Cash-strapped Netball Australia has been warned nearly $18m in funding will soon be reallocated to other sports amid concerns it will not be appropriately spent. The federal government sounded the alarm on the future of a Morrison-era pledge to invest $30m in the sport after the organisation failed to provideContinue Reading
A group of teachers, parents, unions and community leaders are still waiting to hear whether the Prime Minister will meet them as tensions over a promise to deliver a pathway to full funding for public schools heats up. Tens and thousands of postcards from people all over Australia were setContinue Reading
King Charles should be booted off Australia’s coins in favour of an Indigenous warrior or an army veteran, independent Bob Katter has suggested. The maverick federal MP has designed his own idea for the future of Australia’s currency, favouring either Tubba Tre or Ralph Honner to adorn the legal tender.Continue Reading
A minister’s office was splashed with red paint and “dial down the apartheid” was graffitied on its doors amid protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict. Government Services Minister Bill Shorten confirmed his Moonee Ponds office had been targeted early on Thursday morning. “At the end of the day, nobody got hurt.Continue Reading
Peter Dutton has condemned a planned Victorian school strike to protest Israel’s attacks in Gaza as he declined to support a ceasefire in the conflict with Hamas. The Opposition Leader said he “completely and utterly” disagreed with students who planned to walk out at lunchtime on Thursday to join aContinue Reading
Aussies are being dudded out of thousands per year and working on average seven weeks worth of unpaid overtime per year, according to fresh data. The research by the Australia Institute found the average worker was losing more than $11,000 per year, or $425 a fortnight, by doing work beyondContinue Reading
An emergency at a historic brewery in Victoria has resulted in two people being transported to hospital. Paramedics responded to the incident at Billson’s Beverages in the state’s northeast about 9.30am on Tuesday morning. Two people were taken to hospital via ambulance. A spokesperson for Billson’s said the team’s safetyContinue Reading
Close to a year after a report found Scott Morrison “fundamentally undermined” the principles of responsible government, reforms to close the loophole are sitting dormant in the Senate. It was a key recommendation of a landmark report by former High Court justice Virginia Bell and described as “vital” by Attorney-GeneralContinue Reading
Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has apologised to customers as she was lashed over her “pretty lousy” response to an outage that left more than 10 million Australians cut off from phone and internet services. The embattled chief executive appeared before a parliamentary hearing alongside network business chief, Lambo Kanagaratnam,Continue Reading
No state in Australia is interested in hosting the Commonwealth Games after Victoria withdrew their bid, a hearing has heard. A parliamentary injuiry on Thursday heard a meeting of the nation’s sports ministers declined to discuss the future of the Commonwealth Games. State and territory sports ministers met last weekContinue Reading