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South Australia's plan to ease border restrictions and local COVID-19 measures when vaccine targets are reached is close to being finalised, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens says.The state's transition committee met on Tuesday and made no changes to SA's current restrictions, including mask-wearing in venues such as shopping centres and on public transport.
Eight-year-old Sol died in a tragic accident after attempting to go kayaking alone. Now, his family have released his photo for the first time.
Cases are surging to new highs in the UK after it abandoned restrictions – and now a new Delta mutation is being watched closely by scientists.
The NSW MP who introduced voluntary assisted dying legislation has called on the government not to "prolong people's suffering" and set a clear time frame for the bill to be debated.Independent Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich last week introduced the long-awaited bill that would legalise voluntary assisted dying for people with terminal illness.
Public scrutiny of Australian companies' emissions is set to increase under a new voluntary scheme.The Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency report will invite businesses to detail information including their net emissions and progress towards targets.
A date is set for Queensland to reopen to the rest of the country but Annastacia Palaszczuk’s long-awaited roadmap has come under fire from border communities. Find out why.
Former Rebels bikie James Crane, who's allegedly linked to the bashing murder of a man at a NSW Central Coast service station, has been granted bail.Justice Peter Hamill said in the NSW Supreme Court on Wednesday that Crane's ongoing detention was not justified, given the multiple and substantial delays of his trial.
Eight critically endangered birds have been released from captivity into the wild to bolster its population after a 90 per cent decline during the past two decades.Plains-wanderers, small quail-like ground-dwelling birds with yellow legs and bills, are classified as Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered by the Zoological Society of London.
Western Australia's premier has joined with the mining sector in dismissing calls for stronger federal oversight of Aboriginal cultural heritage.A parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of the sacred Juukan Gorge rock shelters has called for overarching commonwealth heritage legislation to be co-designed with Indigenous people.
Debate has ramped up about whether politicians should be able to blast unsolicited text messages ahead of the election, after a new bill was introduced to parliament on Wednesday.South Australian Centre Alliance senator Stirling Griff's proposed legislation would force political parties to offer an unsubscribe function to unsolicited messages.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has admitted failings in New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccine rollout as criticism grows of her outreach to Maori, and particularly young Maori.Vaccination rates of elderly Maori are among New Zealand's highest - around 92 per cent have had at least one jab, compared with 94 per cent of non-Maori.
The 29-year-old nurse sent out a message for help after she strayed off course just hours before bad weather hindered rescue efforts. Read more.
Victoria's daily Covid-19 cases continue to linger near the 2,000 mark. Find out more about the latest update.
Floods and landslides caused by late monsoon rains have killed about 100 people in India and Nepal, local authorities say.Since Monday, there have been at least 48 fatalities in Nepal, police said.
Potential changes have been flagged for Afghan nationals who were evacuated to Australia following the Taliban takeover.Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has foreshadowed the possibility of an extension to thousands of visa holders in Australia who were flown to safety after the fall of the Afghan government.
Ms Caddick went missing from her Dover Heights home in Sydney's east in November 2020, a day after ASIC executed a search warrant for her mansion.The 49-year-old was reported missing two days later by her husband.On February 21, a group of people camping discovered a running shoe containing human remains while walking along Bournda Beach, on the NSW south coast.
Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to curb global warming, the United Nations and researchers say.The UN Environment Program's (UNEP) annual production gap report measures the difference between governments' planned production of fossil fuels and production levels which are consistent with meeting the temperature limits set in Paris.
A former detective and his son have been committed to stand trial accused of being part of a boiler room scam that involved 12 people allegedly swindling victims of more than $20 million.Michael John Featherstone and Zach Michael Featherstone are charged with fraud and money laundering over their involvement in the alleged scam the prosecution argues raked in millions of dollars from hundreds of victims between 2011 and 2014.
Terrifying, giant hailstones that hit Queensland on Tuesday afternoon were the biggest on record. Find out how big they were and view the carnage.
Eco-influencer Mandy Spooner shares some tips to ensure the sustainable brands you purchase are what they say they are. Read more.
