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SA government apologises to prisoner denied abortion medication
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (789+ words) The woman denied a medical termination was incarcterated at the Adelaide Women's Prison. (ABC News: Dean Faulkner) A female prisoner was denied a medical termination because there is no overnight medical monitoring at the Adelaide Women's Prison. The Central Adelaide…...
Arrest warrant issued in legal battle for $27k in unpaid long service leave
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1145+ words) Cathy Mueck and Marese Mc Donagh resigned from their jobs in 2023 are yet to receive all the entitlements they are owed." (ABC News: Luke Stephenson) Two Canberra women resigned from their jobs at a small Canberra business more than three…...
Breaking: Two men found guilty of manslaughter over 1999 death of Irma Palasics
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1094+ words) Irma Palasics died after being bound and bashed in her Mc Kellar home in November 1999." (ACT Policing) Two Melbourne men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of Canberra woman Irma Palasics during a violent home invasion in 1999. Irma Palasics…...
NSW premier says accidental prisoner release is 'embarrassing"
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (360+ words) ABC Mid North Coast NSW Police believe prisoner Kyle Quayle, 35, is in the Newcastle area after he was mistakenly released from jail. (Supplied: NSW Police) Kyle Quayle was released from Clarence Correctional Centre on the NSW North Coast on Tuesday…...
Breaking: Former US Marines pilot Dan Duggan loses bid to avoid extradition from Australia
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (311+ words) Daniel Duggan was arrested in December 2022 after Australia agreed to his extradition. (Supplied) Former United States Marine Corp pilot Daniel Duggan, who is accused of unlawfully aiding the Chinese military, has had his bid to avoid extradition from Australia dismissed....
Ticketmaster and Live Nation hold 'harmful' anticompetitive monopoly, US jury finds
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (884+ words) A Manhattan federal jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster have a harmful monopoly over big concert venues. New York Attorney-General Letitia James called the verdict "a landmark victory in our ongoing work to protect…...
Farmer feels 'disrespected' over Vic Grid's attempt to access land
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (912+ words) Victorian farmer Nathan Mc Knight has been threatened with a fine and a court-ordered entry after denying Vic Grid access to his farm to complete an environmental survey for VNI West. The VNI West transmission line is set to cut…...
WA Police won't remove racist comments on its social media posts
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (892+ words) Posts on the WA Police Force's Facebook page attract hundreds of racist comments. (ABC News: Charlie Mc Lean) Racist comments are being published on WA Police social media posts with little moderation. Indigenous West Australians have expressed outrage that the…...
Gina Rinehart 'won' the legal battle for Hope Downs, commentator says
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (902+ words) The legal battle over Hope Downs royalties is likely to continue long after the ruling. (ABC News: Mark Evans) Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, has had a "clear win" in her mammoth legal battle over the ownership of lucrative iron…...
Inquest hears nurse covered 'dying' patient's face just before death
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (675+ words) A Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse is being investigated over admissions she intervened in the death of a patient in 2021. (ABC News: Natalie Whiting) The Coroner's Court of Victoria is investigating after a nurse at The Royal Melbourne Hospital confessed to…...