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Almost 36,000 Australians stranded abroad

The number of Australians overseas registered to return home has ballooned to 35,700, with many in desperate circumstances.

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Vic health minister labelled ‘incompetent’

Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has been accused of “breathtaking incompetence” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Car driven off NSW cliff hits mother, baby

A mother and her one-year-old baby are lucky to be alive after being hit by a car driven off a cliff above a Newcastle beach.

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Car driven off NSW cliff hits mother, baby

A mother and her one-year-old baby are lucky to be alive after being hit by a car driven off a cliff above a Newcastle beach.

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Slave-owner’s son jailed for work thefts

The son of a New Zealand slave owner has been jailed in Victoria over a two-year scam ripping off $130,000 from his former employers Fulton Hogan.

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WA cops vow to keep probing Spiers murder

Western Australia’s police chief says the investigation into the murder of Sarah Spiers remains open after Bradley Robert Edwards was acquitted of her murder.

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Uncle found guilty of revenge murder

An uncle has been found guilty of murder for organising and financing the shooting of a 15-year-old boy as he slept in his bed at his Sydney home

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Qld premier won’t apologise for Barbagallo

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she told parliament what she believed to honest about her chief of staff’s conflicts of interest.

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Political stoush over rival Qld stadiums

The Queensland government has announced $25 million for a stadium upgrade in Rockhampton after the federal government gave a $23 million grant to rival stadium.

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Vic curfew legal advice won’t be hidden

Legal advice over Melbourne’s lockdown curfew’s compatibility with human rights must not be kept secret, a Victorian judge has ordered.

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Ex-mayor Pisasale admits sexual assaults

Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has admitted twice sexually assaulting a woman in his mayoral chambers in 2016 and unlawful possession of Viagra.

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No more Google access to Uluru’s summit

Google has removed user-contributed images of Uluru’s summit, which had allowed people to climb the sacred site virtually.

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Thredbo restaurant closed for COVID breach

NSW skiers caught partying at an overcrowded restaurant in Thredbo have prompted authorities to shut the venue after flagrant and repeated COVID-19 breaches.

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Westpac cops $1.3b money laundering fine

Westpac has agreed to pay an enormous $1.3 billion penalty for breaching money laundering laws in the largest civil penalty in Australian history.

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Treasurer praises RBA for coronavirus work

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has declined to comment on speculation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank before launching blistering attack on Paul Keating.

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Treasurer abandons budget repair strategy

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is laying the foundations to reveal grim economic figures in the federal budget, with economists predicting a $200 billion deficit.

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Unemployed bracing for $300 JobSeeker cut

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is promising a suite of initiatives to get people back into work as he prepares to hand down the federal budget in two weeks’ time.

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NYE fireworks should go ahead: NSW premier

Gladys Berejiklian says Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks spectacular should go ahead but the pandemic means most people will have to watch from home.

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