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Scientists have developed a breakthrough drug that kills all solid cancer tumours while leaving other cells unharmed. Dumped NSW minister Tim Crakanthorp failed to disclose his wife and in-laws owned dozens of properties in the Hunter. Pressure is mounting on the SA government to fund completion of a road left unfinished by failed homebuilder Felmeri Group. Paramatta Eels members have purchased the third largest portion of NRL grand final tickets of any club, despite the high chance of not making the final. Cats superstar Jeremy Cameron was the victim of a headbutt attack in a Geelong pub on Saturday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of Australia’s worst accused child-sex offenders allegedly raped and abused 91 girls in childcare centres for 15 years without detection. Australian comedian Jim Jefferies reveals his nephew was among the four men feared dead after an army helicopter crash. Seven youths have been arrested after they allegedly drove a stolen car from Adelaide to Whyalla. The head of a Sydney maximum security prison has been suspended amid allegations he sexually harassed a female prison officer. Nearly 300 former students from 180 Victorian schools are pursuing historic child abuse claims.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Defence Minister faces ­pressure to produce safety documents relating to the military helicopter involved in the fatal crash. Sydney developers and businesses could be taxed more to recover costs of the Metro West project. Victoria Police will investigate whether the desecration of Meshlin Marrogi’s grave was a strike at her drug-boss brother George. You’re more likely to be robbed, have your home broken into or your car stolen in Queensland. And McCartneymania will ignite Adelaide when the Beatles legend opens his Got Back tour to Australia later this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The search for four Diggers has broadened from the site where their Taipan helicopter crashed into the North Queensland ocean during military training exercises, as the identities of the men of the elite 6th Aviation regiment were revealed. A relentless “Onya Sonia” campaign by new Logies host network Seven scored their prized host Sonia Kruger the 2023 Gold Logie. Several people have been left with bullet wounds after three separate shootings just hours apart in Melbourne’s northwest on Saturday night. Nurses wanting to live in proximity to Brisbane hospitals face the grim prospect of spending 70 per cent of a combined household income on their mortgage, according to analysis from the state government amid calls for greater density to respond to the affordability crisis. And a former reality TV  star and SANFL footballer, who was once described as one of the state’s most eligible bachelors, is behind bars on remand charged over a significant Adelaide drug bust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat

Four Australian Army aviators are feared dead after a horror chopper crash over the Whitsundays in what looms as the nation’s worst peacetime military disaster since 2005. Covid-19 is killing on average 25 people in Australia every day, with more than half the nation not getting any form of booster shot in the past six months. We are coming for your Lamborghinis – that’s the warning from the NSW government’s latest weapon in its crime-fighting arsenal   targeting the criminals at the core of the shootout on Sydney’s streets. Workers on the Queensland state government’s showpiece Cross River Rail project have been hit by falling objects and exposed to hazards posing “serious risk of injury or death”, a litany of official safety breaches reveals. South Australia’s famous southern right whales look to have given the state a wide berth, with numbers right down along the coast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kylie Minogue is poised to hit the jackpot in America as she joins the world’s biggest music superstars from Adele to U2 with a Las Vegas residency. Criminals across Sydney caught up in the out-of-control gang wars have been warned their doors may be kicked open this weekend as the state’s new crack team swings into action. The Andrews government is preparing to extinguish natural gas in Victorian homes after banning new residential builds from connecting to the gas network. Kids at risk of committing crimes will be trained in business, retail and hospitality in a bid to keep them from being lured into the criminal world. Adelaide’s median house price has hit a whopping $700,000, the latest Valuer-General’s quarterly figures show, prompting affordability concerns from industry experts in the midst of the state’s housing crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ex-partner of Julia Gillard sucked a woman’s nipple without her consent while he was “drunk” in Melbourne’s inner-north just two weeks before it became public he’d split from the former Prime Minister. A ROYAL Commission into how drugs are getting into our borders and fuelling Sydney’s underworld war has been called for, as the Premier conceded laws may need to change after the latest deadly shooting to rock the city. Ferrari-driving developer John Woodman paid more than $1.5m to political figures and councillors in a bid to “improperly” influence planning decisions in Melbourne’s southeast suburbs. The Queensland government is refusing to bring the state in line with the rest of the country and the world by restricting the sale of realistic toy guns criminals are using to rob homes and businesses.  Patients are waiting up to five years to see some public hospital specialists for routine or non-urgent appointments - then face going on a separate waiting list if they need elective surgery.See omnystudio.co

