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Two Albanese government ministers have accused Israel of inflicting “collective punishment” on Gaza, breaking Labor’s largely united front on the Middle East. High-profile media identity Lisa Wilkinson is suing Network 10, claiming her employer reneged on an agreement to cover her legal costs in their defamation suit with Bruce Lehrmann. The AFL faces a double cocaine scandal, with Melbourne’s Joel Smith testing positive after a home-and-away game and Blues recruit Elijah Hollands charged for possession. Queensland public servants have been offered five days special paid leave for psychological distress if they are “grieving the outcome” of the failed Voice referendum. The family behind failed Adelaide building company Felmeri Group has sold the company’s former offices in Wayville for $3.5m, but is refusing to use the proceeds to repay creditors owed close to $30m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US President Joe Biden was due to meet Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to discuss the Gaza crisis, but his attempts to find a diplomatic solution were dealt a blow by the cancellation of a meeting with Palestinian and Egyptian leaders. Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce has been given a free pass to avoid facing a Canberra inquiry into how the airline was run. A crime wave sweeping the bush has regional residents living in fear, country mayors say, with analysis of crime statistics revealing “horrifying” levels of domestic violence, sexual assault and car theft. The LNP has axed its support for a Path to Treaty in a major policy reversal driven by Queensland’s overwhelming rejection of the Voice to Parliament referendum. The state’s business sector has welcomed the merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia, which it has spruiked as a win for the local economy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australians stranded in Israel have returned home on a Qatar Airways flight in a coup that saw the national carrier of a Middle Eastern nation harbouring Hamas terrorists rescuing Jewish passengers. A woman is seeking $20,000 compensation claiming she was repeatedly leered at and perved on by men at Bondi Icebergs Club pool and sauna, and alleging it did nothing to protect her. Jewish organisations have slammed the Victorian Greens as “immoral and shameful” for voting against a motion in parliament that condemned Palestinian militant group Hamas for their massacre of civilians in Israel. Deadly funnel-web spiders’ venom could be used to limit the damage to a person’s brain and heart when they suffer a heart attack or stroke, a Queensland researcher has found. A merger of two of South Australia’s biggest universities should go ahead because it would advance the economic and social interests of the state, a parliamentary committee says.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge has slammed the ABC for a “death over dishonour” press release which he found incorrectly implied the Federal Court was trying to force journalists to reveal confidential sources in a defamation case against a former soldier. Qantas Loyalty boss Olivia Wirth has resigned from the embattled airline, five months after being passed over for the top job. Average prices for Uber’s rideshare and delivery services could rise by up to 85 per cent as a result of the federal government’s proposed shake-up to workplace rules, the company has claimed. Brisbane City Council will axe projects and slash services as part of a major $400m spending cut in the face of a budget blowout. Fire investigators are pouring over the burnt wreck of Stirling Village in Adelaide after a huge blaze swept through the shopping centre on Sunday, causing at least $15 million damage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Albanese government’s been urged to focus on the cost-of-living crisis now the Voice referendum is over. South Australian police allege an armed robber dubbed the “Bicycle Bandit” used a Chinese semi automatic rifle in all of his crimes. The IDF confirmed hostage release negotiations with Hamas are now “impossible”.The South Australian government says there’s “zero prospect” the state’s legislated Voice to Parliament will be repealed. New facilities already being planned after a record attendance at The Everest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says we need to find a new way forward with reconciliation, after Australia’s No vote. South Australia’s infamous Bicycle Bandit has allegedly been arrested. Police will allege in court that former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill set up a $300,000 cocaine deal behind his restaurant. Thousands of jobs would be lost across Queensland if restrictions are imposed on Brisbane airport. Hamas terrorists have released chilling footage showing heavily armed militants holding a kidnapped Israeli baby and toddler.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel has ordered the United Nations to move more than a million Palestinians in Gaza south within 24 hours. Australian swimming’s treatment of female athletes and coaches has been laid bare in a leaked report. Anthony Albanese has issued an emotional plea for Australians to vote Yes. Pop star Vanessa Amorosi denies she lied to Australia’s financial regulator amid a legal battle with her mother.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New research shows the referendum ranks well behind cost of living, health, employment and education for Aussies. