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LNP takes lead in Queensland Resolve poll, but Labor still far ahead in Victoria

The Queensland state election will be held in October 2024. A Resolve poll for The Brisbane Times, conducted from May to August with a sample of 947, gave the Liberal National Party 38% of the primary vote (up five since January to April), Labor 32% (down three), the Greens 11%…

The Conversation · Aug 21, 2023

A Bloke On A Melbourne Tram Was Tasered By Cops After Allegedly Threatening To Kill Passengers

Police have arrested a man in Melbourne after he allegedly threatened to kill passengers aboard a tram in the city's CBD.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 18, 2023

Woeful Victorian poll for state Coalition; Victoria and NSW to lose federal seats as WA gains

A Victorian state Resolve poll for The Age, conducted with the federal May and June Resolve polls from a sample of about 1,000, gave Labor 41% of the primary vote (down one since April), the Coalition just 26% (down four), the Greens 15% (up five), independents 12% (steady) and others…

The Conversation · Jun 15, 2023

Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith to learn fate today, five years after launching defamation battle

The Victoria Cross recipient sued the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and three journalists in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018. Today Justice Anthony Besanko will deliver his judgement.

ABC News · May 31, 2023

Does the Fight Transphobia UniMelb campaign against a feminist philosopher violate academic freedom?

A campaign by the activist group Fight Transphobia UniMelb against feminist philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith escalated recently. There have been calls to boycott her course on feminism at the University of Melbourne. Posters and stickers around the campus and its environs have declared “Our demands: Transphobes and Nazis off campus” and…

The Conversation · May 30, 2023

Former Hawks staffer Jason Burt says he 'overstepped the mark' in incident with First Nations player, but has nothing to apologise for

Former Hawthorn welfare manager Jason Burt says he has 'nothing to say sorry for' after he was named in a club investigation into the treatment of First Nations players.

ABC News · May 27, 2023

A Vic Cop Who Worked In Sexual Offence Investigations For Years Pleaded Guilty To Sexual Assault

His behaviour was described as "reprehensible" and "perverse" by the judge.

Pedestrian.tv · May 18, 2023

How Australia’s newspapers reacted to the 2023 federal budget

Cartoons of treasurer Jim Chalmers dominated front pages, while the budget works ‘a Chalm’ for the voter featured on the Daily Telegraph

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2023

Unpapering the cracks: sugar, slavery and the Sydney Morning Herald

In a splash of articles published over the past two weeks, the British Guardian has acknowledged and apologised for its historical links with slavery. The Scott Trust, owners of the newspaper that became a global news website, outlined how the Guardian’s founders were linked to transatlantic slavery and announced a…

The Conversation · Apr 16, 2023

Journalists and readers mourn revered cartoonist Bruce Petty, dead at 93

Award-winning cartoonist and animator Bruce Petty has died at the age of 93. Petty was born in Doncaster in Melbourne's northeast in 1929 and began his

The New Daily · Apr 7, 2023