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President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will press ahead with its battlefield aim of fully capturing four Ukrainian regions, rejecting what he said was a new proposal by Ukraine to rein in the more than four-year-old war. Mr Putin added Russia needed to boost its air defence capacity to counter intensified Ukrainian drone attacks aimed…
A 14-year-old boy has been charged for the second time in three days after allegedly leading ACT police on a pursuit in a stolen car. It is one of several recent incidents that has prompted the Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) to call for tougher bail laws in the territory. Officers spotted the stolen white…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended changes to capital gains tax that were part of the budget, while also spruiking multiculturalism during a wide-ranging interview on 7.30. The Prime Minister was speaking after a weekend where auction clearance rates were their lowest since April 2020 in Sydney and lowest since during 2021’s COVID lockdowns in…
A former University of Wollongong (UOW) deputy vice-chancellor says he “utterly” rejects allegations he ignored recruitment concerns within the university’s governance division. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is investigating allegations former chief governance officer Alyssa White improperly influenced recruitment processes to benefit associates and friends. Sean Brawley served as UOW’s deputy vice-chancellor (strategy and assurance)…
Four fatal crashes in 12 days in South Australia’s Limestone Coast region have prompted an urgent safety call for the state’s regional roads. The warning comes as police are still at the scene of a crash at Eight Mile Creek, near Port Macdonnell, where a car struck and killed a man walking on Galpins Road….
The desperate search for a 46-year-old woman who disappeared in southern Western Australia last week has ended with her being found safe and well. Jodie King, a resident of Darkan in WA’s southern Wheatbelt, had been missing since Wednesday, sparking a large search party with family, friends, police and SES volunteers. WA Police confirmed today…
Detectives are investigating the apparent theft of four enormous copper-rich tugboat propellers worth about $2 million in Western Australia’s north. The heist appears to be one of the most daring authorities have seen, as each propeller weighs about 2 tonnes and measures almost three metres across. The propellers belong to tugboats like this one, approaching…
A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has been honoured with a permanent tribute. Aidan Becker, 22, was killed when he allegedly tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy from an alleged machete attack at Mernda train station on March 6. Four teenage boys have been…
A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has been honoured with a permanent tribute. Aidan Becker, 22, was killed when he allegedly tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy from an alleged machete attack at Mernda train station on March 6. Four teenage boys have been…
A Brisbane Labor-held seat and a north Queensland electorate held by the Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) will be abolished following a review of the state’s electoral boundaries. The independent Queensland Redistribution Commission (QRC) has made moderate to significant changes to 50 of Queensland’s 93 electorates It was the first review since 2017, analysing each seat…