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Hawk-eyed citizen scientists will be trained in bird flu detection in South Australia to bolster frontline defences against the virus. SA has so far recorded five confirmed cases of H5 bird flu — four in migratory giant petrels, and one last week in a greater crested tern, which is native to Australia. There have been…
Nearly $10 million worth of illicit tobacco and vapes were seized in Tasmania last financial year, the state’s health department says. The state government said 5.43 million cigarettes were seized, five times the amount from the year before. There was also a sharp increase in the amount of loose tobacco taken, with 2,535 kilograms ending…
A teenage boy has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a suspected stabbing at a Brisbane school. Emergency services were called to the Islamic College of Brisbane in Karawatha in Brisbane’s outer south just before midday after reports of an altercation between two students. A 17-year-old boy has been taken to Princess Alexandra…
After 25 years police are no closer to finding the body of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, but an expert in finding homicide victims believes he knows where the 28-year-old’s remains could be. Mr Falconio and his girlfriend Joanne Lees were road-tripping along the Northern Territory’s Stuart Highway when they were ambushed near Barrow Creek…
Anxiety has struck Australian motorists again as the price of oil has risen dramatically over the past 24 hours. If sustained, analysts say this could lead to more hip pocket pain at the pump. On his Truth Social page overnight, US President Donald Trump announced from this point forward the United States would be known…
Guards at two Victorian prisons have walked off the job today as an ongoing pay dispute with American-owned company GEO Group drags on. Correctional officers at Ravenhall Prison, north-west of Melbourne, and Fulham Correctional Centre in central Gippsland went on strike at 6am for four hours and will strike again this evening for several hours. …
A Jewish Australian academic has told a royal commission he hired a private investigator to identify protesters who entered his office, in an attempt to find out if they were enrolled students on campus. University of Melbourne professor Steven Prawer has appeared on the second day of the Melbourne sittings of the Royal Commission on…
Police have seized a vehicle believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run south of Brisbane but are yet to find its driver. A 20-year-old pedestrian died after he was struck on Middle Road at Greenbank shortly before 9pm on Monday. Detective Inspector Ian Galpin said the man’s friends tried to help him, but he…
A family is “overjoyed” that beachside memorial plaques honouring two brothers who died in separate freak accidents will be reinstated following their battle with a local council. The McCurdy family from Mandurah, south of Perth, had the plaques attached to a bench at a local beach about 15 years ago after the deaths of Ryan,…
Kenny Davis and Naomi Bonacci-Rocca were both younger than 10 when their caring responsibilities began at home. They are two of Australia’s 391,000 young people under the age of 25 caring for or supporting family members or friends. It has had a massive impact on their schooling and friendship groups, and as they have grown…