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 NSW swelters through second scorcher as bushfires burn

NSW swelters through second scorcher as bushfires burn

March 07, 2023 05:39 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Baking conditions have continued across Sydney and NSW as wind changes have intensified a large blaze in the state's central west, threatening homes.

 Long wait to unwrap soft plastics recycling disaster

Long wait to unwrap soft plastics recycling disaster

March 07, 2023 05:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Coles and Woolworths hope to ship mountains of stockpiled soft plastic offshore and warn it will take time to replace the failed REDcycle recycling scheme.

 Grain producers cop income hit as dairy farmers thrive

Grain producers cop income hit as dairy farmers thrive

March 07, 2023 04:53 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Heavy rains and floods have put a dampener on cash incomes for many broadacre farmers, while dairy producers are reaping the benefits of farmgate milk prices.

 Throw the book at Liberal wrongdoers, Perrottet urges

Throw the book at Liberal wrongdoers, Perrottet urges

March 07, 2023 04:49 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Dominic Perrottet says the book should be thrown at Liberal branch-stackers, as one of his federal colleagues says "bully boys" are derailing his campaign.

 Family of Aboriginal man attacked by cops demand reform

Family of Aboriginal man attacked by cops demand reform

March 07, 2023 04:48 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The family of an Aboriginal man who was assaulted by police as a teenager is demanding justice and urgent police reform as part of a truth-telling inquiry.

 Victorian health records sharing bill hits upper house

Victorian health records sharing bill hits upper house

March 07, 2023 04:47 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A contentious bill to let public hospitals share the private health records of patients through a centralised database has reached Victoria's upper house.

 Sydney Harbour Bridge blockade protesters spared jail

Sydney Harbour Bridge blockade protesters spared jail

March 07, 2023 04:36 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Two people involved in an activist group blocking traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge have avoided time in prison after pleading guilty.

 Shares climb as Reserve Bank softens rate rise talk

Shares climb as Reserve Bank softens rate rise talk

March 07, 2023 04:32 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The ASX jumped while the Aussie dollar sank to an 11-week low after the Reserve Bank raised interest rates by an expected 0.25 percentage points.

 Nuclear subs deal to prevent Pacific war: Morrison

Nuclear subs deal to prevent Pacific war: Morrison

March 07, 2023 04:31 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says the AUKUS alliance and the acquisition of nuclear submarines is about deterring any attacks on Australia.

 RBA fires off another rate rise but the end is in sight

RBA fires off another rate rise but the end is in sight

March 07, 2023 04:30 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates again but toned down its language, opening the door to a pause or only one more rise.

 Patients accuse Sydney dentist of sexual assault

Patients accuse Sydney dentist of sexual assault

March 07, 2023 04:28 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A dentist is standing trial in Sydney after pleading not guilty to nine counts of sexually assaulting multiple patients, including school students.

 SA's top cop Grant Stevens gets another five-year term

SA's top cop Grant Stevens gets another five-year term

March 07, 2023 04:26 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The South Australian government has appointed Police Commissioner Grant Stevens to another five-year term.

 Top bureaucrat failed to notice major robodebt change

Top bureaucrat failed to notice major robodebt change

March 07, 2023 04:23 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A former secretary of the departments that ran robodebt missed a key change to a ministerial brief which misrepresented how income would be assessed.

 Energy giant launches electric vehicle subscriptions

Energy giant launches electric vehicle subscriptions

March 07, 2023 04:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

One of Australia's biggest energy firms will launch a subscription car service to get more EVs on the road and offer some customers free power to fuel them.

 'Never again' says family at deaths in custody inquest

'Never again' says family at deaths in custody inquest

March 07, 2023 04:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo, known as Aunty Sherry, died at the Brisbane watch house in September 2020, prompting Black Lives Matter protests across the city.

 Elders giving evidence in Fortescue compensation case

Elders giving evidence in Fortescue compensation case

March 07, 2023 04:10 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The Federal Court is holding on-country hearings in the case that will decide how much compensation Fortescue must pay the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara.

 Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid

Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid

March 07, 2023 04:09 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

 High Court ditches Facebook challenge over privacy

High Court ditches Facebook challenge over privacy

March 07, 2023 04:00 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The High Court of Australia has sent Facebook back to the Federal Court over the Cambridge Analytica privacy breaches.

 Trial over: Vic to stick with drug-injecting facility

Trial over: Vic to stick with drug-injecting facility

March 07, 2023 03:53 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A supervised drug injecting centre in inner Melbourne will become permanent, with the state government introducing legislation following a five-year trial.

 Deficiencies in pregnant mum's healthcare before death

Deficiencies in pregnant mum's healthcare before death

March 07, 2023 03:51 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

There were deficiencies in the medical care given to pregnant Melbourne mum Annie O'Brien before her death from sepsis in August 2018, a coroner has found.

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