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A native title case being heard in the Federal Court today could have significant, ongoing implications for the Northern Territory cattle industry, and has some pastoralists seriously worried. Native title NT court case key points Key points: Case covers several NT...
Updated April 10, 2019 17:48:31 Photo: Liberal Sue Hickey joined gender bill supporters from the public gallery after the bill passed. (ABC News: Alexandra Humphries) Tasmania’s transgender community is celebrating after landmark reforms to make gender optional on birth certificates passed...
Updated April 10, 2019 17:40:11 Photo: The memo issued by Logan Hospital was incorrect, Queensland Health says. (ABC News: Ellie Sibson) Related Story: Doctors expect the flu to kill at least 4,000 people this year. Here’s what you need to know...
Posted April 10, 2019 17:22:46 Photo: Captain GetUp was created by conservative group Advance Australia. (Twitter: Captain GetUp!) The conservative group behind a satirical superhero ridiculing fellow activists GetUp! says the character has been “a great success”, despite widespread mockery on...
Updated April 10, 2019 16:47:42 Photo: Shaun Bloomfield (left) and Luke Merryfull (right) were sentenced in the Victorian County Court. (Facebook) Map: Balmoral 3407 Two men who raped a friend when she refused to have a threesome after a 21st birthday...
Updated April 10, 2019 16:28:52 Photo: The van was allegedly stolen from the Townsville suburb of Cranbrook. (ABC News: Travis Mead) Map: Cranbrook 4814 A 12-year-old boy driving an allegedly stolen mini-van has lost control and rolled the vehicle, leaving two...
Updated April 10, 2019 16:27:26 Photo: The flyers have been handed out to staff and patients outside the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for the past week. (Supplied) Cancer patients, their families and medical staff have been harassed by anti-euthanasia protesters as...
Posted April 10, 2019 16:00:38 Photo: Timothy Schwab entering the Darwin Supreme Court. (ABC News) A small-time Darwin builder who defrauded an Indigenous employment program of more than $200,000 in taxpayer payments from the Northern Territory Government has been sentenced to...
Posted April 10, 2019 15:59:07 Photo: Jemma Lilley is currently serving a life jail term for murdering 18-year-old Aaron Pajich. (Supplied) Lawyers for a would-be serial killer found guilty of murdering a Perth teenager have argued in Western Australia’s highest court...
