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Vic's Crown put on notice after $120m fine
November 07, 2022 02:50 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Melbourne's Crown Casino has vowed to implement significant changes after being given 15 months to improve its gambling practices.</p>

Desert conference links Indigenous rangers
November 07, 2022 02:46 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>A conference in the Red Centre is bringing together Indigenous rangers from across the desert to connect to country and share their ideas on land m...

Musgrave (ASX:MGV) continues to receive high-grade drill results at...
November 07, 2022 02:34 PM AEDT | By Mohammad ZaidHighlights,Musgrave Minerals (ASX:MGV) has unveiled a new set of high-grade gold assays from drilling at White Heat-Mosaic.,The company is awaiting as...

Snowy chief upset ministers with surprises
November 07, 2022 02:24 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Performance and termination payments went to former Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad, despite ministerial concerns about his conduct.</p>

Fair Work Commission president resigns
November 07, 2022 02:13 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Justice Iain Ross has resigned after more than a decade as president of the Fair Work Commission.</p>

Wallabies lose Foketi for remaining tour
November 07, 2022 02:01 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>The Wallabies have suffered an injury blow, losing in-form centre Lalakai Foketi for the remainder of their European tour due to a shin injury agai...

Qld police silent on coercive control laws
November 07, 2022 01:53 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Queensland police should be playing a larger role in shaping laws to criminalise coercive control, the state's police union says.</p>

Labor agrees to amend workplace bill
November 07, 2022 01:41 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>The Albanese government has agreed to amend its proposed workplace laws in the wake of criticism from business, unions and crossbench senators.</p>

Australia lobbied to act on famine crisis
November 07, 2022 01:36 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Australia is being called on to use COP27 and the G20 to help prevent hundreds of thousands of children dying from famine in Africa. </p>

Labor to use WestConnex cash for hospital
November 07, 2022 01:20 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Some funds from the sale of the WestConnex tollway network will be used to upgrade a key Sydney hospital if Labor wins government at the March elec...

Petrol prices soar on back of weak dollar
November 07, 2022 01:19 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p class="">Motorists are getting hit hard at the pump since the return of the full fuel excise tax, with some cities still yet to reach the peak of t...

Vic Crown Casino slapped with $120m fines
November 07, 2022 01:02 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has hit Crown Melbourne with two fines totalling $120 million for breaches of its service obli...

NSW approved UN jail visit before backflip
November 07, 2022 12:58 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>NSW reneged on an agreement to allow UN inspectors into its prisons the day the delegation landed in Australia, a federal official has told senator...

Search for missing man off WA coast
November 07, 2022 12:57 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Authorities are searching for a man missing from a caravan park at Kalbarri, north of Perth.</p>

Westpac says no stressed customers - yet
November 07, 2022 12:51 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Westpac is seeing no signs that higher rates are causing mortgage delinquencies, but says it is inevitable they will eventually have an impact.</p>

Husband killed to 'silence' nagging wife
November 07, 2022 12:49 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>A man accused of murdering his wife told police he strangled her in their western Sydney home because he wanted freedom from her bullying and naggi...

Leckie a lock for Socceroos Cup selection
November 07, 2022 12:39 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Mathew Leckie says being named in Australia's 26-man World Cup will be a cause for brief celebration before reality hits.</p>

Qld changes concern coal, gas producers
November 07, 2022 12:37 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>Changes to Queensland's environmental laws have been criticised by gas and coal producers as a costly imposition of more "green tape".</p>

Vineyard owner prosecuted over water use
November 07, 2022 12:35 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>The former owner of a vineyard in NSW is accused of illegally pumping up to 13,000 megalitres of water, and is the regulator's biggest prosecution....

Bennett rubbishes Dolphins NRL spoon talk
November 07, 2022 12:32 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS<p>As the Dolphins launched their first NRL pre-season, coach Wayne Bennett said the Brisbane showdown with the Broncos would rival the EPL's Manchest...