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The author of an explosive report into allegations of racism at the Hawthorn Football Club is facing allegations he stole from an Indigenous community organisation. Phil Egan, a former Richmond Tigers player, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday as a five-day committal hearing to decide if the case heads to trial began. The […]

A couple accused of killing a “vulnerable and intellectually disabled” young mother allegedly murdered her to take custody of a child, a court has been told. Robert Samuel Geeves, 64 and Anne Margaret Geeves, 64, are standing trial before the NSW Supreme Court in Wagga Wagga after pleading not guilty to murder. Amber Haigh, who […]

Radical changes to Australian workplaces designed to better support victims of sexual harassment are inching closer to reality. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has released a new discussion paper on the use of nondisclosure agreements in settling sexual harassment claims in the workplace, with a view to clamping down on the potential misuse of the legal […]

The Albanese government has introduced a bill that would force the CFMEU’s construction divisions to take on a government-appointed administrator. The bill comes after the union failed to agree to the appointment of an administrator to clean it up in the wake of reports alleging deep ties with criminal gangs. The CFMEU is currently fighting […]

Rental giant Airbnb has hit out at claims they’re contributing to Australia’s property crisis. Lending indicator data released in February by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed the national average new mortgage size as of December 2023 was the highest on record at $624,383. The national average rent cost was $600 per week over the […]

A man has died after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Cairns hotel, sparking a massive fireball and the evacuation of up to 400 people. Emergency services were called to the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton about 1.50am following reports a twin engine helicopter crashed into a roof. The pilot and only occupant […]

Australian B-girl Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn took the world by storm with her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with video of her writhing like a snake and hopping like a kangaroo going instantly viral. Though the judges weren’t as enthused, awarding the cultural studies academic straight zeros for her efforts. Speaking ahead of the closing […]

Senator Linda Reynolds has finished giving evidence in her blockbuster defamation trial against Brittany Higgins, with her husband expected to be next up at the witness stand. The WA politician spent a week in the witness box and faced intense questioning from Ms Higgins’ lawyer Rachel Young over what she knew about Ms Higgins’ alleged […]

Labor and the Coalition are neck and neck on a two-party-preferred basis, with a majority of voters now expecting a minority government at the next federal election. The latest Newspoll, conducted between July 15 and July 19 and involving 1258 voters, puts the Albanese government’s primary vote at 32 per cent, amid ongoing criticism over […]