Planned changes to Queensland public servants' superannuation a 'smash and grab', Opposition says
Planned changes to Queensland public servants' superannuation a 'smash and grab', Opposition says Updated August 23, 2016 15:19:40 Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt is being accused of trying to sneak through superannuation changes that could see a cut in public servants' payouts.The new bill allows the Treasurer to change the multiple that determines the final retirement payout for workers.It means some public servants under the defined benefits scheme will not be able ..>> view originalMan dead following crash with V/Line train at Bairnsdale
A man who was left fighting for his life after his car crashed into a train has died. The 28-year-old man from Norlane was driving a four-wheel-drive when it collided with a V/Line train at a crossing about 800 metres from Bairnsdale Station after 6am on Monday morning. The aftermath of the crash on Monday. Photo: Channel Nine The driver was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne with serious head and internal injuries. He died on Tuesday. Police said the cause of the incident is..>> view originalSchool cleaner Vincent Stanford watched teacher Stephanie Scott at work before killing her
As Leeton school teacher Stephanie Scott prepared lessons in her staff room on Easter Sunday last year, a relief cleaner was studying her from the corridor.Vincent Stanford, 25, then drove home to the house he shared with his mother and collected a "rape kit" before returning to Leeton High School where Ms Scott, 26, was still working. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Marcus Stanford pleads guilty Lindt siege police response in question Pol..>> view originalGirl charged for robbery before WA murder
Australian Associated PressA 15-year-old girl has been charged with robbery as part of the investigation into the death of mother-of-three Peta Fairhead, who was murdered and dumped at a Perth hospital.The 27-year-old was pushed from a car and left at the Joondalup Health Campus emergency department entrance in the early hours of August 3, with police saying she and two other people had been robbed, abducted and attacked.Three men - Ross James Boag and Leroy Daniel Smith, both 19, and Lucas Jame..>> view originalKangaroo attacks and injures toddler
Kangaroo attacks and injures toddler at Hervey Bay in Queensland Updated August 23, 2016 20:03:05 A young girl has been attacked by a kangaroo at Hervey Bay on Queensland's Fraser Coast. The attack occurred this afternoon at a private house in Point Vernon, at the northern end of the coastal town. It is understood the child, believed to be about two years old, suffered scratches to her chest and face. Paramedics transported the girl to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable co..>> view originalAngry Council threatens to cancel popular Maroon City Glider to 'save $5m'
Brisbane's deputy mayor on Tuesday night threatened to cancel the popular Maroon Glider bus service to save $5 million if the state government did not help with the $10 million in costs to build roadworks to support the Queens Wharf casino and hotel development.That "high stakes" call is indicative of the simmering tension between Brisbane City Council and the Palaszczuk Government, sources suggest. Maroon City Glider - Brisbane City Council threatens to cancel it to save $5 million. Photo..>> view originalPauline Hanson's four votes the key to Government's CFA legislation
The government's proposed legislation targeting the troubles of Victoria's Country Fire Authority looks set to live or die based on the position that Pauline Hanson's One Nation takes.On Monday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced amendments to the federal Fair Work Act that hinder "militant union" influence in the CFA by making any provisions undermining volunteers unlawful. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide You cannot be subordinated: Turnbull ..>> view originalPolice release images of woman in suitcase
Quiet achievers and the rest, Parliament's new senators arrive for 'Senate school'
In any classroom there are always two things going on - the lesson being given by the teacher and the positioning of the students.When the new members of the Senate came together in Canberra on Tuesday it was the first time they had all been in the one place at one time. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Senate face to face Lindt siege police response in question Infant suffers frightening whooping cough attack Anthony Albanese's f..>> view originalIrish gay marriage referendum campaigner warns Malcolm Turnbull and MPs against plebiscite
One of the lead campaigners behind Ireland's historic same-sex marriage referendum has urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and parliamentarians not to go ahead with a plebiscite, warning the experience was "brutal" for gay and lesbian people and their families.Grainne Healy, co-director of the Yes Equality campaign, said Irish volunteers needed counselling after abuse and hate speech from reform opponents, calling for MPs to stop Australia from seeing an unnecessary plebiscite campaign. ..>> view original
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