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Sydney rail commuters should expect delays this morning as industrial action affects peak-hour services. The disruption is expected to last until 8am today after rail workers stopped work overnight for four hours. Although they have now returned to work, disruption will affect Sydney’s rail network throughout this morning. The industrial action is expected to cause …

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Conservationists have warned the endangered greater glider faces “death by a thousand cuts” and is “the flagship species for the failures of all levels of government”, amid concerns over major development of homes on the Gold Coast. About 30 percent of the glider’s largest habitat burned in the Black Summer wildfires of 2019, and the …

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Police have charged the mother of nine-year-old Charlise Mutten as part of the ongoing investigation into the girl’s alleged murder earlier this year. The schoolgirl was shot and killed by her mother’s fiancé, Justin Stein, 31, on Jan. 11 with a small-caliber weapon on the grounds of her family’s remote Blue Mountain estate, Wildenstein. Justin …

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Retiree Richard Wilkinson has lived with three alpacas on his WA property for more than 15 years, but his backyard now has a somber silence after a series of deadly attacks. Key points: Landlords urge dog owners to insure pets after livestock dies There have been 30 dog attacks in Toodyay so far this year …

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The sound of a distant explosion woke Vladyslav Guz and her boyfriend, who were sleeping in their apartment in the Ukrainian capital. Key points: Vlad and his boyfriend have been reunited days before a humanitarian visa scheme for Ukrainians ends, after his application was rejected three times The Australian government has granted nearly 8,600 visas …

‘Vlad, he’s got a visa’: Ukrainian couple reunited in Perth days before humanitarian visa program ends, leaving others locked out Read More »

A Mandurah family has found a creative way to combat rising cost of living, bringing three generations under one roof as Australia’s inflation figure soared to a 20-year high. Key points: WA inflation is above the national rate, with Perth leading the capital cities There has been an increase in employed people turning to charity …

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Police in northern NSW are seeking two more arrests over the 2005 murder of German backpacker Simone Strobel after accusing her then-boyfriend of her murder earlier this week. As Tobias Moran, 42, faced a Sydney court on Thursday for the first time since being extradited from Perth and later charged, NSW Police revealed they were …

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The Sunshine Coast’s red-hot property market is showing signs of cooling, with house prices falling for the first time in just over three years, a new report shows. Key points: The median home price in the region is still a million dollars New real estate report shows home and unit prices down for first time …

Sunshine Coast property boom ends as prices fall for first time in three years Read More »

loading NSW Labor maintains there are still a number of additional documents to provide and has called on the government to deliver them by August 9. The government’s leader in the upper house, Damien Tudehope, has rejected suggestions the government was keeping the documents secret and said privacy laws were behind the decision to mark …

John Barilaro will lead a parliamentary inquiry into New York’s trade jobs Read More »

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