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The Liberal Party will take a Melbourne council to court, after a stoush over campaign signs at a pre-polling booth came to a head this morning. Officers from Boroondara Council attended a pre-polling station on High Street in Kew earlier today and removed “non-permitted advertising” displayed by Kooyong Liberal Candidate Amelia Hamer. The council had enforced a one-sign per party rule outside the polling station this year, following previous concerns the volume of political advertising was blocking the footpath and posing a safety risk to pedestrians. As of yesterday, dozens of signs promoting the Liberal Party candidate lined the High ... Read more

As the clock ticks down to the upcoming federal election, a look at the nation’s electoral demographics reveals that Gen Y and Gen Z combined now outnumber Baby Boomers at the ballot box for the first time. This has prompted headlines in the media, as well as coverage from social media influencers detailing the demographic shift underway in the nation’s electoral landscape. Which raises an interesting question of how has the electoral power of each generation has shifted over the last 20 years and to what degree is that reflected when looking at static age demographics such as 35 to ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Tony Popovic will leave the door open for defender Alessandro Circati to seal an unlikely Socceroos recall as the Australia boss vows to cast a wide net to find a replacement for influential midfielder Jackson Irvine. Foot surgery will mean the 32-year-old Irvine will miss next month’s crunch World Cup qualifiers with Japan in Perth on June 5 and Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on June 11. With Popovic already without Sheffield United centre back Harry Souttar, the absence of St Pauli midfielder Irvine will ... Read more

It has become as much an Aussie staple as Vegemite and Tim Tams. And many voters will be eagerly awaiting their democracy sausage this Saturday. The sausages in bread are traditionally sold for charity at polling boots, with homemade cakes also typically on offer. READ MORE: Labor headed for election victory, new poll projects Voters already salivating at the thought of the snack can check to ensure their local polling booth is offering the delicacy. More than 1700 locations across the country will offer a sausage sizzle on election day, according to website democracysausage.org. Aussie capital Canberra and the ACT ... Read more

A crane has fallen and crushed parked cars at a Gold Coast university. The incident happened at Bond University about 11am Wednesday. Nobody was injured, a Queensland fire service spokeswoman told NewsWire. Only one firefighting crew was called to the scene, and they cleaned up a small spill before the scene was left with security and the crane operator, the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said. The incident occurred at the Bond University campus in the suburb of Robina. In a statement, a university spokesman said a remote-operated tree-cutting crane was involved. “No one was injured and the operator, ... Read more

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used his final press club address before the federal election to make an impassioned plea to voters, adding that the role has been the “greatest honour” of his life. As tradition dictates, each major party leader has spoken at the National Press Club in the final week of the federal election campaign. Albanese was in Canberra today to remind journalists of his achievements over the past three years, including bringing down inflation to its target range, growing real wages for five quarters in a row and creating more jobs in three years than during “any term ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Welcome to the Super Rugby Pacific Casualty Ward, the hub of all injury updates and news for the 2025 season. SUPER RUGBY TEAMS ROUND 12 Former Wallaby Kurtley Beale is back for the Western Force this week, along with Test No.9 Nic White, 10 months after rupturing his Achilles playing for Randwick, while Jake Gordon is a big in for the Waratahs. All Black Damian McKenzie is a key miss for the Chiefs again with his hand injury, while Anton Leinert-Brown will miss the ... Read more

A seemingly co-ordinated scare campaign erupting on social media, claiming Anthony Albanese has a secret plot to unleash tax hike carnage if re-elected, has been rubbished as “desperate”. The platform X has been flooded with posts attacking Labor and the prime minister for a whole host of contentious tax policies targeting property, superannuation and inheritance. Some of the most widely spread posts identified by news.com.au are either misleading, shared by accounts with no identifying information, or by apparently fake personas. Convenient torrent of claims Take for example the false claim by so-called legal academic Jenny Taylor that Labor will introduce ... Read more

Police said a 34-year-old was on a bicycle on Takalvan Street in Millbank at 7.50pm when he was struck by a black Hyundai IX35. The driver of the allegedly stolen car left the scene and was found a short time later. Emergency services commenced CPR on the cyclist, however he died at the scene. The man has not been publicly identified. Police are seeking CCTV or dashcam vision as they continue to investigate the crash. Source link

Erin Patterson told her estranged husband she wanted to make a “special meal” for his family before she allegedly fed them death cap mushroom-laced beef Wellingtons, a jury has been told. The prosecution has begun to outline their case against Patterson, 50, who faces a six-week trial in at Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, 155km south-east of Melbourne. She has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the lunch at her Leongatha home in July 2023. A courtroom sketch of Erin Patterson. (Paul Tyquin) Her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and ... Read more