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Queensland News

Trans-Tasman rugby rivalry returns
Trans-Tasman rugby rivalry returns to the field as the top Australian and New Zealand sides face off over the next few weeks in Super Rugby competition. Stay across all the scores and stats from every game in our ScoreCentre. - Fri, 14 May 2021 16:15:50 +1000
Passport applications surge but tourism industry demands roadmap to reopen borders
Aussies are getting an itch for travel again with passport applications doubling last month, while tourism groups are "disappointed" the budget foreshadowed international travel might not resume until mid-2022. - Fri, 14 May 2021 16:00:49 +1000
Mother accused of stealing son's Dreamworld Thunder River Rapids ride disaster compensation
A Perth woman is charged with stealing some of the money her son received in compensation from Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride disaster. - Fri, 14 May 2021 15:33:13 +1000
22yo man denied bail over mother's manslaughter at home in Brisbane's north
Police initially thought the 53-year-old woman's death was non-suspicious but later revealed they were doing further investigations. - Fri, 14 May 2021 13:53:24 +1000
Deal struck to give Queensland GPs more AstraZeneca vaccine supply
Queensland GPs will have access to more AstraZeneca supply after the state government agrees to a new rollout arrangement with the federal government. - Fri, 14 May 2021 13:27:56 +1000

New South Wales News

Trans-Tasman rugby rivalry returns
Trans-Tasman rugby rivalry returns to the field as the top Australian and New Zealand sides face off over the next few weeks in Super Rugby competition. Stay across all the scores and stats from every game in our ScoreCentre. - Fri, 14 May 2021 16:15:50 +1000
Sister of Michaela Dunn welcomes killer's sentence
The sister of murdered Sydney woman Michaela Dunn has welcomed a 44 years jail sentence for her killer. - Fri, 14 May 2021 15:36:15 +1000
'Dealt with by sending away': Coroner calls for dedicated housing for mental health patients
A coroner recommends dedicated housing for mental health patients, following an inquest into the death of a 26-year-old man. - Fri, 14 May 2021 14:10:36 +1000
Debt, suspensions and a war of words at NSW council with 'largest financial crisis'
Dick Persson, who was tasked to turn around the Central Coast Council's financial woes, has proposed the government prevent dismissed councillors from standing at the next election. But one councillor says that pre-judges the outcome of a public inquiry. - Fri, 14 May 2021 13:49:41 +1000
'Self-centred' killer jailed for 44 years as bystanders who caught him praised by judge
Mert Ney, the man who murdered Sydney woman Michaela Dunn before terrorising the city’s streets with a knife, is sentenced to 44 years behind bars, for what a judge described as a "violent, terrifying and chaotic rampage". - Fri, 14 May 2021 13:43:34 +1000

Victoria News

No more shared bedrooms, bathrooms: New 50-bed aged care facility on the way for Rutherglen
A north-east Victorian aged care facility will undergo a major redevelopment after securing $57 million in next week's state budget. - Fri, 14 May 2021 15:54:09 +1000
Nurse who breached counter-terror laws not a risk, court told
Melbourne nurse Adam Brookman, who admitted to breaching Australia's counter-terror laws, makes a plea for mercy at a pre-sentence hearing in the Supreme Court. - Fri, 14 May 2021 15:33:13 +1000
Neither a wheelchair nor MS will stop Jim's swim thanks to his small town
At Port Fairy's East Beach, even in the bitterly cold months of winter, it's a normal sight to see a group of people in nothing but bathing suits submerging a man right into the ocean in a wheelchair. - Fri, 14 May 2021 14:28:34 +1000
Volunteers help Jim seek refuge from MS in the Southern Ocean nearly every day.
At Port Fairy's East Beach there is a unique morning ritual: a group of ocean swimmers push Jim Pevitt straight into the ocean in his beach wheelchair. It's Jim's escape from MS, and if it weren't for these dedicated volunteers climbing out of bed at dawn, Jim would be stuck on dry land. - Fri, 14 May 2021 14:26:11 +1000
Commissioners chosen for Australia's first Aboriginal truth-telling inquiry
Commissioners chosen to lead Australia's first inquiry investigating injustices experienced by Indigenous people since white settlement hope the inquest will allow people an opportunity to be heard and create an opportunity for all Victorians to stand with the country's Aboriginal population. - Fri, 14 May 2021 14:09:26 +1000

Western Australia News

Mother accused of stealing son's Dreamworld Thunder River Rapids ride disaster compensation
A Perth woman is charged with stealing some of the money her son received in compensation from Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride disaster. - Fri, 14 May 2021 13:33:13 +0800
'Importance of local stories' drives a surge in people sitting down to write
Writer Holden Sheppard says regional writing groups in Western Australia are thriving as more people turn to writing in the wake of the pandemic. - Fri, 14 May 2021 10:13:17 +0800
Camera trap spots surprise visitor at remote nature reserve
These endangered marsupials were once common across 70 per cent of the country. But this rare sighting in WA took conservationists by surprise. - Fri, 14 May 2021 08:30:00 +0800
The Fever could erase their salary cap penalty after just three games, is that fair?
Should Fever win the Super Netball title, there may an uneasy feeling amongst those within the netball community who believe the team got off lightly after breaching the salary cap. - Fri, 14 May 2021 08:09:58 +0800
'A couple of days in class and a couple of days in the bush': TAFE course to address youth crime in Kimberley town
Night patrol officers in Halls Creek have helped reduce young offending, but getting children off the streets and back in school is no easy task. - Fri, 14 May 2021 08:00:00 +0800

