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Mixed reactions to proposed pharmacy prescription trial

February 20, 2023 12:09 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The health minister welcomes a proposed trial to allow pharmacists to prescribe the contraceptive pill but doctors' advocates say it sidesteps the reg...

Unions heap pressure over 'asbestosis of the 2020s'

February 20, 2023 12:08 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A prominent union says it will take matters into its own hands if the government fails to ban engineered stone linked to a deadly and incurable diseas...

Rabbit hunter becomes the hunted in Victoria

February 20, 2023 11:55 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A man hunting legally in Victoria's Yarra Ranges has become the hunted after he was chased by a group of people threatening to kill him.

Ex-MP aide did 'Lord's mission' before alleged assault

February 20, 2023 11:53 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Former federal MP Craig Kelly's chief of staff said he was following the "Lord's mission" with a young female staffer months before an alleged sexual...

Fill-in Antarctic resupply vessel runs aground

February 20, 2023 11:49 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A vessel chartered to resupply Australia's Antarctic research stations has suffered minor damage after running aground on a shoal.

Workmates raise money for families after mine deaths

February 20, 2023 11:43 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A group of Queensland miners is raising money for the families of Dylan Langridge and Trevor Davis, who were killed at work last week.

Australian shares edge lower at midday

February 20, 2023 11:35 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The local share market was down slightly at lunchtime as the market digested a spate of earnings reports from NIB, BlueScope Steel, Ampol, A2 Milk and...

Serial sex offender denies prison rape charges

February 20, 2023 11:21 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Raymond Henry Garland has denied prison rape charges, saying he had nothing to do with one of the inmates but had consensual encounters with the other...

Billion-dollar rail deal to take trucks off the road

February 20, 2023 11:19 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A major transport company has signed an 11-year deal to put more shipments on Australian railways, cutting trucks and carbon emissions.

NSW Liberals dealing with yet another MP complaint

February 20, 2023 11:15 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

With just weeks until the NSW election, the Liberal Party is racing to fill a vacancy on its upper house ticket, with pressure to get a woman candidat...

Homicide probe after two bodies found at Perth home

February 20, 2023 10:52 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

West Australian police are investigating after two bodies were found by officers at a home in Cooloongup, south of Perth.

'Crushing' jail time cut for social media serial rapist

February 20, 2023 10:48 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A serial rapist, who used social media to randomly target women in the NSW Hunter region, has had his "crushing" jail sentence reduced on appeal.

BlueScope posts $1b profit slide, warns on safeguard

February 20, 2023 10:45 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

BlueScope has posted a drop in first-half net profit and warned of a "material impact" from proposed emissions rules for firms with big industrial fac...

Picklum into Hawaii surf final while Robinson bows out

February 20, 2023 10:42 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Australian rookie Molly Picklum is into her first world tour final while men's rankings leader Jack Robinson was eliminated in the Sunset Beach semi-f...

New call to regulate short-stay accommodation

February 20, 2023 10:36 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Short-stay accommodation properties should be limited to 90 nights per year, the Victorian Greens say, calling for further regulation of the sector.

Treasurer questions viability of super tax breaks

February 20, 2023 10:24 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Jim Chalmers has kept the door open to an overhaul of super tax concessions as he looks for opportunities to repair the stretched federal budget.

Qld govt's gas well approvals slammed by activists

February 20, 2023 10:24 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The Queensland government's decision to approve dozens of new coal seam gas wells on the Darling Downs has been slammed by environmental activists.

Australian academic taken hostage at gunpoint in PNG

February 20, 2023 10:08 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Armed men have taken an Australian archaeologist and university students hostage in Papua New Guinea and are demanding a ransom from the two governmen...

War on urchins aims to save kelp forests

February 20, 2023 10:04 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Plagues of sea urchins will be harvested and turned into fertiliser under a plan to regenerate kelp forests and boost farming and fisheries at the sam...

Aston voters will head to polls on April Fools' Day

February 20, 2023 10:02 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

House of Representatives Speaker Milton Dick has chosen April 1 as the date for the Aston by-election to replace outgoing Liberal MP Alan Tudge.

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