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A two-year deadline for the SA greyhound racing industry to meet improved standards to combat animal abuse has now been reached, with a final report on compliance expected within months. The industry has been on notice to clean up its act since 2023, when the ABC revealed videos of greyhounds being physically abused on a…
Queensland’s embattled Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Prevention Minister has defended millions in funding cuts. Funding allocated for the state’s domestic and family violence prevention has been reduced by almost $40 million dollars from last year, state budget papers show. The Labor opposition says the cuts are “indefensible”. Family and domestic violence support services: 1800…
A teenage boy has been arrested over an alleged stabbing at a high school in Cairns. Police were called to Trinity Bay State High just before noon today, after reports a 15-year-old had suffered a wound to his abdomen. He has been taken to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition Police say a second 15-year-old…
When you are preparing for a World Cup semifinal against the greatest player to ever live, there is little room for distractions. After decades of torment when it comes to major tournaments involving its men’s football team, England fans are rightly jumpy at the slightest hint of discomfort. The Three Lions have put together a…
A Jewish Australian woman says a “low level of hum of antisemitism” at the Australian National University escalated into Nazi gestures and salutes, and being called a “baby killer”. The young woman, using the pseudonym ‘Liat’, gave evidence at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on Monday — its first day in Melbourne…
The Bazball experiment is over. Good riddance? Perhaps. But to ignore the benefits of the last four years is to also ignore its failures — and there have been plenty on both sides of the ledger to recount. Brendon McCullum’s time with the England Test team has been nothing if not a wild ride. For…
The Fair Work Commission has found the former managing director of the National Trust of Tasmania was unfairly dismissed. Scott Carlin served as the director of the Trust between March 2023 and January 2025, finishing just two months before his two-year contract was set to expire. Mr Carlin took over the role permanently from Matthew…
The sentencing of the man who murdered New South Wales woman Molly Ticehurst has been brought forward to allow a psychiatrist to give evidence. In November last year Daniel Billings pleaded guilty to killing the 28-year-old at her home in Forbes in April 2024. In May the Supreme Court heard that a forensic psychiatrist had…
For all the talk about preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear bomb, the regime in Tehran has found another very different type of weapon it can use against its enemies. That is its geography, and more specifically the Strait of Hormuz. Iran maintains it has control over the waterway while the US argues it should…
Israelis will head to the polls on the last Tuesday in October for an election that will serve as a referendum on the legacy of the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Current polling suggests Mr Netanyahu could be in trouble, with data in recent weeks showing support for his Likud party has slipped to…