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Australia’s chemical regulator has approved the restricted use of the controversial herbicide paraquat, which has previously been linked to Parkinson’s disease. The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) today handed down the results of its review into the use of the herbicide, determining it could continue to be used with “significant” restrictions, including lower…

A Victorian egg producer has paid almost $40,000 in penalties for falsely claiming its eggs were free range. Doreen Egg Farm, which is based on the outskirts of Melbourne, paid $39,600 in penalties after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued two infringement notices.  Doreen Egg admitted it sold eggs labelled as “free range”…

KPMG chair Martin Sheppard and two audit partners are leaving the accounting and consulting giant in the wake of a scandal over misuse of confidential client information and the alleged mistreatment of a whistleblower. Mr Sheppard has announced that he will leave the firm shortly and retire from his regional board responsibilities. KPMG said in…

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An explosion at Qatar’s main gas processing facility inside its massive Ras Laffan industrial complex has killed at least 13 and injured 66 others. Authorities said a “technical accident” occurred just two days after production restarted for the first time since 2025. The explosion has been labelled one of the deadliest gas industry accidents in…

Pauline Hanson has clarified she would not seek to cut government-funded paid parental leave if One Nation were in power, after opening the door to a wind-back at her National Press Club address last week. The One Nation leader told the Press Club it was “fair enough” if women were not paid when they took…

It’s not everyday that Paul Keating calls you during dinner, but for Yusuke Aso it was just Wednesday. The veteran radio producer will retire after a 38-year career next week, but he hasn’t forgotten this one exceptional phone call 20 years ago. He had teed the former prime minister to speak on 702 ABC Sydney…

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Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing US Federal Reserve chair, who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, has died aged 100. Greenspan died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell. “To me, he was my husband,…

The rate at which capital city dwellers are moving to the regions is at its highest level on record, according to a new report that suggests the trend is more than a post-COVID blip. The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) began tracking the population movement, labelled the Regional Movers Index, in 2021 by analysing relocation data among Commonwealth…