Posted December 12, 2019 00:46:01 Photo: Many companies have claimed tax losses and concessions that often go back several years, which is why hundreds of companies paid no tax. (ABC News: Alistair Kroie) About one…
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Shearers are wearing sensors on their bodies as part of a research program aimed at reducing the industry’s high rates of injury. Shearing key points Key points: Workers in the shearing industry are six times…
Posted December 11, 2019 23:27:06 Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi is leading Myanmar’s defence herself at the court in The Hague. (AP: Thein Zaw) Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said the case brought…
Updated December 11, 2019 16:31:09 Photo: Sunwater CEO Ms Hollows, who announced last week she was stepping down from the role, has apologised to staff. (AAP: Lisa Martin) Queensland’s state-owned utility Sunwater has been underpaying…
Updated December 11, 2019 18:40:56 Photo: Charlotte Wormald washes her feet at a Broadbeach beach shower. (ABC Gold Coast: Tom Forbes) Related Story: New declarations mean the majority of Queensland is now officially in drought…
Posted December 11, 2019 21:09:53 Photo: The Nauru 19 are accused of rioting outside Parliament in 2015. (Supplied: Squire Jeremiah) A group of anti-government protestors known as the Nauru 19 has reportedly been found guilty…
Posted December 11, 2019 21:15:07 Photo: George Vassilimis has been preparing his home for bushfires. (ABC News: Jerry Rickard) George Vassilimis hasn’t slept much in the last three weeks. Key points: Communities around Mangrove Mountain…
Posted December 11, 2019 20:52:10 On the day decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of ordering the execution of an unarmed Afghani civilian, he killed a Taliban soldier armed with an AK-47 and detonators,…
Posted December 11, 2019 18:46:45 German multinational Siemens has signed on to work for Adani’s Queensland coal mine in spite of a warning from Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale that it risked damaging its…
Posted December 11, 2019 19:39:34 An emergency warning has been issued for a bushfire threatening lives and homes in the northern Perth suburb of Yanchep. At least 50 firefighters are working to extinguish the out-of-control…