Qantas will suspend direct flights between Alice Springs and Melbourne indefinitely and restrict its Darwin-Singapore service to “peak periods”, pausing the route between late October and June next year, citing “falling demand and rising costs”. In a statement announcing the changes, the airline’s domestic chief executive Markus Svensson said Alice Springs customers would still be…
An Illawarra man has pleaded guilty to making an offensive online statement towards Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, but his lawyer said the response by police was “an extreme overreaction to a stupid comment”. Wayne Pasterfield entered the guilty plea on Thursday morning on behalf of his client Grant Edmond Ellis to one count of…
Nurses and midwives in South Australia would receive a 16 per cent pay rise by mid-2028 under a new deal endorsed by their union and the state government. It would see wages rise by 3 per cent from January 2027, 3 per cent from July 2027 and 4 per cent from July 2028. Those increases…
Australia will strengthen its social media ban for young people as a priority amid concerns the powers behind the world-first laws are not strong enough. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the federal government is considering tougher measures to check the “power” of the “unaccountable” tech giants behind popular social media platforms. “There is more…
Parramatta welcomes back Mitchell Moses for the first time in six weeks, as the star halfback celebrates 250 NRL matches. The Eels host South Sydney, who are chasing consecutive wins for the first time since April. Meanwhile, Newcastle veteran Dane Gagai will return to his debut club next season after signing a one-year deal with…
A truck was stranded on a Brisbane rail level crossing for almost five minutes before being hit by an express train carrying around 300 passengers, a report into the incident has found. There were no serious injuries in the incident that occurred on August 14 last year, although paramedics attended to six passengers with minor…
A former AFL umpire accused of leaking information on confidential Brownlow votes as part of a $300,000 betting scheme has been ordered to stand trial. Michael Pell, 35, appeared at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today alongside his brother Donovan Pell and friend, Mitch Lucas, over alleged betting fraud related to the 2021 and 2022 Brownlow…
A 72-year-old man arrested over dozens of alleged graffiti and malicious damage offences in Sydney’s inner west has been granted bail, after a judge expressed surprise that he is not being charged under NSW hate speech laws. Brendon Michael Cribbin was arrested at a home in Glebe yesterday after police investigated incidents of “offensive” graffiti…
A Sydney woman who has been in a critical condition in hospital for 12 days after being mauled by a shark has woken from an induced coma and reunited with her young daughter. Leah Stewart has undergone a series of surgeries to amputate her arm and address other “life-threatening” injuries since the attack at Coogee…
For Sarah, the sudden closure of a Chinese language school has disrupted her child’s studies. She has also likely lost hundreds of dollars in tuition fees for a full year. “The school has been there for more than 17 years, and [I] never thought the school, in the middle of the term, could just say,…