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  1. Former Irymple teacher Harley James Caldwell spared jail after requesting stories about underage boys

    A former teacher from a north-west Victorian secondary school has avoided jail after admitting to soliciting child abuse…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #childabusematerial #communityorder #harleycaldwell #irymple #jail #stories #teacher
    europesays.com/australia/93683/

  2. Is it OK to clean your pet’s bed in the same machine as your clothes?

    Have you ever run a pet bed through the family washing machine and found your favourite jumper covered…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #bed #bedding #canyouwashadogbedinthewashingmachine #catbed #cleaning #dogbed #hygiene #pet #washingmachine
    europesays.com/australia/93627/

  3. Queensland’s credit rating downgraded for first time since 2009

    Queensland’s credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in almost 20 years, putting pressure on the…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #budget #creditratingdowngrade #davidjanetzki #JimChalmers #politics #QLD #qldpolitics #Queensland
    europesays.com/australia/93561/

  4. Bandidos member arrested in police investigation over Melton tobacco store fire

    Police have arrested several men at a Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang clubhouse in Ballarat as part of an…
    #Australia #arrest #arson #attack #AU #Austrlia #bandidos #bikies #crime #echo #illicit #OMCG #organisedcrime #police #taskforce #tobacco
    europesays.com/australia/93541/

  5. NSW premier’s top staffer James Cullen in High Court showdown over potential arrest powers

    A showdown between the New South Wales premier’s top staffer and the upper house has played out in…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #ChrisMinns #ChrisMinns'schiefofstaff #CourtofAppeal #HighCourt #HighCourtshowdown #JamesCullen #Legal #legalcase #nsw #NSWgovernment #nswparliament #NSWPremier #stategovernment
    europesays.com/australia/93415/

  6. Queensland set for credit rating downgrade, sparking blame game between Canberra and LNP state government

    Queensland is on the brink of a credit rating downgrade, piling further pressure onto the state’s spiralling multi-billion-dollar…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #creditrating #davidjanetzki #debt #downgrade #JimChalmers #Laborgovernment #liberalgovernment #Queensland #queenslandcreditrating #queenslandgovernment #ShaneOliver
    europesays.com/australia/92993/

  7. Dookie residents relieved as government walks back renewable zone plans

    Residents in the tiny country Victorian town of Dookie are celebrating after the state government canned plans to…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #CentralNorthREZ #Dookie #energyminister #JaclynSymes #JodyFleming #petition #protests #RenewableEnergy #solarfarms #WendyLovell
    europesays.com/australia/92969/

  8. Victoria’s upper house votes to defer Carroll Government’s work-from-home laws

    Victoria’s upper house has referred Premier Ben Carroll’s work-from-home laws to a parliamentary committee, in a major blow…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #BenCarroll #draftlegislation #JessWilson #parliamentarycommittee #PropertyCouncil #victoriangovernment #wfh
    europesays.com/australia/92823/

  9. Rebates for long GP consults should be increased, long-awaited Medicare review says

    Patients who need longer GP appointments, particularly women with complex health needs, are being short-changed by inadequate Medicare…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #generalpractitioner #GPs #longconsults #medicare #medicareadvisorycommittee
    europesays.com/australia/92727/

  10. Regional Victorian communities call for return of passenger rail services

    Regional Victorian residents and public transport advocates are pushing for the return of passenger rail services along crucial…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #Ballarat #Geelong #horsham #Mildura #milduratrain #overland #publictransport #railrevivalalliance #stategovernment #trains #victorianelection #vline #Wimmera
    europesays.com/australia/92641/

  11. Labor, Coalition in immigration talks as Malinauskas warns against ‘race to the bottom’

    The federal government says it is in discussions with the opposition over immigration as South Australian Premier Peter…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #federalgovernment #immigration #Malinauskas #NOM #politics
    europesays.com/australia/92561/

  12. ‘ISIS bride’ Zeinab Ahmad again denied bail over alleged slavery offences

    A Melbourne woman accused of owning a slave while supporting the Islamic State group in Syria has had…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #bail #bride #ISIS #islamicstate #ZeinabAhmad
    europesays.com/australia/92313/

  13. Prosecutors allege man used AI to ‘scrape’ court website, then asked ChatGPT for legal help

    A Sydney man charged over a massive data breach involving a NSW courts website allegedly used generative AI…
    #Australia #AI #aicourtsdatabreach #AU #Austrlia #chatgpt #databreach #nswcourts #nswcourtsdatabreach #sydneycrime #sydneycrimenews #sydneynews
    europesays.com/australia/92293/

  14. Jury hears woman told Hunter Valley country footballers ‘no’ before alleged rape

    A New South Wales jury has been told a woman repeatedly said “no” and “stop” before she was…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #court #HaydenCharlesTopliss #rape #RyanMatthewHawkshaw #sexualassault #trial
    europesays.com/australia/92267/

