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Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:56:50 +0000
Live: SA election counting underway as Liberals seek to withstand Labor challenge
South Australians have headed to the polls to elect the state's next government. Liberal Premier Steven Marshall is seeking to hold onto power, in the face of a strong challenge from Labor leader Peter Malinauskas. Follow developments in ...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 07:02:10 +0000
Man, 82, charged with murder after body of 'severely emaciated' woman found at Sydney's south-west
Fady Adhamy will remain behind bars after the body of 60-year-old Sharyn Simonds was found at a home in Greenacre, having allegedly been murdered sometime between September 18 last year and March 18, 2022.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:52:14 +0000
'Generations to recover': Zelenskyy says Russia will suffer without meaningful peace talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow, saying Russia would otherwise need generations to recover from losses suffered during the war.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:21:16 +0000
'Surrounded by people who can get rid of him': Why Putin only allows women to get close
Over decades in public life, Russia's President crafted an image as a tough man. And the women in his life rarely feature in the Putin cult of personality. 

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:29:43 +0000
'Unaffordable' petrol, $7 coffees and ruined holiday plans: Welcome to the world of record fuel prices
Industry groups are warning that consumers already battling surging costs are set to face more pain as the price of everything from food and flights to the weekend drive soars.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:40:47 +0000
Energy analysts back plans to replace ageing Hunter Valley coal-fired power station with huge battery
Plaudits for NSW government's decision to approve a 500MW battery storing solar and wind power on the site of the ageing Liddell coal-fired power station.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:52:16 +0000
'We can't stay like this': In remote Australia, a forgotten housing crisis drags on
The pandemic has exposed generations of neglect in the funding of remote housing for Aboriginal Australians. In the Northern Territory, families still hold on to hope their children will see a better future.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:21:12 +0000
'A bad king may be trying to take our land': Ukraine's invasion through the eyes of a child
Millions of children remain trapped in areas of conflict in Ukraine as Russia's bombardment intensifies. We spoke to mothers who are bunkering down, some facing days under siege, about how they are looking after their children while they a...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:00:00 +0000
The real question hanging over Kimberley Kitching's death is not who's responsible, but what the aftermath says about the Labor party
The realpolitik questions about Kitching's death aren't about whether the Labor party killed her or not, but what they reveal about the way Albanese and his team run the party, and how they manage the politics of this dreadful situation, wr...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:04:36 +0000
'We have so much power, we make things happen': Meet the women of West Papua
On the streets of Perth, 4,000 kilometres from PNG, Wiwince Pigome raises the Morning Star flag — in doing so, she renews a decades-long push for independence from Indonesia.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:47:10 +0000
The amateur rapper and Russian-born tech entrepreneur at the heart of the hack that shocked the cryptocurrency world
In a case prosecutors describe as "pulled from the pages of a spy novel", a young couple stands accused of profiting from a brazen cryptocurrency heist and attempting to launder stolen Bitcoin worth billions of dollars.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 05:43:17 +0000
China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year
The deaths come as China reports 2,157 new COVID-19 cases from community transmission, with the majority in the same north-eastern province where the latest fatalities are.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:24:19 +0000
Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff probed over voter registration
Mark Meadows, who has echoed the former US president's claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, is being investigated over claims he registered to vote in at an address he did not reside at or own.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000
The race went for two minutes, but the scam fallout has lasted almost 40 years
Wendy got unwittingly involved in horse racing’s biggest cheating scandal. She lives with the consequences today.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:59:53 +0000
Calm Sunday: WA's long history of banning fun on Christian Sabbath
Almost as soon as the Swan River Colony formed, laws were brought in to ban a host of activities on Sundays. Those laws weren't repealed until more than a century later.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:36:26 +0000
Three Russian cosmonauts board the International Space Station wearing Ukrainian flag colours
The cosmonauts are the first new arrivals on the space station since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine last month and were wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, colours that appeared to match the Ukrainian flag.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 03:02:35 +0000
AFL live: Flag-chasing Lions and Power meet, Buddy Franklin's wait for 1,000 goes on
A blockbuster between two premiership hopefuls in Brisbane and Port Adelaide ends a day that saw the Swans outlast the Giants and Geelong smack Essendon. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 05:21:37 +0000
'Altruism, selflessness, community spirit': SES volunteers farewell colleague killed in the Queensland floods
Merryl Dray, the SES volunteer who was killed while out on a rescue during flooding the recent flooding in south-east Queensland, is farewelled at a moving funeral service in Holland Park.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:55:27 +0000
Aileen is again crossing the 'arch of wonder' her grandfather helped to build 90 years ago
Aileen Davis was a newborn when her mother carried her across Sydney's Harbour Bridge at its grand opening in 1932. As the much-loved structure turns 90, she's again taking part in the celebrations.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:38:22 +0000
Why boomers should prepare for intergenerational payback as millennials look to exact their revenge
Today's students and voting minority are tomorrow's political leaders and they have a lot to be aggrieved about. How will they exact their revenge? Easy. Democracy, writes Matt Wordsworth.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:52:38 +0000
Drone footage shows devastation from Russian bombing in Kyiv and Mariupol — as it happened
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells Russia "it’s time to talk" about peace as drone footage reveals the effect of the Russian assault on cities across the country. As it happened.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:32:01 +0000
Nurse loses fight against SA COVID-19 vaccine mandate as state records 3,724 new cases
South Australia's industrial relations court has thrown out a bid by a nurse to continue working while not being vaccinated against COVID-19. The number of new cases in the state fell after a surge over the past few days.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:40:15 +0000
Hundreds feared trapped under rubble after Ukraine theatre destroyed
Rescuers are continuing to search for hundreds of civilians feared trapped under the wreckage of a bombed theatre in the Ukraine city of Mariupol.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:05:47 +0000
'What happened and where is Marilyn?' Family calls for $1 million reward 50 years after teen's disappearance
Fifty years ago, Mackay teen Marilyn Wallman hopped on her bike to school. She was never seen again.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 03:45:50 +0000
P&O sacks hundreds of workers via pre-recorded Zoom video
Trade unions protest at British ferry ports after Dubai-owned P&O Ferries abruptly sacked 800 workers via a video message, drawing widespread condemnation and raising the prospect of disruption to key tourist and goods routes.



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