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Former rugby league star and convicted wife killer Chris Dawson will appear in the state’s highest court on Monday in a bid to be freed from jail. Dawson has been in jail since August 2022 when he was found guilty of murdering his wife Lynette, who vanished without a trace from their Bayview home on […]

The unrelenting rain that has lingered over Sydney for weeks is forecast to stick around, with widespread rain and thunderstorms forecast for the nation’s eastern inland. The city is reportedly just half way through a two-week stretch of rainy days, with about 130mm of rain recorded at the Sydney Observatory in the first seven days […]

Mothers from a prestigious private school in NSW have been left outraged following a “woke” change to a beloved tradition. Hunter Valley Grammar School has changed the name of its Mother’s Day Stall to Family Gift Stall, with inclusivity concerns reportedly the reason for the change. The stall will be put up on Friday ahead […]

A Black Lives Matter protest organiser has told a NSW Police officer that “your law does not apply to me as an Aboriginal man” during a traffic stop. Paul Silva, 26, was pulled over by police in Kempsey on the mid north coast earlier this year after he was seen allegedly using his mobile phone […]

The Greens say migration should not be blamed for the crisis gripping the country, despite the Reserve Bank governor saying it was putting pressure on the housing market. Michele Bullock on Tuesday said new migrants had “added to demand” and “pressure” in the housing market, but at the same time migration had contributed to labour […]

A man has been charged after a woman was allegedly stabbed in a domestic violence “targeted” attack outside a Sydney gym. A 45-year-old man – known to the woman – was arrested after presenting to Dee Why Police Station on Thursday morning. He was taken to Manly Police Station where he was charged with cause […]

More than a third of Aussie jobseekers consider time in lieu as compensation for overtime worked and additional leave as “must-haves” for any role they might apply for. The surprising detail is revealed in new data collected in SEEK’s Laws of Attraction (LOA) portal, surveying more than 14,700 jobseekers in the current market who are […]

The Albanese government will bolster its support for new gas fields as Australia moves towards a net-zero future in order to ensure the lights stay on and the power bills remain affordable despite growing pressure to ease reliance on the fossil fuel. In its “future gas strategy” to be released on Thursday, Labor will back […]

Three-time Grammy award-winning artist Olivia Rodrigo has announced her first-ever run of shows in Australia. The “Vampire” singer added nine new international dates to her highly celebrated Guts world tour, including two nights each in Melbourne and Sydney. Rodrigo will chart her way through Asia, including Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, before heading south […]

The federal government has told the chiefs of two of Australia’s largest universities that no students should be targeted because of their race or religion as leaders grapple with rising anger over the use of pro-Palestinian chants on campuses. Hundreds of students have set up encampments outside university buildings across Australia calling on university administrators […]