
‘Unacceptable’ errors led to Telstra triple-zero bungle
Telstra’s boss has revealed a series of embarrassing failures, including wrong emergency services numbers, prevented Australians from speaking to triple-zero call-takers for...

Social media companies on notice over extremist threats
Social media giants will have to explain what they are doing to protect Australians from violent extremists and terrorists as the country’s...

Uber to pay out taxi, hire drivers with almost $272m
Uber will cough up almost $272 million to compensate taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the rideshare company “aggressively”...

She’d walk miles for a camel – and further to recruit gap year workers
On about 12 hectares of red dirt and scrub in outback NSW, Petah Devine is rounding up her camels for the night....

VicPol officer kills raging daughter as she takes her own mum’s life
A VicPol officer confronted a “terrible dilemma” before shooting dead a woman in her 20s as she killed her mother in a...

Ocean wind farm to be a fifth of planned size
An offshore wind zone near western Victoria will be one-fifth of its original planned size. Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris...

Crews keep watch over fire ahead of more danger
Firefighters are keeping a close eye on a massive blaze in Victoria’s west as investigators look into the cause of another fire....

Ex-detainee wrongly accused of sexual assault
A former immigration detainee has been wrongly charged with sexual assault in a case of mistaken identity by police. The Richmond man...

Ex-detainee’s sex charges dropped after identity bungle
Please note –The story has been updated to reflect that the former detainee in question was wrongly charged. A man released from...

Last chance to flee for residents under fire threat
Victorians under threat from bushfires are facing their last chance to leave as catastrophic conditions descend on the state’s west. The Bayindeen fire...
