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Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:39:45 +1100
'Idiotic behaviour' of Queensland hoons lashed
More than 2000 fines have been issued since June to "hoons" driving dangerously across Queensland.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:39:27 +1100
Car fire prompts phone charger warning
Drivers are being urged to check their car phone chargers and external batteries after a car fire in Queensland.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:30:00 +1100
We failed Australians with chronic fatigue. Will we do the same with long COVID?
If we had properly funded research into chronic fatigue syndrome, we’d already be a long way to understanding long COVID. Instead, we’re playing catch-up.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:10:17 +1100
Another interest rate rise set for today as the Reserve Bank tries to stem inflation
Reserve Bank expected to announce a seventh consecutive interest rate hike today.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:10:10 +1100
‘Unacceptable situation’: Victorians kept in the dark as police breach information laws
The Information Commissioner said it had received a record number of complaints about FOI decision delays from police over the past year and that the government had also made “no progress” in improving information sharing.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +1100
It’s tradition: Champagne days in the rain at Flemington
From sparkling breakfasts in Flemington’s car parks to Mumm in the Birdcage, champagne is the traditional drink of choice at Melbourne Cup – although hot toddies were also welcome on Tuesday.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:59:19 +1100
Union warns of major train strikes this month
Commuters are being warned to expect another round of public transport strikes, as the NSW government and union have failed to settle their dispute.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:59:16 +1100
Search for two men swept away in floodwaters
Police are still searching for two men who were swept away by floodwaters after riding in a ute tray in NSW.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:53:37 +1100
Golden Trip shows way forward for Cup
After two years of plague and two weeks of flood, the roar returned to Flemington.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:39:21 +1100
Three men charged after alleged kidnapping, bashing in Sydney's west
Three men will face court after an alleged kidnapping and bashing of another man in Sydney's west.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:35:12 +1100
More than 70,000 attend second coldest Melbourne Cup ever
The weather was far from ideal today, it was the coldest Cup Day since 1913.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:34:01 +1100
Teen celebrating rugby league win in hospital after falling off moving car in Melbourne
A teenage girl is critically injured in hospital after she fell off the top of a moving car in Melbourne's south-west overnight.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:30:24 +1100
DNA lab boss ‘depicted as Disney villain’
The managing scientist accused of steering police towards a DNA processing method under scrutiny at a Queensland inquiry says she had nothing to gain from the 2018 decision.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:24:56 +1100
As it happened: RBA hands down another rate rise to nine-year high; Voters split on wage reform
The Reserve Bank is expected to raise the official cash rate by at least another 0.25 percentage points, the electorate is divided over multi-employer bargaining and federal government agencies have allowed migration agents to keep operating despite ...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:15:33 +1100
Islamic State families seen in Sydney after rescue from Syria
Just over 48 hours after she landed back on Australian soil, the widow of an Islamic State fighter has been seen at a McDonald's in Punchbowl, enjoying a meal with her children.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:14:06 +1100
Pedestrians should take back Sydney’s streets from cars
In years to come, Sydney’s CBD should reimagine itself with thriving plazas and quiet, walkable streets.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:05:40 +1100
When nature calls on Cup Day, Labor listens
...and that’s no Furphy.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:48:39 +1100
Up to 80,000 racegoers expected to attend the coldest Melbourne Cup in decades
Today is likely to be the coldest Melbourne Cup Day in almost three decades, but the weather won't stop racegoers who have already started streaming into Flemington Racecourse.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:48:33 +1100
Flooded Victorian businesses to receive $877 million support package
Victorian businesses, charities and producers hit by the floods will be able to apply for a share of a $877 million package.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:43:34 +1100
Vandal breaks into Flemington Racecourse and pumps substance onto Melbourne Cup track
A vandal has broken into Flemington Racecourse and pumped an unknown, oily substance onto the track hours before the famous Melbourne Cup race day.



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