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Former NSW Police officers who blew the whistle on the toxic culture within the force have welcomed an independent report “validating” their experiences. The culture review, conducted by former Victorian human rights commissioner Kristen Hilton and her team, was released on Thursday and found there were “unacceptable levels” of bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment within…
A giant PFAS class action has been launched against chemical manufacturer 3M in Victoria’s Supreme Court, which the ABC understands includes hundreds of businesses and organisations and could result in compensation claims reaching into billions of dollars. The class action was first filed in the Victorian Supreme Court in late 2024, but documents outlining the…
A teenage Kyle Chalmers qualified for his first Australian team as a relay swimmer at the 2015 world championships. Eleven years later, the 28-year-old is fighting for the next generation of his family and his sport. After winning the 100m freestyle at the Australian Swimming Trials to book his ticket to Glasgow, where he will…
Phil Mickelson has been kicked out of a San Diego golf club over allegations he made unwanted physical contact with a female employee, Golf Digest has reported. Golf Digest cited multiple sources as saying Mickelson was no longer welcome at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, where the six-time major champion has…
Hong Kong authorities have laid their first charges following a months-long investigation into the deadliest residential fire in the city’s history. Read More
A young man captured by a covert camera illegally dumping tyres into a mine shaft at a national heritage-listed area has been fined thousands of dollars — but could have paid $115 to lawfully dispose of the litter. The 21-year-old dumped a trailer load of about 30 to 35 car tyres at an area known…
New research is suggesting potential links between GLP-1 drugs and lower risks for some cancers. The recent findings come as semaglutide becomes more available and as prices drop, with generic versions starting to hit Canadian pharmacies this year. The new research was presented alongside more than two dozen other studies at the American Society of…
A man has been charged over the alleged kidnapping and murder of a woman in Sydney’s north-west. Police started an investigation on Tuesday after reports the 58-year-old woman failed to return home. Family members told officers they last heard from the woman on Monday, when she told them she was visiting a relative in Winston…
The vice-president of the search team that solved two high-profile missing persons cases in Tasmania will assist in the search for the Nannup Four after the decades-long mystery was featured in an ABC podcast. Chantelle McDougall, her five-year-old daughter Leela, Simon Kadwill and Tony Popic went missing from the isolated town of Nannup in 2007. In the weeks…
More than 16,000 kilometres from New York, Peta Bradley is preparing to swim around Manhattan Island by following a black line on the bottom of a 25-metre council pool at Gulargambone, in the central-west of New South Wales. The town has a population of about 500 people, and is almost four times the size of…