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 Manager raised Vic hotel safety concerns

Manager raised Vic hotel safety concerns

December 02, 2022 12:16 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A manager of a security firm has told a Melbourne court it didn't make sense for guards to deal directly with quarantined travellers.

 Push for national reforms in rape cases

Push for national reforms in rape cases

December 02, 2022 12:16 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Prosecutors have dropped the case against Brittany Higgins' accused rapist due to the impacts on her mental health and advocates say urgent reforms are needed.

 Renmark flood measures near completion

Renmark flood measures near completion

December 02, 2022 12:10 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Authorities have almost completed levee work to protect the town of Renmark, the first SA community to feel the impact of floodwaters surging down the Murray.

 Committee to probe Adelaide tree loses

Committee to probe Adelaide tree loses

December 02, 2022 12:09 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The South Australian parliament is to look into the loss of trees across metropolitan Adelaide.

 Accused jihadist Prakash in Darwin court

Accused jihadist Prakash in Darwin court

December 02, 2022 12:04 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Melbourne-born Neil Prakash, who is accused of travelling to Syria to fight with Islamic State, is set to appear in a Darwin court over terrorism charges.

 Tesla rolls out its first electric trucks

Tesla rolls out its first electric trucks

December 02, 2022 11:58 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has delivered the company's first electric semitrailers, saying they might look like elephants but move like cheetahs.

 NZ minister pleased with citizenship talk

NZ minister pleased with citizenship talk

December 02, 2022 11:45 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta have met in Canberra and discussed the progression of voting rights and citizenship.

 Former V/Line CEO charged with corruption

Former V/Line CEO charged with corruption

December 02, 2022 11:41 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A former V/Line chief executive is among seven people charged over alleged corruption after an Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission inquiry.

 Offer to film in Sydney hospital 'wrong'

Offer to film in Sydney hospital 'wrong'

December 02, 2022 11:31 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

An ad offering filming space to TV crews in a Sydney hospital has been pulled and criticised by Dominic Perrottet, despite support from the health minister.

 NSW drink-driving rates rise as tests dive

NSW drink-driving rates rise as tests dive

December 02, 2022 11:28 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

NSW needs to vastly increase alcohol breath tests during the Christmas holidays as more Australians get behind the wheel drunk, motoring group NRMA says.

 Sydney man cleared on murder intent charge

Sydney man cleared on murder intent charge

December 02, 2022 11:25 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A Sydney real estate agent was so high on drugs he would have not been in the right mind to intend to kill two women he was drinking with, a judge has found.

 Height fear man sues over upstairs court

Height fear man sues over upstairs court

December 02, 2022 11:25 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A Gold Coast solicitor with a claimed fear of heights has sought $73 billion in damages for being required to attend his criminal case in an upstairs court.

 Aust shares down 0.5pct at midday

Aust shares down 0.5pct at midday

December 02, 2022 11:21 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

The ASX has given back most of Thursday's gains, but at midday was still on track for a three-quarters of a percentage point rise for the week.

 Melbourne man charged with woman's murder

Melbourne man charged with woman's murder

December 02, 2022 11:14 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A Melbourne man has faced court charged with the murder of a 51-year-old woman whose body was discovered by family members inside a Northcote home.

 'Alchemy' in NSW UK trade posting: probe

'Alchemy' in NSW UK trade posting: probe

December 02, 2022 11:01 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A senior public servant says it's not true that she retrospectively tried to justify the salary package for a plum UK trade role.

 Timeline for accused jihadist Neil Prakash

Timeline for accused jihadist Neil Prakash

December 02, 2022 11:00 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Melbourne-born accused Islamic State jihadist Neil Prakash has been extradited from Turkey to Australia to face terror charges.

 Boost for young children with a disability

Boost for young children with a disability

December 02, 2022 10:51 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Young children with a newly-diagnosed disability or emerging developmental concerns can access projects backed by $13.8 million in federal government funding.

 Cops face unavoidable trauma, inquest told

Cops face unavoidable trauma, inquest told

December 02, 2022 10:33 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

An inquest into the suicide deaths of four Tasmanian policemen has been told officers face unavoidable trauma due to the nature of the job.

 Commodity economy 'not a source of shame'

Commodity economy 'not a source of shame'

December 02, 2022 10:12 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

Fossil fuels have given Australians an "awesome" standard of living but the economy needs to become more varied, international investors have been told.

 Consumers now safer from dodgy lenders

Consumers now safer from dodgy lenders

December 02, 2022 10:12 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWS

A crackdown on rogue lenders will protect vulnerable consumers struggling to make ends meet, advocates say.

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