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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…
Lamb might have long been a tradition on Australian plates, but there are signs it is becoming an increasingly popular luxury option for American consumers. Australia’s lamb exports to the United States have broken records in recent years and have remained relatively stable despite high prices and uncertainty around tariffs. United States-based agricultural analyst Brett…
It’s a shame, Gregg Sharman says, that Paul Atkins can’t eulogise at his own funeral. Because no-one in Wynyard could tell a better story than Paul. “If you could bottle the man’s charisma, it’d be a valuable thing,” Gregg said. Paul Atkins, known to his friends and loved ones as “Axe”, died on Saturday night,…
Prosecutors have dropped four more charges against veteran broadcaster Alan Jones weeks before his indecent assault trial, reducing the number of complainants in the case from eight to six. With a months-long hearing due to begin in early August, Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court is conducting several weeks of pre-trial hearings. The 85-year-old pleaded not…
One of the alleged organisers behind a series of violent crimes targeting Melbourne hospitality venues has been arrested by police. Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad say a 20-year-old Essendon man tasked offenders to commit home invasions, arsons and kidnappings over the course of several months. A search warrant was executed at a residential address…
An assistant nurse has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a cognitively impaired patient at an aged-care facility in northern NSW. The 27-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting a 79-year-old patient between November 2023 and February 2024 at an aged care home in the Clarence Valley. Police began investigations last month after receiving a…