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Illegible, incomplete and poor records mean Victoria Police will never truly know how many times their officers forcibly removed an Aboriginal child. The state’s Chief Commissioner of police made a formal apology to the Stolen Generations on Friday, acknowledging Victoria Police’s more-than-100-year role in removing Indigenous kids. “It’s vital for Victoria Police to face up […]

Labor Party stalwart Doug Cameron has unleashed on governments responsible for decades of poor policy decisions that have “failed the nation”, resulting in a dire housing crisis. And he called on powerbrokers in Canberra to ignore “scare campaigns by vested interests” to reform controversial tax perks like negative gearing and capital gains discounts for property […]

A victim of the fatal turbulence experienced on the Singapore Airlines flight is calling for he and his wife to be medically evacuated, with the couple currently stuck in a Bangkok hospital. Australian man Keith Davis, and his wife Kerry Jordan had finished their holiday in the UK, and were on the horror London to […]

Google has announced a mammoth fibre optic cable to run from Kenya, through the spine of Africa and across the Indian Ocean to Australia. Google announced the roughly 13,000km subsea cable late on Thursday. “Diversifying Australia’s connectivity and supporting digital inclusion across the globe are both incredibly important objectives, and Google’s Umoja cable will help […]

Move over mindfulness – future fulfilment is all about flow. And if you thought they were different buzz words describing the same thing, think again. Sports psychologist Gavin Freeman, whose expertise over 25 years includes working with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), across several Olympic campaigns and with professional leagues around the world, said […]

One lucky Australian has won $150 million on the Powerball, the largest ever single-person lottery win in the country’s history. But the identity of the new multi-millionaire remains a “mystery” to Lottery officials – and there is every possibility the player also has no idea they have won. All that’s known is that the person […]

The lucky winner of Thursday’s $150m Powerball remains a “total mystery,” with newly minted millionaire becoming Australia’s biggest individual lottery winner. While details remain scant, The Lott was confirmed the ticket was purchased from South Australia, and at an outlet in Adelaide. The winning numbers were 18, 29, 34, 8, 4, 28, 6 with the […]

New pictures of Russell Hill and Carol Clay’s burnt campsite have been shown to a jury as their accused killer Greg Lynn argues the deaths were accidental. Mr Lynn is facing trial in Victoria’s Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to killing the elderly couple while camping in the state’s remote High Country in March […]

Schoolgirl Charlise Mutten had likely ingested Justin Stein’s schizophrenia medication within six hours before she died, a jury has been told. Mr Stein, 33, is facing a trial in the NSW Supreme Court at Parramatta after pleading not guilty to murder, but has admitted to disposing of the schoolgirl’s body. He is accused of murdering […]