tonne (g/t) gold, ending in mineralisation and extending the prospect by 500m to the north.
· Andrew Todd
Melville clears a path – and bush – for new Leeming cricket pitch, but only if MPs come to the party
City of Melville councillors have voted to clear more than half a hectare of remnant native bushland in Leeming to make way for a new cricket pitch despite stiff community pushback in an at times heated meeting on Tuesday night.
· Cameron Myles
Forget Trump. On AUKUS, it’s the next president we must worry about
Anyone reading the news and trying to assess the state of the AUKUS pact would be understandably confused. Is Australia’s plan to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines progressing well, or is the enterprise headed for disaster?
· Matthew Knott
Police stations won’t reopen despite a $62 million recruitment boost
Police chief Mike Bush has said Victorians should not expect local stations operating at reduced hours to reopen, despite the state government striking a $62 million deal to rehire retired officers.
· Carla Jaeger
Australia's BHP ends standoff with top China iron ore buyer
A truck works at a BHP iron ore mine in Western Australia. Exports of the steelmaking material are key to the nation's economy. © BHP
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Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ rules intended to prevent ‘gaming’ the promotional system, executive tells court
Senior manager at supermarket giant gives evidence on day two of case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
· Catie Mcleod
Kaiser Reef readies rigs for Victorian gold drilling blitz
Kaiser Reef is pulling the trigger on a comprehensive exploration and refurbishment offensive at its historic Maldon gold project in Victoria, as it systematically prepares to hunt for the next high-grade discovery in one of Australia’s most storied gold regions.
· Murray Ward
Netball Australia CEO steps down as sport prepares for new era
Netball Australia CEO Stacey West will step down from her role less than three years into her tenure. (AAP: Joel Carrett)
· Michael Doyle
Rugby Australia eyes brighter future as British & Irish Lions tour brings cash windfall
The underperforming Wallabies had been struggling to compete as an attraction against the hugely popular Australian Rules and rugby league
· Agence France-Presse
Rugby Australia eyes brighter future as British & Irish Lions tour brings cash windfall
The underperforming Wallabies had been struggling to compete as an attraction against the hugely popular Australian Rules and rugby league
· Agence France-Presse
Moment teens in allegedly stolen car cornered by police after harrowing Port Melbourne brawl
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Qld parliament live: Sports minister in hot seat, LNP continues to push for Qld oil industry; youth crime bill debated
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· Matt Dennien
At least 160,000 people to be removed from NDIS as Labor unveils ‘unavoidable and urgent’ cuts
Federal health minister Mark Butler announces major changes and says scheme is costing ‘too much and is growing too fast’
· Tom Mcilroy, Sarah Basford Canales
‘Significant failures’ led two NSW foster children to be placed with serial killer, review finds
Two staff suspended after damning review finds department was warned last December that triple murderer Regina Arthurell was living in the home
· Penry Buckley
The sacred objects being sold to the highest bidder in one of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs
Australian and international cultural authorities have called for an end to “tribal auctions”, as well as the return of culturally significant objects that are being sold on the open market to wealthy art collectors and investors.
· Hannah Murphy
Be like Mike: Josh Giddey opens up on Michael Jordan comparisons
Australian Boomers star Josh Giddey is flattered when his name is linked to Michael Jordan, the greatest basketballer to have graced the hardwood.
· Jon Pierik
Bandidos bikie gang president charged with blackmail after cash found at his home
The president of the Bandidos bikie gang’s Melbourne chapter has been charged with blackmail as part of a rolling investigation by the elite Victoria Police taskforce combating organised crime in the state’s construction sector.
· Nick McKenzie
‘He has found the peace that eluded him’: Hundreds farewell MP Jimmy Sullivan
Until his unexpected death this month, Jimmy Sullivan had been the state member for Stafford for the past six years, holding the north Brisbane seat his father, Terry, once represented for Labor.
· Felicity Caldwell
South Sydney might never get a better chance to end the longest NRL hoodoo
Ever since their first trip there in 1999, South Sydney have found nothing but defeat in Melbourne. (AAP Images: Joe Castro)
· Nick Campton
True North launches high-powered surveys to grow QLD copper find
True North Copper has fired up the geophysics at its Mt Oxide project in Queensland, launching an induced polarisation (IP) survey to extend its emerging Aquila copper discovery and generate a pipeline of new drill-ready targets.
· Andrew Todd
Reales cortan racha de derrotas con lanzamiento descontrolado en triunfo 6-5 ante Orioles
Maikel García, de los Reales de Kansas City, celebra tras anotar la carrera de la victoria gracias a un lanzamiento descontrolado (wild pitch) del lanzador relevista de los Orioles de Baltimore, Ryan Helsley, durante la novena entrada de un partido de béisbol el martes 21 de abril de 2026, en Kansas City, Misuri. (A…
· Marc Bowman