Betting Game over: six arrested by Australian police over alleged online gaming match-fixing Australia News - Naaman ZhouAustralian police have arrested six people for allegedly losing matches on purpose on the popular online game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. In what is Australia’s first police investigation into esports
1980s Former magistrate Graeme Curran jailed for indecently assaulting underage boy Australia News - Australian Associated PressFormer New South Wales magistrate Graeme Curran has been jailed for at least 16 months for indecently assaulting an underage boy in the 1980s. On Friday, Curran was handcuffed and led away by prison officers
Compensation Sydney trains meltdown: travellers who suffered 'financial hardship' able to seek compensation Australia News - Australian Associated PressSydney Trains has opened a window to compensation for commuters who suffered “significant financial hardship” as a direct result of massive delays across the network. A train on the north shore line needed
George Pell Cardinal George Pell’s failed appeal and why his chances in the high court are slim Australia News - Melissa DaveyCardinal George Pell’s formidable defence team presented Victoria’s county court and the court of appeal with what they described as “13 solid obstacles in the path of a conviction”, which they said proved
Tattoos Great Australian cafe war ends with 'insanely painful' coffee cup tattoo Australia News - Naaman ZhouIt all started on Monday when Fraser Harvey walked into his local cafe in Melbourne’s city centre. To mark his constant visits to the Sensory Lab outlet on Collins Street, he put up a small poster that
Australian Politics 'Public at risk': bill to ban flammable cladding imports returns to Senate Australia News - Paul KarpCentre Alliance will reintroduce a bill to ban the importation of flammable cladding, a move likely to force the issue back into the federal arena despite the Morrison government putting responsibility
Policing Tanya Day died 17 days after falling asleep on a train. Now her family want answers Australia News - Calla WahlquistBefore Tanya Day sustained a fatal injury while in police custody, she fell asleep on a train. The Yorta Yorta woman, 55, was catching the V/Line service from Echuca to Melbourne on 5 December 2017 to
Suicide Scott Morrison's suicide prevention adviser says mental health system may increase risk of self-harm Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorScott Morrison’s suicide prevention adviser, Christine Morgan, is pondering the risk factors that lead people to the point of despair where they take their own lives. As the chief executive of the National
Play buttonIran Iran sanctions scandal: Australian company offloads $15m cargo it says it was duped into carrying Australia News - Christopher KnausThe Australian multinational at the centre of an Iran sanctions scandal has offloaded a $15m shipment of Iranian cargo it says it was duped into taking, and is reviewing its operations to avoid a repeat.
Australian Labor Party Anthony Albanese seeks to reopen wounds of Turnbull coup in fresh pitch to Queensland Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorAnthony Albanese will use the first anniversary since Malcolm Turnbull was rolled as prime minister to rally the Labor base in Queensland, declaring the Coalition’s electoral popularity there is only Addressing
Micronesia The Coalition’s cruelty on borders has been exposed – and Jacqui Lambie will decide if it returns Australia News - Katharine MurphyTruth bomb or not, the Department of Home Affairs isn’t showing much inclination to listen to the suggestion from one of its former operatives. Shaun Hanns is a former public servant who worked until in
Play buttonJosh Frydenberg Angus Taylor did not disclose financial interest at grassland meeting, committee hears Australia News - Lisa Cox and Anne DaviesAngus Taylor did not declare at a meeting with environment officials about critically endangered grasslands that he had a financial interest in a company that was under investigation for poisoning them.
