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Leaked text messages have revealed the messages of support that senior Labor women offered to CFMEU leader John Setka after he faced domestic violence charges for texting his estranged partner to call her “sh*t” and a “fu**en dog.” At the same time as Liberal leader Peter Dutton warns Australia’s rogue union the CFMEU is “corrupt […]

A dangerous new drug 10 times more potent than the ultra-deadly fentanyl has hit the streets of a major Australian city and health authorities are sounding the alarm bells as overdoses rise. Protonitazene, a specific compound within the nitazene opioid class, has been found laced in oxycodone pills and other illegal drugs in Adelaide. Last […]

Qantas is introducing a new feature for passengers taking “ultra-long haul flights” that aims to prevent jet lag. More than 150 hours of testing went into creating 12 unique lighting scenes inspired by the Australian landscape which have been designed to improve passenger wellbeing. The process involved the testing of hundreds of lighting patterns and […]

An Australian hockey player has amputated part of his finger in an extreme show of dedication to the Olympics. Matthew Dawson is all set to represent the Australian men’s hockey team — the Kookaburras — at the Paris 2024 Olympics after he opted to amputate part of his right ring finger. Dawson’s Olympic participation was […]

An unassuming house in south Sydney with an unusual rear add-on may offer a glimpse of the city’s “denser” future — and could be the only realistic solution for young people struggling to get into the world’s second most unaffordable property market. The six-bedroom property on Mill Street in Carlton, which sold last month for […]

A NSW police inspector deliberately left the scene after crashing his work car in an alleged high-range drink driving incident which amounts to ‘serious misconduct’, the police watchdog has found. The inspector had crashed their unmarked car into a concrete barrier in Sydney’s NorthConnex tunnel in May 2023. Prior to the crash, he was allegedly […]

Restaurant owners are struggling to combat a growing trend involving Uber Eats delivery partners stealing the food they’re meant to be taking to hungry customers. Across social media groups and forums, news.com.au has found a number of examples of hospitality business owners complaining of dodgy acts that have left them out of pocket. The scam […]

The ACCC have given Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets temporary authorisation to push on with their joint program to recycle stockpiled soft plastics. The competition regulator is allowing the supermarkets to join forces through a Soft Plastics Taskforce, which was formed in November 2022 to address the fallout from the collapse of recycling group REDcycle. […]

The Prime Minister says his government’s clean energy plan is “on track” despite mining magnate Andrew Forrest suffering a major setback in his green energy ambitions. But the Opposition used the announcement Mr Forrest’s company Fortescue Mining was restructuring its mining and energy divisions, with a direct impact on its green hydrogen ambitions, to say […]

The imprisonment of an infamous Australian terrorist led to the man’s son giving up on himself and committing “minor” offences, a court has been told. Ibrahim Benbrika, 24, on Thursday appeared in court, where the magistrate and defence lawyer said there was no radicalisation element to any of the offending, which he had admitted to. […]