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Oligarch sues over Ukraine sanctions
November 09, 2022 01:06 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Belarusian-Russian billionaire Dmitry Mazepin has sued the federal government over sanctions brought against him during the Ukraine war.</p>

Government defends one million home target
November 09, 2022 12:56 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Labor's pledge to deliver one million homes and its plans to do so have come under scrutiny at a parliamentary committee. </p>

Half of NSW youth inmates are Indigenous
November 09, 2022 12:54 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>More than half of young people detained in NSW are Indigenous, according to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.</p>

Schoupp leaves Dogs for Titans' NRL chance
November 09, 2022 12:53 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Originally considered a difference-maker at the Bulldogs, Aaron Schoupp has been allowed to leave the NRL club for an opportunity on the Gold Coast...

Pilbara painter celebrated with exhibition
November 09, 2022 12:47 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Painter Nyaparu (William) Gardiner documented an important era for WA's Aboriginal people, and he is being remembered with a retrospective in Perth...

EarlyBirds fosters innovation in food and agriculture with OSINT and...
November 09, 2022 12:45 PM AEDT | By Mohammad ZaidHighlights,EarlyBirds Open Innovation Ecosystem and the OSINT platform have designed an innovation ecosystem map for businesses in the food and agricu...

Ash Barty recalls silencing her doubters
November 09, 2022 12:31 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Retired tennis great Ash Barty has recalled the fierce determination she had to prove the critics wrong when many questioned her standing as women'...

Matildas eye solid defence in Sweden clash
November 09, 2022 12:27 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>The Matildas' defence has been shaky in recent times but vice-captain Steph Catley is confident they can hit their straps for the tough friendly ag...

QX Resources (ASX:QXR) continues to get high-grade lithium results a...
November 09, 2022 12:23 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaHighlights:,At QX Resources’ Turner River hard rock lithium project, assays have confirmed high-grade lithium from a recent rock sampling program.,Thi...

Fear Comm Games may worsen housing crisis
November 09, 2022 12:09 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>The 2026 Commonwealth Games could drive up housing costs in regional Victoria, increasing homelessness and affecting marginalised groups.</p>

Man fed steak before murder, jury told
November 09, 2022 12:05 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>A woman accused of murdering her friend told police she was at his Sydney home the night of his death cooking him dinner and helping him move out h...

NAB 'embarrassment a factor in fraud case'
November 09, 2022 12:01 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>It's an enormous assumption that leaders of a major bank were so unbelievably lax or grossly negligent they had no idea about a large fraud, a jury...

Newcrest tackles costs, gets first strike
November 09, 2022 11:40 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Newcrest is chasing more copper to underpin gold mining operations and says it has contracts in place to control costs amid global inflationary pre...

People want value, not local shops: Coles
November 09, 2022 11:38 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>The head of grocery giant Coles says the pandemic trend of "local shopping" is unwinding as customers look for cheaper prices instead.</p>

Fiducian Group (ASX: FID) maintains resilience despite global econom...
November 09, 2022 11:37 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaHighlights,Fiducian Group (ASX: FID) has stayed resilient to the global economic slowdown,The company continues to have a clean balance sheet and rema...

Mass public sector strikes in Tasmania
November 09, 2022 11:27 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Thousands of public sector workers, including teachers, have held strikes across Tasmania in their battle for improved pay and conditions.<br></p>

Qld Greens want public energy retailer
November 09, 2022 11:26 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Queensland would have a single public energy retailer to ensure consumers have cheap and reliable electricity under a Greens proposal.</p>

Torres Strait climate change plea at COP27
November 09, 2022 11:17 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Torres Strait traditional owners are set to urge the global community to act on climate change in a bid to save their island homes from rising sea...

E-skateboard blaze narrowly avoids tragedy
November 09, 2022 11:07 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>A 12-year-old girl suffered serious smoke inhalation after her electric skateboard caught alight while charging in her bedroom on the NSW north coa...

Flood-ravaged Vic towns look to recovery
November 09, 2022 11:05 AM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Some Victorian towns devastated in the early weeks of recent floods have begun the long road to recovery.</p>