4 h. ago Australia news live: UTS cuts staff bonuses amid restructure; ‘anti

UTS vice-chancellor, Prof Andrew Parfitt, says senior staff will not be paid any bonuses. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence shortly. The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.Patterson, 50, faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. Justice Christopher Beale will deliver her sentence from 9.30am in a hearing expected to last about 30 minutes. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Australia news live: mushroom murders survivor Ian Wilkinson says he will ‘grieve and heal’ after judge hands life sentence to Erin Patterson

Ian Wilkinson thanked police, prosecutors and health services after Erin Patterson sentenced to life in prison with 33 years non-parole. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence shortly. The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.Patterson, 50, faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. Justice Christopher Beale will deliver her sentence from 9.30am in a hearing expected to last about 30 minutes. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Australia news live: Erin Patterson sentenced to life in prison with non

Justice Christopher Beale says possibility of parole is ‘main dispute’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence shortly. The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.Patterson, 50, faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. Justice Christopher Beale will deliver her sentence from 9.30am in a hearing expected to last about 30 minutes. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Australia mushroom murderer Erin Patterson sentenced to life in prison with a non

Triple murderer sentenced in Victorian supreme court after killing relatives with a beef wellington lunch laced with death cap mushroomsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years after murdering three people and attempting to murder a fourth with a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms.Justice Christopher Beale delivered the sentence during a live broadcast in the Victorian supreme court on Monday morning. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Australia news live: Judge says Erin Patterson inflicted ‘untold suffering’ and should receive maximum sentence for mushroom murders

Justice Christopher Beale says possibility of parole is ‘main dispute’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence shortly. The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.Patterson, 50, faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. Justice Christopher Beale will deliver her sentence from 9.30am in a hearing expected to last about 30 minutes. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to learn fate at sentence hearing in Victorian supreme court

Justice Christopher Beale will sentence the triple murderer on Monday, with the hearing to be broadcast live in a state first Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence on Monday morning, with the hearing to be broadcast live in a historic first for the state.The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago England vs Australia LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

The Red Roses look to extend their perfect start to the tournament

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3 d. ago Ray taught Dezi Freeman about the bush. Later, he watched in dismay as his friend became ‘radicalised’

Accused Porepunkah killer’s former bushwalking companion speaks out as survival experts say Freeman’s chances of evading capture are waningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast month Dezi Freeman fled into the thick bushland of Victoria’s high country. Despite 450 police officers, members of the Australian defence force, paramilitary vehicles and helicopters tracking the fugitive, he has managed to keep hiding.On Tuesday, it will be two weeks since Freeman disappeared into the Mount Buffalo national park, after allegedly shooting and killing two police officers and injuring a third at his residence on Rayner Track in Porepunkah, 300km north-east of Melbourne. The funeral for Sen Const Vadim de Waart-Hottart, 35, was held on Friday at the Victoria police academy, with hundreds of mourners including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and premier, Jacinta Allan, attending. A funeral service for Det Leadi...

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3 d. ago Two women killed while trying to help injured kangaroo on Melbourne freeway

Police say one 30-year-old died at the scene on the Hume Highway and the other, also 30, was airlifted to hospital but died soon afterwardsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo women have died after being hit by a car while trying to help an injured kangaroo on a busy freeway in Melbourne’s north.The deaths have prompted warnings about the dangers of stopping to help wildlife. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'Is this the same Melbourne I migrated to?' Indians targeted by racist messaging are asking why them

Shock and concern as ‘peace-loving and law-abiding’ community subjected to ‘hateful behaviour’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA week before the March for Australia rallies, leaders from the south Asian community held an emergency meeting.“I feel this will be Cronulla 2.0,” Amar Singh texted the group on 23 August, to arrange the meeting for the following day. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Grandfather mistakenly takes home wrong child from Sydney daycare centre

First Steps Learning Academy in Bangor apologises and stands down educator as regulator investigates and mother blames daycare centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn investigation has been launched and a childcare educator has been stood down after a grandparent mistakenly picked up and took home the wrong toddler from a Sydney daycare centre.The grandfather arrived to collect his grandchild from First Steps Learning Academy in Bangor on Monday afternoon, only to reportedly be given the wrong child. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘Cosmic’ bioluminescent algae lights up Melbourne’s St Kilda beach

First observed in Sydney in 1860, the ‘magical’ phenomenon has become more common in Australia’s warming waters since the 1990sFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBeachgoers in Melbourne have been treated to the “cosmic and magical” sight of bioluminescent algae off St Kilda beach this week.Richard Pensak, a marine biologist at local environment group Earthcare St Kilda, spotted the bright pink-coloured cloud in the water on Sunday, and immediately knew what it was. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Man arrested after allegedly ramming car through front gates of Russian consulate in Sydney

