Dave Hanna was appointed CFMEU Queensland construction and general division president.

To understand how 18 blood clotting cases could happen randomly all at once, Professor Kleinig pointed to Apple’s ‘shuffle’ feature, which the company introduced on early iPods.

Major investigation reveals serious problems with a federal grants program to help communities recover from natural disasters.

The NSW State Emergency Service has issued an evacuation order for people in low-lying properties in Port Macquarie to get out of the “high danger area” by 8pm on Friday.

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Witnesses reported 48-hour shifts and a Snowy Mountains hospital was left without a doctor for four months at a parliamentary inquiry on Friday.

Battlelines have been drawn in one of the biggest defamation battles in recent history.

Doctors are reporting strong demand for vaccines from people aged over 70 – a group keen to return to a more normal life and get back on the road.

Maura Bannister administered an unprescribed dose of morphine to an elderly family friend who was receiving palliative care at home after a fall.

The findings of a 2018 corruption inquiry that first exposed Daryl Maguire’s alleged attempts to use his position for financial gain will be delivered to Parliament next week.

The NSW State Emergency Service has issued two evacuation orders including for low-lying properties in Port Macquarie and select areas of the Mid North Coast.

Police are targeting criminal networks made up of people and companies linked to the cattle business, including musterers, livestock trucking companies, truck drivers, stock agents, abattoirs and feed lots.

Emergency services are on scene of the crash on Friday afternoon.

Chris Murphy, 72, is suing the Telegraph for defamation over a column last year which claimed he was battling “the ravages of age”.

Citywide lockdowns triggered by small outbreaks of more contagious strains of COVID-19 are “absolutely” less likely after a Brisbane’s latest cluster was stamped out in eight days. 

The New South Wales town of Germanton, once known as Ten Mile Creek, was changed to Holbrook after the submarine commander.

Forgiveness was a theme at the sentence hearing for drunk driver Samuel Davidson, but the father of three children he killed said there is “no forgiveness without justice”.

A council worker found the grandmother on the church steps about half an hour after she was attacked. She suffered bleeding on the brain, a fractured pelvis and a broken wrist.

On today’s episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire and federal political reporter Rachel Clun talk through the national vaccination effort. 

In her farewell column, Wendy Squires looks back on a decade of causes – the ongoing horrors, the gradual successes and the sad failures.

Everything has an origin story, and good wine starts in the vineyard. As wineries move to minimalist techniques to craft better ones, the end product has never been more reflective of the origin.

Neville Joseph Creen, 80, was acquitted of inappropriately touching a teenage boy in a Mount Isa school chapel.

Three people, including two teenagers, who allegedly stole a car on the Gold Coast and sparked a high-speed cross-border pursuit with Queensland and NSW police, have been charged.

Labor MP Marlene Kairouz has been granted a court injunction which delays an investigation into branch stacking allegations against her by the party.

Sydney’s first locally-made electric bus has rolled into service and NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance says the next crop of harbour ferries may also be battery-powered.

The reward comes after Queensland detectives flew to New South Wales in search of the firearm that was used in the shooting of Omega Ruston.

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The principal of Wesley College has apologised to students and families after disclosures of more than a dozen instances of alleged sexual assault, harassment, and disrespect to girls by male students.

An extradition request has been made to India in relation to the death of far north Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley, who was killed on a remote beach.

Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog will launch fresh public hearings into Victoria’s most significant corruption scandal in Victorian transport history. 

NSW has gone from the economic slow lane, to the fast lane, and then into reverse during the Coalition’s decade in office.

Undercover work nearly cost Robbo his life and now – 43 years later – his bravery has been recognised with a prestigious Police Valour Award.

The City of Sydney council classifies Harry Seidler’s apartment blocks as detracting from the heritage precincts in Sydney’s inner east.

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins and Australian of the Year Grace Tame were praised for speaking up. However, Scott Morrison’s decision not to attend the Canberra march angered readers, who said it showed a lack of empathy and leadership.

The knock-knock jokes elicit eye-rolls or a brutally sarcastic ‘oh....hiiiii-LARRR-ious’.

A land and air search of bushland is under way as police try to locate a man missing from north of Brisbane.

The Berejiklian government’s $500 million voucher program to stimulate the economy out of the COVID-19 crisis is available across NSW.

About 180 firefighters and 46 fire trucks have been battling twin fires at opposite ends of Sydney on Friday morning.

What is Attorney-General Christian Porter’s defamation case against the ABC actually about? The answer is less clear than it appears.

Designers of this luxe building wanted to future-proof. They didn’t realise quite how soon contactless deliveries would prove not a luxury, but a necessity.

Before the pandemic, I struggled to believe in the need for a travel agent. But come 2022, I won’t hesitate to call one.

Our World Travel owner Nick Missikos has spent 47 years in a profitable industry but now can’t afford to pay his bills without Commonwealth help. But he’s not giving up.

After her three children went to sleep, teacher Rebecca West jumped straight into “record mode” and made YouTube videos for her colleagues.

The state’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister hopes Victoria’s truth panel will tackle “the dark shadow from our past”.

Victoria has gone three weeks without a new local coronavirus case, as many European countries resume the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine following updated advice.

The Department of Environment and Science was investigating the owners of the industrial shed, which contained a large number of tyres and chemical drums.

Police are investigating a fire at a unit in Melbourne’s south-east that has killed a man and put a woman in hospital with minor injuries.

The Prime Minister has been put on notice over calls to provide more support for women both inside and outside Parliament.

A policy that was known at the time would lead to the death of Aboriginal people was behind the colonisation of Australia.