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Media Release The City of Canterbury Bankstown has made a major step in its fight to keep the City a clean and green place to live. Council recently adopted its Clean City Strategic Plan and Action Plan, which were developed to bridge the gap between Council’s investment and the Community’s expectations. The five key focus areas within the Plans are ...

Australians are ready for a change of government If history is our guide, a change of federal government at the upcoming election will come in an irresistible wave or not at all. Since Gough Whitlam* ended more than two decades of Tory rule in 1972, every change of government has been a landslide. Malcolm Fraser picked up 30 seats in ...

Opener Alyssa Healy starred with the bat after Australian bowlers produced a clinical display as the six-time champions coasted to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC Women’s World Cup, here on Tuesday. Australian bowlers struck at regular intervals, save a fine 99-run partnership between skipper Bismah Maroof (78 not out) and all-rounder Aliya Riaz (53), to restrict Pakistan ...

The project is part of CSIRO’s efforts to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the environment by 80% by 2030. Australia and Indonesia have established a partnership that aims to tackle plastic pollution in the Indo-Pacific region. The Plastics Innovation Hub Indonesia project was launched by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, and ...

An Indigenous man is fighting for his life in a Darwin hospital after being shot by police during an incident at a park in Palmerston. Two officers attended the suburb of Gray on Tuesday morning where they allegedly found a man armed with a weapon. The ABC reported the weapon was a spear. They called upon that person to drop ...

By: Matthew Doran Outgoing Australian of the Year Grace Tame has given a masterclass in side-eye, in an ice cold exchange with Scott Morrison on her last day in the role. Ms Tame was among the guests welcomed to The Lodge for a morning tea on Tuesday, ahead of the Australian of the Year Awards in Canberra. Television cameras captured ...

By: Matthew Doran Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has pledged $440 million to improve Australian schools in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic during a pre-election address to the National Press Club on Tuesday. The set-piece speech has been a feature of the Australian political landscape for many years, and Mr Albanese leader used it to spruik his vision for ...

By: Michael Janda, Rhiana Whitson and Emilia Terzon The official measure of consumer price increases has surged, with steep rises in the cost of fuel and new homes driving the increase. The Australian Bureau of Statistics consumer price index (CPI) jumped 1.3 per cent over the last three months of 2021 to be 3.5 per cent higher over the year. ...

By: Paul Sakkal and Simone Fox Koob Novak Djokovic will be denied the chance to defend his Australian Open title after the Federal Court validated a federal government decision to deport him because of his stance on vaccination. The tennis champion’s dramatic, week-long legal challenge failed about 5.45pm on Sunday when a full bench of the court ruled unanimously that ...