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Aussie kids facing disadvantage, inequality: report
March 16, 2023 12:45 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA new report into children's wellbeing has found Australia is doing well but there are still large pockets of disadvantage.
Flood victims waiting for Qld rivers to fully recede
March 16, 2023 12:45 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA tiny community is still under water in northwest Queensland as locals elsewhere in the region begin to count the cost of record floods.

Risk to winter supply as gas crisis enters second year
March 16, 2023 12:31 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe energy market operator has warned of risks to gas supply this winter but is armed with new powers over producers as the energy crisis enters a second year.

Giant eagle confirmed as Australia's largest raptor
March 16, 2023 12:28 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSNew research has confirmed a giant eagle that lived about 60,000 years ago was Australia's largest-ever bird of prey.

Queensland passes controversial youth justice laws
March 16, 2023 12:20 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Queensland parliament has passed laws that criminalise bail breaches for children and allow courts to fit 15-year-olds with GPS trackers.

Spike in complaints against Victoria Police revealed
March 16, 2023 12:10 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe number of complaints to IBAC about Victoria Police rose significantly in 2022, ultimately making up almost 70 per cent of the watchdog's complaints.

SA union boss quits amid shoplifting probe
March 16, 2023 12:09 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe South Australian state secretary of the Australian Education Union has resigned as police investigate shoplifting allegations.

Lingering summer brings hot and fiery conditions to NSW
March 16, 2023 12:06 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSUnseasonably hot weather and high fuel loads are keeping NSW firefighters on high alert during the supposedly cooler months.

People struggling to survive without proper housing
March 16, 2023 12:05 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSHousing advocates warn too many people are falling through the cracks into homelessness but one government in the spotlight insists its policies are working.

Aust share market plunges again, hitting 10-week low
March 16, 2023 12:01 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Australian share market was down 1.5 per cent at midday after banking contagion spread to Europe.

Dentist may have 'inadvertently' rubbed against women
March 16, 2023 11:59 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA Sydney dentist accused of sexual assault says he may have inadvertently pressed his genitals against his patients but told the jury his crotch was covered.

Cooper Metals (ASX:CPM) receives ‘exciting assays’ from Ardmore with high gold values
March 16, 2023 11:51 AM AEDT| By ManishaCooper Metals has received results of new geochemical sampling on the new Ardmore tenement within its Mt Isa East Copper Gold Project, Queensland.,At EPM19125, the ASX-listed firm has defined two subparallel mineralised shear zones from the new...

Humans altering Tasmanian devil diets: study
March 16, 2023 11:47 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSScientists have analysed chemical stamps called stable isotopes in whisker samples taken from Tasmanian devils to find out how their diets have changed.

Stonefly to test endangered Victorian species law
March 16, 2023 11:35 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA critically endangered stonefly could be the first to be protected under untested Victorian environmental laws passed in 2020.

Former minister Johnson remembered in Qld parliament
March 16, 2023 11:30 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSQueensland politician Vaughan Johnson, who served in parliament for 26 years, has been remembered as a champion of the west after his recent death.

Future energy price rises are 'significant': Albanese
March 16, 2023 11:26 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe prime minister says energy price hikes would have been higher were it not for market intervention, while denying the increases were embarrassing.

Businesses urged to plug in to responsible AI network
March 16, 2023 11:17 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAustralians are being urged to embrace artificial intelligence as a new science network tries to help businesses capitalise on a trillion-dollar opportunity.

Lehrmann sure of 'millions in defamation' from reports
March 16, 2023 11:16 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSBefore being charged, Bruce Lehrmann told his girlfriend he could get "millions in defamation" over media reports about the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.

China different from 90s, says PM after Keating spray
March 16, 2023 11:04 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSChina has changed its posture and position since Paul Keating was prime minister, Anthony Albanese says.

Qld govt urged to rule out solar feed-in charges
March 16, 2023 10:46 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSSolar Citizens says the Queensland government must rule out charging homeowners for selling solar back to the grid, which is under consideration elsewhere.

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