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Only a single ski lift out of 75 scattered across the NSW snowfields is expected be operating over the long weekend – the traditional start to the ski season. The dire warning comes after warmer temperatures left slopes bare for the second consecutive year in NSW’s Snowy Mountains region. Selwyn Snow Fields announced on Wednesday […]

The Federal Court has slapped a building automation company with a $1.5 million fine for trying to rig a tender by offering a competitor cash. The attempted tender rigging related to upgrades of the lights, air and power systems at the National Gallery of Australia in 2019. The court earlier found at a Canberra cafe, […]

EXCLUSIVE Anthony Albanese is plotting a cabinet reshuffle amid public service speculation he has offered his old leadership rival Bill Shorten a chance to say au revoir, with a plumb diplomatic posting in Europe. News.com.au can reveal that the offer of a diplomatic posting is the talk of the senior public service chiefs. The latest […]

A jury has officially retired and will go over more than three weeks of evidence to decide whether Justin Stein murdered schoolgirl Charlise Mutten. Mr Stein’s NSW Supreme Court trial entered its final stages after the 33-year-old took to the witness box for two days of evidence from both his defence counsel and a Crown […]

NSW Premier Chris Minns has “unreservedly” apologised to people who suffered under historical laws that criminalised homosexuality and led to the jailing of gay men. Mr Minns said the laws “persecuted, and harmed” people based on their sexuality, and acknowledged there was “still much more work to do to ensure the equal rights of all […]

The release of a single helium balloon could soon carry an $1100 fine under a new call for a statewide ban in NSW. State laws prohibit the release of 20 or more “lighter than air” balloons; however, Greens MP Kobi Shetty has pushed to make even the release of one helium balloon an offence. The […]

A jury has officially retired and will go over more than three weeks of evidence to decide whether Justin Stein murdered schoolgirl Charlise Mutten. Mr Stein’s NSW Supreme Court trial entered its final stages after the 33-year-old took to the witness box for two days of evidence from both his defence counsel and a Crown […]

A real estate agent has come under fire after asking people how they would market a tent pitched in a Queensland park that appeared to be lived in. Mackay real estate agent Tanya Ruggeri posted a series of photos to her Facebook account on June 1 with the caption: “Tell me how you would market […]

Aussies over 67 are being urged to rent out their homes and retire overseas in a radical housing proposition floated by property sector market researchers. Suburbtrends says “rentirement” is a viable solution to the nation’s current housing shortage, which would activate over 100,000 rentals. Rentirement encourages Australians aged 67 to 77 to release their homes […]

The former Jetstar captain accused of killing two elderly campers drew a sketch for police to help them find the burned remains of the pair, a jury has heard. Gregory Stuart Lynn, 57, is facing trial after pleading not guilty to murdering Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, in March 2020. Prosecutors allege he […]