The National Trust of South Australia (NTSA) has been referred to a parliamentary inquiry following a months-long campaign by discontented volunteers. On Wednesday night, the Legislative Council voted to probe the state’s largest heritage conservation group, which has been beset by numerous internal conflicts. Shadow Environment Minister Nicola Centofanti brought the motion, which passed with…
A woman who doused her friend in petrol and set him alight during a night of drinking and drug-taking has lost her appeal to have her jail sentence reduced. Corbie Jean Walpole, 25, was jailed for seven and a half years for setting her friend Jake Loader on fire at a party at Howlong, New…
A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in the UK’s Sherwood Forest is believed to have died after it did not sprout leaves this spring, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said. Visitors who viewed the tree’s gnarled…
The business jet barreled cockeyed down the dark highway, knocking down one light pole after another, an orange glow of sparks trailing it. From a distance, Ivan Franco thought it must be a car. But as he approached in his tow truck, he saw it was a plane — broken in half, its fuselage resting…
A former employee of billionaire philanthropist Judith Neilson has been granted bail on strict conditions, after allegedly defrauding her boss of more than $1.7 million by using her credit cards for personal luxuries. Annalouise Spence is accused of using Dr Neilson’s American Express cards to steal money and fund an extravagant lifestyle, including clothes, jewellery…
After initially denying any wrongdoing, former Parramatta council CEO Gail Connolly has ended up making three key concessions to the corruption watchdog over days of questioning. Ms Connolly was questioned the longest out of all 17 witnesses summonsed by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) over a six-week period to investigate the alleged corruption at…
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Family First upper house MLC Sarah Game has not ruled out introducing another bill restricting late-term abortion access, after her proposed legislation to restrict abortions after 25 weeks failed in the lower house last night. Ms Game’s bill passed the upper house yesterday afternoon 10 votes to 9 with the support of three newly-elected One…
One of the reasons social-media-savvy politicians still front up to forums like the National Press Club is to generate short, shareable clips that can be distributed on social media. The clips, and their message, can then be found by audiences who are not watching daytime TV or monitoring news channels. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s…