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Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:17:19 +1100
Government walks back COVID-19 vaccination rollout targets, blames production and supply issues
The head of the Department of Health blames uncertainty around local production and international supply issues as the government appears set to miss its stated vaccine rollout targets.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:37:24 +1100
Massive security camera hack exposes Australian childcare centres, schools
A group of hackers claims to have breached a popular surveillance company and gained access to live feeds from thousands of cameras around the world, including Australian childcare centres, schools and aged care faciliti...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:25:03 +1100
The government's travel bonanza will help Australians holiday interstate (but here's the catch)
Around 800,000 half-price airline tickets are being made available as part of a $1.2 billion tourism support package unveiled by the federal government, but there are a few things you should know before you try to book. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:10:24 +1100
Law firm CEO loses her job over staff email sent hours after Christian Porter denied rape
Annette Kimmitt, the CEO of Australia's largest law firm, told staff in an email last week she was "triggered" and "hurt" by the company's decision to take on rape-accused Attorney-General Christian Porter as a client. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:25:59 +1100
New Zealand ministers swipe back after Dutton calls criminals deported across the ditch 'trash'
Another trans-Tasman brawl erupts over Australia's controversial deportations policy after Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton makes controversial comments about the criminals sent to New Zealand. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:36:02 +1100
Police believe Jasmeen Kaur was taken from work car park before she was murdered and buried in shallow grave
Police are asking members of the public if they saw a man loitering in the car park of Jasmeen Kaur's workplace in the weeks before she was murdered and buried in a shallow grave in the Flinders Ranges. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:11:23 +1100
App used for COVID-19 check-ins goes down across NSW
The primary smartphone app used for COVID-19 check-ins in NSW is experiencing an "unplanned outage", the state government confirms.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:50:28 +1100
Here's what we know about Prince Harry and Meghan's secret backyard 'wedding'
Among the many revelations made by Prince Harry and Meghan in their tell-all interview this week was that they "got married" before their public wedding ceremony. Here's what we know about the ceremony, which has led to ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:43:00 +1100
Liberals under fire over 'shambolic' WA election costings released two days before poll
The WA Liberals' long-awaited costings immediately come under fire after the Shadow Treasurer was unable to answer questions about key election promises on the second-last day of the campaign.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:38:00 +1100
Woodville Pizza Bar worker 'in hiding' and feels like a political scapegoat, lawyer says
The Woodville Pizza Bar worker at the centre of South Australia's statewide lockdown last year is still "essentially in hiding" and feeling like "a political scapegoat", his lawyer has told a parliamentary committee. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:26:10 +1100
Meghan Markle 'lodges formal complaint' over Piers Morgan comments
The Duchess of Sussex filed her complaint on Monday following the broadcast of Good Morning Britain, before the presenter lost his job on Tuesday, the station's royal editor Chris Ship says.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:07:12 +1100
Men found guilty of murder after locking pair in toolbox and dumping them in Queensland dam
A Supreme Court jury finds three men guilty of murdering two people by locking them inside a toolbox and dumping them in a dam south of Brisbane in 2016.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:27:48 +1100
Sonny Bill Williams retires from NRL after dual-international career
One of the greatest cross-code athletes in history, Sonny Bill Williams ends his football career to focus on boxing, with coaching also flagged as a possibility.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:07:23 +1100
Lawyers call for Porter to be subjected to the same standard of accountability as others in the legal profession
The Prime Minister rejects calls for an independent inquiry into historical rape allegation against Attorney-General Christian Porter, but prominent lawyers say there are other codes of conduct that may apply. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:57:53 +1100
Harry and Meghan have thrown out the royal rulebook and found new PR weapons
Of the tens of thousands complaints made about Piers Morgan's comments on Good Morning Britain two days ago, one stands out. It was from the subject of Morgan's rant, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 05:11:10 +1100
Australia has been in a stalemate with China, but that could be about to change
After a year of being repeatedly whacked with trade sanctions by China, Australia is now keen to demonstrate it has some powerful friends, writes David Speers.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:45:57 +1100
Indonesia bus plunges 20 metres down a ravine during school excursion
A bus carrying schoolchildren returning from an excursion plunges into a ravine on the Indonesian island of Java, killing 27 people.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:51:04 +1100
Australia's closest neighbour has been plunged into a COVID crisis
Even as many countries around the world are reaching what they hope is the beginning of the end of the pandemic, a new coronavirus tragedy is just starting to unfold on Australia's doorstep.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:00:17 +1100
Aboriginal man dies in Victoria's largest prison, sparking calls for 'urgent' change
The death of an Aboriginal man in custody in Victoria, the third reported in Australia this month, highlights the "urgent need for sweeping reforms to the justice system", a legal advocacy group says. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:42:13 +1100
UK police find suspected human remains in search for missing London woman after the arrest of a policeman
Suspected human remains are found by British police searching for a missing woman following the arrest of a police officer on suspicion of kidnap and murder, sending "waves of shock and anger" through the police force. ...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:49:55 +1100
Paul Kelly, Kate Ceberano to headline inaugural outback music festival
Organisers of the world's most remote major music festival, the Birdsville Big Red Bash, confirm it will expand to a second location outside of Broken Hill in far-western New South Wales.



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