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What the record says about Labor, and what it doesn't
Court convictions, ICAC findings and civil penalties involving NSW Labor figures and unions, with the primary records. None names Albanese.IBAC report on COVID grants lands amid abortion clash
Victoria's watchdog says $257m in COVID grants went to ineligible businesses. Labor and the Coalition pledged free abortion care, and One Nation hit back.Senate blocks inquiry into Hanson's staffing bill
One Nation wanted a committee to examine the Prime Minister's power over MPs' staff. Labor, the Greens and two Liberals voted it down.Alice Springs storms: 96 km/h gust cuts power to thousands
A 96 km/h gust and hail hit Alice Springs on Monday, cutting power to about 9,000 properties. 1,450 customers were still out on Wednesday night.McPhillamys goldmine: court voids Plibersek heritage order
Justice Stellios found Plibersek's 2024 order over the Belubula headwaters near Blayney was made without authority. Murray Watt must now decide again.Shoebridge’s lies charge fails the test of his own record
Greens leader David Shoebridge says the Coalition is dancing to One Nation’s tune by spreading lies. His own record on online safety laws says otherwise.One Nation still rejects Labor’s Digital Duty of Care bill
Labor has dropped the minister’s power to invent new online harms. One Nation still wants the whole Digital Duty of Care bill killed.Australia's first Michelin stars go to 11 SA restaurants
Magill Estate Restaurant got two Michelin stars and 10 SA venues got one. The state government paid for the guide but won't say how much.Parents charged after baby found dead at Glen Osmond motel
Police say a baby boy aged about six to seven months was found dead at a Glen Osmond motel. His parents are charged and Major Crime is investigating.Mortgage stress hits 450,000 households in top postcodes
OurTop10 counts 450,539 households in mortgage stress in ranked postcodes for Q3 2026, with Melbourne leading the rise.Sydney fire ants: nest found at Strathfield South yard
Red imported fire ants were found at Sydney's Enfield intermodal yard. NSW says control orders may last up to two years.Hanson presses Burke over Home Affairs grants to MyCentre
Pauline Hanson wants Tony Burke to say if ASIO or the AFP were asked before $68,136 in Home Affairs grants went to MyCentre in Broadmeadows.Thieves steal bronze plaques from Adelaide war memorial
Four bronze plaques were torn from the 1924 Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial in Rose Park. Police are investigating a suspected scrap theft.One Nation level with Labor on 24% in Victorian RedBridge poll
One Nation and Labor are both on 24% in the RedBridge Victorian poll. Victorians vote on 28 November.NT carjacking: woman pulled from her car in Katherine driveway
Three youths allegedly pulled a Katherine woman from her Jeep on Sunday 11 October, two days after NT Police said they'd arrested three boys.Canberra shooting: man refused bail after teen shot in Conder
A 29-year-old man is in custody, accused of chasing a car of teenagers through Conder and firing into it. Police hadn't found the gun on Saturday.Perth's Sorrento Beach: more than 1000 farewell shark victim
More than a thousand people gathered at Perth's Sorrento Beach on Sunday to remember Greg O'Neill, killed by a great white shark in September.SA's Goolwa Beach: elder wants cars off sand to save birds
A Ngarrindjeri elder wants vehicles kept off South Australia's Goolwa Beach to help protect endangered birds during the breeding season.Queensland heat: calls to make extreme heat a planning hazard
Queensland's planning policy hasn't treated extreme heat as a hazard. Planners and conservationists want the draft State Planning Policy to change that.Melbourne: Carlton pair Cowan and Hayward taken to hospital
Carlton says Lachie Cowan and Will Hayward went to hospital in Melbourne on Sunday morning in separate incidents. Both have been discharged.