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong speaks about the release of detained journalist Cheng Lei. Two trained guards will be stationed at Centrelink offices deemed high-risk. Melbourne AFL star Clayton Oliver is recovering after a medical episode. The Israel Defence Force has launched a new fighting tactic ahead of a possible land invasion of Gaza.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel has warned it will intensify its military assault on Gaza this week as locals appeal for international help. More than 1000 NSW Police officers will be deployed at an unauthorised pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday. A South Australian golf tournament has been boycotted after one club refused to allow the female opposing captain. Departing Qantas chairman Richard Goyder will earn almost $3000 a day for his final stretch at the airline. Indigenous leaders call out defunded youth justice programs in support of a Voice that withstands election cycles.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel has laid siege on the Hamas stronghold of Gaza with more than 2500 air strikes, ahead of a suspected mass land invasion. NSW Police under pressure to prevent further violent protests by pro-Palestinian groups. Early warning system is introduced for the real people featured in NSW’s higher school certificate exams. South Australia’s rental market is the toughest market in the country. This year’s Melbourne Cup Parade has been cancelled amid a growing protest movement against the iconic race.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel has pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, destroying Hamas strongholds, after one of the bloodiest attacks in its history. The Voice to Parliament remains unpopular across large swaths of the country. The victims of a horrific plane crash in SA’s Mid North have been identified. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan was personally briefed about the Commonwealth Games cost blowouts in early March. Actor Hugh Sheridan has revealed he passed up tickets to the doomed music festival attacked by Hamas militants.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel is vowing “mighty vengeance” against Hamas terrorists who launched an unprecedented assault on the Jewish state, with more than 300 Israelis killed, 1800 wounded and dozens taken hostage in Gaza in what has been described as Israel’s 9/11. Two Qantas baggage handlers and the brother of one of Australia’s biggest crime figures have been charged as part of a major AFP sting into a drug syndicate allegedly using insiders in Sydney International Airport. South East Queensland councils are being forced to spend more than $100,000 of ratepayers’ money to clean up parks littered with illicit drugs, sharps and syringes. South Australia is poised to make political history this week as Labor prepares to elect the state’s first Muslim MP. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cash-strapped Aussies are avoiding going to the GP for common chronic illnesses, with experts warning the cost-cutting has led to a surge in patients presenting at hospital emergency departments. Biotech giant Moderna has revealed a ‘superjab’ combining vaccines or Covid-19 and influenza in the one dose has achieved a similar or greater level of effectiveness than existing shots. More than 400 Adelaide Metro buses have been confirmed to still display pre daylight savings time as commuters are overcharged for validating. Manly and Des Hasler are set to go head-to-head in court over his termination almost one year after the Sea Eagles sacked their former coach, following a season that was derailed after the Pride jersey saga. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Petrol theft has reached record highs in NSW this year, even before the price of unleaded rose above the $2.00-per-litre mark. Two French backpackers ran for their lives after being caught in a fireball when a charging e-bike exploded inside a Sydney hostel, prompting calls from experts for tighter regulations on shonky batteries. One of South Australia’s elite colleges is dealing with a serious scandal involving boarding students, with police called and students expelled. Horror bushfire conditions are expected to return to swathes of NSW by the middle of next week, as the first major blaze of the season left at least three homes destroyed and south coast communities reeling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The husband of shark attack victim Pam Cook has opened up about the incident in a South Australian coastal town, which left his wife requiring surgery and “a big chunk” of her leg missing. The owner of a luxury car which was peppered with bullets while parked in a Sydney street allegedly asked homeowners with CCTV of the drive-by shooting to delete the vision of the 4am attack. The official Yes23 campaign for the Voice has been accused of “dishonest” behaviour after it was pinged for using signage similar to official Australian Electoral Commission corflutes to urge people to vote yes. A top Melbourne law firm was secretly hired by the Andrews government several weeks before it officially announced it would cancel the Commonwealth Games. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queensland families have been torn apart in one of the worst long weekend’s for fatal crashes in recent memory. A Sydney mother was dead 30-hours after her son was granted bail by a court, despite police alleging he tried to choke her and was a risk of harming her again. Collingwood coach Craig McRae has all he needs - a treasured new daughter and precious shiny silverware. Former Carlton player Tom Williamson stalked and harassed a woman around the time his career came to an ­abrupt end. