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Vic's Crown put on notice after $120m fine

<p>Melbourne's Crown Casino has vowed to implement significant changes after being given 15 months to improve its gambling practices.</p>

Desert conference links Indigenous rangers

<p>A conference in the Red Centre is bringing together Indigenous rangers from across the desert to connect to country and share their ideas on land m...

Snowy chief upset ministers with surprises

<p>Performance and termination payments went to former Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad, despite ministerial concerns about his conduct.</p>

Wallabies lose Foketi for remaining tour

<p>The Wallabies have suffered an injury blow, losing in-form centre Lalakai Foketi for the remainder of their European tour due to a shin injury agai...

Qld police silent on coercive control laws

<p>Queensland police should be playing a larger role in shaping laws to criminalise coercive control, the state's police union says.</p>

Labor agrees to amend workplace bill

<p>The Albanese government has agreed to amend its proposed workplace laws in the wake of criticism from business, unions and crossbench senators.</p>

Australia lobbied to act on famine crisis

<p>Australia is being called on to use COP27 and the G20 to help prevent hundreds of thousands of children dying from famine in Africa. </p>

Labor to use WestConnex cash for hospital

<p>Some funds from the sale of the WestConnex tollway network will be used to upgrade a key Sydney hospital if Labor wins government at the March elec...

Vic Crown Casino slapped with $120m fines

<p>The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has hit Crown Melbourne with two fines totalling $120 million for breaches of its service obli...

NSW approved UN jail visit before backflip

<p>NSW reneged on an agreement to allow UN inspectors into its prisons the day the delegation landed in Australia, a federal official has told senator...

Search for missing man off WA coast

<p>Authorities are searching for a man missing from a caravan park at Kalbarri, north of Perth.</p>

Westpac says no stressed customers - yet

<p>Westpac is seeing no signs that higher rates are causing mortgage delinquencies, but says it is inevitable they will eventually have an impact.</p>

Husband killed to 'silence' nagging wife

<p>A man accused of murdering his wife told police he strangled her in their western Sydney home because he wanted freedom from her bullying and naggi...

Leckie a lock for Socceroos Cup selection

<p>Mathew Leckie says being named in Australia's 26-man World Cup will be a cause for brief celebration before reality hits.</p>

Qld changes concern coal, gas producers

<p>Changes to Queensland's environmental laws have been criticised by gas and coal producers as a costly imposition of more "green tape".</p>

Vineyard owner prosecuted over water use

<p>The former owner of a vineyard in NSW is accused of illegally pumping up to 13,000 megalitres of water, and is the regulator's biggest prosecution....

Bennett rubbishes Dolphins NRL spoon talk

<p>As the Dolphins launched their first NRL pre-season, coach Wayne Bennett said the Brisbane showdown with the Broncos would rival the EPL's Manchest...

Watson questions officials after T20 loss

<p>Former World Cup winner Shane Watson has blasted the call to drop Mitchell Starc against Afghanistan amid fallout from Australia's T20 World Cup fa...

Cashless cards punish gamblers: Clubs NSW

<p>The gaming industry says introducing cashless cards in NSW would punish punters and be a hallmark of a police state.</p>

Family, homebuyer pitches for Vic election

<p>Victorian maternal and child health services would be boosted under a Labor election promise, while the coalition wants to unlock 150,000 extra lot...