A senior NSW Ambulance officer tells the Clare Nowland inquest that emergency services could have taken more time responding to the 95-year-old’s dementia-related aggression. …See More
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Prime minister concedes aged care wait times ‘not good enough’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has conceded the state of aged care in Australia “is not good enough” after a new report revealed people are waiting […]
‘Sacred’ Coorong wetlands bracing for impact of bird flu
South Australia’s Coorong is a sanctuary for birds and marine life but it is increasingly under threat with the arrival of bird flu in Australia […]
Jannik Sinner into Wimbledon final after wiping floor with Novak Djokovic
The tennis legend has opened up on his ‘internal battle’ and explained why he’s ‘blessed and cursed’…See More
Cruz Hewitt storms into Wimbledon boys’ final with another flawless match
Asked if he liked the sound of ‘Cruz the Wimbledon champ’, the son of a gun had a perfect answer ready to go…See More
Curbing well-off taxpayers’ access to key programs could save billions
Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about […]
Aged care minister pursues claims homes charging premium for basic services
Aged care providers have been able to charge a higher everyday living fee since November, but some residents say it is being applied for services […]
Australians ‘literally dying’ while they wait months for aged care packages
Opposition MPs accuse the federal government of burying figures showing Australians are waiting a year for residential aged care and at-home support packages…See More
Inquest told use of taser on 95yo Clare Nowland was ‘excessive’
Three years after the great-grandmother was tasered by a police officer in her aged care home, an inquest has heard from police and ambulance officers […]
Hundreds of firefighters tackle deadly shoe factory fire in southeast China
A fire that broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian has killed at least 28 people…See More
Cattle farmer plants 14,000 trees to help slow flow of flood water
Jeff Imeson has planted around 14,000 trees on his property near Nimbin in a bid to help slow the flow of future floods…See More
Wildlife carers fronting WA’s bird flu response left feeling let down
WA wildlife carers say the state government has forgotten them as PPE supplies and veterinary resources run dangerously low…See More
Bec Zacharia among ten influencers flown to Bali to undergo rib repositioning surgery
After weeks of flip-flopping, an Australian reality TV contestant revealed they went under the knife in Bali for a controversial procedure. …See More
Laurie Daley issues cryptic response on NSW coaching future after State of Origin series win
The Blues great says his mind is made up after overcoming Queensland in Brisbane to win the series…See More
Farmers search for ways to break free from controversial herbicide
Australia buys most of its paraquat from China, but is investigating ways to become less reliant on the chemical…See More
New varieties set Australian coffee industry up for expansion
Australians are among the world’s biggest coffee drinkers but less than 1 per cent of the coffee consumed nationwide is grown locally. That could be […]
‘A humanitarian crisis’: About 3,300 aged care patients languish in hospitals
The number of aged care patients stuck in hospitals has jumped by 35 per cent in less than a year, fuelling fresh demands for the […]
Shocking footage captures moment of explosion in Damascus as France’s Macron visits Syria
Explosions have rocked the capital as French President Emmanuel Macron met his Syrian counterpart in a landmark visit…See More
SA confirms second H5 bird flu case, two more suspected in Perth and WA
South Australia confirms its second H5 bird flu case while Western Australia investigates two more suspected detections, as authorities say the virus has not spread […]
Sale of Tasmania’s biggest farm to UK pine plantation investor approved
The sale of Tasmania’s biggest farm to the UK’s largest forestry investor has been given the green light — with the news greeted by outrage […]