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Ship with COVID outbreak heads to Vic

<p>A cruise ship with a COVID-19 outbreak onboard is heading into Victoria as new Australian research confirms ongoing impacts of the disease.</p>

Qld grants second Eyre Basin gas permit

<p>The Queensland government has given another company a permit to look for gas in the remote Lake Eyre Basin while it draws up plans to protect the r...

COVID fines worth millions are withdrawn

<p>Fines worth millions of dollars issued for breaching COVID-19 restrictions will be scrapped, following a landmark decision by the NSW Supreme Court...

India free trade gets new year green light

<p>The Australia-India free trade agreement has got the thumbs up from India, clearing the way for the removal of taxes on 90 per cent of Australian g...

Fund managers step up shareholder activism

<p>"Responsible" investors are joining forces to make sure capital doesn't end up supporting dodgy, dirty or harmful companies.<br></p>

MPs urged to support own code of conduct

<p>A proposed code of conduct for all who work in Commonwealth workplaces has been released, with parliamentarians urged to adopt it as a matter of ur...

Firies fearful over water contamination

<p>Firefighters who drank contaminated water at a major Victorian airport have elevated levels of toxic chemicals in their blood.</p>

ASX rebounds amid China reopening rumours

<p>The local share market has climbed higher in afternoon trading after a listless morning, on hopes that China might relax its zero-COVID lockdowns.<...

Firms want sustainability but lack proof

<p>Australian firms recognise sustainability will be key to profits and many investors don't mind making less to do the right thing, but success is ha...

'Short staffed' police hunting for Caddick

<p>Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick disappeared hours after her Dover Heights home was raided, baffling the country for months until her foot washed u...

Simmons injured as Durant stars for Nets

<p>Ben Simmons has left the game in the first quarter but Brooklyn star Kevin Durant carried his NBA side to a win over Orlando that improved the Nets...

Vic dog kicker got death threats: lawyer

<p>A lawyer claims a man who kicked a dog at a Melbourne anti-COVID-19 restrictions protest should receive a lesser sentence because he received death...

Microba soars on 'transformational' deal

<p>Shares in gut-health company Microba have been up as much as 90 per cent after the Brisbane-based firm announced a strategic partnership with Sonic...

NSW wind farm defies high-profile critics

<p>The official opening of a wind farm near Canberra has been more than 10 years in the making, but landowners are now "drinking silver" from the reve...

Restrictions placed on NSW terror advocate

<p>A NSW man convicted of terrorism offences after posting extreme right-wing material will have restrictions imposed on his online movement and assoc...

Vic man guilty of murdering his mum

<p>Melbourne man Thomas Bednar has been found guilty of the murder of his mum Judy Bednar in her home in May 2021.</p>

Bullying, harassment rife at Chevron

<p>A review of workplace culture at energy giant Chevron has found sexual harassment and bullying are commonplace in its Australian workforce.</p>

Murder 'possible' in crayfish farm death

<p>Forensics experts have testified that aquaculturist Jeffrey Brooks could have been either murdered or died accidentally at a crayfish farm south of...

Angry woman used car to kill ex, jury told

<p>A Sydney woman's anger at infidelity was so extreme she murdered her ex-partner by driving at him with her car and pinning him to a wall, a jury ha...

Magnets remove toxic waste from water

<p>Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne have discovered a fast and innovative way to remove toxic microplastics from water by using magnets.<br...