Police called to Woollahra following reports of ‘unauthorised vehicle’ parked in driveway, with 39-year-old then crashing through gates, police allegeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesA man has been arrested after a police officer was injured when a car ploughed through the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney.Officers had tried to speak to the driver of the white SUV when it was parked in the driveway of the consulate in the city’s eastern suburbs on Monday morning. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright found guilty on two charges after fatal helicopter crash but jury deadlocked on third

Reality TV star accused of trying to cover up evidence following the February 2022 crash that killed co-star Chris ‘Willow’ WilsonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastReality TV star Matt Wright has been found guilty of two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice after a deadly helicopter crash.But a supreme court jury in Darwin on Friday failed to reach agreement on a third count after a four-week trial. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Over 11 gruesome kilometres, teams fill bag after bag of marine life killed by SA’s stubborn algal bloom

As council workers collect up to 200kg of dead marine life a day, experts warn the disaster could take a mental toll on the communityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe circling, squawking gulls show where the bodies are buried.Early on a cold winter’s day, mucky foam and seaweed cover the sand at Grange beach – and the dead fish and leafy sea dragons. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Porepunkah police shooting live updates: Victoria police ‘throwing everything’ at manhunt for suspect as search enters day three – latest news

Police officers allegedly shot dead on Tuesday identified as detective leading senior constable Neal Thompson and senior constable Vadim de Waart. Follow today’s news liveWho is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect has association with ‘sovereign citizen’ ideas and called police ‘terrorist thugs’Slain police officers named as manhunt for alleged killer continuesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlpine parts of Victoria saw a fresh blanket of snow overnight, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning one of the strongest and widespread cold outbreaks of the winter season will soon move across the state in the coming days.Helen Reid, a meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said snow is expected to be a big part of a cold weather system moving across south-eastern Australia. The system could dump large amounts of snow – up to half a metre – over Alpine mountains near the Victoria-NSW border. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Porepunkah shooting live: police victims named; up to one metre of snow forecast for Victoria’s alpine areas as manhunt continues

Victoria police chief commissioner Mike Bush says suspect Dezi Freeman, 56, is “heavily armed” and still at large. Follow live updatesPorepunkah shooting: two Victoria police officers dead, one injured in attack at rural propertyWhat we know so far about the shooting in rural AustraliaThe chief commissioner of Victoria police, Mike Bush, said Freeman, 56, is “heavily armed” and still at large. Bush said a “large team” were “absolutely focused” on finding the suspect:We are pouring every resource into this search for this person, we must find him The hunt will continue until we find him. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Porepunkah shooting live: police release image of suspect; up to one metre of snow forecast for Victoria’s alpine areas as manhunt continues

Victoria police chief commissioner Mike Bush says suspect Dezi Freeman, 56, is “heavily armed” and still at large. Follow live updatesPorepunkah shooting: two Victoria police officers dead, one injured in attack at rural propertyWhat we know so far about the shooting in rural AustraliaThe chief commissioner of Victoria police, Mike Bush, said Freeman, 56, is “heavily armed” and still at large. Bush said a “large team” were “absolutely focused” on finding the suspect:We are pouring every resource into this search for this person, we must find him The hunt will continue until we find him. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australia has ‘high level of confidence’ Iran behind antisemitic attacks as ambassador spotted leaving embassy

There is no accusation Ahmad Sadeghi, the embassy or Iranian diplomats in Australia were involved in any attacksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has rubbished denials from Iran over accusations its military wing had directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, with the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, claiming evidence of direct links from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the arson attacks.It comes as Iran’s ambassador to Australia, Ahmad Sadeghi, was spotted leaving the Canberra embassy on Wednesday after becoming the first ambassador to be booted by the federal government since the second world war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Porepunkah shooting live: suspect did not own property where killings took place; police manhunt continues for shooter

Victoria police chief commissioner Mike Bush says suspect Dezi Freeman, 56, is “heavily armed” and still at large. Follow live updatesPorepunkah shooting: two Victoria police officers dead, one injured in attack at rural propertyWhat we know so far about the shooting in rural AustraliaThe chief commissioner of Victoria police, Mike Bush, said Freeman, 56, is “heavily armed” and still at large. Bush said a “large team” were “absolutely focused” on finding the suspect:We are pouring every resource into this search for this person, we must find him The hunt will continue until we find him. Continue reading...

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