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NSW premier defends $25,000 Teo donation
December 02, 2022 12:58 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAn annual donation of $25,000 of NSW taxpayer funds to the Charlie Teo Foundation is a longstanding tradition, the premier says.

Wife-killer Dawson likely to die in jail
December 02, 2022 12:57 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSFormer teacher Chris Dawson has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years after murdering his wife Lynette and disposing of her body four decades ago.

All eyes on last cash rate call for 2022
December 02, 2022 12:48 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Reserve Bank board will meet for its December cash rate decision next week and Australia's economic growth for the third quarter will be revealed.

Santos loses appeal for huge NT gas works
December 02, 2022 12:45 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe full Federal Court has ruled a judge was correct in halting drilling at Santos' multibillion-dollar Barossa gas project off the Tiwi Islands.

Investment giant fined for greenwashing
December 02, 2022 12:39 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSVanguard Australia has been fined for describing investments in cigarette and tobacco sales in potentially misleading ways.

Accused jihadi Prakash faces life sentence
December 02, 2022 12:36 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSNeil Prakash, who is accused of travelling to Syria to fight with Islamic State, has faced court on terrorism charges that could see him imprisoned for life.

Teacher jailed for teen violinist abuse
December 02, 2022 12:25 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA Melbourne music teacher who had an ongoing sexual relationship with a teenage violinist has been jailed as a serious sexual offender.

Manager raised Vic hotel safety concerns
December 02, 2022 12:16 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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
December 02, 2022 12:16 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSProsecutors 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
December 02, 2022 12:10 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAuthorities 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
December 02, 2022 12:09 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe South Australian parliament is to look into the loss of trees across metropolitan Adelaide.

Accused jihadist Prakash in Darwin court
December 02, 2022 12:04 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSMelbourne-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.

Slavery stench haunts energy value chain
December 02, 2022 12:02 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAustralia is positioning to move up the industrial value chain as advanced economies shun the risk of slavery tainting products from China and elsewhere.

Tesla rolls out its first electric trucks
December 02, 2022 11:58 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSTesla 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
December 02, 2022 11:45 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSForeign 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
December 02, 2022 11:41 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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'
December 02, 2022 11:31 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAn 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
December 02, 2022 11:28 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSNSW 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
December 02, 2022 11:25 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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
December 02, 2022 11:25 AM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA 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.

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