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The Australian share market jumped to end on a high on Friday, following a choppy week of trading. The S&P/ASX 200 closed up 70.8 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 8393.8 points on Friday, with all industry sectors except tech in the green. The broader All Ordinaries rose by 66.10 points, or 0.77 per cent, […]
Over 150 residents have been evacuated from their homes as a fire ripped through a factory in West Melbourne. Emergency services were called to a warehouse on Spencer Street in the Melbourne CBD about 2am after reports of a fire. It took 60 firefighters about Two-and-a-half hours to control the blaze in the factory, which […]
Major residential housing projects will be will be fast tracked as the NSW government plans to bypass council approval with the establishment of its new Housing Delivery Authority. Premier Chris Minns announced the major change to the state’s planning system on Friday, saying it would introduce simultaneous state-led approval pathway for large new residential housing […]
The NSW government will spend $16m for a free vaccination scheme to combat respiratory syncytial virus in babies, starting next year. Respiratory syncytial virus – or RSV – infects up to 90 per cent of children under the age of two. In children under one one-year-old, an infection can in particular become bronchiolitis or pneumonia. […]
Glamorous racegoers are set for a stellar event as temperatures look perfect a day of racing. Thousands of punters will flock to Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday for the race that stops the nation. Temperatures are predicted to sit at a comfortable 26C, with just a 5e per cent chance of rain. Camera IconCHEERS: A woman […]
A group of people have managed to break into a car yard in broad daylight and steal up to 45 vehicles, police allege. The new and unregistered cars were allegedly stolen from a business in Melbourne over the space of 15 hours, with three already recovered from nearby streets. Images released by police show cars […]