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Link (ASX:LNK) rejects takeover deal from Dye & Durham

Link Administration Holdings Ltd (ASX:LNK) on Thursday said that it has rejected a takeover offer from Canada's Dye & Durham Ltd

Legal system places NSW children at risk

Vulnerable children and young people involved in family law matters are at risk of ending up in abusive family situations, a NSW report has found.

Apprentice spared jail after deadly crash

A 22-year-old Victorian man has been sentenced to a community corrections order after a crash that killed a 75-year-old woman in Melbourne's southeast...

'Unacceptable' delay before boy's death

A NSW coroner has found there were "significant flaws" in the planning to transfer six-year-old Austin Facer from Broken Hill to a major city hospital...

Lyrebirds losing their voices and habitat

Australia's lyrebirds are losing their impressive singing abilities because of habitat loss, with researchers concerned the species may disappear alto...

Venice darling Paradise Camp comes to Aust

Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp drew 485,000 people at the Venice Biennale, with its big questions about French artist Paul Gauguin.

US-China 'guardrails' vital to peace: Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has delivered a broad-ranging assessment of how to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Tas police welfare 'lacked PTSD training'

An inquest into the suicide deaths of four Tasmanian policemen has been told welfare officers lacked knowledge about post-traumatic stress disorder.

NSW prison officer to face murder retrial

A NSW prison officer accused of murdering an inmate trying to escape will face a second trial after jury failed to reach a verdict

Dutton questions Indigenous voice detail

The opposition leader says the federal government must provide details on an Indigenous voice to parliament before Australians are asked to go to a re...

Qld Bradfield Scheme 'not feasible': panel

An expert panel has rejected a scheme to irrigate western Queensland, but says four mini-water grids could help coastal areas adapt to climate change.

Black Canyon’s (ASX:BCA) manganese sulphate crystallisation testwork...

Highlights:,Black Canyon Limited has received highly encouraging results from initial sighter test work conducted on manganese oxide samples from Flan...

NSW coal mine expansion challenged

A community group has started legal action to stop the Mount Pleasant operation in the NSW Upper Hunter becoming the biggest open-cut coal mine in the...

ESG investing in the pink, green and black

More consumers, employees and shareholders are speaking up about how the world works, potentially creating a more complex economic reality in the year...

Vic man choked stranger for 14 minutes

There's not enough evidence to convict a Melbourne man who choked a stranger until he fell unconscious and died, according to investigators.

Best home auction weekend since late May

The number of homes going under the hammer this weekend is up seven per cent and could prove a test of buyers' appetite for risk after this week's rat...

Vic man admits to partner's manslaughter

A Victorian man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after his 28-year-old partner was found with head and spinal injuries and later died in 2019.

Australia on track for nuclear submarines

The United States, United Kingdom and Australian defence ministers have met in Washington for the first face-to-face conference under the AUKUS pact.

Victorian Libs meet to decide new leader

Victorian Liberal MPs are deciding whether Brad Battin or John Pesutto should become their new leader after a third state election loss to Labor.

Aust family killed in US plane crash

Three members of an Australian family who were living in the US have been killed when a single-engine plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.