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A northern giant petrel recovered from a Sunshine Coast beach has tested negative to H5 bird flu, authorities have confirmed. The sick seabird was recovered by wildlife carers from Noosa Main Beach as part of routine duties on Saturday. The giant petrel was taken to RSPCA Queensland’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre where it underwent testing by…
Racism remains a key issue for First Nations AFL players, while Indigenous AFLW players rate their workplace culture significantly lower than their peers, a new report finds. Data by the AFL Players Association in the Insights and Impacts Report canvassed AFL and AFLW players, including First Nations and culturally diverse players. When asked to rate…
A damning report has found accommodation shortages at the Western Australian School of Mines are at crisis levels, with hundreds of students struggling to find housing while studying at the century-old Kalgoorlie campus. The report by Curtin University’s Student Guild and Make Renting Fair WA claims students are couch-surfing for extended periods, sleeping in cars…
The family of a well-known member of the Northern Territory’s motorsport community who was killed in a horror road crash in 2024 are calling for the driver who hit him to face jail time. Anthony Hobden was riding home on his Harley Davidson motorcycle in the satellite city of Palmerston, outside Darwin, in October 2024…
A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a body in Victoria’s east at the weekend. Emergency services had been called to a property on Langford Street in Morwell on Sunday afternoon just before 4:00pm after reports that a man had been found dead with “significant injuries”. Victoria Police confirmed that…
A woman who died after slipping from her wheelchair and being strangled by its lap belt had been left unsupervised due to a staff shortage at an Adelaide care facility, a court has heard. Christine Wyld, who had Huntington’s disease, died on April 28, 2022, at a Department of Human Services-supported residential facility at Felixstow….
A Melbourne woman facing terrorism charges showed her children Islamic State propaganda videos about slaughtering “disbelievers” with guns and knives, police allege. This week, police opposed bail being granted to Rayann El Houli, one of the so-called “ISIS Brides” who returned to Australia after spending years in Syria. Ms El Houli is facing charges of…
Victorian government minister Melissa Horne says new allegations about the CFMEU’s influence on state construction sites are “alarming” and “extremely serious”, writing to the infrastructure authority to seek assurances they had acted appropriately. The Age reported on Tuesday that former executive director of the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) Stephen King alleged he was improperly…
An 18-year-old assaulted an 87-year-old traffic warden after he subjected the young man’s girlfriend to “persistent unwanted attention”, a Perth court has heard. Jatin Pudaruth was set to be sentenced after previously pleading guilty to assaulting a public officer and stealing in relation to the incident outside Rossmoyne Primary School on the morning of May…
Faith Isaacs felt like something was not right as she shared brunch with her older sister Jana Armstrong. It was the last time Ms Isaacs saw the 30-year-old mother alive. Family and domestic violence support services: 1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732 DV Connect Women’s Line: 1800 811 811 MensLine: 1300 789 978 Kids Helpline: 1800…