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The rate at which capital city dwellers are moving to the regions is at its highest level on record, according to a new report that suggests the trend is more than a post-COVID blip. The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) began tracking the population movement, labelled the Regional Movers Index, in 2021 by analysing relocation data among Commonwealth…
Alice Springs community leaders still devastated by the alleged abduction and murder of Kumanjayi Little Baby in April are warning that both the Northern Territory and federal governments are still not making enough improvements in services that could help prevent similar cases. Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains…
Farmer Derek Larsen will spend most of his days setting up traps, tracing diggings and devising plans to keep feral animals at bay on his property. It is part of life on the sprawling farm at Capertee, on the New South Wales Central Tablelands. But Mr Larsen believes some absentee landholders, who do not live…
A lawyer representing multiple victims of child sexual abuse at Christian Brothers institutions says the order appears to be trying to “squib” on compensation payments. The Congregation of Christian Brothers Oceania Province revealed yesterday it was seeking to sell off its remaining assets to pay abuse victims, who would become creditors. Christian Brothers said the…
At least 18 people have died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heatwave over Europe has smashed temperature records in several cities. As schools in France closed or modified timetables on Monday, forecasters in Britain predicted temperatures could break records for June this week. The temperature in Bordeaux in…
There is a new push to save Boag’s Brewery in Launceston from closing down. The union that represents workers at the brewery has started a community petition and written to Premier Jeremy Rockliff, urging him to intervene and stop the brewery’s slated closure. Boags’s parent company, Lion Australia, announced in early June its plan to…
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington’s National Mall is set to be drained again for repairs after algae and peeling paint appeared just weeks after a $US14.7 million ($21 million) renovation, while US President Donald Trump threatened prison time for anyone caught damaging the pool. The DC Water authority issued a permit to drain…
Hello, I’m Daniel Ziffer from the ABC business team, and I’ll be taking you through the morning on our business, finance and economics blog. Overnight, Wall Street indices were mixed, mainly lower. The blue-chip Dow Jones of 30 mega-companies, including Boeing and Visa, was +0.3% to 51,712 points. The broader S&P 500, which covers 500 of…
Latrell Mitchell has been ruled out of State of Origin III with a calf injury in a major blow to NSW’s hopes of winning the series. Mitchell suffered the fresh injury at a South Sydney training session on Monday, just as he had been hoping to return from the back issue that had sidelined him…
Residents have been left “gobsmacked” and disappointed by the decision to dramatically increase the amount of water being released from the Menindee Lakes. In late May, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) revealed the volume of water drawn from the system would rise from 200 to 400 megalitres a day. Menindee resident and Australian Floodplain…