Australia
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Public service super pay delay to add $882m in net debt
Delaying $3 billion in superannuation payments to Victorian public service workers will push up net debt $882 million by 2035, the Parliamentary Budget Office says. Before last year’s Victorian state …
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Former commando lashes ‘shoddy’ ABC war crime reports
The ABC has been accused of publishing serious allegations Australian commandos executed a hogtied Afghan prisoner knowing the claims were false. Articles in 2020 and 2021 claim the November Platoon …
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Victoria 2026 compensation could offset new host costs
Compensation paid by the Victorian government over its decision to dump the 2026 Commonwealth Games could be used to offset the costs for another host. Premier Daniel Andrews stunned the …
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Education jobs cut as Victoria tightens purse strings
Hundreds of jobs are being slashed from Victoria’s education department as the state government seeks to improve its budget bottom line. Some 325 full time equivalent positions are being cut …
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Cooking with gas no more as Victoria heads for net zero
Gas connections will be banned in Victorian homes and government buildings built from next year. The state government announced the changes as part of its plan to reach net-zero emissions …
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Councillor Steve Christou calls out colleague for ‘reverse racism’ after holding meeting entirely in Mandarin without English translation
Councillor Steve Christou has defended locals outraged after a meeting was held completely in Mandarin without any English translation. The Cumberland City Council, a local government area in Sydney’s west, …
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Greek Australian man sentenced over St Marys High School bestiality and break-in offences in Sydney’s west
A 44-year-old Greek-Australian man as reported in Daily Mail – Australia, while the masthead names the perpetrator Neos Kosmos does not, as to avoid further embarrassment to his family. The …
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Chanel Contos concerned reforms will not address key issues leading to sexual assualt cases
With the amount of rape cases that have reportedly slipped through the legal system in Australia, the nation seems to have “essentially decriminalised rape” complains Greek Australian sexual abuse campaigner …
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Australian singers grapple with devastating Greek fires, cherishing fond memories of islands before the blaze
Two Australian singers, Hannah Gutierrez Cañon and Brooke Kotsos, are coming to terms with the heart-wrenching wildfires that engulfed the Greek island of Rhodes, including the five-star resort where they …
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Meta fined $20m over misleading data protection claims
Social media giant Meta and subsidiaries have copped $20 million in fines after an app that claimed protect personal information was found to have collected user data for commercial benefit. …