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A crackdown on illegal camping in Noosa has sparked outrage in the coastal Queensland community, with many arguing $345 on-the-spot fines will not solve the issue. The infringement penalty for illegal camping was recently increased by the state government. The fines are enforced by Noosa Council, which says it also plans to launch mobile licence…
A former Adelaide doctor has been banned from practising medicine in Australia for at least two years after a patient accused him of “grooming” her over a period of almost four years. The South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT) handed down a judgement in May after the Medical Board of South Australia referred a…
Jannik Sinner is starting to make a habit of responding to adversity in Paris with titles at Wimbledon. The top-ranked Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday, local time, for his second consecutive title at the All England Club after his German opponent appeared bothered by a knee issue following…
An award-winning Queensland firefighting camp that told young girls that “to be it you have to be able to see it” has been scrapped after its first year. The Queensland Fire Department’s Girls Firefighter Experience Camp was hailed as “hugely successful” by senior leaders and won a Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in 2025. Schools were…
Taxpayers would save $1 billion a year in health sector costs if Sydney residents had better access to shady tree canopy and nature, a new report has suggested. The Sydney think tank Committee for Sydney is calling for a series of new greenways and tree plantings across the city to fight urban heat island effects,…
Alcohol is so ingrained in Australian culture that it can be hard to drink less, even when you want to. But increasingly people are cutting back, explains Amy Pennay, associate professor and deputy director of La Trobe University’s Centre for Alcohol Policy Research. Data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey shows people are consuming…
It would come as a silent threat in the middle of the night — a niqab and a knife — left outside a tent in the squalid, prison-like detention camp housing Islamic State-linked families in Syria. The message for the occupant was simple: wear the black veil preferred by the Islamic State (IS), or else….
A cafe in Melbourne’s north that was hit by an alleged drive-by shooting on Friday has caught fire overnight, with authorities treating the blaze as suspicious. Emergency services were called to reports of a fire on Mount Alexander Road about 1am, which caused significant damage to both the cafe and the neighbouring post office. A…
Fourteen months ago, a secular Jewish academic from the University of Wollongong (UOW) received a “threatening” six-page typed letter full of antisemitic hatred with his name handwritten on the envelope. The academic believed the letter, full of hateful conspiracy theories blaming Jewish people for all the world’s ills, was sent to him purely because his…
Labor’s promise to help shield small businesses from the cost of restructuring to avoid its proposed new tax on trusts remains dependent on whether state governments agree to waive stamp duty. Accounting and industry groups have warned businesses cannot know if they should abandon their discretionary trust until they have clarity on how much states…