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With more than 970,000 migrants expected in the next three years, figures reveal only around half that number of new homes will be built. The family of convicted NCA bomber Domenic Perre is considering issuing a petition for mercy following his death. More funding offered to turn a dormant quarantine facility into an emergency shelter for Brisbane’s homeless. New guidelines recommend bowel cancer screening should start at the age of 45. Gillon McLachlan has urged all parties in the stalled Hawthorn racism investigation to sit down for mediation as soon as possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Dutton has made his second budget-in-reply speech overnight, with measures for female health, mental health and welfare. Calls to stop QLD poaching police officers from Victoria. Concerns over potential levies for developers building new housing in Sydney. SA country footballer farewelled following his death after his club’s season-opening match. Severe punishment considered for officials involved in a brawl at a Brisbane junior rugby league match.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Coalition and economists have warned that Labor’s cost-of-living relief increases the “risk” of higher interest rates for longer. Landmark Path to Treaty legislation passes in a special regional sitting of QLD parliament. Confusion over the future of Melbourne’s Airport Rail Link after Minister’s backflip. The SA Government launches an anti-vaping campaign for high schoolers. A Wiggle reveals his dream to bring back an iconic NRL side.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Centrepiece of the federal government’s cost-of-living relief package is a $3.5bn investment to triple the bulk-billing incentive for GPs. A South Australian trade office will be opened in Germany to spearhead the state’s green hydrogen push. Violent and abusive behaviour at community sporting matches could see parents and spectators across NSW banned for life. Queensland’s Family and Child Commission is hamstrung by outdated legislation, preventing access to confidential files unless the child in question has died. AFL greats have declared it impossible to stop fans booing opposition players. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia will have a budget surplus for the first time in 15 years with a $4bn surplus expected this financial year. An escort’s been charged over the death of a young tradie found in the stairwell of a Sydney apartment block. Members of the exclusive SA club that hosted LIV Golf don’t want the event back next year. The QLD Police Commissioner is warning that the rise of vigilantism across the state will lead to a death in the community. Victoria Police are hunting three men involved in a deadly confrontation in Taylors Hill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Single parents, pensioners, welfare recipients and low to middle-income households will be the big winners from a $14.6bn cost-of-living relief budget package, but Labor’s targeted cash splash will not ease the inflation pain for everyone.  An attempt to rename the proposed new “Gadigal” metro station in Sydney in honour of Indigenous war hero Reg Saunders has been rejected.  Victorian government schools have ramped up their education efforts to prevent ­another chroming tragedy in the wake of the death of 13-year-old Esra Haynes.  More than 2700 new homes are set to be built in regional South Australia with the population of one riverside country town expected to swell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Standing in the same church where, just 229 days earlier, the King bid his “darling Mama” an emotional farewell, the 74-year-old was officially crowned monarch to the cheers of “God Save the King”, from the congregation.  Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has accused Northern Territory Police of ignoring crucial evidence that shows a series of safety rules were broken in the lead up to a deadly flight.  The 2022 edition of the Working for Queensland survey is yet to be released, with the Public Sector Commission pointing to the need for “significant changes” in how the data will be “presented and publicly released” after a redesign.  Aboriginal Victorians would have a say over how taxpayer money is used under plans to expand the mandate of the state’s First Peoples’ ­Assembly.  It's the iconic sweet treat South Australians have been indulging in for more than a century. But now a Melbourne-based lawyer wants to put an end to the jam and cream-filled Kitchener bun, at the least the name it has been known by since a

Paying interest on Australia’s debt will cost $700 every second for the next five years as the federal government moves to target mega gas profits, high super balances, smokers and multinationals with tax hikes to raise budget revenue.  A man who turned up to television star Sophie Monk’s house holding a single rose claims he was duped by an online scammer into believing he was in a relationship with the Love Island host.  The Andrews government is set to hike the average WorkCover premium to 1.8 per cent and exclude stress and overwork from insurance claims in a major shake-up of the scheme.  A woman has told of the horrors of driving from Rockhampton Hospital to her home in Gladstone with her dead baby on her lap in a box she bought from Spotlight.  Glenelg footballer Brady Searle has failed in his bid to have a hefty six-match SANFL suspension reduced in an incident that has left his Norwood opponent with a fractured neck. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 15th season of MasterChef Australia will go to air with the blessing of late judge Jock Zonfrillo’s family.  As many as 95 major infrastructure projects across NSW including highway upgrades and road safety programs could face the chop after federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King announced a snap audit Monday as the government looks to rein in spending.  The teenager allegedly behind the wheel of a stolen car that killed three people in Queensland was known to police as a serial motor vehicle thief.  Victorian country footy leagues have been told to tell coaches and officials to stay seated  A man who stabbed two police officers who were responding to a “high risk incident” has been identified as Sean Scott Francis Ferris.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Entertaining MasterChef judge and award-winning chef Jock Zonfrillo’s devastated wife and their two young children are understood to be making their way home from Rome where they were on a family holiday before his sudden death at 46.   Health workers will today walk off the job in a bid to get the NSW government to deliver on its pre-election promise to scrap the public sector wage cap.   Three women are dead and another is fighting for her life after a stolen car, allegedly driven by a teenager, caused a horrific chain reaction that has left a Queensland community in mourning.   Assistant treasurer Danny Pearson is facing a fourth conflict of interest claim, this time over the state government’s $10bn ­Victorian Future Fund.   