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Pauline Hanson’s claims that Australian businesses are “tied” to lazy workers they “can’t sack,” have been labelled inaccurate by some employment law experts and small business advocates. But some leaders managing day-to-day human resources for small business suggest the reality on the ground is weighted against employers. Senator Hanson made the comments during her National…
When USA coach Mauricio Pochettino was asked about Australia’s strengths ahead of the two sides’ World Cup meeting in Seattle, he settled on a word. Belief. Stay across the latest news, analysis and features from the 2026 FIFA World Cup here. “They [Australia] are a very strong team, really believing in what they are doing,”…
A horror injury and some fraying tempers soured an historic day for Canada, as Brazil fans fear the ‘Rocky Curse’ in Philadelphia. Here are today’s quick hits from the FIFA World Cup in North America. 1. Broken leg and fraying tempers in Canada It was in so many ways the greatest day in Canadian football…
Deputy State Coroner Stephanie Gallagher has delivered her findings following a coronial inquest into the death of Steven Angus, which finished in April. The coroner found there were no failings by either police or hospital staff in their response to Mr Angus or the treatment he received as a veteran experiencing suicidal ideation. But the…
Western Australia will become the first place in the country where police will trial real-time facial recognition cameras, scanning crowds for people wanted by police, registered child sex offenders and missing persons. The cameras, which will be deployed in a marked police van outside major events or in crowded areas, will scan faces to be…
Veteran prop James Slipper and uncapped trio Declan Meredith, Lachlan Shaw and Miles Amatosero have all been included in the Wallabies squad for next month’s Nations Championship Tests in Australia. After retiring last November, 37-year-old Slipper could surpass All Blacks great Sam Whitelock as rugby’s second most-capped player in history after answering an SOS call…
The Northern Territory government is planning to extend alcohol bans in town camps which it says will prevent “rivers of grog” from flowing into remote communities. The NT is home to 43 town camps — small Aboriginal communities on the outskirts of Darwin, and regional towns including Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine and Elliott. There…
A Canberra man has avoided jail after he was sentenced today in the ACT Supreme Court over a fatal accident which claimed the life of motorcyclist and father of four Craig O’Neill two years ago. Sean Joshua Walton, 43, was found guilty of negligent driving causing death by a jury last month. He had been…
Slovenian rider Urska Žigart broke her jaw in a heavy crash at the start of the final kilometre of stage two of the Tour de Suisse Femmes in Locarno on Friday morning AEST. Žigart lost control riding at high speed over a speed bump and crashed hard on the ground, rolling and sliding a number…
The West Australian government is celebrating signs of success of wildlife crossings built along a major highway in the South West, with thousands of recorded uses by the endangered species, such as brush-tailed phascogales and western ringtail possums. WA’s Main Roads has told the ABC that night-vision cameras have recorded thousands of critters using the…