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20/09/2023
We have breaking news on our investigation into the Catholic Bishop at the centre of the Pope's historic inquiry into an Australian church scandal.
Police have called on the Vatican to hand over the 200-page report pledging to re-open the case, which now has a potential 71 victims.
20/09/2023
More than 400 people are facing almost 1000 charges after a huge statewide drug crackdown.
One of the raids north of Brisbane uncovered a commercial cannabis operation.
20/09/2023
The family of a fugitive gunman is pleading with him to surrender after 30 hours of mayhem. The 33-year-old has been on the run since he fired off a shot in a confrontation with police.
20/09/2023
After years of promises finally some movement tonight on Stage Two of the Parramatta Light Rail project. $200 million is being spent to prepare the route to Olympic Park. But critics say, at this rate, trams won't be running for years.
19/09/2023
Conditions may have been perfect but it did not prevent some coming unstuck during the City-Bay.
Organisers ran out of cups for water and paramedics were kept on their toes but the event still raised thousands for charity.
19/09/2023
Two thieves have lost more than they gained after leaving behind their cat during a bungled robbery at Fulham Gardens.
Police discovered the feline waiting in a getaway car hours after the pair was arrested.
19/09/2023
Port Adelaide's season has come to a gutting end with the coach even admitting they were "never in the game".
GWS put on a clinic to book a spot in the preliminary against the Magpies.
Some Crows fans were relishing the opportunity to barrack for the Giants.
The defeat has left Power fans questioning next year's prospects as they come to terms with yet another finals loss.
19/09/2023
Melbourne fringe suburbs are being hit with train delays more than three times as often as commuters travelling from the south-east. Fed-up passengers are now calling on the Andrews government to fix the gap.
19/09/2023
The surging cost of living will be front of mind for many Sydney families tonight, and it will be tackled head-on in Tuesday's State Budget.
19/09/2023
The blistering weather had a real impact on the Sydney Marathon 26 people had to be treated because of the heat, seven of them in serious distress.
But most tackled the tough conditions to conquer a superb course under superb blue skies
19/09/2023
A fresh advertising blitz is hitting our tv screens tonight, as the Yes campaign works overtime before the referendum. Today, the first of a series of Yes rallies were held across the country, with famous faces lending their support to the cause.
19/09/2023
After years in the planning, Melbourne’s $300 million Riverside renewal is set to get underway before Christmas. The Greenline Project will re-shape the banks of the Yarra starting at Birrarung Marr.
19/09/2023
has been given a rare look inside the operation to keep Flinders Street Station clocks ticking after more than a century. The heritage time pieces at the entrance have to be removed so a highly skilled team can make them as good as new.
19/09/2023
We're being warned that the price of Christmas seafood will be through the roof this year due to huge changes coming to the fishing industry.
19/09/2023
Troubling data has emerged of the dwindling release of new land during Queensland's housing crisis.
19/09/2023
Taxpayers will soon stop funding the purchase of electric cars.
The state's $3,000 subsidy is coming to an end with claims it isn't working.
19/09/2023
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says Australians want to move on from the Voice to Parliament referendum because it has made them “feel dirty”.
Mr Joyce said despite corporate and government support of the ‘Yes’ campaign, the ‘No’ campaign has “logic” behind it.
“To bring in a racially-based clause for a selected body in perpetuity right over the Executive – in Australia in 2023 are you serious,” he told host Paul Murray.
“What you’ll have in this debate is a loud ‘Yes and a loud ‘No’.
“But I’ll tell you what you’re seeing is a very big, quiet ‘No’, and that’s what I see everywhere.”
19/09/2023
host Paul Murray says the reality is for climate change is you can’t have billions of people on the planet and multiple industrial revolutions without something happening to the environment.
Mr Murray discusses the “over the top” thought processes of some people who think droughts will run forever despite having mostly come and gone.
“Australia accounts for just one per cent of global emissions,” he said.
“Lefties try to turn around and say while we’re not one per cent of the global population - we are spewing way more than we should given the size of our population.
“The reality is, the countries that are truly polluting the planet … are countries like China, India, and the rest of the developing world.”
19/09/2023
The Yes campaign’s new ad is so “dishonest” and explains so much about what’s wrong with the Voice to Parliament, according to host Andrew Bolt.
“Very emotional. Very dishonest,” Mr Bolt said.