The countdown is on for the first British coronation in 70 years – and with just four days to go, Adelaide is poised to put on a royal show in King Charles III’s honour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A soccer referee whose jaw was shattered and teeth knocked out, allegedly by a suspended player, at the end of a match says it won’t stop him officiating the game he loves. Australia will dramatically rethink how the criminal justice system responds to sexual ­assaults and prevent the courts process further traumatising victims under a $14.7m investment into preventive programs and a sweeping review of ­current laws.  Major Sydney crime figure Mohamad “Moey” Alameddine left Australia six days ago and is one of 80 underworld players to leave since the beginning of last year due to increasing pressure from NSW cops over the gang war.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friends, siblings, a parent and child and legal guardians like aunts, uncles and grand parents will be able to tap into government cash to help buy a home, under a major expansion of who qualifies for three housing schemes.  Thousands of calls and texts to Lifeline are going unanswered each week as centres struggle to assist suicidal Australians amid huge volunteer shortages.  It’s been three years since model and ironman Jett Kenny lost his beloved sister, Jaimi, aged just 33...after her secret battle with alcholism and an eating disorder.   Eviction rates are rising with new State government figures showing an average of 55 tenants have been court-ordered out of their rental properties every week since the start of the year.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been revealed Australia’s favourite showman Barry Humphries waged a  long secret battle with inoperable cancer before his death in Sydney last week.  If Kathleen Folbigg is released from prison, which now appears more likely than not, she will swap her jail cell for the wide open spaces of a farm in the Northern Rivers not far from where she is currently imprisoned.  Parents will be able to get their kids vaccinated at pharmacies for as little as $19 from next year as part of a $2.2bn budget spend aimed at improving access to primary care.  James Packer’s growing friendship with Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, associate of Amal Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson, has sparked rumours of a potential love match.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Major drug importers are shopping large bricks of cocaine and other drugs on social media in a brazen new distribution strategy, as the price of drugs landing on Australian shores continues to fall.  Radio king Kyle Sandilands will marry long-time partner, Tegan Kynaston, in a lavish wedding at one of Sydney’s most prestigious homes on Saturday.  Online gambling using a ­credit card will be banned in Australia as the federal ­government moves to protect vulnerable people from the harms of betting.  St George Illawarra have been granted a salary cap exemption for injured fullback Cody Ramsey in what is a first for the game.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kathleen Folbigg, the woman who has spent 20 years behind bars branded Australia’s worst female serial killer, yesterday got a glimpse of freedom.  Interest rates are likely to stay on hold again next week after new inflation figures weren’t as bad as feared.  A crackdown on “bloodsuckers” ripping off the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be bolstered with a $48.3m investment in new fraud detection staff. Barbie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling set the red carpet on fire... For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The alleged leader of the ­Alameddine crime clan is known as “the king” in Lebanon, where he has been joined in recent weeks by some of the group’s highest-profile associates.  Time-wasting admin tasks tying teachers up in red tape will be slashed from this term in a bid to give frontline school staff more time for ­educating kids.  Aussie pop star turned swimmer Cody Simpson wants Aussie men to man up.  Canberra is calling for the NRL to launch an investigation into Jack Wighton’s new deal at South Sydney.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Diggers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan will be honoured with a new memorial dedicated to Australia’s involvement in the Middle Eastern conflicts.  A Goulburn man accused of ­assaulting two teenage women at night and terrorising the tight-knit bush community could soon be extradited to face ­charges after being arrested in Western Australia.  She already stood out with her dyed blue hair and bright yellow jumpsuit, but it was the golden gun allegedly in her luggage that brought down an American woman as she flew into Sydney yesterday.  NRL powerbrokers have hatched a plan to kick off next season with a double-header in Las Vegas – and Melbourne Storm is keen to be on the history-making mission.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  A shoelace was the only thing she could find when Anne Carlos was told she urgently needed to clamp the umbilical cord of a newborn baby abandoned in her backyard. A bikie turf war could be set to reignite on Sydney’s streets after the Hells Angels moved into a beachfront suburb that has long been a stronghold for the Comanchero. Long range missiles, unmanned drones and underwater vehicles, cyber and space capabilities will be critical for Australia to project its power in an increasingly unstable region, a new defence outlook will warn. And.. The party at the “Watering Hole” in Adelaide had raged all week, with every shot cheered in the hope of a hole-in-one at the LIV event.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia is mourning the loss of stage great Barry Humphries, who entertained global audiences for seven decades through his unforgettable comic creations, most notably Dame Edna Everage.  Sydney Roosters star Angus Crichton has emerged from the privacy of his five-month battle with bipolar disorder to declare himself ready for his Anzac Day comeback.  The state’s prosecuting authority conducted an internal inquiry over allegations that a lawyer used cocaine at a staff party inside the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Sydney’s CBD.  Scammers sending fake text messages pretending to be from major brands and government agencies will be targeted by a $10 million initiative in next month’s federal budget.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A highly-contagious influenza A strain is running rampant across NSW as parents are urged to get their children the flu shot after a spike in hospital admissions.The Australian Army is set to lose three battalions of combat vehicles and a column of Howitzer cannons under recommendations in the blueprint for the future of the Australian Defence Force.More than 350,000 Kiwis living in Australia will be given a fast track route to citizenship under changes to be announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.And.. Owners of vacant properties have been warned to lock windows and doors amid an increase in squatting by people desperate for a roof over their head as the housing shortage worsens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.