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cassandra Sainsbury is desperate to ditch the moniker, Cocaine Cassie. Two young men have died on the first weekend of the music festival season, piling pressure on the Minns government to bring forward its planned drug summit. Footy is about family, at Collingwood its premiership party inside the MCG rooms on Saturday night was layered with loved ones who were lapping it up. The NRL has witness one of the all-time great NRL Grand Finals as the Panthers have completed their three-peat in a 26-24 win over the Broncos. Hundreds more “granny flats” will be available to any South Australian to rent, while development rules would be relaxed for backyard buildings, under official plans to tackle the housing crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hundreds of schools across the country are trialling artificial intelligence tutors in the classroom, despite ongoing investigations into the ethical challenges of the controversial technology. The director of multiple Western Sydney disability service providers is behind bars, ­accused of defrauding the NDIS of more than $2 million. Collingwood has claimed its sweet 16th premiership with a four-point victory over Brisbane at the MCG. A Gold Coast entrepreneur determined to protect women by ridding dating app of predators is “filling a gap” in Australian cyber safety that should be taken care of by the state and federal governments. Adelaide Zoo senior keeper of primates Pij Olijnyk oversees a team of 10 staff but he’s under no illusions about who’s the boss. “We have to respect hierarchy,” he says of his animal charges, with orangutans Kluet and Puspa among the best known.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New laws will prohibit companies from targeting ­advertisements at children and selling their private data. Newly installed Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson took her turn in the hotseat yesterday as she appeared before a Senate committee hearing into the nation’s airline industry. Jacinta Allan has been ­appointed Victoria’s 49th Premier, after a tense day of backroom deals to get the job. A young apprentice is fighting for his life after he fell 4m down a hole at a Brisbane worksite that has had previous claims of safety concerns. The University of Adelaide has fallen out of the top 100 world rankings, falling 23 places from last year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce the most wanted man in Australia. Embattled NSW backbench MP Tim Crakanthorp is one of the biggest spenders on business class flights in the state, racking up $9,000 on flights to Darwin and nearly $18,000 in office travel expenses in four months. Premier Daniel Andrews has resigned as Victoria’s Premier, stepping down from the role from 5pm on Wednesday. Adam Reynolds has spoken passionately about his love of the Broncos and Brisbane, admitting he thought he could never embrace another club like his cherished South Sydney Rabbitohs. The Royal Adelaide Hospital could free up 40 beds and cut ramping if it improved its efficiency in discharging patients, an independent investigation has found.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The damage caused by six months of using a vape equates to five years of cigarette ­smoking, according to a shock new finding by medical ­experts. Australian rugby faces becoming an amateur sport, such is the disastrous decline of the game overseen by decades of administrative and coaching failures. Australians in remote communities have begun to cast their votes in the historic Voice to Parliament referendum, as Anthony Albanese’s olive branch to the Coalition to work together if Yes wins is dismissed as insincere. A dedicated ambulance ramping bay opened in the Princess Alexandra Hospital to create a more “comfortable experience” for patients is proof, the LNP says, that the government is unable to fix the problem. Tennis superstar Nick Kyrgios has been spotted on one of Adelaide’s best known dining strips.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The nightmare for young home-hunters is set to dramatically worsen, with the pain of 12 interest rate rises now magnified by a shock property price surge across swathes of Sydney due to a migration boom and a building bust that both have years left to run. A murder contract of up to $1m was on the head of gangland heavy Gavin Preston when he was shot dead. The stunning recovery by the sole survivor of the deadly mushroom lunch has been called a “miracle” by his close-knit community, as churchgoers said they were praying the “truth will come out” about the mysterious poisoning. SA Premier Peter Malinauskas and nearly his entire cabinet have declared being members of Qantas’s ritzy invitation-only Chairman’s Lounge – despite his recent criticism of the airline.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mushroom poisoning victim Ian Wilkinson has been released from hospital and is making “significant progress” in his recovery. A new poll has found hardly any Australians rank the Voice as a top priority issue for the government. Health fund executives have been rewarded with million-dollar-plus pay rises, as their members brace for the misery of another round of above-inflation premium rises. Adelaide scientists believe seaweed found in South Australia’s southeast is key to creating the ultimate anti-ageing formula. