Offered opportunities to attack in Sky News debate, Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy each sought to be more civil than the other
There was a point, about halfway into the only debate ahead of the Victorian state election between Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy, that summed up the entire affair.
“I’m not here to have a fight, I’m here to answer questions,” the opposition leader said in a monotone.
Continue reading...The painter known for his vivacious Australiana prints accepted the award with a 10-minute speech that elicited laughter and some uncomfortable silences
Ken Done, the artist known for his riotously colourful Australiana paintings and prints, has been named the Australian fashion laureate for 2022. The lifetime achievement award honours individuals for their significant contribution to the Australian fashion industry.
“I’m not humble, fuck it,” Done said upon receiving the award at a ceremony in Sydney on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Crossbench senator David Pocock says the two extra sitting days approved by the Senate to pass legislation is ‘a start’ but more time is needed
The Albanese government has fast-tracked a final vote on the territory rights bill in a bid to shore up its chances of passing industrial relations law changes this year.
The Senate has approved a plan for two extra sitting days this Friday and next and a final conscience vote on the bill to restore territories’ ability to legalise voluntary assisted dying on Thursday 1 December – a key demand of crossbench senator David Pocock.
Continue reading...NT police service ‘needs to be able to deal with badness in itself’, coronial inquiry into police shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker told
A former senior Northern Territory police officer has told the Kumanjayi Walker inquest that the force’s failure to adequately investigate excessive use of force complaints was corrupt.
Former assistant commissioner, Nick Anticich, told the coronial inquiry into the shooting death of Walker in 2019 that the failure to adequately investigate alleged incidents in Alice Springs was “wrong and shouldn’t have happened”.
Continue reading...Six men who had been held in Australia’s offshore processing facilities for more than eight years arrive in Auckland
The first six refugees to be resettled in New Zealand from Australia’s offshore processing regime on Nauru have landed in Auckland.
The flight follows a resettlement deal first offered by New Zealand nine years – and three prime ministers – ago when it proposed taking 150 refugees from Australia’s offshore centres every year.
Continue reading...First magnitude 7.0 earthquake briefly triggered tsunami warning and disrupted communications and radio services
Buildings were left damaged and widespread power outages reported in the Solomons Island capital, Honiara, after two earthquakes struck just off the south-west coast on Tuesday.
The first magnitude 7.0 earthquake briefly triggered a tsunami warning from the United States Geological Survey, but this warning was withdrawn soon after.
Continue reading...David Pocock was asked how he would vote on the IR bill, if he was made to vote for it today while on ABC radio RN.
He said he couldn’t “in good conscience” vote for the bill, if it came to the crunch today (which it won’t, it was a hypothetical).
Continue reading...Push comes after 13-year-old Noongar boy left ‘traumatised’ and needing skin grafts following mauling in Perth
Western Australia police have been urged to stop using unmuzzled dogs, as the state’s Aboriginal Legal Service raises concerns about the “disproportionate” number of canine-assisted arrests involving First Nations people.
The ALSWA said it was supporting the family of 13-year-old Noongar boy Jayden Abraham, who was hospitalised and needed surgery after being mauled by a police dog during an incident in Perth earlier this month.
Continue reading...A 24-year-old was shot after he allegedly advanced towards officers who had been called to a welfare check
A man shot by police in Queensland after officers were called to conduct a welfare check in West Mackay, in the state’s north, has died in hospital.
Police attended an address on Bridge Street about 2.30pm on Monday in response to reports a man had threatened self-harm.
Continue reading...Prosecutors said there was not a reasonable chance of conviction in case, brought by taskforce hailed as Australian-first
A rape case involving a Victorian police officer has collapsed, in a blow to a new dedicated taskforce set up to investigate serious family violence allegations within the force.
A male senior constable had been charged with one count of rape and another of sexual touching without consent allegedly committed in August 2019.
Continue reading...Briefing note reveals surveillance among ‘key initiatives being further explored’ by home affairs department
Electronic monitoring is being considered to help clear the “intractable” caseload of people in immigration detention, according to a document released under freedom of information.
According to an August briefing note, surveillance is among alternatives to immigration detention under consideration by the home affairs department. These also include better risk assessment, an independent panel to advise on the release of people in detention and a “step-down” model into community detention.
Continue reading...Oceanographer takes top honours in prime minister’s prizes for science after researching ocean’s role in regulating climate
When Trevor McDougall began studying the ocean in the 1970s he had no idea that his field would become a crucial part of climate science.
The University of New South Wales professor was on Monday awarded the top honour at the prime minister’s prizes for science for his contributions to the field of oceanography and research on the ocean’s role in regulating the climate.
Continue reading...Two students at Manly West public school suffer serious burns while nine others and one adult have superficial burns
Eleven students and one teacher are in a stable condition after a science experiment caused a chemical explosion at a school on Sydney’s northern beaches.
New South Wales Ambulance have confirmed two students have suffered serious burns while nine students and one adult – believed to be a teacher – suffered superficial burns as a result of the explosion at Manly West public school on Monday afternoon.
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Buy now, pay later review has been coming for a while
The last time the issue was examined, under the previous government, it was decided the industry could regulate itself.
Continue reading...Shaun Gilchrist, candidate for Narracan, was due to face court on 30 November charged with one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault
A Victorian National party candidate who had been due to face court on rape charges has died days before the state election.
Shaun David Gilchrist was expected before court on 30 November charged with one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault ahead of a trial that had been scheduled for next year.
In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org
Continue reading...Graphic footage showed police shooting Russell at least five times in a house in Sydney’s west in November 2021
A New South Wales court has seen graphic footage of police shooting an Aboriginal man at least five times in the “obstructed tunnel” of a narrow hallway of a house in Sydney’s west, during an attempted arrest in November 2021.
Gomeroi man Stanley Russell, 45, was shot dead by police in his aunt’s home in western Sydney on 9 November 2021, after they had come to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.
Continue reading...Partner pleads guilty to three charges of sexual assault, two charges of rape, will be sentenced as serious sexual offender
Suspecting her fiance was cheating on her, a Melbourne woman logged into his email account. There she found videos of him raping her as she slept, prosecutors have told the Victorian county court.
The man she trusted in a relationship for more than two years has admitted raping her seven times and sexually assaulting her 21 times without her knowledge.
In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org
Continue reading...Sydney Water says filtration systems under extreme pressure amid floods, as all Melbourne beaches declared unsuitable for swimming
Just a quarter of Sydney’s largest drinking water catchment, the Warragamba Dam, is safe for consumption, prompting fears residents will need to conserve water.
Ben Blayney, the head of water supply and production at Sydney Water, said the past year’s floods had placed extreme pressure on the city’s water filtration system.
Continue reading...Labor attempting to link saga to NSW premier, who was treasurer at the time of Stephen Cartwright’s appointment to senior trade job
NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s chief of staff will be questioned about what role he played in the appointment of the former NSW business chamber president, Stephen Cartwright, to a lucrative UK trade job.
Bran Black, Perrottet’s chief adviser, will appear before the long-running inquiry into the government’s controversial senior trade jobs, which was launched after former deputy premier John Barilaro’s appointment to the New York position in June.
Continue reading...Body thought to be that of Les Vugec, 85, who was last seen at his Eugowra home on Monday
Major flooding is forecast to continue along several river systems in New South Wales as flood-hit communities survey the damage and authorities warn it could be months before the deluge comes to an end.
A second death was recorded in Eugowra on Saturday after a body was found on the outskirts of town.
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