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Labor will funnel $227m into opening 29 more urgent care clinics across the country, as part of a broader multi-billion dollar health package in Tuesday’s budget. Despite a slow start to the rollout and ongoing concerns about opening hours, there have been almost 400,000 visits to the 58 bulk-billed clinics that have opened across the […]

A lost bushwalker has been rescued after spending a rain-drenched and freezing night in Sydney’s Blue Mountains. The 38-year-old woman became lost while hiking near Valley Rd in Katoomba on Friday. She was reported missing at about 11.30am Friday, igniting a frantic search involving 15 NSW State Emergency Services (SES) members and NSW Police. Miraculously, […]

A pensioner from Victoria who is facing over $20,000 in traffic offenses says a group of people have wrongly accused him of their driving violations. Kelvin Bellette, a disability pensioner and part-time pizza delivery driver from rural western Victorian town of Colac, lost his wallet on a Mornington Peninsula bus in 2021. Mr Bellette reported […]

Australia’s support of a decision to give Palestine greater recognition at the United Nations has been blasted as “sad and shameful” by a key group representing the country’s Jewish community. On Friday, the General Assembly passed a resolution with the support of 143 nations, which declared that “the State of Palestine is qualified for membership […]

The NSW parliament will apologise to people discriminated against by laws which criminalised homosexuality. Just 40 years ago the NSW parliament amended the Crimes Act 1900 to decriminalise homosexuality. One of the many law changes removed reference to anal sex between people from the bestiality section of the Crimes Act. “Omit ‘Whosoever commits the abominable […]

A man has been charged after police intercepted 100kg of methamphetamine hidden inside dozens of leather sandals. The Australian Federal Police launched Operation Birkin in April after Border Force officials intercepted a consignment of six boxes from Thailand. After the boxes arrived in Sydney’s Port Botany, officers found 100kg of meth concealed in the soles […]

Baja California in Mexico’s northwest was thrust into the spotlight after the deaths of Perth brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, with local protests over a history of violence and disappearance challenging its glossy surf tourist image. When the deaths of the two Perth vacationers and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad were confirmed by local police, […]

Penny Wong says Australia voted “yes” to greater recognition of Palestine at the United Nations overnight as part of broader support for a two-state solution. The General Assembly on Friday passed a resolution with the support of 143 nations, which declared that “the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations” under […]

With $2.50 coffees and $13 pizzas, is this Australia’s cheapest Italian restaurant? Cafe Perri, located opposite Carnegie station in southeast Melbourne, caused a stir online this week after a photo of its menu went viral on Reddit. Highlights from the classic Italian menu include $11 for a Napoletana pizza, $9 for a Napoli pasta and […]

A possibly severe thunderstorm looks set to dump even more rain on Sydney as a sustained wet period drags on. Parts of the NSW south coast have been issued with severe weather warnings as 70 to 200mm of rain could fall. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting certain rain in and around Sydney for Saturday, […]