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The Nationals have vowed to approve the Blayney gold mine if the Coalition wins the next election, after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek controversially held up the $1bn project. Visiting the central western NSW town of Blayney on Wednesday, Mr Littleproud called on Ms Plibersek to provide the “statement of reason” which led her to reject […]

A school in Melbourne’s southeast was thrown into lockdown after an alleged “threatening social media post”. St Bede’s College in Mentone was put into lockdown at 8.25am on Wednesday. The lockdown followed a photo being posted to social media on Tuesday night, which was captioned “I’m unloading mags on my teacher”, according to the Herald […]

Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume has dismissed growing calls for dental to be covered by Medicare as Labor “panic” ahead of next year’s general election. The Liberal senator said the estimated $45bn price tag of such a move was “an enormous amount” and ruled out Coalition support. “It’s not Coalition policy, but I’m not surprised […]

Brittany Higgins has been called arrogant for suggesting she was the person most affected by her rape allegation. The claim was made during the closing statement of senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett to the WA Supreme Court on Tuesday in the final week of the blockbuster defamation trial. Mr Bennett told the court the […]

The devastated mother of a baby who died at a daycare in Brisbane was prevented from holding her one-year-old son after rushing to the scene of the tragedy. Panicked calls were made to paramedics on Monday at about 3.30pm when little Riley Ma was found unresponsive after suffering an apparent medical episode. A family friend […]

Infamous b-girl Rachael “Raygun” Gunn will break her silence on her infamous performance at the Olympics, which caused a world-wide media storm. The 37-year-old break dancer instantly became viral after her performance during the 2024 Paris Olympics where she scored a shocking zero after hopping like a kangaroo and writhing around on the floor like […]

A father-of-three accused of allowing 72 men to rape his wife after he drugged her allegedly had a sickening list of rules for the strangers to ensure they didn’t wake her up. Dominique P., 71, allegedly recruited the men on a dark online forum before inviting them over to the couple’s large home in the […]

Infamous b-girl Rachael “Raygun” Gunn will break her silence on her infamous performance at the Olympics, which caused a world-wide media storm. The 37-year-old break dancer instantly became viral after her performance during the 2024 Paris Olympics where she scored a shocking zero after hopping like a kangaroo and writhing around on the floor like […]

Two senior Meta executives will again front a parliamentary probe into the effects of social media, after previously claiming the platforms don’t harm children and dodging questions on whether Facebook would ban news. The social media giant’s vice president and global head of safety Antigone Davis and regional director of policy Mia Garlick will face […]

The conservative chief of staff to Tony Abbott when he was prime minister has revealed she did so to support Ms Higgins’ campaign for change for employment laws governing political staffers but that she had grown concerned over time that the allegations were ultimately “politicised”. The conservative chief of staff to Tony Abbott when he […]