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By: Christopher Knaus and Nick Evershed Facebook ads were used to push unapproved rapid test kits to Australians, prompting a warning from the regulator, while users offered large volumes of rapid tests on Facebook marketplace, contrary to its rules. Facebook has a strict policy prohibiting the sale of health-related products on its platform, and closely controls the way companies can ...

By: Daniel Hurst, Sarah Martin and Ben Doherty Scott Morrison has denied misleading Australians about whether his government is detaining refugees at a Melbourne hotel, insisting he “answered to the best of my knowledge at that time”. The prime minister on Wednesday acknowledged people recognised as refugees were among those held at the Park hotel – where tennis star Novak ...

By: Sally Rawsthorne and Daniella White Charlise Mutten has been found dead inside a barrel near the Colo River, and her stepfather has been charged with her murder following the child’s disappearance from the Blue Mountains last week. Justin Stein, 31, was arrested at Riley Street, Surry Hills, about 8.30pm on Tuesday. He was taken to Surry Hills police station ...

By: Helena Burke Australia Post will wave goodbye to traditional postie motorbikes as a disturbing trend has forced the service to change the way it delivers mail. From 2025, electric delivery vehicles (eDVs) will completely replace Auspost’s motorbike fleet. The three-wheeled, golf cart lookalikes can carry more than 100 small parcels and up to 1200 letters. Auspost said the change ...

By: Daniel Hurst and Paul Karp Two Liberal MP have backed calls for the Australian government to seek Julian Assange’s return to Australia “as quickly as possible”, after Barnaby Joyce said the US extradition request was unfair. Liberal backbenchers Jason Falinski and Bridget Archer called for diplomatic action to secure the Wikileaks co-founder’s return to his home country after the ...

By: Manal Al-Ani As a multiculturalism officer at a secondary school in the regional Victorian city of Shepparton, the Iraqi-Australian is accustomed to celebrating the fusion and acceptance of different cultures. It is a job that goes hand in hand with his love for gardening, a childhood passion that has blossomed since he arrived in Australia as a refugee from ...

By: AP Rome: National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said. The office of Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Italy organised the evacuation of Sharbat Gula after she asked to be helped to leave the country. The Italian ...

By: Daniel Hurst Scott Morrison has urged state premiers to “not get spooked” by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and hold their nerve on internal border closures, while attempting to assure Australians their plans for a more normal Christmas remain on track. The prime minister will meet with premiers and territory chief ministers at a national cabinet meeting on Tuesday ...

By: Lisa Visentin Telco companies will intensify their efforts to block scam text messages aimed at defrauding Australians, with regulatory changes enabling them to use more sophisticated technology to stop the messages at scale. Australians have lost more than $87 million through scam calls and text messages this year, as the number of reports to watchdog website Scamwatch more than ...

By: Ala’a Al Tamimi Aviation electrical engineer Ahmed Abdelwahed Saied Nasreldin tells SBS Arabic24 that since media outlets caught wind of the Airbus A320 flight simulator in the back of his EzyMart convenience store on Elizabeth Street, hundreds have taken the opportunity to live out their dream in the pilot’s seat.He assembled the 2000-piece simulator himself earlier this year, at the ...