Commuting Sydney train delays trigger chaos across the city and commuter rage Australia News - Australian Associated PressA train needing mechanical repairs at Sydney’s Town Hall station has caused chaos, sparking long delays across the city – even stretching into the evening peak hour commute, more than 12 hours after the
Queensland Asio chief warns against sharing officer's name on social media after Queensland blunder Australia News - Christopher KnausThe head of Australia’s domestic intelligence agency has described the Queensland government’s accidental identification of one of his operatives as “inadvertent and regrettable”, but says he accepts premier’s
Bill Shorten Robodebt could target pensioners and 'sensitive' groups, leaked documents show Australia News - Luke Henriques-GomesThe Morrison government could target thousands of pensioners and other “sensitive” welfare recipients under a proposed expansion of the controversial robodebt scheme needed to achieve a promised $2.1bn
Kevin Rudd Kevin Rudd accuses Liberals of stirring up hysteria about China Australia News - Ben DohertyThe former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd has accused members of the Liberal party of fomenting national hysteria and “going all hairy-chested” over China. In an interview at the National Press Club Friday,
ASIC (Australia) Asic sues NAB over $24bn home loan 'introducer' scheme Australia News - Ben ButlerThe corporate regulator has launched legal action against National Australia Bank seeking fines of up to $530m over a program the bank ran where it paid “introducers” including gym instructors and hairdressers
Drag Racing Junior drag racing: coroner wants safety improved after death of eight-year-old girl Australia News - Australian Associated PressA coroner has called for more training and safety measures in junior drag racing after an eight-year-old Perth girl was fatally injured in a crash while trying to obtain her licence. Anita Board slammed
Australian News Victoria abolishes public drunkenness as a crime ahead of death in custody inquest Australia News - Calla WahlquistThe Victorian government has announced a plan to abolish the crime of public drunkenness four days ahead of an inquest into the death in custody of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, who was arrested on the
Western Australia Morning mail: Deaths in custody rise, Amazon fires up by 80%, Australia's Ashes collapse Australia News - Stephen SmileyGood morning, this is Stephen Smiley bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Friday 23 August. Indigenous deaths in custody have worsened in the 12 months since Guardian Australia released its
Indigenous Peoples Indigenous deaths in custody worsen in year of tracking by Deaths Inside project Australia News - Lorena Allam, Calla Wahlquist and Nick EvershedIndigenous deaths in custody have worsened in the 12 months since Guardian Australia released its Deaths Inside project, with 17 more deaths recorded since August last year. Analysis shows that government
Australian Labor Party Mining lobbyists access Queensland government 214 times in six years Australia News - Christopher KnausMining and energy corporates have used paid lobbyists to access the Queensland Labor government 214 times in the past six years, analysis shows. The mining and energy sector is hugely influential in Queensland,
Peter Dutton Coalition has lost control of borders, with 80,000 asylum arrivals by plane, Labor says Australia News - Paul KarpLabor is claiming that Peter Dutton has lost control of Australia’s borders, saying 80,000 people have arrived by plane to claim asylum since 2014. The new line of attack against the Morrison government
Australian News Australian cheesemakers warn EU name crackdown will cost jobs Australia News - Sarah Martin Chief political correspondentAustralian cheesemakers are mobilising against a proposed European crackdown on the naming of hundreds of products – including feta, mozzarella and gorgonzola – warning not only of job losses, but of degradation
Australian Labor Party Asio officer's name revealed by Queensland premier's office in major security blunder Australia News - Christopher KnausThe Queensland premier’s office has mistakenly published the name of a secret intelligence operative in an extraordinary national security breach potentially punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Protest Protesters defend sacred 800-year-old Djap Wurrung trees as police deadline looms Australia News - Lisa MartinA standoff between authorities and hundreds of protestors trying to protect sacred trees in western Victoria could come to a head on Thursday night as a police evacuation deadline looms. More than 260
Indigenous Peoples I am the Barkindji Warrior and I fight to break the Indigenous cycle of despair Australia News - Shantelle Thompson for IndigenousXNgayi, I am Shantelle Thompson, a proud Barkindji-Ngyampaa-European woman of descent. I am a mother of three (including twins), survivor of severe postnatal depression that almost made me hurt my daughter
Play buttonPacific Islands Forum Australia's deputy PM apologises to Pacific for fruit-picking comments 'if any insult was taken' Australia News - Paul KarpMichael McCormack has apologised to Pacific Island nations for his comments that they will survive the climate crisis – in part – “because many of their workers come here to pick our fruit”. The deputy
New South Wales NSW spent $68m in past year keeping vulnerable children in motels Australia News - Lorena AllamThe New South Wales government spent $68m in the past year keeping children who were removed from their families in motels, hotels and other kinds of “alternative care” and, according to the government’s
