A Brisbane electrician has been found not guilty of the unlawful striking causing death of 32-year-old Lincoln Hoad on a drunken night out in a country Queensland town in 2023. As the jury handed down their verdict, Mr Hoad’s family gasped in disbelief. His longtime partner, Shalika Low, left the courtroom in tears. She told…
A former City of Parramatta Council chief executive copied an associate’s signature to quickly sign her employment contract for a $500,000-a-year position before the offer could be rescinded, the corruption watchdog has been told. Gail Connolly was the chief executive from 2023, until a split council vote ended her tenure in October 2025. At an…
It may seem odd, considering the number of musicals that play in Adelaide, but according to the newest troupe in town the city’s never had its own professional company dedicated to the genre. Until now. Full Circle Theatre Company launched last night at Immersive Light and Art, on Light Square, announcing it would produce its…
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. Raff Ciccone was ready to call it. The chair of the defence and foreign affairs committee had the task of sitting in a windowless room for hours on end trying to keep senators…
TasTAFE plans to cut 118 full-time roles — more than half of them teaching roles — by 2030 in a bid to get its finances in order. Documents obtained by the state opposition show the staff cuts, which equate to around 14 per cent of the workforce level from 2024-25, would save $13 million. They…
Lin recently returned to China after getting her master’s degree in Australia and is again using virtual private networks (VPNs) to climb over the “Great Firewall”, Beijing’s censorship apparatus. She first used a VPN as a high school student to “stay on top of celebrity news and events” on Instagram. When Lin returned home last…
The Canberra Liberals have hosed down allegations by their former leader Leanne Castley that she had been threatened with physical assault. Ms Castley quit the party yesterday to sit on the crossbench as an independent, saying she had had “enough of being part of an organisation with such a toxic culture”. She alleged that over…
The Canberra Liberals have hosed down allegations by their former leader Leanne Castley that she had been threatened with physical assault. Ms Castley quit the party yesterday to sit on the crossbench as an independent, saying she had had “enough of being part of an organisation with such a toxic culture”. She alleged that over…
The director of Tasmania’s environmental watchdog has refused to begin collecting real-time information on antibiotic use by salmon companies, in a fiery exchange with Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff. In budget estimates hearings this morning, Environment Protection Authority (EPA) director Catherine Murdoch accused Dr Woodruff of launching “an attack on my integrity”. Ms Murdoch questioned whether…
Many Australians are about to have a long weekend thanks to the King’s Birthday public holiday on Monday. But not everyone will have the day off. Here’s why. Which states have a public holiday on Monday? The following states have their King’s Birthday public holiday on Monday, June 8: ACT New South Wales Northern Territory…