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The former manager of a Darwin tobacconist has avoided jail time after he was busted with hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of illegally imported tobacco. Mohammed Aloachey pleaded guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court this morning to one count of possessing tobacco with intent to defraud the Commonwealth in 2024. The court heard…
Former assistant tax commissioner Nick Petroulias has been charged with multiple fraud offences, accused of obtaining financial advantage by deception and using false documents. The charges come four years after the Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) found he and others engaged in serious corrupt conduct in relation to property dealings involving the Awabakal Local Aboriginal…
The United States International Trade Commission is investigating whether to impose additional tariffs on Australian lamb. It has launched a global safeguard investigation to determine if lamb meat imported from other countries, including Australia, threatens the domestic industry. Ambassador Jamieson Greer formally requested the investigation under the Trade Act on July 13. It follows an…
Police are appealing for witnesses after the attempted sexual assault of two women in Melbourne’s east was reportedly thwarted by a pack of dogs. Investigators were told a 67-year-old Toorak woman and a 39-year-old Glen Iris woman were walking with eight dogs along Gardiners Creek in Kooyong about 11:30am on Tuesday when a man attacked…
A Victorian primary school teacher allegedly groomed, indecently assaulted and made a boy sexually penetrate her in the late 1990s, a jury has heard. Warning: This story contains detailed descriptions of alleged child sexual assault. Nicole Anne Jones, formerly known as Nicky Cravino, is charged with 19 counts of indecent act with a child under…
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act passed with an overwhelming majority: 308 votes in favour and 117 against, and politicians from both parties voted for the bill. However, it still has to pass the US Senate. If the bill becomes law,…
NEW DELHI: Speculation is rife over a possible change in the equations of Maharashtra politics after leaders from both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence.However, news agency PTI, citing sources, reported that Jayant Patil met Fadnavis at his official residence, ‘Varsha’, in Mumbai late on Tuesday…
Prosecutors have questioned the intent of a teenager who allegedly stabbed a fellow student six times during a prearranged fight at a school in Cairns. A 15-year-old boy appeared in the Children’s Court in Cairns facing one count of acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm where he had his bail application adjourned. Police prosecutors…
Australia will force data centres to minimise water use and fund their own power supply under mandatory national rules, as Anthony Albanese moves to centralise oversight of artificial intelligence. The prime minister warned Australia had a narrow window to set AI’s “social licence” as he acknowledged gaps and risks in the currently fragmented approach to…
The plea alleged that the government was treating Wangchuk ‘like a hardcore criminal, terrorist or traitor to the nation’ NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed before the Delhi high court seeking to force-feed activist Sonam Wangchuk as his hunger strike entered its 18th day. It seeks urgent directions to the Centre and the Delhi…