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  THURSDAY, MARCH 4 Seventy-six of Australia’s top scientists and doctors are demanding Kathleen Folbigg — convicted of killing four of her infant children — be released from jail and pardoned immediately. Folbigg, 53, was jailed for 30 years in 2003 for […]

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  WEDNESDAY, February 3 Christian Porter has identified himself as the Cabinet minister who is facing a historical rape allegation. The Attorney-General fronted the media in Perth to strenuously deny the allegation. Mr Porter, in an anonymous letter sent to the Prime […]

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  TUESDAY, March 2 Australian music industry legend Michael Gudinski has died aged 68. According to a statement from the Mushroom Group, Gudinski “died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Melbourne”. Gudinski is survived by his wife, Sue, and their […]

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  MONDAY, MARCH 1 A Sydney con woman whose remains were discovered 200km from her home may have been alive for months after suddenly vanishing from her $6.1 million mansion, reports news.com. Melissa Caddick was declared dead by police on Saturday after […]

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NEWSDESK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Missing businesswoman Melissa Caddick is dead, police have confirmed, after her foot washed up on a beach more than 400km from where she was last seen in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The 49-year-old did not take her mobile phone, […]

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  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Queensland is unlikely to see any big-ticket infrastructure projects if it wins the 2032 Olympic bid, with Brisbane’s Lord Mayor saying up to 90 per cent of the venues would be temporary or existing. Cr Adrian Schrinner said […]

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  Wednesday, February 24 Two elderly people in a Queensland aged care home have been given four times the amount of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed. An 88-year-old man and a 94-year-old woman were given the […]

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  TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23  Police have found the bodies of two people after a fire tore through a townhouse in Browns Plains on Brisbane’s southside on Monday morning. The remains, recovered from the extensively damaged residence last night, are believed to be […]

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  MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The federal government is pulling all its advertising campaigns from Facebook, as the social media platform continues to block Australians from accessing news. On Sunday, Health Minister Greg Hunt said his department would not be using Facebook for […]

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  THURSDAY, Feb 18   Facebook has responded to a proposed new law by banning Australian users from reading or sharing news on its platform. The stunning decision was made in retaliation to Australia’s proposed new Media Bargaining law, with the federal […]

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  WEDNESDAY FEB 17   Victoria’s snap “short, sharp circuit-breaker” coronavirus lockdown will end on schedule tonight, Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed, but mask rules and gathering limits will remain in place. Schools will reopen, workplaces will return to 50 per cent […]

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  TUESDAY, February 16 Former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller is accused of heading a criminal syndicate after police allegedly found $2 million of the drug ice hidden inside candles. The ABC has been told Mr Miller, 45, is one of two men […]

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  MONDAY, February 15 Former US president Donald Trump, fresh from his impeachment acquittal, has hinted he might return to public life to rally for the Republican Party sooner than you might think. In a statement after the vote, Mr Trump offered […]

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FRIDAY, February 12 Melbourne has just gone into a 5 day lock down in response to the growing COVID crisis stemming from the quarantine hotel outbreak. This of course then follows on with Australian states making their own decisions on the closure […]

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  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Twitter will not allow former president Donald Trump back on the platform, even if he runs for office again, the company’s chief financial officer has said. “The way our policies work, when you’re removed from the platform, you’re […]

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  WEDNESDAY, February 10   The US Senate has voted that the second impeachment trial against former US president Donald Trump is constitutionally valid and will continue. The vote followed four hours of arguments from Mr Trump’s lawyers and Democratic impeachment managers. […]

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  TUESDAY, February 9 Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced tough new measures to combat youth crime including a trial of GPS tracking devices, increased police powers, strengthening anti-hooning laws and reversing the presumption of bail for serious indictable offences, the ABC […]

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  MONDAY, February 8 At least 80 hotel quarantine staff, including nine police and a dozen army personnel, are isolating following the latest COVID-19 case of a hotel quarantine worker.  The authorised officer at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport tested positive […]

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FRIDAY, FEB 5 A Brisbane man has been charged with forcing girls as young as 17 into sexual slavery and branding them with tattoos claiming them as his property.  Police allege the 35-year-old man kept the women aged 17 to 24 in […]

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  THURSDAY, Feb 4 Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for “the incredibly petty charge” of illegally importing communications equipment (walkie talkies). She will be detained until February 15 for investigations, according to a police document. […]

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