Mr Bolt said it starts with a young boy, and the ad is saying his life is “basically over” if the Voice referendum fails to succeed.
“You know, someone in the Yes23 campaign … should have done Sam a favour – they should have told him the truth; well, they won’t, so I will,” he said.
Mr Bolt’s remarks come as the Yes campaign steps up its efforts to gain voters with four weeks to go until referendum day on October 14.
19/09/2023
Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy says the yes advertisement for the Voice is a “great ad” and the best one seen in the campaign so far.
Mr Conroy sat down with host Andrew Bolt and former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger to discuss the Yes campaign’s new ad and how it’s “got you two scared”.
“I think, Andrew, statistics actually support the ad, I think firstly it’s a great ad, it’s the best ad we’ve seen in the campaign so far,” he told host Andrew Bolt.
“I don’t think by itself, that it’s enough to get the Voice campaign up.
“I think there’s a lot more work to be done.”
19/09/2023
host Peta Credlin has slammed Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen as an “anti-nuclear zealot” after inflating the cost of the Coalition’s proposed nuclear strategy.
Mr Bowen claimed the Coalition’s plan to convert coal-fired power stations into nuclear small modular reactors would cost $387 billion.
The Minister’s estimates allegedly factor in 70 new reactors, when experts say Australia may only need 10 reactors.
“So on balance, Bowen's attack on nuclear power really looks more like an own-goal than a political winner – especially since Labor's so-called energy transition is just not happening as planned,” she said.
“There is nothing like the 22,000 new solar panels going in every single day or the 40 large wind turbines every single month – let alone the 10,000 plus kilometres of new transmission lines, that Bowen himself has said were needed for the next seven years to meet Labor's legislated targets.”
19/09/2023
contributor Gary Hardgrave says Labor MP Tanya Plibersek is on the “Greens hit list”.
The Environment Minister had received criticism from former Greens leader Bob Brown, who accused both the Labor government and Ms Plibersek of abandoning environment conversations.
“She’s very vulnerable to the Greens,” Mr Hardgrave told host Peta Credlin.
“Tanya Plibersek is way out of her depth – she’s been in parliament far too long.
“She’s had a turn, she’s run out of ideas, run out of puff – time to go Tanya.
“The Greens may well help you out the door.”
19/09/2023
contributor Joe Hildebrand says many prominent Yes campaigners for the Voice to Parliament “do not understand” what works in pushing the proposal to the Australian public.
“It is very frustrating that there seems to be such a lack of discipline,” Mr Hildebrand told host Sharri Markson.
Co-chair of the Uluru Dialogue and prominent Yes campaigner Professor Megan Davis has criticised the ABC for giving airtime to No campaigners during their coverage of the Voice.
“Yes campaigners complaining about ABC coverage probably isn’t going to win us the day,” Mr Hildebrand said.
“I don’t see how that gets soft No voters or undecided voters over the line.”
19/09/2023
Prominent No campaigner Warren Mundine says the Voice to Parliament referendum is “fraud” and “built on a lie”.
Voice to Parliament referendum will be held on October 14.
“It’s built on this thing that Aboriginal people do not have a voice, and that’s a lie,” he told host Sharri Markson.
“Everyone knows that, because you look out all the thousands of … Aboriginal originations in Australia and then you start looking – you go down to Canberra and you see Aboriginals all over the place.
“Every corporation has Aboriginal advisory groups, Aboriginal advisors, every sporting code, every group in the country – churches, schools, and everything.”
19/09/2023
Professor Megan Davis’ claims suggesting that the ABC was favouring the No campaign against the Voice doesn’t “stack up,” according to The Australian’s National Editor Dennis Shanahan.
In a now-deleted tweet, Uluru Statement co-author Professor Davis blasted the national broadcaster for giving a platform to No campaigners.
Professor Davis said: “It’s astonishing to me that the ABC Insiders show has Warren Mundine on this morning. Jacinta at NPC, Kerrynne Liddle on 7.30 report. The schemozzle of 4 Corners. ABC just continually platforms the NO campaign.”
“This is very much in the eye of the beholder thing, and Megan Davis herself is another example of somebody who is saying things during a hyper-politicised campaign and isn’t experiencing it,” Mr Shanahan told host Peta Credlin.
“It’s interesting to see she deleted the tweets because A, they didn’t stack up, but it’s also counterproductive for the Yes campaign to be attacking the ABC.”
