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Football fans in Queensland will be able to watch the Socceroos’ do or die World Cup clash against Egypt on Saturday morning at select pubs and clubs. A trial change to license laws will allow venues to apply to the Office of Liquor and Gaming to open between 3am and 7am. Tony Popovic’s men take…
Australian Simon Peter Carman “lived his normal life”, going out, washing his clothes and talking to neighbours after allegedly murdering a teenage girl and stuffing her body inside a suitcase in Thailand, police allege. Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find distressing. Mr Carman, 45, was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport…
A federal Victorian MP who has been the target of antisemitic attacks has called for tougher laws against vilification because social media platforms are failing to adequately respond to online hate. Josh Burns, who is Jewish, travelled to Sydney to appear at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on Tuesday, which has this…
Despite living barely 10 minutes west of the largest inland city in New South Wales, Uranquinty residents have long struggled to get the major telcos to understand just how bad their mobile reception is. “We had a telco executive come out once to discuss the issues we were having with reception and he was sitting…
After more than a quarter of a century on TV, Karl Stefanovic’s goodbye to his audience didn’t go out on free-to-air television. “I’m free,” a stubbled Stefanovic said in a video posted to his podcast’s YouTube channel last week. Stefanovic’s break-up with Nine followed months of speculation that he was looking to move on. But…
Germany should have won this game 100 times over, romped to an easy victory, and enjoyed a lovely little rest ahead of the Round of 16. Instead, at every turn in its Round of 32 game against Paraguay at Boston Stadium, the world number 12 was met by a team determined to defend for dear…
Corporate titan Joel Thickins has pleaded guilty to two charges involving drink driving. In a Sydney courtroom today, Mr Thickins pleaded guilty to negligent driving while under the influence of alcohol and refusing an alcohol-detecting breath test. This month, the private equity baron of TPG Capital crashed his BMW into five cars in Sydney’s east,…
The union representing mine workers says hundreds of jobs will be lost over the next 18 months as a major coal operation in the New South Wales Upper Hunter begins a staged closure. The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) today released a statement about looming redundancies at Yancoal’s Ashton underground coal mine near Singleton. It…
New South Wales’s private Jewish security organisation should be permitted to be armed in public spaces, prominent businessman and philanthropist Steven Lowy says. Community Security Group NSW (CSG NSW) provides volunteer support and security services at Jewish events and institutions across the state, and had an unarmed presence at the Hanukkah event targeted in the…
A Ukrainian oligarch is among three people injured in what authorities have described as a “deliberate” explosion on a residential building in Monaco on Monday. A source close to the investigation who asked not to be named told AFP one of those injured was Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev. The territory’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand…