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Government refuses to release results of first cashless gaming trial We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Skip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerBy Toni AmbrogettiMarch 12, 2024 — 5.38pm The NSW government is refusing to release the results of an Australian-first cashless gaming trial,…
The Queensland government has offered a cyclone-affected community a $12 million lifeline as their town’s major employer, a historic sugar mill, faces liquidation. Residents of Mossman in Far North Queensland confronted Premier Steven Miles with a protest before a town hall meeting in Cairns late Wednesday, pleading for financial help to save the 127-year-old mill.…
Australian government hopes to rush laws that could detain dangerous migrants The San Diego Union-TribuneAustralia government seeks opposition support on immigration detention legislation ReutersLabor’s response to the indefinite detention ruling smacks of government overreach The GuardianHow will new ‘preventative detention’ laws for released immigration detainees work…
Ergon Energy has been fined $300,000 over the death of a worker on a central Queensland pineapple farm in July 2021. Key points:Cody Smith, 25, was working on a pineapple farm in central Queensland in July 2021 when he was electrocutedThe court heard a harvester he was working near passed under a power line which…
The federal federalgovernment has exposed it’s costs an additional $1.4 billion to aid healthcare serviceproviders and the aged care sector deal with the pandemic. Key points:The federal federalgovernment cash to handle COVID lasts upuntil the end of this yearAged care will get $840 million to keep programs like on-site PCR screening and the supply of fast […]
