What can the House do without a speaker? Not much.
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A former Victorian priest who was jailed for sexually abusing six schoolboys will be extradited to Tasmania to face more indecent assault charges.David Edwin Rapson was in 2015 found guilty of abusing the boys, aged between 11 and 16, at two Victorian boarding schools in the 1970s and 1980s.
Two women were caught fighting on a busy road in Elwood, Melbourne, during peak hour. Source: 9 News
The fight that stopped traffic on a busy intersection was believed to be between a driver and a pedestrian. Watch how it unfolded.
A second nationwide strike has disrupted French electricity production, public transport and schools in a backlash against the government's plans to make people work longer before retirement.Unions, which have scheduled protest rallies across France throughout the day, want to keep the pressure on the government and hope to repeat the large turnout for the first national day of protest on January 19.
NSW Labor says there's a crisis in community sport and is promising to increase funding for the sector if it wins next month's election.Labor is promising to increase Organisation Support Program funding to $5 million in 2023-24 and $10 million per year in the years after.
Billionaire Clive Palmer pumped a record $117 million into the United Australia Party ahead of last year's federal election.The Australian Electoral Commission's 2021/22 financial disclosure returns from parties, candidates, donors and organisation shows his Mineralogy mining company donated the staggering figure, including individual donations of $50 million and $30 million.
COVID-19 remains a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organisation says, designating the disease its highest form of alert.The pandemic was likely at a "transition point" that continues to need careful management to "mitigate the potential negative consequences", the agency said on Monday.
Furious locals have blasted council over a 'money grabbing' move – but not everyone agrees. What do you think? Vote in our poll.
A suicide bombing that killed dozens of policemen at a mosque in a government compound in northwest Pakistan reflects a "security lapse", current and former officials say.The blast, which ripped through a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility the mosque, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years, with a death toll that rose to 95 on Tuesday.
Aussie drivers have been spooked by this familiar looking van. Find out why.
Ukraine's defence minister is expected in Paris to meet President Emmanuel Macron amid a debate among Kyiv's allies over whether to provide fighter jets for its war against Russia, after US President Joe Biden ruled out giving F-16s.Ukraine planned to push for Western fourth-generation fighters such as F-16s after securing supplies of main battle tanks last week, an adviser to Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Friday.
A French woman is stunned to learn that many Aussies leave the soap suds on their recently cleaned dishes. Read more here.
Melbourne content creator and musician Samuel Alexander revealed the hidden danger behind standing too close to a beach cliff. Source: TikTok/alusammusic
A woman was frightfully close to being bitten by a highly venomous tiger snake. Watch the footage here.
The father of NRL star David Fifita has been refused bail after a string of alleged offences, including entering an elderly man's home while he slept.In another alleged incident, Siaosi Teisina Fifita, 44, was found hiding from police behind a garbage bin in a stranger's garden.
A Queensland man accused of abducting his mother last week has been charged with murdering the woman described by family as gentle, funny, caring and clever.Slade Murdok, 30, faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with the murder of his 61-year-old mother Wendy Sleeman.
Italian embassies all over the world are at risk of anarchist attacks linked to the case of the hunger-striking Alfredo Cospito, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says.Cospito, 55, is an Italian anarchist who has been on a hunger strike for more than 100 days to protest against being jailed under the strict "41 bis" isolation regime.
Australia could launch their Women's World Cup campaign in front of more than 80,000 fans after FIFA responded to the huge demand to see Sam Kerr's Matildas by moving their opening fixture against Republic of Ireland to Sydney's Accor Stadium.Alongside New Zealand kicking off the Trans-Tasman tournament at Auckland's Eden Park, more than 100,000 people will attend the World Cup's opening day.
Former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill shed tears of joy before drinking six or seven bourbon and cokes in an hour-and-a-half and allegedly intimidating one of his best friend's former partners.MacGill, 51, is accused of stalking and verbally intimidating his friend's former fiance Samantha Ford while walking down a Sydney CBD street, and then at a nearby pub on February 1, 2022.
The confronting clip garnered widespread attention, prompting many to believe it was too crazy to be real. See how the family responded.