  15. Andrew Hastie demands One Nation delete cartoon calling him a ‘traitor’

    Opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie has called Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce “lying cowards” in an escalating stoush over…
    #Australia #AndrewHastie #andrewhastiecalledatraitor #AU #Austrlia #barnabyjoyce #benroberts-smith #Canning #onenationcartoon #PaulineHanson
    europesays.com/australia/91937/

  16. Company admits steel supports behind fatal Curtin University roof collapse were faulty

    A company that provided steel supports for a roof that collapsed at Perth’s Curtin University, killing a worker,…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #collapsedroof #CurtinUniversity #death #ElsdonPtyLtd #fines #JonnieHartshorn #perthcourts #perthnews #Sentence #StantecAustraliaPtyLtd #wacourts #wanews #worksafe
    europesays.com/australia/91859/

  17. Tasmania’s upper house votes down visitor tax on short-stay accommodation

    A Tasmanian government push to introduce a visitor tax on short-stay accommodation has been defeated in the state’s…
    #Australia #5percent #5% #accommodation #accomodation #airbnb #AU #Austrlia #Hobart #labor #shortstaylevy #short-stay #tasmania #tasmaniangovernment #upperhouse #vote
    europesays.com/australia/91841/

  18. Melbourne mosque community mourns children killed in crash

    A community is mourning the deaths of 11-year-old Ossama El Hawli and seven-year-old Sarah El Hawli in a…
    #Australia #accident #AU #Austrlia #crash #death #el-hawli #fatal #landcruiser #road
    europesays.com/australia/91705/

  19. Most of us remember Chopper Read as a loveable bogan, but revisiting his story is eye-opening

    To say that we’re currently living through an era of backlash seems bleedingly obvious. The cigar-smoking, private-jet flaunting,…
    #Australia #andrew #AU #Austrlia #chopper #deadcan'tsue #Podcast #READ #tate #tristan
    europesays.com/australia/91589/

  20. Suspect images released as police offer $1 million reward over cold case murders

    Police have offered a $1 million reward for information that leads to the conviction of suspects in two…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #coldcase #FrederickHughRosson #murder #reward #StewartHodd #TweedHeads
    europesays.com/australia/91469/

  21. Police end investigation into gynaecologist Simon Gordon over surgeries

    Victoria Police has dropped its investigation into gynaecologist Simon Gordon, who is accused of performing unnecessary surgeries on…
    #Australia #4corners #AU #Austrlia #epworth #fourcorners #gynaecologist #investigation #police #simongordon #surgery
    europesays.com/australia/90931/

  22. Man awarded thousands after slipping next to wet floor sign at Canberra McDonald’s

    A man who slipped near a wet floor sign at a Canberra McDonald’s has been awarded nearly $15,000…
    #Australia #ACT #AU #Austrlia #awarded #braddon #canberra #compensation #damages #fall #injury #localstories #Maccas #McDonalds #mopping #northbourneavenue #restaurant #sign #sued #wetfloor
    europesays.com/australia/86063/

  23. China and Australia bust tobacco syndicate as government pushes back on excise calls

    Australian and Chinese authorities have worked together to crack an international syndicate shipping illegal tobacco into Australia. More…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #blackmarkettobacco #BorderForce #China #ChrisMinns #crackdown #onenation #smuggling #tanyaplibersek #tobaccoexcise
    europesays.com/australia/76254/

  24. Landholders still rebuilding 12 months after deepest snowfall in ‘living memory’

    When New South Wales Northern Tablelands residents woke up to a snowfall last August, they couldn’t have imagined…
    #Australia #animalrescue #animalsanctuary #AU #Austrlia #communityrecovery #Farm #farmrecovery #Farming #fruitorchard #naturaldisaster #snowdamage #snowrecovery #Snowstorm
    europesays.com/australia/67574/

  25. Australia commits to buying secretive AIM-260 JATM missiles, first non-US user

    MELBOURNE — Australia will be the first export customer for the American-made beyond-visual-range air-to-air AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical…
    #Australia #AIM-260 #AirForce #Asia #AU #Austrlia #Global #GuidedWeaponsandExplosiveOrdnanceEnterprise(GWEO) #Indo-Pacific #RAAF
    europesays.com/australia/67364/

  26. Social media ‘the new town hall’, policy expert says after Launceston Mayor Matthew Garwood’s failed court bid

    A public policy academic says social media is the “new town hall” and has called for clearer “rules…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #chitchat #court #defamation #KenStanton #Launceston #LauncestonMagistratesCourt #MatthewGarwood #mayor #pensioner #RayNorman #tas #tasmania
    europesays.com/australia/62105/

  27. Safety fears spark calls for better protections for Neil the seal

    As Tasmania’s favourite seal, Neil, continues to grow in both size and popularity, wildlife advocates and a local…
    #Australia #allisonritchie #AU #Austrlia #clarence #elephantseal #exclusionzone #fines #moult #neil #petition #seal #tasmania
    europesays.com/australia/45090/