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Floodplain Management Australia conference sees experts call for smarter town planning

A national flood management conference has been told governments need to look at where houses are being built as well as how they are being constructed.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Gold Coast hospital patients being sent to Sea World Resort rooms to free up beds ahead of winter

A Gold Coast Health spokeswoman said patients are cleared by their doctor to be transferred, and strict clinical criteria for patient eligibility applied.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Former Bathurst mayor 'Bobby' Bourke's trial told alleged blackmail letter was never meant to be a threat

The Bathurst businessman who penned an anonymous letter at the centre of a blackmail trial has told a court that he never intended it to be a threat.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

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Better access to country key to improving Indigenous mental health, forum told

More than 160 mental health professionals have journeyed to Broken Hill to share resources, knowledge and celebrate each other's achievements.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Sydney entrepreneur Andrew Spira denied bail in NT court after allegedly attempting to obtain illegal passport to flee the country

Andrew Spira's lawyers argued he was "deranged" when he allegedly lodged an application for a passport at the Darwin passport office, telling officials his old one had been stolen when in fact it had been surrendered to police in NSW.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Regional Australia Institute report highlights job vacancy crisis, communities missing out on growth

Michael Mbaogu has worked as a GP for 15 years but has never seen a worker shortage this bad. He's one of many business owners who are hiring, but struggling to fill roles.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Shane Barker murder trial told accused mother-in-law admitted lying about whereabouts, jury hears

A jury is played a police interview in which Shane Barker's mother-in-law, who has pleaded not guilty to his murder, admits lying to police about her whereabouts the night he died in 2009.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

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Cancer patients in Wagga Wagga forced to pay thousands for treatment, call for bulk-billing

A funding anomaly means patients are being hit with thousands in out-of-pocket costs. Now 12,000 people are calling for change.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Former attorney-general Christian Porter will not represent Clive Palmer in $300b legal fight against Commonwealth

Christian Porter will no longer act for the mining magnate in his $300 billion claim against the federal government after a Senate estimates committee heard he received confidential and privileged information about the case when he was the attorney-general.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Man arrested, police officers seriously injured after truck rams cars near Toowoomba

Four police officers have been injured while trying to stop an allegedly stolen truck on the Darling Downs in Queensland. Two were seriously hurt.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Former NSW multicultural minister Mark Coure apologises after making racist remark in parliament

Mark Coure, the former NSW multiculturalism minister, apologises after being overheard in parliament saying he thought Labor MP Tri Vo "worked in catering".

ABC News · May 24, 2023

CCTV in Declan Laverty murder case suppressed to avoid 'court of public opinion'

CCTV footage from the Darwin bottle shop where Declan Laverty was allegedly murdered is suppressed by the court after a request from prosecution and defence lawyers.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

NSW man charged with animal cruelty for allegedly trying to cook 'bin chicken'

A man who allegedly captured an ibis in a Sydney park and hung it up to dry in his shower before attempting to cook it has been released from custody.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Boy arrested after allegedly firing gun at Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Two Rocks

A 15-year-old boy is taken into custody, and two rifles seized, after he allegedly fired shots into a Perth school, sending the college and nearby businesses into lockdown.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

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Blowing the whistle on poor parent, player behaviour in grassroots junior soccer

Two experienced referees want to see better player and parent behaviour at local soccer games in the wake of a serious assault on a match official in Sydney last month.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Police officer who led investigation into Brittany Higgins's rape allegation reveals he is sexual assault survivor

Detective Superintendent Scott Moller tells an ACT board of inquiry that he was sexually assaulted 45 years ago.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese speak about temple vandalism during bilateral talks in Sydney

Narendra Modi says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has assured him there will be "strict action" against Sikh separatist groups in Australia, which have been agitating for an independent state in India.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

New hope for Manning River turtles as they mate for first time at conservation park

Conservationists at a NSW breeding facility are "cheering" as they attempt save the Manning River turtle from extinction.

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ABC News · May 24, 2023

Watch owned by last Chinese emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi sells for $9.4 million at Hong Kong auction

The rare Patek Philippe watch belonged to Qing Dynasty emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi, who reigned from the age of 2 and was captured by the Red Army in 1945.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Train commuters fail to return with NSW monthly figures still around half of pre-COVID levels

The number of people catching intercity trains from Wollongong, the Central Coast, and Blue Mountains to Sydney is on the decline, failing to bounce back after COVID.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Rescuers pull two people from water after boat goes up in flames in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay

Police say the two Melbourne men, aged 61 and 59, jumped from the motor cruiser into the water with life jackets before the boat was engulfed by flames.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Temperatures to drop across Queensland before warmer, drier winter begins

Weather experts warn Queenslanders to keep their woollies close with temperatures about to drop this weekend, ahead of a warmer, drier winter on the cards with an El Niño imminent.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

NT Police charge two people in connection to disappearance of Darwin man Tony Rowe

A year after Tony Rowe was last seen in Darwin's suburbs, police charge a 29-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman in relation to his disappearance.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Forrest group Walk Free warns of slavery threat in Australia's solar panel supply chains

Australia imports more than $25 billion in goods that may have used modern slavery, and for the first time solar panels are one of the most valuable, according to a human rights group funded by Andrew Forrest.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Zoo Miami issues apology, stops kiwi encounters after concerns about treatment of New Zealand bird

A US zoo stops offering encounters after a video of a kiwi called Paora raises concern among New Zealanders.

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