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Alice Springs will be plunged into a snap three-day lockdown after a string of violent attacks, including the alleged assault of four off-duty police officers by a group of about 20 youths The curfew on the outback town will last from 10pm till 6am for three days and apply to adults and children. NT Police […]

Hundreds of government jobs in New South Wales are set to be slashed, in the first of several expected restructures of the state’s bloated public service. The NSW Government is Australia’s largest employer, with a headcount of 453,210 as of 2023. A tenth of people in NSW are employed in some capacity by the government. […]

An Adelaide pizza chain has shut its stores and online delivery service with the business now marked “permanently closed” on Google. Hey Bianca Pizza first opened its hole in the wall stores in 2017, operating in the Adelaide CBD, Brighton and West Beach. The SA favourite served Neapolitan pizzas using a three day fermented dough. […]

A former federal MP charged with driving while on a suspended license has claimed his multiple fines and “notice to choose” letters were sent to the wrong address. Andrew Charles Laming, the former LNP member for the federal seat of Bowman in South East Queensland, was due to be sentenced on the driving charge when […]

Former prime minister John Howard says US President Joe Biden should have been “tapped on the shoulder a few years ago”, observing the “growing worry” about the leader’s capacity will make it difficult for him to hold onto another four years in power. While he labelled Mr Biden as a “decent man” who’s had a […]

A man who allegedly lit a house fire that killed three children allegedly spoke four chilling words as he tried to prevent rescuers from entering the home. Police claim the man, 28, allegedly tried to stop neighbours and officers from entering the burning home at Lalor Park in western Sydney early on Sunday morning, while […]

Former Victorian premier Dan Andrews and his wife, Catherine have backflipped on their opposition to handing over phone records from the day a cyclist was injured. Ryan Meuleman is suing law firm Slater & Gordon, alleging it failed to act in his best interest when negotiating an $80,000 compensation settlement with the Transport Accident Commission. […]

A family who lost their teenage son after years of battling cancer have been targeted by heartless scammers who set up Facebook pages asking his friends and family for donations in the days after his death. Perth father Mark Tracy told 9News that his father died last Monday and his son Levi, 19, on Tuesday. […]

Newly minted independent senator Fatima Payman has hit back at her former party’s claims that her dual citizenship could put her in breach of the Constitution. In the aftermath of Senator Payman’s departure from the Labor Party last Thursday, The Australian reported that senior Labor figures raised concerns over the former refugee’s Afghan citizenship and […]

Heartbreaking photos have emerged from the horrific scene of an alleged house fire mass murder that left three children dead as grief and shock ripples out from the brutal event. Floral tributes are banking up outside a Lalor Park house in Sydney’s west after the early Sunday morning blaze that took the lives of two […]