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police have seized a 200kg cocaine cache at the Port of Melbourne in the latest huge bust linked to the technique of parasite smuggling. Tolls on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel will rise for the first time in more than a decade as the Minns government moves to make the tolling system “fairer”. Police are set to recruit up to 200 officers from overseas to fast track moves to fill a range of crucial vacancies. After a 70-year stewardship of the News Corp and Fox conglomerates, Rupert Murdoch announced yesterday he will be formally stepping down as Chairman in November.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Albanese has ignited a political firestorm by excluding state decisions from a sweeping Covid inquiry with accusations he’s protecting Labor premiers from scrutiny, while focusing solely on the former Morrison government. The Harbour City is relying on Penrith as it’s last hope for football finals victory in the NRL, with the Panthers the only local team left in the top four. Two rail strikes will halt train services across Melbourne next month as union members take industrial action after talks with Metro Trains failed. Water Minister Glenn Butcher has demanded the LNP reveal where it would build dams in South East Queensland, amid an escalating battle over water security as dam levels fall. A new state government campaign is urging South Australians embarking on new home builds or renovations to do their homework before signing a contract – as the construction industry reels from the collapse of another major builder.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The inglorious end to Alan Joyce’s 15 years as Qantas chief executive has cost him at least $500,000 with a further $10.5m in doubt after the board finally acted in response to an “acute loss of trust” in the airline. Specially prepared “kill cars” have been seized by police across Sydney before they can be used in the next underworld assassination, kidnapping or drive-by shooting. Homicide detectives will probe how a three-day manhunt across two states turned deadly after specialist police shot dead an armed fugitive in northern Victoria. The number of Queenslanders receiving vital surgery and seeing specialists in Queensland hospitals has returned to pre-Covid-19 levels, but there are still thousands of patients waiting longer than clinically recommended, new data reveals. South Australians are being warned to prepare for an intense bushfire season thanks to higher fuel loads in regions such as the Adelaide Hills.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A senate probe has heard Airfares could have dropped by 10 per cent if the federal government hadn’t rejected a bid from Qatar Airways for extra flights into Australia. NSW is set for its first scorching summer in four years with an El Nino event declared amid a spring heatwave and warnings of a tough bushfire season ahead. The Palaszczuk government has issued its third major policy backflip in less than one week as it seeks to overcome dire polling which shows it’s on track to lose next year’s election. An alleged gunman on the run posted videos of himself ­threatening another man tied to a leash and boasted about being part of the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang. And An 11-year-old driver has been charged following a police pursuit in South Australia on Tuesday morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Groundbreaking technology will give police real-time access to emergencies as they unfold through the public’s mobile phones when a triple-0 call is made. A Queensland “clearing house” for corruption tip-offs and complaints deemed unviable five weeks ago will now be turned into reality, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirming the state government was back on board with the ditched Coaldrake review recommendation. Sydney is closed for lunch and Christmas has been cancelled, after the state government axed two events championed by former premier Dominic Perrottet to get people back spending money in the CBD. An Adelaide man stabbed nearly in the heart was an innocent bystander amid accusations of a messy love triangle and revenge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Popular dating apps such as Bumble, Tinder and Hinge have been handed an ultimatum by the federal government – make your platforms safer or the commonwealth will do it for you. Detectives across the state are being taken off investigations and put back into uniform to cover shortages on the front line, so bad is the current employment crisis in the NSW Police Force. Councils are slugging Victorians with sneaky new bin taxes of up to $179 and raising rubbish rates by 10 to 20 per cent as the state continues to struggle with the landfill crisis. Distressed patients battling cancer have slammed a decision by Gold Coast University Hospital to mothball a world-leading medical device that prevents hair loss during chemotherapy treatment. After a screaming success at yesterday’s City-Bay Fun Run, organisers are now aiming for a record-breaking crowd of 50,000 to celebrate the race’s 50th event next year (it was cancelled twice by Covid).