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The NSW government has authorised a convicted paedophile to manage nearly a dozen apartment buildings across Sydney, including those popular with young families. Jeffrey Stanley Rosenstrauss was granted a strata management and real estate licence despite disclosing his crimes to the regulator, which included horrific attacks on a schoolgirl in the 1970s and 80s. The…
A federal MP in regional Queensland is calling for an investigation into insurance companies’ conduct in the bush, which he says is a “national disgrace”. David Littleproud, the former Nationals leader and MP for Maranoa, said insurers were inflating insurance premiums in regional Queensland due to a lack of competition. “They’re a corporate cancer,” Mr…
From the outside, Susan Morley appears to be living an enviable retirement travelling solo around Australia in a motorhome with her two dogs. But, unlike people who choose van life, the 61-year-old is homeless. Ms Morley has been living in her vehicle on the Gold Coast for the past three years while waiting for social…
Ellyse Perry made an ominous return to the bowling crease to pilot Australia to a nine-wicket trouncing of Bangladesh in the women’s T20 World Cup, all but sealing a semifinal berth. Perry picked up two wickets in her first five balls and finished with 2-14 from three overs as the Tigers were restricted to a…
One of the world’s rarest mammals may be able to survive in a wider range of habitats than previously thought, new research suggests, expanding options for future conservation sites. There are about 450 northern hairy-nosed wombats remaining across three protected sites in Queensland, making the species one of Australia’s most critically endangered animals. It is…
When Wolfram actor Joe Bird experiences déjà vu, it’s next level. The last time he travelled to the Sundance Film Festival, a bidding war broke out over the Philippou brothers’ hot-ticket horror, Talk to Me. Fast facts about Leviticus What: The latest buzzy Australian horror movie going off internationally Directed by: Adrian Chiarella Starring: Joe…
It was late evening and the Pluckrose family was on Marrapina Station in far west New South Wales, 160 kilometres from their nearest hospital, when two-year-old Teddy suffered a suspected broken leg. Teddy (with older sister Gemma) was eventually too uncomfortable to sit in his car seat after several hours. (Supplied: Jess Pluckrose) A multi-day,…
Pauline Hanson’s attack on a Guardian journalist questioning her at the National Press Club yesterday was an “assault on the freedom of the press”, the media union says, as Labor and Liberal MPs criticise the One Nation leader for getting personal with journalists. The Guardian has also defended its senior reporter, Sarah Martin, saying it…
The Tasmania Devils AFL team has been confronted with a unique problem in its hunt for an inaugural coach. Rather than needing to woo a big name to the island state, the Devils find themselves beset by the tyranny of an insanely hard choice: Nathan Buckley, Ken Hinkley or John Longmire? It’s an incredibly formidable…
Melbourne man Graham Crossan, 80, relies on his wife Gaynor to help him eat, move and even breathe. Graham is severely incapacitated with late-stage motor neurone disease and his 79-year-old wife is his primary, and often only, carer. Because he’s over 65, Graham can’t access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), but receives some funding…