Australian News

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Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has been arrested by Child Abuse Squad detectives at his Circular Quay apartment.

The arrest follows an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said detectives had been "working tirelessly" on the investigation.

Vile oily rag of a man. Australia has a large problem with Nazis, they're not hugely widespread but they're extremely bold and violent.

Unfortunately half of Parliament is highly sympathetic to them and if there's anything your average Aussie hates more than a Nazi it's any sort of leftist organising.

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About 50,000 nurses and midwives have walked off the job across NSW.

The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association have been in an ongoing pay dispute with the government, brought to a head this week after police were offered a historic 39 per cent increase.

What's next?

The NSW government is considering arbitration in the Industrial Relations Commission.

I hope the Australian public is better than to fall for this. Though I fear we collectively are no better than the USA... somehow Abbot and Morrison were both elected after all.

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A worker has been crushed beneath a turbine blade at a wind farm construction site at Rokewood.

First responders tried to revive the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

What's next?

WorkSafe is investigating the circumstances and police will prepare a report for the coroner.

"Just two weeks ago, union delegates from three different unions met with Vestas management to raise serious safety concerns, telling them it was only dumb luck that nobody had been killed on site yet."

Out in 7 years after murdering 2 women.

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The NSW Supreme Court has accepted a challenge from the state's police commissioner to a climate protest planned in Newcastle later this month.

The protest, organised by Rising Tide, would see activists attempt to block access to the Port of Newcastle.

What's next?

Rising Tide says the multi-day demonstration will go ahead regardless of the court's decision.

Original URL: https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/man-charged-by-nsw-police-after-allegedly-wearing-offensive-antiisrael-shirt-at-popular-bondi-beach-in-sydneys-east/news-story/75b93cc258745f9ee16b763d468a38b1

I don't trust Sky News as far as I could kick them, but I can't find any reporting by non-Murdoch publications (or even the more reputable Murdoch ones). If anyone can find reporting other than Sky News and the Daily Mail, let me know.

With that in mind, I'm cautious that Sky News' coverage is missing details, if only because they've half-arsed it. If the guy was being a menace, surely they would have used whatever details were available to paint an anti-israel activist in a bad light.

The man was charged with two counts of behaving in offensive manner in/near public place and one count of stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm.

Seems like overkill if he was in fact just wearing a shirt around. I think it may be technically/arguably illegal to have a shirt with 'fuck' written on it, but it's very selectively enforced. The case brought against Sydney activist Danny Lim a few years back comes to mind.

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The federal government is committing to significant changes to the student debt scheme in a pitch to younger Australians hit hard by cost of living pressures.

It claims the changes to the minimum repayment threshold and indexation will see the average HECS-HELP debt holder save $680 in yearly repayments.

What's next?

The government will introduce legislation to implement the changes next year.

Under the proposal, repayments would operate similar to income tax thresholds where you pay a set rate per dollar above a certain level.

That rate per dollar increases as you move along the income scale.

The federal government's plan also lifts the minimum repayment threshold from $54,435 to $67,000 next financial year.

That threshold will also be indexed to stay at 75 per cent of average graduate earnings.

A university graduate earning $70,000 a year would see a $1,300 reduction in their minimum repayments.

A graduate earning $80,000 a year would pay $850 less each year.

The measure applies to graduates earning up to $180,000 a year.

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/six-teams-to-save-america-sky-news-goes-all-out-for-maga-fans-20241029-p5km8k.html

One Nation leader ordered to delete tweet and pay Greens senator’s costs, likely to total ‘many hundreds of thousands’

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Hundreds of Sunshine Coast residents are without power after storms swept the region last night, with 75 millimetres recorded at Mapleton.

Locals say hail from the storm, which was golf-ball sized in some areas and "horizontal"in others, was the worst they've seen.

What's next?

The weather bureau says more storms are possible today.

The title has youtube face but the story is lovely.

The report has a clear message – the world is sick, it's addicted to fossil fuels and the only way to bring the temperature down is to get off them

Vote Green ffs

Furness recommended the Nacc revisit the controversial decision, which had already been the subject of 900 complaints when she promised in June to inquire into the matter.

Following the inspector’s recommendation, the Nacc will now appoint an “independent eminent person” to deliberate afresh on a possible corruption investigation into robodebt.

Archive link if you hit a paywall: https://archive.is/zWqIc

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Alan Yazbek pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to the charge of displaying a Nazi symbol.

He was seen at a large rally holding a placard which took the Israeli flag, but replaced the Star of David with a blue swastika.

What's next?

Yazbek's wife and business partner confirmed her husband is no longer involved in the management of their well-known restaurant business.