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Troubled former television host Andrew O'Keefe has been granted bail in the NSW Supreme Court to attend a rehabilitation centre.The 50-year-old appeared from Silverwater jail on Monday via video link and thanked the judge following multiple failed attempts at securing bail.
South Australia will consider lifting its mask mandate for high school students with Premier Peter Malinauskas hoping the COVID-19 restriction can go.The state's Emergency Management Council meets on Tuesday with the mask requirement for secondary students among a number of issues to be considered.
Scott Morrison has been roasted by Chinese state media over his 'anti-China crusade' and it's fair to say they have not held back. Find out more.
Australia's trade union movement is looking forward to doing the "hard work" with incoming prime minister Anthony Albanese on improving worker conditions.Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sally McManus said low wage growth, insecure work and cost of living had been left "festering" under the coalition for nearly a decade.
New Zealand's official cash rate is poised to hit a six-year high when the Reserve Bank considers monetary policy this week.But the big question is where it might end the year, and whether falling consumption might bring a Kiwi recession.
Leader Barnaby Joyce has suggested the Nationals did not suffer the same election swings against them as their Liberal colleagues due to voters knowing what the party stood for.The Nationals retained every incumbent seat they contested on Saturday, as well as gaining a new senator in NSW.
While the unfortunate driver will want to forget the incident, they were unaware the mishap was caught on camera. Watch here.
The horrifying moment a zoo keeper had his right ring finger ripped off by a lion has been captured on video by stunned witnesses.Footage shows the man dressed in red poking his fingers through the cage at Jamaica Zoo in an effort to pat the animal as it growls and bares its teeth. Source: YouTube
A witness said the zookeeper was trying to impress visitors as their Jamaica Zoo tour came to an end. Watch the footage here.
Australia has the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 infections of any comparable country in the world, but pathologists fear they haven't got the full picture.In most cases, people are using rapid antigen tests in the home which firmly places the responsibility to report on the individual rather than a health professional.
Sydney's record year of rainfall is far from over, with heavy showers set to fall on the city until Thursday. Find out more here.
There is hope the Tamil family taken from their home in Biloela four years ago will return for daughter Tharnicaa's fifth birthday in just under three weeks.Incoming federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants the family to return to the central Queensland town "as soon as possible" and is expecting to be briefed on the matter this week.
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has fought off criticism that he is to blame for the Coalition's election defeat as the fallout from the loss continues.
Giulio Ciccone went solo in the finale to win the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 177-km mountain trek between Rivarolo Canavese and Cogne.Behind him Richard Carapaz survived an early scare when he was involved in a pile-up to retain the overall lead from Australian Jai Hindley.
A dramatic surge in flu cases amid the COVID-19 pandemic is putting NSW hospitals under "significant pressure" as staff fall victim to the viruses.After two years with very few cases, Health Minister Brad Hazzard says a "horror flu season" has "hit NSW earlier and harder than it has for many years".
The incoming prime minister says he expects Australia's rocky relationship with China to continue. Source: ABC News
A gas cylinder explosion in the capital of the United Arab Emirates has killed two people and injured 120 others, police say, hours after authorities downplayed the incident and warned the public not to share images of the aftermath.The explosion struck a restaurant just after 1pm in Abu Dhabi's Khalidiya neighbourhood, just a few blocks from the capital's beachfront corniche.
The White House has issued a statement after US President Joe Biden called Anthony Albanese to congratulate him on his Australian election victory and underline the strength of their countries' alliance."President Biden reaffirmed the United States' steadfast commitment to the US-Australia alliance and his intent to work closely with the new government to make it stronger still," the statement issued on Sunday said.
ShutterstockAs the polls closed on Saturday night, most election commentary focused on the dispiriting campaign where both major parties avoided any substantial division on policy issues and instead focused on negatively framing the opposing leader. Even to many seasoned political minds, the most likely outcome seemed to be a reversal of the last parliament, with Labor winning enough seats to form a narrow majority, and one or two more seats falling to independents. As we all now know, the outco
Australia's incoming Prime Minister has received a congratulatory call from his US counterpart. Read what President Joe Biden had to say.
