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Locals in Sydney’s hip Newtown suburb are clucking with anger over the prospect of a KFC restaurant for the district’s famous King St strip, warning the beloved American fried chicken franchise could take away from the “character” of the area and degrade the earning power of rival retailers. King St, which snakes through Newtown from […]

A mammoth trial of 14 members of a cult-like religious circle who are accused of killing an eight-year-old girl by withholding her insulin medication will begin on Wednesday afternoon. More than two years after Elizabeth Rose Struhs was found dead in her home near Toowoomba, the group of eight women and six men who are […]

The man accused of murdering a woman whose body was found dumped at a waste management facility has been named in court. Stephen Fleming, 45, appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday morning after he was charged with the murder late on Tuesday evening. Sporting a shaved head and short mullet, he appeared flanked […]

Australian parents are overwhelmed and powerless to stop the harmful influences of social media, an eating disorder support expert and parent with lived experience says. “Parents need help,” Eating Disorders Families Australia executive director Jane Rowan told politicians in Canberra on Wednesday. “Government intervention, to set the rules that social media must abide by if […]

Qantas has unveiled a new “flexible” pass for its luxury airport lounges for a staggeringly cheap price tag – just months after announcing annual memberships would be hit with a 17 per cent price hike. The new Qantas Club Flexible allows customers to pay for 28-day access to the branded lounges, with the Flying Kangaroo […]

China has criticised the US global surveillance network as it faces questions about a multinational report saying a Chinese government-backed hacking group is repeatedly targeting governments across the Pacific. The Australian government took the forthright step of naming the Sino-backed group APT40 in a report released on Tuesday. Five Eyes allies Canada, New Zealand, the […]

A whistleblower has exposed the true extent of mass job cuts within a mega government department that provides direct services to the public, from natural disaster recovery to licensing. Hundreds of jobs within Service NSW are set to be axed as part of a broader trimming down of the state’s public sector, which is Australia’s […]

Retail trading will be banned across New South Wales on Anzac Day from next year. Premier Chris Minns announced the changes, which will see retail trading restrictions extended until midnight, on Wednesday. Previously retail trading restrictions in the state were lifted at 1pm. The move has been made to stop a “creeping commercialism” cheapening a […]