Aid workers brace for disease outbreaks in battle-weary Ukraine
Australian Red Cross worker Nick Prince said damaged infrastructure has left water sources vulnerable to contamination and waterborne diseases.
- by Bianca Hall
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‘He never texted us back’: Lazerpig staff claim being twice burned after business closes again
Popular pizza parlour accused of underpaying multiple staff who worked for two separate corporate entities that operated the business for nine years.
- by Bianca Hall and Sarah Danckert
Andrews government moves to jail native forest logging protesters
Protesters attempting to prevent or disrupt native forest logging in Victoria would face 12 months’ jail, or $21,000 in fines, under “draconian” laws introduced to state parliament this week.
- by Bianca Hall
Young, smart and unable to pursue a future
Thousands of young people who grew up in Australia are denied places at universities and TAFE because they cannot afford the international student fees imposed on people on temporary visas.
- by Bianca Hall
Investigation
For 19,000 people, this election could open the door to life
The decade-long uncertainty meted out to men, women and children who sought to come to Australia by boat has left them unable to pursue meaningful futures.
- by Bianca Hall
The global race to lure healthcare workers down under
Australia is aggressively recruiting healthcare workers through million-dollar recruitment drives to bolster a workforce depleted by the pandemic.
- by Timna Jacks, Bianca Hall and Meghan Dansie
‘Rubbish’ pay offer leaves garbage filling streets
Moreland Council workers are refusing to empty street bins as part of industrial action over a “rubbish” pay offer.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Enormous challenges’: Hospitals strain under pandemic pressure
One-third of patients requiring critical care are waiting longer than 15 minutes for an ambulance in Victoria, as the “long tail” of the pandemic continues to strain the health sector.
- by Bianca Hall
Former judge Peter Vickery dies of natural causes, months after sexual harassment claims emerge
Retired Supreme Court judge Peter Vickery, QC, found by the court to have sexually harassed two junior associates, has died.
- by Bianca Hall
Opinion
The cold-hearted calculus behind the Park Hotel prison
If they could be released now, why not two years ago? The cruelty was the point. That their plight might deter others from coming to this country by boat.
- by Bianca Hall
As it happened: US, UK ban Russian oil imports as Putin’s war on Ukraine continues; NSW records first Japanese encephalitis virus death
US President Joe Biden says he wants to thwart Russia’s “war machine”, damaging winds are forecast for Sydney after roads turned into rivers and Prime Minister Scott Morrison is due to tour flood-damaged parts of NSW today.
- by Broede Carmody, Amelia McGuire, Hanna Mills Turbet and Bianca Hall