South Australia News

Luxury lodge destroyed by Kangaroo Island bushfire approved for rebuild
An application to rebuild the Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island is given the green light by the SA government more than a year after the luxury resort was gutted during the island's deadly bushfire emergency, but the project still faces major hurdles. - Fri, 14 May 2021 15:43:40 +0930
Volunteer firefighter was drunk when he started several bushfires, court told
A Country Fire Service volunteer of more than 35 years, accused of lighting bushfires that destroyed homes and nearly 3,000 hectares, was found with a half-filled wine glass and cigarette lighters when his car was stopped by police, an Adelaide court is told. - Fri, 14 May 2021 14:37:03 +0930
Footage of Dame Nellie Melba uncovered by lawyer cleaning out office
The National Film and Sound Archive releases a video of opera singer Dame Nellie Melba at her outer Melbourne home in the 1920s, ahead of the 160th anniversary of her birth. - Fri, 14 May 2021 13:25:55 +0930
Riverland waterfront land prices catching up with boom regions
A Riverland real estate agent says the region is 'catching up' to other areas with its waterfront land value. - Fri, 14 May 2021 06:15:00 +0930
Caitlyn stood up to Telstra over a $2,200 phone bill. It led to one of the largest fines in Australia's corporate history
Telstra has been hit with one of the most significant fines in Australian corporate history for its treatment of Indigenous customers. It might never have happened if brave people didn't speak up. - Fri, 14 May 2021 04:21:26 +0930

Tasmania News

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein announces resignation of Adam Brooks
Controversial Liberal candidate Adam Brooks will not take his seat in the Tasmanian Parliament. - Fri, 14 May 2021 15:49:03 +1000
Brooks resigns amid explosives, firearms, false licence charges
Adam Brooks resigns on the eve of re-election to the Tasmanian Parliament, with Queensland police saying he has been charged with being in possession of a handgun, unauthorised explosives and false driver's licences. - Fri, 14 May 2021 10:19:38 +1000
Three-time losers Tasmanian Labor 'needs to change'
Following the Liberals' third consecutive election win, a Tasmanian Labor politician says the party would be "silly to keep doing the same … and expecting a different result" — and says he would consider leading the party. - Fri, 14 May 2021 07:36:04 +1000
Photos of children a reminder for judge's quest for justice
A commissioner for the inquiry into child sexual abuse within Tasmanian government institutions says he keeps photographs of children on his computer screen so he "never forgets how important they are" in the work he does. - Fri, 14 May 2021 06:22:40 +1000
Forensic evidence details person taking 'at least half an hour' to dismember Tasmanian man
A forensic pathologist tells a jury that Tasmanian man Jake Anderson-Brettner was shot three times before his body was dismembered — an act that would have taken someone "at least half an hour". - Thu, 13 May 2021 17:08:57 +1000

Australian Capital Territory News

Footage of Dame Nellie Melba uncovered by lawyer cleaning out office
The National Film and Sound Archive releases a video of opera singer Dame Nellie Melba at her outer Melbourne home in the 1920s, ahead of the 160th anniversary of her birth. - Fri, 14 May 2021 13:55:55 +1000
Ricky Stuart apologises over 'ignorant' netball comment
Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has apologised after saying that if he could not have "tough conversations" with his players he may as well be coaching netball. - Fri, 14 May 2021 12:18:59 +1000
NSW irrigators face fines totalling millions over alleged water theft
The NSW water regulator alleges "willful and reckless" water theft by irrigators. - Fri, 14 May 2021 09:53:03 +1000
'Makes no sense': Airlines won't ban vaccinated travellers due to blood-clot fears
In this week's CoronaCheck, airlines debunk rumours of travel bans for inoculated passengers and we fact check an LNP Senator quoting British writer C.S. Lewis about the value of "homemakers". - Fri, 14 May 2021 07:31:43 +1000
'Worst I've seen it': Childcare sector struggling to find skilled staff, and parents could be left paying the price
Canberra's childcare sector says it is currently experiencing its "worst" staffing shortages — and, without government intervention, they will have no choice but to pass additional costs onto parents. - Fri, 14 May 2021 06:48:53 +1000

Northern Territory News

Giving girls 'a really good crack' at tradie skills
A new workshop in the Northern Territory encourages young women to realise their potential in a traditionally male-dominated arena. - Fri, 14 May 2021 11:05:40 +0930
Northern Territory politicians no longer incompetent: Speaker
The word 'incompetent' — a mainstay of oppositional language worldwide since government was invented — has just been banned from the Northern Territory Parliament. - Fri, 14 May 2021 10:21:49 +0930
Caitlyn stood up to Telstra over a $2,200 phone bill. It led to one of the largest fines in Australia's corporate history
Telstra has been hit with one of the most significant fines in Australian corporate history for its treatment of Indigenous customers. It might never have happened if brave people didn't speak up. - Fri, 14 May 2021 04:21:26 +0930
Police arrest 15-year-old boy allegedly involved in crime spree at Palmerston
A pregnant woman's new car is stolen and allegedly used in a number of break-ins and a ram raid in the Palmerston region. Police say they have arrested a boy and investigations continue. - Thu, 13 May 2021 18:10:08 +0930
Contentious Howard Springs quarantine takeover to begin as India flight touches down
The NT government reveals a contentious change of operations at the Howard Springs quarantine facility will take place on Saturday — the day the first flight from India for weeks is due to touch down in Darwin. - Thu, 13 May 2021 17:47:10 +0930