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NSW swelters through second scorcher as bushfires burn
March 07, 2023 05:39 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSBaking 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
March 07, 2023 05:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSColes 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
March 07, 2023 04:53 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSHeavy 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
March 07, 2023 04:49 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSDominic 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
March 07, 2023 04:48 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe 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
March 07, 2023 04:47 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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
March 07, 2023 04:36 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSTwo 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
March 07, 2023 04:32 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe 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
March 07, 2023 04:31 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSFormer 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
March 07, 2023 04:30 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe 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
March 07, 2023 04:28 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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
March 07, 2023 04:26 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe South Australian government has appointed Police Commissioner Grant Stevens to another five-year term.

Top bureaucrat failed to notice major robodebt change
March 07, 2023 04:23 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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
March 07, 2023 04:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSOne 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
March 07, 2023 04:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSShiralee 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
March 07, 2023 04:10 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe 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
March 07, 2023 04:09 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe 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
March 07, 2023 04:00 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe 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
March 07, 2023 03:53 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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
March 07, 2023 03:51 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThere 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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