“Seamless” travel between Australia and New Zealand will make hopping across the ditch faster – but don’t throw away your passport just yet. A well-known criminal defence lawyer has narrowly survived the latest “targeted” shooting on Sydney’s streets, with the broad daylight attack rocking the city’s legal profession as police search for a motive. Justice figures are demanding a review of the decision by Victoria’s top prosecutor not to pursue charges in the Lawyer X case amid revelations she once represented Simon Overland, the former police chief at the centre of the scandal. Queenslanders could be living with undiagnosed cancer or life-threatening conditions, as more than 50,000 radiology scans sit unreported at one the state’s busiest hospitals. Converting spaces above Adelaide CBD shops into homes will be investigated in a bid to ease the housing crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artificial Intelligence may soon be used to detect declining heart failure by listening to how people speak on their smartphone. Nearly 200 NSW public school ­teachers were sacked for not getting the Covid jab last year, amid crippling shortages of staff, new Freedom of Information documents reveal. Decision-making powers for multi-million dollar suburban developments are set to be taken over by the state government to fasttrack housing in middle and inner Melbourne. Some patients are waiting more than 10 hours on ambulance stretchers to get into the Queensland hospitals, new figures have revealed. In a little more than a month the Royal Adelaide Show will open the gates, with organisers on the hunt for thousands of workers to help bring the magic together while making easy cash.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

International swimming bosses are preparing to take the plunge and push ahead with a world-first event for elite transgender competitors. The Opera House will be lit up in honour of the Matildas if the Aussie women make it to the finals of the World Cup. The first train inside the $14bn Metro tunnel was due to hit the tracks in the early hours of this morning, as the city-shaping project begins months of live testing. The mothers of children allegedly indecently assaulted by a Whyalla school teacher have described the case as “every parent’s worst nightmare”. Pink power has prevailed at the Australian box office over the weekend as audiences fell in love with the new Barbie movie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many Australians living with chronic pain are continuing to put off dental care, eye checks and even cancer screenings, saying that the rising cost of treatments and medications has them neglecting other areas of their health. A young couple have become the latest innocent victims of a shooting on Sydney’s streets, caught in the crossfire of gunfire which left a man on life support, as politicians became embroiled in a war of words over what can be done to stop the violence. A Victorian man who plunged from a shipping container to his death in a mystery tragedy was searching for a huge haul of drugs, police believe. A $1bn gas field expansion will power a major Queensland manufacturer, in a gas supply deal hailed as securing “long-term local manufacturing” jobs, but it hangs on environmental approvals and the Albanese government’s controversial gas price cap. Port Adelaide star Willie Rioli is hurting after being subjected to racist abuse following Saturday’s two-point thriller against Collingwood, says the P

Vicious trolls accusing him of betraying Indigenous Australians by advocating against the Voice to Parliament have pushed Warren Mundine to attempt to self harm. NSW Liberal MP Taylor Martin has revealed he is the politician at the centre of a texting scandal, but has strongly denied any wrongdoing, while declaring there are “two-sides” to the story. The Andrews government is considering a tourism levy on short-term stays in Victoria. The sole survivor of a shocking triple fatal crash on the Bruce Highway was released from hospital just days before the tragedy unfolded despite pleas from his mother to keep him in hospital, his family has claimed. Two in every three speeding drivers are caught by police officers on country roads rather than Adelaide, shocking new figures show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia’s worst-ever pedophile will serve a national record sentence for his hundreds of crimes, which a judge says were so “brazen, disturbing and heinous” as to warrant 457 years behind bars. Channel 7 has launched a long-range $150 million attempt to pinch rugby league’s showpiece State of Origin series from Channel 9. The Andrews government has gagged Commonwealth Games officials from publicly discussing the 2026 event’s axing, as negotiations over compensation heat up. A major campaign in support of the Indigenous Voice to parliament is set to undertake a messaging blitz through Queensland in a bid to shore up support in the state amid flagging support. An Adelaide lawyer is lobbying for urgent changes to correct a legal loophole that protects paedophiles from having to pay compensation to their victims.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam Kerr can create the same iconic moment as Cathy Freeman’s Olympic gold medal run when she leads Australia at soccer’s Women’s World Cup starting today, and set herself up for multimillion-dollar sponsorship deals, industry experts say. In a class action taken by businesses affected by Sydney’s light rail could cost the NSW Government tens of millions of dollars and has set a massive precedent for thousands of others impacted by major transport projects, legal experts say. Daniel Andrews has been ­accused of blatantly spinning why Victoria took on the Commonwealth Games, as it can be revealed a secret state delegation pitched for the event in London in late 2021. The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games must have an independent oversight body to avoid cost blowouts and transparency issues that ultimately led to the 2026 Victorian Commonwealth Games being scrapped, senior Coalition MPs say. In Adelaide a woman accused of  murdering her parents with unnecessary insulin injections is at risk of signific

