Developers say South Perth’s C6 building will be made up of 42% timber and be carbon negative
Western Australia is set to become home to the world’s tallest timber building, a “revolutionary” 50-storey hybrid design reaching a height of 191.2 metres.
Timber will make up 42% of South Perth’s C6 building, including the tower’s beams, floor panels, studs, joinery and linings.
Continue reading...Emergency alerts have been issued in the Cessnock and Bega Valley regions of NSW, but warnings in Gippsland have been downgraded
Residents are being warned to take shelter as fire crews battle to bring bushfires in the New South Wales south coast and Hunter regions under control, with those living in several towns told that it is too late for them to leave.
In NSW, the rural fire service (RFS) issued emergency alerts warning that it was too late to leave the towns of Abernethy and Elrington, near the Hunter Valley city of Cessnock, along with Bermagui, Cuttagee, Barragga Bay, Murrah and Bunga in the Bega Valley on the state’s south coast, on Tuesday afternoon.
Continue reading...Troy Safranko was arrested and then released on Saturday on the condition he not return to his mother’s house
A man has been accused of returning to his mother’s home and killing her, and her cat, a day after he was granted bail for allegedly assaulting her.
Troy Safranko, 31, was accused of assaulting and choking his mother, Katherine Safranko, at her Bankstown home on Friday morning.
Continue reading...The surprise announcement came on the first day of parliament since Jacinta Allan became premier
Victoria’s treasurer has shocked the property industry and even some of his colleagues by announcing an expansion of taxes on vacant residential land during Jacinta Allan’s first day of parliament as premier.
Tim Pallas told an industry breakfast on Tuesday that he planned to introduce legislation to parliament this week, which will see the vacant residential land tax expanded to include the whole state from 1 January 2025.
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Residents of Pine Scrub and Leeka in Tasmania urged to leave amid out of control fire
A bushfire emergency warning has been issued to the Tasmanian communities of Pine Scrub and Leeka.
Burning embers may threaten your home before the main fire arrives.
Smoke and ash may make it difficult to see and breathe.
Continue reading...Facebook owner issues summons to demand files as it prepares defence over accusations it allowed bogus ads to use billionaire’s image
Facebook’s parent company Meta has issued a summons for billionaire Andrew Forrest to hand over sensitive documents amid a legal battle over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam.
Lawyers for the tech giant took the unusual step of issuing a summons to demand 20 categories of documents, alleging the mining magnate’s lawyers had failed to hand over papers relevant to the legal battle.
Continue reading...The ‘compliance blitz’ aims to crack down on rorts in the sector with the establishment of an integrity unit
The federal government will launch a $37.8m “compliance blitz” to crack down on unlawful behaviour in Australia’s vocational education and training (Vet) sector as part of a suite of measures to clean up dodgy providers in international education.
Speaking at the National Press Club on Tuesday, the minister for skills and training, Brendan O’Connor, will announce the establishment of an integrity unit within the regulator to identify and address threats to Vet.
Continue reading...Latest survey suggests 28% of voters remain in play as Anthony Albanese says one-on-one chats will shape referendum outcome
More Australians intend to vote no than yes in the voice referendum on 14 October, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.
But the new poll has recorded the first positive shift towards yes in several months, as the historic referendum campaign enters the decisive stretch.
Continue reading...Anthropologist Pascale Taplin says native title being likened to ‘slave’s title’, as conspiracists exploit concept of Indigenous sovereignty
Indigenous Australians are backing out of participating in native title claims after being targeted by proponents of a racist conspiracy theory exported from the US, according to new research.
Senior anthropologist Pascale Taplin is the lead author of a new paper warning sovereign citizen conspiracists are exploiting the concept of Indigenous sovereignty to target Aboriginal communities, disrupting native title claims in the process.
Continue reading...The month was also Australia’s third-warmest September on record as El Niño and the climate crisis combined
Australia has recorded its driest September since records began in 1900 with a national rainfall average of just 4.83mm.
