Australia
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Greens and Labor deadlocked over housing crisis
The political divide over housing endures as the Greens challenge the new minister to reconsider the government’s policies, including a rent freeze and more public housing funding. Greens’ housing spokesperson …
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Fighting the looming ‘silent pandemic’
When Jane Fletcher went into hospital for routine surgery she never expected to come out with a superbug and a front-row seat to the ‘silent pandemic’. The health psychologist was …
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Growing requests for coroner’s inquest into Louisa Ioannidis’s death in Melbourne
In 2011, 24-year-old Louisa Ioannidis was found dead, in a creek in Melbourne. Thirteen years later, her family is calling for a coroner’s inquest, driven by new evidence uncovered by …
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Scalpel taken to hospital ‘back office bureaucracy’
Victorian hospitals will be overhauled but not forced to merge following a scathing review finding the health system no longer fit for purpose. The state government has accepted all but one of …
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Worker pay rise a pathway to universal childcare: PM
A pay rise for early learning educators is a step towards universal childcare, the prime minister says. Early childhood and out-of-school hours staff are in line to receive a 15 …
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Hospital failed little Noah Souvatzis before his avoidable death: coroner
The parents of a 19-month-old boy who died after being wrongly discharged from hospital have sobbed in court as a coroner found his death was preventable. The Souvatzis family were …
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Rex board spat grounded as airline’s future in balance
An 11th-hour bid to oust the directors of struggling carrier Rex will be sidelined ahead of a vote by tens of thousands of creditors to decide whether to resurrect or …
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Human remains found within euthanised crocodile
The remains of what is believed to be a missing 40-year-old father have been found within a euthanised crocodile in far north Queensland. Queensland Police have confirmed human remains were …
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Source of deadly legionnaires’ outbreak found
The source of Victoria’s deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak has been pinpointed, with health authorities confident it has been contained. A cooling tower at Laverton North in Melbourne’s west has been …
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Disassembled NGV 2022 Parthenon replica found discarded in Epping Field
Amid the cattle grazing paddocks along the busy Craigieburn Bypass, lies a significant piece of Melbourne’s recent art history. In November 2022, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) revealed the …