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Pro-Palestine protesters gatecrash Victorian Labor conference ahead of debate on Israel-Hamas war

Protest group said it had called the rally to protest against state and federal Labor ‘aiding and abetting the genocide of Palestinian people’Dozens of pro-Palestinian protestors have crashed Victorian Labor’s annual state conference ahead of what is expected to be fiery debate on motions related to the Israel-Gaza war. Ahead of speeches by the premier,...

Sat May 18, 2024 04:14
Pro-Palestine protesters crash Victorian Labor state conference ahead of debate on Israel-Hamas war

Protest group said it had called the rally to protest state and federal Labor ‘aiding and abetting the genocide of Palestinian people’Dozens of pro-Palestinian protestors have crashed Victorian Labor’s annual state conference ahead of what is expected to be fiery debate on motions related to the Israel-Hamas war. Ahead of speeches by premier, Jacinta...

Sat May 18, 2024 04:05
Children’s author charged with online grooming in Sydney

Man, 41, arrested and charged with online grooming after allegedly sending inappropriate images to someone he thought was 13Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police have charged a children’s author for the alleged online grooming of children, under Strike Force Trawler.The state crime command’s...

Sat May 18, 2024 03:35
Expert says employers can be found liable for sexual assault outside of work hours as PwC fights case

Accountancy firm argues it is not liable since it had taken ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent such behaviourGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEmployers can be found vicariously liable for alleged sexual assault that occurred between employees outside working hours but only where it was connected with their employment,...

Sat May 18, 2024 03:15
Ministers clawing back £251m from carers hit by DWP’s allowance failures

‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpaymentsMinisters are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed.More than 134,000 people who care for loved ones are being forced to repay often...

Sat May 18, 2024 02:15
Dabney Coleman, actor who starred in 9 to 5 and Tootsie, dies aged 92

Coleman, known for his ample mustache, won a Golden Globe for The Slap Maxwell Story and also appeared in Boardwalk EmpireDabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in 9 to 5 and the nasty TV director in Tootsie, has died. He was 92.Coleman died on Thursday, his daughter, Quincy Coleman,...

Sat May 18, 2024 02:15

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