The data from the Bureau of Meteorology on Monday came as fires burned out of control in Victoria and New South Wales amid warnings of potential flash flooding later in the week.
Continue reading...Early polling locations open in Victoria, Tasmania, WA and NT with other states to follow on Tuesday
Campaigners for both sides of the Indigenous voice referendum have hit the hustings as early voting opens across the country.
The yes and no campaigns have less than two weeks to make their case over whether to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution.
Continue reading...Bushfires prompt evacuation warnings in Tasmania as house destroyed in Gippsland and fire bans declared in four states. Follow today’s news live
Man allegedly set on fire at Deniliquin Ute Muster festival
Police are appealing for information after a man was allegedly set on fire at a New South Wales festival over the weekend.
Continue reading...Two adults and four children won’t be identified until later this week following intense fire when 4WD collided with truck on Stuart Highway on Friday
Very few human remains were found following a horror road crash that killed six people – two adults and four children – in the Northern Territory, authorities say.
A four-wheel drive carrying six people was on fire for more than five hours after colliding with a road train near a small town in the Katherine region on Friday afternoon.
Continue reading...News Corp-backed Betr attracted controversy last year when it offered 100-1 odds on the 2023 NRL and AFL grand final winners, as well as other sports
The News Corp-backed betting agency Betr is in the process of paying out $40m in bets after Penrith’s grand final win on Sunday, which the company believes is an Australian record.
Betr attracted significant controversy earlier this year over its widely advertised launch campaign offering 100-1 odds on the Melbourne Cup, something that prompted regulatory intervention and a record $210,000 fine.
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Continue reading...Coroner examining five suicide deaths says tertiary sector faces difficult challenge in encouraging students to get help
International students in crisis are not accessing mental health support services they need, a Victorian coronial inquest into suicide deaths has found.
The inquest examined the deaths of five international students who took their own lives in 2020. The students were born in different nations, attended four institutions in the state and had various living circumstances.
Continue reading...Police allege the accused was ‘aggressively seeking items’ from units before knocking on alleged victim’s door
A Brisbane man charged with murdering an elderly resident by allegedly throwing him off a balcony had been aggressively going door-to-door at the unit complex, police have alleged.
Officers attended the residence on School Road in the Brisbane suburb of Yeronga about 1.40pm on Sunday after reports of a disturbance.
Continue reading...The disability royal commission was split in its final report over whether segregated education should be phased out from 2025
Australian schoolchildren with neurodevelopmental disorders are being “dumped” from the mainstream system, a leading researcher says, as debate grows over whether special schools for students with a disability should be phased out.
The final report of the royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability, released on Friday, was split on the issue of special schools.
Continue reading...Billionaire is challenging sanctions over his alleged links to Vladimir Putin, describing them as ‘legally unreasonable’
A Russian oligarch sanctioned over his alleged links to Vladimir Putin has asked a court to render Australia’s sanctions regime invalid, documents show.
Australia imposed sanctions on billionaire Oleg Deripaska in March last year, a move that prevented him from travelling to Australia or profiting from his company’s stake in an alumina refinery in Gladstone, Queensland.
Continue reading...The consequences of the Coalition’s job ready graduate scheme mean the costs of some courses have ballooned up to 140% over the last five years
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to prevent ballooning course costs as figures reveal some humanities courses have become more than 140% more expensive in the past five years.
The costs are a hangover from the previous federal government’s controversial job ready graduates (JRG) scheme, which brought wide condemnation from the sector.
Continue reading...First Reserve Bank meeting under new governor Michele Bullock has the potential to surprise after CPI spike
Australia’s inflation rate has picked up again, increasing the risk households will need to endure yet another rate rise before Christmas.
While most traders and economists expect the Reserve Bank board will keep the official cash rate steady at 4.1% when they gather on Tuesday, that outcome is not set in stone and the meeting has the potential to surprise.
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