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A group of professional soccer players in Australia’s top flight have been arrested for alleged betting corruption. In a statement released Friday, NSW Police say three A-League players have been arrested. The NSW Organised Crime Squad led the investigation. The players are connected to Sydney club Macarthur FC, NewsWire understands. Police say a senior player […]

The opposition’s plans to ban foreign investors from purchasing existing properties would do little to solve Australia’s housing crisis, according to Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton inflamed a political debate over the housing crisis after vowing to slash permanent migration numbers by 25 per cent and ban overseas investors from buying existing […]

NSW will be hit with a triple whammy of cold/flu, Covid and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this flu season, with influenza cases “likely” to increase rapidly over the next six to eight weeks. NSW Health’s latest respiratory surveillance report in the week ending May 11 confirmed the start of this year’s influenza season following an […]

Peter Dutton has stumbled on breakfast television over his new Australia-first migration policy, revealing he was unable to say how many foreigners brought homes in Australia last year. Hitting back at Labor’s claims he is the Darth Vader of Australian politics by hitting the immigration button to win the next election, Mr Dutton was spruiking […]

The mother of a man who allegedly killed Charlise Mutten sent him messages claiming the girl’s mother was responsible, as he pretended to search for the girl while he allegedly drove around Sydney with her body in a barrel, a jury has heard. Justin Laurens Stein is facing a trial in the NSW Supreme Court […]

Australians have a chance to score an eye-watering $150million jackpot next week after no one walked away with the grand prize. Australians competed for a $100m Powerball win on Thursday night, it was the competition’s highest stakes since February’s historic $200m draw. The May 23 draw is set to be the third highest at $150m. […]

Courtney Dunkerton has been transitioning for more than four years and says the trans community often refers to the ongoing stigma they face at medical appointments as the “trans broken arm syndrome”. “It’s when our ‘transness’ takes over the whole appointment,” she told NewsWire. Ms Dunkerton lives in regional WA and will often see a […]

Australians have more pet cats than ever before — more than five million in total. With the growing number, expectations on pet owners are shifting. Many cat owners are now voluntarily keeping their cats indoors or in secure runs, and local governments mandate it in some areas. But most pet cats in Australia still roam […]

The mother of Charlise Mutten slept with the man accused of killing her daughter and then Googled symptoms of an unpleasant sexually transmitted disease, a court has heard. Kallista Mutten and Justin Laurens Stein drove to Sydney to buy drugs after the nine-year-old was allegedly shot. Stein, 33, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Charlise […]

Australians competed for a $100m Powerball win on Thursday night, but no one walked away with the grand prize. It was the competition’s highest stakes since February’s historic $200m draw, and means the May 23 draw is set to be the third highest at $150m. If a single player wins next week’s draw it would […]