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prominent Aboriginal activist and No campaigner Warren Mundine has warned that the agenda behind the Uluru Statement is a “metaphorical” declaration of war on modern Australia. Public sector unions are set for a salary windfall worth billions of dollars as the reward for helping get Labor into power as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey prepares to hand down a budget he says will “fix the fundamentals” of an economy bloated by excessive debt. The Commonwealth should step in to help cover Victoria’s pandemic debt that is harming the state’s reputation and holding back the national economy, a leading business figure says. Queenslanders won’t be slugged extra fees to see a GP after the state government and doctors reached a compromise on a heated payroll tax stoush. Access to bank branches dealing with physical currency must be maintained for customers in the regions where ‘cash is still king’, according to regional residents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and chairman Richard Goyder are expected to be top of the list of people the senate aviation inquiry will decide it wants to summon when it meets for the first time on Thursday. Taxpayers are paying councils tens of millions of dollars for the privilege of having their garbage bins collected once a fortnight as weekly pick-ups are being scrapped. Victorians are being warned to be on high alert of bushfire risks with warmer and drier conditions predicted, but the state won’t face the same catastrophic scenes experienced in Hawaii, Canada and Greece. Corruption investigations into politicians and public servants will be kept secret from Queenslanders unless laws are urgently changed in light of a landmark High Court decision, the state’s powerful watchdog has warned. South Australian taxpayers will likely shell out at least $70m for a late swoop on one of Adelaide’s premier pieces of land for housing in a move amid a developer backlash.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia has warned there will be “consequences” for any country that aids Russia in its illegal war against Ukraine – ahead of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. A woman claims one of Australia’s most reviled gang rapists harassed her for months with messages of sexual fantasies and emails saying “I want you all to myself” which she took to police, but they refused to protect her. Victorian businesses will be slugged almost $18bn extra over the next decade as a result of the government’s changes to WorkCover premiums. Queensland’s major hospitals hit breaking point and couldn’t adequately service patient needs at least 156 times in a three-month period, bombshell new data has revealed for the first time. A 19-year-old father has faced court after police allegedly found him and a 13-year-old with firearms at the weekend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An extra billion dollars to build public and community homes has won Labor desperately needed support for its signature housing fund, but the end of a bitter nine-month political stoush will bring little relief to renters at the coalface of Australia’s housing crisis. Sydney’s bus network is facing fresh scrutiny amid an alarming number of services being cancelled and bus drivers calling in sick, with an average of 134 trips being abandoned on one network each day. Damning videos show top doctors alerted the state government in the lead-up to the 2022 election that serious emergency department failings were driving a rise in child deaths in hospitals. Nearly 40 per cent of investors surveyed by a peak industry body have sold their Queensland rental properties in the past year – more than anywhere else in the country. More than 4500 illegal vapes have been seized and 12 Adelaide businesses fined during a blitz on unlawful nicotine sales.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Partner of detained journalist Cheng Lei says Anthony Albanese’s China visit is the ­perfect opportunity for Beijing to set her free. Slain gangland figure Gavin Preston had been at war over stolen trucks with a feared Melbourne underworld gang. About 1000 unqualified university students will have taught in Queensland classrooms by the end of the year. Police in NSW are threatening to stop attending emergency calls relating to mental health incidents. A furious Adelaide Hills resident has hijacked a press conference to confront the Premier over a plan she says will cost lives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian troops will patrol the South China Sea alongside the Philippines, as the two ­nations step up their partnership with a new agreement. One person has died and five people injured after a driver collided with pedestrians and two vehicles in the Melbourne CBD. More than 280 teenagers have been nabbed in the last 18 months for breaking into Sydney homes and stealing high-powered cars. More than 700 people have now been screened as part of the SA government’s efforts to fight a tuberculosis outbreak in the APY Lands. QLD Motorists wrongly suspended from driving due to a major traffic camera system flaw will know early next week how they can get their licences back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Qantas frequent flyer program will now become part of the senate aviation inquiry looking into the blocking of flights by Qatar Airways. South Australian police have found skeletal remains they suspect are those of murder victim Robert Atkins. Anthony Albanese will visit President Xi Jinping this year to make a personal appeal for the release of Australians detained in China. A baby girl has died just hours after being sent home from a Queensland hospital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his successor Vanessa Hudson will be called before a senate inquiry probing the government’s Qatar Airways decision. Police build intelligence as another tobacconist is firebombed in Melbourne. An investigation into one of Queensland’s biggest child safety failures was called off by Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath on the eve of the last state election. Covert recordings continued to be heard in the court case against William Tyrrel’s foster mother. SA launches brazen campaign to poach Victorian businesses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia’s trade with Southeast Asia would grow to more than half a trillion dollars by 2040 under a new strategy by the federal government. A court has heard William Tyrrell’s foster parents were caught on secret police recordings smacking another child with a wooden spoon. Cricket is set to be included in the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. The Reserve Bank holds rates steady for the third consecutive month. Tom Jonas’s retirement at the end of Port Adelaide’s season sparks debate over his captaincy successor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

