Comparisons have been drawn between the Queensland government’s latest youth justice crackdown and Campbell Newman-era boot camps, which showed limited evidence in addressing reoffending. The LNP’s ‘Circuit Breaker Sentencing’ will provide an alternative option to detention for courts, diverting juveniles to a remote location with a service provider for up to six months. Initially catering…
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is being asked why it is spending $73.4 million to fit out an office in Adelaide’s first skyscraper, when its current building was constructed less than 15 years ago. According to a submission to federal parliament’s public works committee, the tax office and its more than 2,200 South Australian staff…
From surviving rampaging dinosaurs to confronting supernatural horrors on screen, Sam Neill built a career portraying characters who faced extraordinary dangers. But the illness that claimed the beloved New Zealand actor’s life on Monday was one that doctors see every day: pneumonia. Sam Neill plays Alan Grant in the 1993 film, Jurassic Park. (Supplied: IMDB,…
NEW DELHI: ED Thursday reiterated that Fema is primarily a civil legislation that through Section 15 provides for compounding of contraventions to facilitate voluntary compliance, reduce litigation and ensure expeditious disposal of cases, except those involving serious crimes like money laundering, terror financing and affecting country’s sovereignty and integrity.“In all cases, Reserve Bank of India…
Natasha Trajkovski was 21 when she was first prescribed opioids. After having a C-section, she was diagnosed with stage 2 endometriosis, and said she was living in constant pain. Ms Trajkovski said her doctor prescribed her low, daily opioid medication to help her manage, but her tolerance to the medication was rising “I was laying…
Racing formula cars has been the dream of 22-year-old Sydneysider Paige Raddatz since she was a small girl. Raised in a family of racers, Raddatz is currently living out her dream in Japan as one of two Australians competing in this year’s Kyojo Cup. But the road to racing at the famed Fuji Speedway against…
NEW DELHI: In the pending pleas challenging the constitutional validity of penal law provisions shielding husbands from marital rape charges, the Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine another question — despite the exemption, can husbands still be prosecuted for causing physical hurt and mental trauma to their wives through violent, unnatural or other sexual…
Over the last decade, Sandy Brondello has enjoyed one of the most unique coaching set-ups in sport as she balances her dual roles leading Australia’s women’s basketball team, the Opals, and coaching at three different WNBA teams. Brondello, a two-time WNBA champion coach and Coach of the Year winner, is one of the most respected…
Three times as many households were kicked out of public housing in the first year of Queensland’s new behaviour policy. Under the change, tenants who receive three warnings for serious behaviour, including aggressive language, harassment and deliberate damage, in a year are evicted. Tenants are immediately evicted and banned from social housing for two years…
South-east Queensland residents are in for a wet and windy few days as a “very strong” high-pressure system moves in. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has forecast winds of up to 80 kilometres an hour. A walker experiencing windy conditions at Mooloolaba. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Isaiah Ferguson) Senior forecaster Felim Hanniffy said the winds would…