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A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a woman accused of savagely murdering her father-in-law. Kon Kritikos, 87, died in hospital 13 days after he was found critically injured in the blood-soaked foyer of his Coburg home, in Melbourne’s inner north, on November 11, 2020. Four months later his son’s partner, Danielle Lee […]

Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has been forced to defend a Facebook post made by the government-appointed administrator tasked with reforming the belligerent CFMEU. Mark Irving’s post on August 23 following the forced takeover of the blue-collar union due to allegations of bullying, standover tactics and criminal infiltration said: “Militancy in accordance with the FW […]

Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie has conceded she failed to notify Parliament over 16 flight upgrades after leading the attacks on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over his Qantas links. News.com.au has confirmed Ms McKenzie has updated her register to reflect more than a dozen flights she failed to disclose over a period of years. Senator McKenzie […]

A host of underworld identities have descended on Adelaide for the funeral of a colourful mafia-linked businessman previously accused of attempting to import one of Australia’s largest cocaine imports. Italian-born mechanic and business owner Carmello Loprete died on October 27 following a battle with cancer. He was 66. A crowd of men and women, some […]

The Greens are calling for a total ban on free flight upgrades for politicians amid furore over revelations around MPs’ travel perks. Parliamentarians have been scrambling to get their mandatory declarations in order since Anthony Albanese was accused of soliciting free seat bumps from former Qantas boss Alan Joyce. The ensuing scrutiny has painted a […]

An Aussie stone company has copped a massive fine after one of their workers was crushed to death underneath two stone slabs weighing more than 600kg. Avant Stone, a stone slab supplier to stonemasons and builders across Sydney, was ordered to pay a $450,000 fine after it was found not to have appropriate safety measures […]

Australia would be a casualty in a US-China trade war if a re-elected Donald Trump hiked tariffs on Beijing, the Treasury chief warns. Mr Trump has said he would impose a 60-100 per cent levy on Chinese imports if he won the presidency. He said he would also slap a blanket 10 per cent tariff […]

A drug addict who savagely beat a female police officer over the head with a brick before leaving her for dead in Sydney’s Kings Cross will be released on parole despite pleas from his victim. Sergeant Samantha Barlow was on her way to work in the night-life district in 2009 when she was attacked by […]

Forcing former immigration detainees to wear ankle monitors and to live under curfew has been ruled unconstitutional by the nation’s highest court, in a massive blow to the Albanese government. The High Court ruled on Wednesday the federal government did not have the authority to impose the harsh restrictions on former detainees, declaring they are […]