International airfares out of Australia continued to climb in the first eight-months of the year. Melbourne train commuters may face major disruption across the network with the rail union threatening strike action. South Australia’s average cost to build a new house set a record in July. Around $1.5bn earmarked for projects across regional NSW was used to pay for infrastructure projects in Sydney. The Reserve Bank is predicted to hold ­interest rates today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia is set to bid for the basketball world cup in the wake of last month’s record breaking FIFA Women’s soccer World Cup. An elite child-rescuing police team is investigating three new cases every week, warning that exploitation has “exploded” in the past decade and perpetrators are “literally any­one and everyone walking among us”. Acting Queensland Premier Steven Miles has still not spoken with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk more than a week after she jetted off on a surprise holiday to Italy, saying it would take only “an emergency” for him to contact her. Four of Melbourne’s worst teen offenders have stolen a total of 90 cars, mostly taken in their combined 170 home burglaries. Taylor Swift fans have been left frustrated after her official Australian tour ticket resale was delayed, but thousands of new seats will become available before the end of the year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yes campaigners will declare,“You’re The Voice” in a new ad campaign partnering with singer John Farnham to promote the referendum for an Indigenous Voice. In NSW, a sickening video taken of two young victims lying dead, or dying, after the crash has been widely shared on social media. The $10bn Melbourne Airport Rail Link project is set to be mothballed for years following a review of federally funded ­infrastructure projects. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has warned of a looming political dogfight with China over the loyalty of Pacific island nations if the state government turns its back on his bold bid to resurrect the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The mother of a young Adelaide Hills footballer who died after an on-field collision will take legal action against the state’s peak football body over its handling of concussions in the lead up to her son’s death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has been awarded a swag of extraordinary bonuses of up to $10 million, the same day the consumer watchdog revealed it will target a $250m payout over allegations the airline lied to customers about cancelled flights. Union officials will be able to enter workplaces without notice and inspect payroll records when they suspect wage underpayments under proposed changes to the ­nation’s IR laws to be unveiled next week. Parents have unloaded on the culture at a Queensland state high school they say is at “breaking point”, plagued with bathroom brawls and students being bullied and bashed for “street cred”. Four people have been killed and another seriously injured in a horror collision on a “notorious” stretch of road in Victoria’s north. An Adelaide Footy League club has been hit with the biggest fine in SA sporting history for breaches of salary cap. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Qantas is being taken to court by the consumer watchdog for allegedly selling tickets for thousands of cancelled “ghost” flights and hoarding takeoff and landing slots to drive up airfares. Transport for NSW has for the first time confirmed that WestConnex will be sped up to 90km/h but the plans will require the motorway to be completely closed for safety checks. A Gold Coast city councillor allegedly googled “If you kill someone in self-defence will you go to jail?” two days before he choked and killed his abusive and controlling stepdad. A key member of the Victorian Liberal Party’s leadership team has resigned. Nutbush will come to Adelaide’s city limits when smash stage production TINA – The Tina Turner Musical opens at the Festival Theatre in April next year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australians will head to the polls on October 14 to decide if they want an Indigenous Voice enshrined in the constitution, as the Yes and No campaigns launch a six-week final push to the referendum. Inflation rose by its smallest margin in more than a year following a fall in the cost of food and petrol, raising hopes the Reserve Bank will leave interest rates on hold for a third straight month. The victims of crime advocates who marched on state parliament have still not had a response to their requests from anyone in the Palaszczuk Government a full week on, as the Premier declared from Europe there were simply no issues in Queensland. In NRL, it’s