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Disgruntled sheep farmers outraged with the Albanese government’s decision to phase out live sheep exports have staged a walkout during the Agriculture Minister’s post-budget speech. In what the National Farmers Federation described as an “unprecedented move”, a group of people walked out during Murray Watt’s speech to CropLife on Wednesday morning, as he spoke about […]

Emotional scenes have broken out in Victorian parliament as a first-term MP detailed her motor neurone disease fight. Emma Vulin, the Labor MP for Pakenham, on Melbourne’s southeast edge, revealed her MND diagnosis last month. But on Wednesday the Legislative Assembly was a sea of blue pom-pommed beanies in support of disease sufferers, their families […]

Chris Dawson has been accused of having a “complete lack of sentiment” towards his two young daughters during the third day of the wife killer’s murder charge appeal. The 75-year-old appeared at the NSW Supreme Court via video link on Wednesday wearing prison greens as crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield argued he had told “advantageous lies” […]

A slain camper has been described as “very kind-natured” by a deer hunter he met a week before his disappearance. Gregory Stuart Lynn returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday as prosecutors began calling witnesses to give evidence in the estimated four-to-six-week trial. The 57-year-old former Jetstar captain has pleaded not guilty to two […]

A popular burger franchise is adding two new burgers to their menu to celebrate 20 years in business. Grill’d burger fans will be able to try out the Zorba the Sheep burger and the Best Zing-Ever burger are available from Tuesday in stores across the country. Both burgers are made from mostly locally-source ingredients including […]

Labor’s multi-billion dollar Future Made in Australia package has been thrown into doubt less than a day after Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his budget, with the Coalition signalling it would oppose a central measure. The government will spend $23bn over the next 10 years to bolster domestic manufacturing and accelerate the path to net […]

Thousands of people have signed a petition to overturn a Sydney council’s ban on a same-sex parenting book. Books featuring same-sex parents were banned in all Cumberland City Council libraries after a motion was passed by local councillors last week. A petition started by local grandmother Caroline Staples has already attracted more than 40,000 signatures […]

Aussies could be in for more rain, with the country now officially on La Niña watch just a month after El Niño wrapped up. In what will be unwelcome news for some, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) confirmed early signs that a La Niña might form in the Pacific Ocean later this year. During La […]

NSW Premier Chris Minns says the federal budget was ‘tough’ for the state, but promised to fight to ensure Australia’s most populous state receives a larger share of the GST carve-up. Compared to the December mid-year economic update, NSW will receive $1.3bn less in GST revenue by 2026-27, and despite NSW housing about 31.42 per […]

The Victorian Coroner has renewed his push for information about a young man found dead on a riverbank a year ago, in the hopes of drawing out witnesses to the tragic case. Jodus Tenetahi Murphy, 18, was last seen alive in Seymour, more than 100 kilometres north of his Melbourne home on May 15, 2023. […]