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New $36k incentive to attract cops to outback towns

February 24, 2023 10:14 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Getting police to head to and stay in outback towns is so difficult the NSW police force will start paying officers about $7000 a year, under a new sc...

Study backs exercise as mental health treatment

February 24, 2023 10:08 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Researchers at the University of South Australia say exercise should be used as a mainstay treatment for managing depression and other mental health c...

Suicide theory queried in gay man's Bondi disappearance

February 24, 2023 09:58 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A NSW inquiry into historical gay hate crimes has probed whether a theory of suicide put forward to explain a man's disappearance was supported by the...

Lithium producer Pilbara Minerals eyes 'massive growth'

February 24, 2023 09:26 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Australia's leading lithium producer Pilbara Minerals will pay an inaugural dividend six months early after a record $1.24 billion net profit in the f...

Blanchett, Luhrmann add to gongs with even more AACTAs

February 24, 2023 09:21 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Avatar has won best film at the international AACTAs, while Australians Cate Blanchett and director Baz Luhrmann also added to their collection of awa...

Car pollution kills 11,000 Aussies, hospitalises more

February 24, 2023 09:19 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

More than 11,000 Australians are dying prematurely each year from vehicle pollution, according to a new study that calls for more cuts to car emission...

Festival boss stares down author, sponsor cancellations

February 24, 2023 09:07 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Adelaide Writers' Week is the latest festival to be hit with cancellations as writers and sponsors pull out of its 2023 line-up.

Repair to China trade ties will take time: minister

February 24, 2023 08:51 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Trade Minister Don Farrell says lifting all Chinese sanctions on Australian goods will have to be taken "a little bit at a time".

MinRes set up for 'excellent year' as lithium pays off

February 24, 2023 08:46 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Accelerating lithium demand has helped drive a five-fold increase in Mineral Resources' underlying earnings for the six months to December 31.

Landlocked moulting penguins just need a little space

February 24, 2023 04:04 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Penguins are about to strip off at beaches across southern Australia, ramping up the pint-sized seabird's exposure to predators, including domestic do...

Browning takes on the sprint double in Melbourne

February 23, 2023 09:26 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Rohan Browning has won the 100m and finished second in the 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet.

Early parliament shutdown claims false: Perrottet

February 23, 2023 07:35 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Claims the NSW parliament would be closed early have been hosed down by the office of Premier Dominic Perrottet as "utterly incorrect".

Cameron Myers, 16, smashes the four-minute mile

February 23, 2023 07:27 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Australian teenager Cameron Myers has smashed the four-minute mile at the Maurie Plant Classic in Melbourne.

Queensland to recruit hundreds of foreign police

February 23, 2023 06:48 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Up to 500 foreign nationals a year could be taken on by Queensland Police under an agreement between the state and federal governments.

Executives resign three years after woman's bath death

February 23, 2023 06:41 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

More than three years after a young woman died alone in the bathroom of a disability group home in western Sydney, three executives have resigned.

Prisioner dies after medical episode in WA prison

February 23, 2023 06:21 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A 68-year-old prisoner has died at a Western Australian prison after a suspected medical episode in his cell.

NSW government suspends parliament early

February 23, 2023 06:06 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The NSW government has brought forward the suspension of parliament as an inquiry continues to pursue the brother of Premier Dominic Perrottet.

Raids uncover more than 16 hectares of illegal tobacco

February 23, 2023 05:41 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The tax office and Victoria Police have found and destroyed more than 16 hectares of illegal tobacco in Victoria's north.

Nine youths sentenced for roles in brutal gang bashings

February 23, 2023 05:33 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Nine juveniles have been sentenced for their roles in two brutal bashings in which 17-year-olds continued to be assaulted even after they were knocked...

Mother, son, men charged after three-hour police chase

February 23, 2023 04:47 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Two men, a woman and her teenage son have been charged with a slew of offences after a three-and-a-half-hour police car chase through Perth's suburbs.

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