NSW Government confirms 4.5 per cent wages boost to public sector workers
Tens of thousands of public sector workers in NSW can expect a pay bump of 4.5 per cent, as the government works to enact one of their flagship election promises. The wage rise will be made up of a 4…
Voice to Parliament poll exposes huge class divide
The latest Newspoll shows the Yes campaign appears on shaky ground with support continuing to erode along class lines. The poll, published in The Australian on Sunday night, shows only 46 per cent of voters approve of altering the Constitution…
Two Australians facing the death penalty in Vietnam have been granted clemency
Two Australians facing the death penalty in Vietnam have been granted clemency after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the country on the weekend. “I made representations to the Prime Minister yesterday morning and by yesterday afternoon the president had signed…
COVID-19 testing at Sydney Airport comes to an end after 500,000 passengers swabbed
Sydney Airport’s COVID-19 testing clinic will close tomorrow after swabbing 500,000 travellers over nearly three years. An on-the-spot clinic first opened in December 2020 at the request of local health authorities before a dedicated testing facility built across from the…
Man charged after brawl erupts at Sydney footy match
Two teams have been stood down from an amateur rugby league competition and a man has been charged after an “outrageous” brawl at a local match in Sydney’s south-west. The brawl boke out at a Berala Bears and Lalor Park…
Margaret Gardner appointed as next governor of Victoria
Academic Professor Margaret Gardner will become the 30th Governor of Victoria. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the appointment today, describing Gardner as a “distinguished leader and academic”. She will leave her role as vice-chancellor of Monash University once current Governor, Linda…
Buses proposed as alternative to permanent safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD
Moveable injecting buses have been proposed as an alternative to another permanent safe injecting room in the Melbourne CBD. Plans for a second safe injecting room in Melbourne were raised back in 2020, after an independent review of Victoria’s first…
Melbourne facility helping foster bonds between elderly and children
A new care facility is helping foster special bonds between older residents and children. The “multi-generation” centre in Melbourne south-east brings together two different generations as part of Australia’s first fully integrated, intergenerational healthcare precinct. Young ones are matched with…
Family relief after man found guilty of shooting murder
The father of a man who was shot dead outside a Melbourne boxing match says he’s relieved his son’s killer was found guilty of murder. Benjamin Togiai was struck in the chest and killed outside the Big Time Boxing event…
Two more people charged after death of Melbourne teenager
Two more people have been charged after 16-year-old Pa Sawm Lyhym was stabbed to death at a bus stop in Melbourne’s north last month. Lyhym, a Year 11 Staughton College student, was at a bus stop in Sunshine just before…