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TB checks continue as calls grow for new vaccine
March 23, 2023 11:34 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSHealth authorities continue to battle an outbreak of tuberculosis on South Australia's Indigenous lands amid fresh calls for more funding to fight the disease.

Union lashed over $1bn Vic consultancy costs complaint
March 23, 2023 11:30 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Victorian Labor government has spent close to $1 billion on consultancy agencies since it was first elected in 2014, new union data shows.

WA shark attack alert raised after possible attack
March 23, 2023 11:29 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAuthorities in Western Australia have received reports of a possible shark attack off the coast of Karratha.

One-year teacher postgraduate diploma flunks panel test
March 23, 2023 11:27 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA one-year postgraduate diploma backed by the NSW government to get more teachers in classrooms has been dismissed as inadequate by federal education experts.

Albanese assures Indigenous voice is legally sound
March 23, 2023 11:26 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe prime minister says he has been assured by a range of constitutional experts that his proposed changes in the referendum will stand up legally.

Death of Finks bikie boss in prison cell investigated
March 23, 2023 11:09 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA Victorian coroner is investigating the death of notorious Finks bikie boss Brent Reker in 2019 after his body was found in his cell by corrections staff.

Sites flagged for troubled detention centre replacement
March 23, 2023 11:08 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Tasmanian government has identified two preferred sites near Hobart for facilities to replace the state's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

Safeguard mechanism 'irretrievably flawed' on methane
March 23, 2023 10:55 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSCritics are demanding changes to the proposed safeguard mechanism if methane emissions are to be adequately measured, reported and cut to slow climate change.

Melbourne's Piastri pumped for home F1 grand prix
March 23, 2023 10:50 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSMelbourne-born Oscar Piastri's road to the Australian Formula One grand prix began by getting hooked on remote controlled cars.

Plane loaded with drugs 'tried to fly under the radar'
March 23, 2023 10:47 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA plane allegedly loaded with $15 million worth of meth has been intercepted in rural Queensland while trying to fly undetected from Papua New Guinea to NSW.

Laws to stop secret ministries ignite referendum debate
March 23, 2023 10:25 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA head of state appointed by the Australian people would be obliged to stop secret ministerial appointments, the assistant minister for the republic says.

SA Libs want parliamentary committee to oversee AUKUS
March 23, 2023 10:21 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe South Australian opposition says a state parliamentary committee should oversee the AUKUS project to ensure continued bipartisan support.

MP's deception trial to proceed after appeal fails
March 23, 2023 10:13 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSSouth Australian independent MP Fraser Ellis is set to stand trial on deception charges after losing a bid to have the case stopped.

It's a bot-eat-bot world as cyber criminals go hi-tech
March 23, 2023 10:12 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSCyber experts warn fake images, videos and emails are already being used for scams, theft and voter manipulation - and Australia is not doing enough to stop it.

Guy Sebastian's former manager appeals fraud conviction
March 23, 2023 10:09 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSGuy Sebastian's ex-manager Titus Day has appealed after being found guilty of fraudulently embezzling more than $650,000 from the pop star.

Senator restrained by police as LGBTQI protests clash
March 23, 2023 09:58 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSLidia Thorpe has been held back by police after the independent senator tried to storm the lectern of a protest against transgender rights outside parliament.

Five accused of PNG black flight meth importation
March 23, 2023 09:53 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAuthorities have arrested five men after a light plane on-route to NSW from Papua New Guinea was intercepted, allegedly loaded with methamphetamine.

Walls closing in on Labor's $10b social housing fund
March 23, 2023 09:48 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Greens and key crossbenchers are not convinced the Albanese government's social housing fund will do enough to ease Australia's worsening housing crisis.

Nationals seek nuclear submarine base in central Qld
March 23, 2023 09:32 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe government should consider central Queensland as the home of a new nuclear submarine base, three Nationals parliamentarians say.

Rhyme and reason behind outback bush poetry prize
March 23, 2023 09:23 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe third Cloncurry poetry award will explore the theme of outback heroes as modern poets from around Australia are encouraged to dream about life in the bush.

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