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Cyclone Gabrielle death toll at six in New Zealand

February 16, 2023 08:26 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Fire and Emergency NZ has confirmed a second death of a volunteer firefighter in Muriwai following monster rain from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Tenants forced to move amid ongoing rent explosion

February 16, 2023 08:16 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

As some tenants are hit with 35 per cent rent increases to hold onto their home, experts say the affordability crisis will worsen.

White paper cuts run deep as old industry keeps folding

February 16, 2023 07:33 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The end of white paper production is a blow to workers and communities in Victoria's Latrobe Valley but raises bigger questions about Australia's econ...

NSW social housing list tells half the story: academic

February 16, 2023 06:22 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The social housing waitlist in NSW has ballooned by 15 per cent in a year, leaving some families waiting a decade for an affordable home.

Summer toll rises after man dies on Melbourne beach

February 16, 2023 06:13 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The death of a man after being pulled from the water at an inner Melbourne beach comes a day after two people died on the state's far east coast.

Silent 'life and death' risk lurking in electric cars

February 16, 2023 05:57 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Electric cars are too quiet to be safe, according to lobby groups and researchers, who say urgent policy changes are needed in Australia to protect pe...

Community mourns as mine death investigation begins

February 16, 2023 05:54 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The close-knit community of Cloncurry is in mourning the deaths of two miners killed in an incident 125 metres below the surface.

Labor preselects candidate for Aston by-election

February 16, 2023 05:34 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Labor has will give its 2022 candidate in the Victorian seat of Aston a second run, naming Mary Doyle to take on the Liberals.

Concerns Australian smuggled to Somalia for gay therapy

February 16, 2023 05:19 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The government is working to ensure the welfare of an Australian in Somalia following an allegation of a man being smuggled there for gay conversion t...

Vic flood victims must leave temporary accommodation

February 16, 2023 05:17 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Dozens of Victorians displaced by severe flooding must leave temporary accommodation at the Mickleham quarantine facility by next month.

Charlie Teo faces inquiry over fatal surgeries

February 16, 2023 05:11 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

High-profile neurosurgeon Charlie Teo will face a second day of questioning by a medical complaints committee over two failed surgeries he performed.

'Devious' drug courier jailed over $1 million deal

February 16, 2023 05:09 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The judge said Sydney woman Thi Phuong Mai Nguyen's claim about being forced into acting as a courier for 150 kilograms of MDMA was a "bald-faced lie"...

RBA boss gears up for another round of questioning

February 16, 2023 05:07 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will answer more questions from politicians following a weak jobs market report.

Free CPR lessons as ambos promise pre-election fury

February 16, 2023 04:58 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

NSW paramedics are intensifying their campaign for equal pay with interstate counterparts in "five weeks of fury" ahead of the NSW election.

Lives, homes 'still at risk' as SA bushfire downgraded

February 16, 2023 04:58 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Threats remains despite warnings being downgraded for a bushfire burning on the outskirts of Port Lincoln, on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

Court told mafia figure may have sent NCA bomb

February 16, 2023 04:32 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

South Australia's Court of Appeal has been told that a now-dead mafia figure may have sent the NCA bomb, not Domenic Perre.

Watchdog won't probe fraud allegations against Adani

February 16, 2023 04:23 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Australia's corporate regulator will not launch a formal investigation into alleged misconduct by the Adani Group due to the age of the accusations.

Experts warn of COVID 'long tail' as inquiry continues

February 16, 2023 04:21 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Health and science experts will be questioned on the impacts of long COVID-19 when a parliamentary inquiry holds hearings in Canberra.

'It's what I do': Charlie Teo defends failed surgeries

February 16, 2023 04:14 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Star neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has appeared before a medical inquiry to defend two surgeries he performed that left patients with catastrophic brain in...

Extreme Christian ideology incited police terror ambush

February 16, 2023 04:12 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Australia experienced its first terror attack inspired by extremist Christian ideology in the deadly ambush of police and shootout in Queensland last...

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