been revealed the player who walked away from the Bulldogs over a training ground punishment was barely 10 minutes late for training. Almost 320 South Australian schools will close or be forced to alter classes because of Friday’s planned teacher strike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coles will reveal on Wednesday plans to slash the price of more than 500 products for the next three months as part of a new cost-of-living program. Embattled NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen may refuse to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into why she hand-picked a former Labor staffer to be the state’s transport boss. Next generation Tasers will be rolled out to 10,300 frontline Victoria Police officers from November with strict new rules about when the weapons can be deployed. QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will have spent more days on holiday this year than sitting in state parliament, when she returns from her latest European jaunt next month. Port Adelaide diehards heading to Brisbane for the Power’s first final are in for an expensive trip as the cheapest return flights are now close to $1000 per person.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Reserve Bank is under fire for spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on food and booze while the nation grappled with a worsening cost-of-living crisis. Victoria’s total debt is predicted to hit a shocking $226bn by 2026-27, putting the state’s credit rating at greater risk. Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his top executives have been forced to admit the airline owes at least $150 million more in flight credits to ­customers than previously ­estimated. Three days of tense negotiations between the SA teachers union and the government are set to commence on Tuesday ahead of a planned strike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three US Marines died and five more suffered serious injuries when a military aircraft carrying 23 people crashed in the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory coast. yesterday. Random urine tests to screen the state’s trains workforce for drugs or alcohol will be axed in a backroom agreement between the rail union and the state government. The AFL Grand Final Parade will return to city streets in a significant shift from last year’s Yarra River ceremony. The respected mind Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk turns to for major legal reviews has pleaded with her to “abandon the madness” in youth justice and keep children out of watch houses. Work will begin immediately to expand preschool and Out of School Hours Care in South Australia in line with the recommendations of the state’s royal commission into early childhood education.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Of the 17 critical targets identified as part of Closing the Gap only four are being met, while the rates of Indigenous suicide, children in out-of-home care and adults in jail are going backwards. The women who once quietly lived off the ill-gotten gains of their gangland men are now playing an active role in high-level crimes that are leading to bloodshed on the streets. The Victorian Liberal Party has claimed an emphatic victory in the critical Warrandyte by-election with the party on track to record a near 20 per cent swing. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has flown to Europe for a two-week vacation amid threats and speculation over the future of her leadership. South Australia could “run out of land” within 30 years unless drastic changes are made to meet housing demands, a landmark report has found.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glaring straight ahead, ­Donald Trump’s fury is unmistakable in his history-making mugshot, taken after he was charged and released from Fulton County Jail. Zookeeper Jen Brown won’t hear a bad word said about the two male lions who mauled her and left her fighting for life. Police will investigate whether former Crown staff and big punters banned from the venue were part of an alleged multimillion-dollar illegal casino. Masked crusaders Kiss are set to be confirmed as special guest performers at the AFL Grand Final after two high profile cancellations left the league high and dry. South Australia’s most senior federal Liberal, Simon Birmingham, is conceding a systemic failure to elect enough women as he produces a framework to revive the party’s flagging fortunes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Revelations that the Australian Electoral Commission will allow a tick to be recorded as a Yes vote in the upcoming Voice referendum – but a cross won’t be recorded as a No vote have been slammed as “unfair” and “favouritism”. Rules requiring masks in NSW hospitals are set to be scrapped as early as next week, with the Minns government looking to end one of the last-remaining Covid measures for good. Footy fans will be able to dine at a high-class Italian restaurant or pub, play mini golf and book a private function overlooking the oval any day of the week under a major revamp of Marvel Stadium. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has not met with her government’s own human rights commissioner for nearly five years, with the extraordinary cold shoulder revealed as laws stripping children of their rights were rammed through parliament. A key person of interest in the investigation into the abduction of two girls at Adelaide Oval has been unmasked on the eve of 50 years on from their disappearance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.