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Tough new tests for state funding
Staff writers AUSTRALIAN states will face new tests for infrastructure funding as part of a $50 billion plan in the federal budget.
University funding to be slashed
LABOR is pledging to block a $2.8b funding cut to universities which will force students to pay off loans earlier and make degrees more expensive.
‘Ghost house tax’ to hit foreign buyers
FOREIGN investors who leave their properties unoccupied could be forced to fork out up to $5000 to help improve Australia’s housing affordability.
Sharrouf’s jihadi kids are ‘victims’
AS more disturbing images Australian jihadist Khaled Sharrouf’s children emerge, the government says the kids deserved a chance to reform.
Coalition’s Budget $100b blowout
BUDGET forecasts since the Coalition came to power are wrong by $100bn and rising, according to new data, suggesting the Budget is, in a word, shot.
The Australians dying ‘unnecessarily’
THE number of road toll deaths involving pedestrians is at higher rates than ever before — showing the nation’s messages about road safety are failing.
Stars uncut: Candid moments at the 2017 Met Gala
BLINK and you missed - What the stars really got up to at the 2017 Met Gala in New York City.
Met Gala 2017: Best and worst dressed stars
CHECK out all the star-studded fashion moments from the 2017 Met Gala in New York City.
Explosive texts Landry to Bell: ‘I know about Erin’
TV celebrity Kelly Landry said she fought with her husband Anthony Bell hours after he won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race because she suspected ‘something was going’ on between him and sports journalist Erin Molan, a court has heard.
Four Corners ‘See you later, thanks for coming’
SOME of Australia’s greatest former elite athletes have opened up about the depression, drug dependency and unemployment they faced in the wake of their sporting careers.
Road toll Driver killed in two-car crash
ONE person has died and another is in hospital after two cars collided in the state’s far north.
Flood damage Insurers slammed for ‘playing games’
A QUEENSLAND mayor has lashed out at how long it is taking insurance companies to assess flood-damaged homes.
Police investigating ‘Explosive’ dug up in Freeling yard
POLICE are on their way to a property in Freeling, about 60km north of Adelaide, after receiving reports a resident has found an explosive in their yard.
Coral spores Family hospitalised after cleaning their fish tank
AN Aldinga Beach house has been quarantined and a family of seven are in hospital following a bizarre mishap involving an aquarium and toxic coral spores.
Milk crisis 360 jobs go as dairy giant shuts factories
ABOUT 360 jobs are expected to be lost with Australia’s largest milk processor Murray Goulburn announcing it will shut three factories, two in Victoria.
Lucky escape Mum saves children from unit blaze
A MOTHER rushed her two children from their unit in Springvale early this morning as fire tore through the property.
Lawsuit Maslin family reach settlement over MH17
THE WA family who lost three children as well as their grandfather in the MH17 tragedy has reached a settlement with Malaysia Airlines.
Qantas hub Perth-Paris nonstop flights departing soon
QANTAS’ next nonstop flight will be Perth to Paris starting late next year, according to airline insiders, as analysts say the Boeing 787 Dreamliner services from WA will be a game changer.
Fish farm fracas ‘We’re not a bunch of nutty fringe dwellers’
GROUPS from across the political spectrum have gathered on Hobart’s Parliament Lawns to voice their concerns about Tassal’s intention to put fish into Okehampton Bay in August.
Lyell Highway closed Person badly hurt in Lawitta crash
ONE person is believed to be seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash at Lawitta near New Norfolk.
Bang for the buck Budget to ‘build bridge to better future’
TREASURER Nicole Manison has delivered a big-spending Budget aimed at creating jobs and keeping the economy afloat in challenging economic times
Make the NT greater Second bub reinforces importance of NT family
Popular Palmerston pollie Lia Finocchiaro’s ancestry is Italian, but first and foremost she is a Territorian
Missing Dan’s body was in limestone
THE body of Daniel O’Keeffe — missing for several years — was discovered in a tight space at his family’s Geelong property.
Man dies on Surfers Paradise beach
A MAN in his 40s has died on Surfers Paradise beach overnight. At 9.35pm paramedics were called to assist someone who was trying to resuscitate the man believed to be a tourist.
Children taken from ice homes
AN ALARMING number of Far North children had to be removed from their ice-using parents by child safety last year with one Cairns suburb an unfortunate hot spot for drug-taking mums and dads.
Update: Air search for missing man
MORE than 10 royal brigade volunteers have joined the search this morning for missing man Rodney Fielding.