People in China are spending nearly $8m a day on Australian property – vastly more than buyers from anywhere else in the world – but the true levels of real estate purchases by foreigners are likely much higher, a leading expert claims. Victorian taxpayers are facing potentially billions in damages and a massive hit to its title as the nation’s sporting capital after it sensationally cancelled the Commonwealth Games citing mounting cost blowouts. Teal indpendent Zali Steggall is under pressure in her own electorate, according to internal Liberal party polling seen by The Daily Telegraph which suggests voters have been turned off by the federal MP’s anti-nuclear stance as well as her failure to deliver government investment to the area. The Qld state government is being urged to make a minor change to its planning regulation to spare investors being slugged up to $80,000 in council fees and potentially blocking the creation of hundreds of affordable homes. A SA government spokesman said that while the decision

The number of refugee claims made by people arriving in Australia by plane on visas allowing them to work, study or travel has nearly doubled in the past year, leading to accusations Labor is “all froth, no beer” on border protection. Sydney’s housing crisis is being exacerbated by a flood of international students who are arriving far faster than new housing can be built to accommodate them. Queenslanders who are set to be slugged tens of thousands of dollars to make their homes more energy-efficient and accessible should have access to government rebates, a peak construction body has said. Blood tests and brain scans may soon replace memory tests for the earlier and more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, in a move set to also revolutionise treatment. The state government is resisting renewed pressure to make flu vaccinations free for all South Australians, following the Queensland government’s decision to provide shots for all residents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aussies phoning known scam lines will have their calls intercepted, thanks to Optus, the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange and banks. The mum of a rescued Aussie sailor who survived adrift with his dog for two months says she “can’t wait” to see her son. Queensland’s regional maternity centres will receive a $42m injection. A South Australian man is accused of gunning down his wife and daughter. Australian actor Luke Cook has revealed what working actors in the US are actually paid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Veterans are being preyed upon by fee-for-service agents promising shortcuts to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits and compensation. Grieving families of fatal stabbing victims want the QLD government to introduce new laws restricting the sale of knives to teens. Tenants in all but 15 South Australian suburbs and towns are experiencing severe rent stress. Unvaccinated firefighters in Victoria will remain off work indefinitely. Parents desperate to combat cost-of-living pressures are turning to night-time food delivery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yes campaign strategists say they’ll target advertising spend around football finals in a bid to win over young men disengaged from politics. Victoria Police chief commissioner Shane Patton is seeking powers to detain children aged 10 to 13 once the age of criminal responsibility is lifted. Queensland Fertility Group is at the centre of a multimillion-dollar baby-swap scandal. South Australian Health inspectors conduct illegal vape blitz. Treasurer Jim Chalmers praises the RBA’s first female governor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speculation about billionaire couple ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and his wife Nicola had been circulating for months before the split was confirmed. QLD renters booted from their homes after law changes to limit rent increases to once per year. Five teenage girls involved in alleged Adelaide carjacking and police chase. NSW’s Eraring coal-fired power station is set to stay open past 2025. Tunnel workers on Melbourne’s North East Link will be paid $320,000 a year under a workplace agreement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.