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Erebus confident of Townsville turnaround

Erebus Motorsport team manager Ben Croke is expecting the team to bounce back at the upcoming Castrol EDGE Townsville 400 after a drop in performance in Darwin. The Erebus squad has been kicking goals this season with a win in Perth and consistent ... >> view original

Townsville prison worker sacked over excessive use of work email for union ...

A sacked Townsville correctional worker accused of sending confidential prisoner details to politicians has lost a court battle to get her job back. Belinda Johnson was a Together Union representative and Townsville Correctional Centre employee, in ... >> view original

Marshall returns to V8 Utes in Townsville

Journeyman racer Marcus Marshall will return to the V8 Ute Racing Series at the Castrol Edge Townsville 400 from July 10-12. Marshall has been cleared to start at the fourth round of the East Coast Bullbars-backed national series for the Team Kleen ... >> view original

Political donation reform needed amid Mafia allegations

Corporate and union political donations should be banned, ministerial diaries thrown open to public view, and an annual $1000 cap imposed on individuals' contributions, former opposition leader John Hewson has proposed, amid allegations of organised ... >> view original

SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall delivers budget reply, calls for state ...

South Australian Opposition Leader Steven Marshall has used his budget reply speech to call for the scrapping of the state's Economic Development Board and repeat a call to set up a state-based productivity commission. In a speech that covered mostly ... >> view original

Woman who died in cruise ship fall likely 'making dramatic gesture' to alarm ...

A woman who fell off the side of a cruise ship was most likely "making a dramatic gesture" to get the attention of her boyfriend, who tried to save her, a NSW coroner has found. Kristen Schroder, 26, and Paul Rossington, 30, were on board the Carnival ... >> view original

Man in court on murder charge

A MAN charged with murder over a fatal stabbing in Adelaide in April will be required to answer the charge in September. JEFFREY David Szanto, 42, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with the murder of a 27-year-old man at ... >> view original

Child sexual abuse inquiry: critical shortage of foster carers, feedback ...

Children in care denied access to own files · More NSW news. Caroline Carroll did not look forward to the rare occasions that a welfare officer visited her foster home. "We used to be dressed up and sat on the lounge," Ms Carroll recalled of the five ... >> view original

Ken Levy replaced as acting head of Crime and Corruption Commission

With the deadlock which has paralysed the parliamentary crime and corruption commission showing no signs of abating, the government has been forced to appoint a different acting chair to the state's crime watchdog. Ken Levy, who has acted in the ... >> view original

Man faces jail over fatal fight started by row over walking frame

A BRUTAL fight over the use of a walking frame in a Melbourne nursing home has resulted in one person being killed and another facing jail. David Rose, 68, of Jacana, has pleaded guilty to intentionally causing serious injury to an 87-year old man who ... >> view original