19/09/2023
contributor Gary Hardgrave has raised concerns about the Left’s view on migration and the impact it has on Australia’s sovereignty.
“We value our migrants, we value those who come here,” Mr Hardgrave told host Peta Credlin.
“If we value the people that come to Australia under the terms we set – we should keep our standards high.”
Mr Hardgrave said if Australia values their national sovereignty, then they’ve got to “have strong borders”.
“That doesn’t seem to be Labor and the Left’s view on things”.
19/09/2023
Curtin University political analyst Professor Joe Siracusa says US President Joe Biden is a “liability” to America and he’s “in over his head” about running the country.
Concerns continue to grow for the US President’s age, preventing him from being able to perform his role effectively to run America.
“His advisors keep sending him overseas to talk to people so that he looks vigorous and America looks like it’s returned,” he told
“He hasn’t convinced anybody about anything.
“Joe Biden is a liability, and I think on the issue of age, the economy, and crime that his campaign has been jeopardised, and there’s no way about it; Americans are not better off.”
19/09/2023
The Australian’s National Editor Dennis Shanahan says No campaigner Warren Mundine “made a bit of a mess of things” for the Voice debate.
Mr Mundine on Sunday spoke about the Voice failing and then suggested a treaty could be pursued and Australia Day dumped.
“It doesn’t mean that what he was saying was wrong or that he was necessarily in disagreement with Jacinta Price,” Mr Shanahan told host Peta Credlin.
“What we’ve seen is that this debate is being led by a number of people, it is a highly politicised debate, it has no substance.”
Australians will vote in the Voice referendum in October as a slump in the polls indicates the proposal could be heading for defeat.
19/09/2023
The Australian’s Chief Political Correspondent Geoff Chambers spoke to Labor sources who are calling Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s nuclear transition figures a “gross misrepresentation”, according to host Sharri Markson.
Mr Chambers sat down with Ms Markson to discuss the transition to nuclear, Mr Bowen’s figures, and polling results, which indicate the public is open to nuclear in an attempt to reduce emissions.
“Peter Dutton said at his press conference today, essentially Australia will not meet net zero emissions by 2050 without nuclear being in the mix,” he told host Sharri Markson.
“I spoke to a senior Labor source who described the numbers put out by Chris Bowen today.
“As a gross misrepresentation.”
19/09/2023
host Sharri Markson addresses the tensions between Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and Opposition leader Peter Dutton over the Coalition’s proposed nuclear strategy.
Mr Bowen claimed the Coalition’s plan to convert coal-fired power stations into nuclear small modular reactors would cost close to $400 billion.
The Opposition leader rejected the claim and called out the Climate Change Minister for being “unhinged”.
“If there are genuine reasons not to pursue this, not to add nuclear to our mix, let's hear them,” Ms Markson said.
“There should be debate from the experts about this topic, but we're seeing now from Chris Bowen is an ideological opposition to it.”
19/09/2023
Curtin University political analyst Professor Joe Siracusa says former US president Donald Trump’s interview with NBC was “very antagonist” and was like as if the police were questioning him.
The former US president has maintained an unbothered appearance despite the threat of facing potential prison time over his alleged election interference.
“I saw the interview, and I didn’t like it – it was more like a police interview, really, I mean, it was very antagonistic,” Mr Siracusa said.
“While the interview’s going on, he’s saying that he made the call on the election, which is his call after all.
“The Reuters poll came out that said that the president and former president and Biden are in a dead heat for 2024, they have 39 per cent each, they’ve got 10 per cent that are undecided.”
19/09/2023
It appears the Royal Family won’t be mentioning Prince Harry and Meghan Markle or do anything that will “stir the pot” with the couple, contributor Esther Krakue says.
Prince Harry fired a series of allegations against the Royal Family in his memoir, ‘Spare’.
The allegations heightened Harry and Meghan's fractured relationship with the Royal Family.
The Duke of Sussex attended King Charles’ coronation alone as his wife Meghan Markle remained in California with their two children Archie and Lilibet.
“They (the Royal Family) will just keep their heads down and keep on keeping on for the duration of King Charles’ reign, however long or short it may be,” she told host Caroline Di Russo.
19/09/2023
Curtin University political analyst Joe Siracusa says the Hunter Biden saga is going to “unravel”.
“Americans like politics and they like courtroom drama, so they’re going to get both of them,” he told
The US President’s son Hunter Biden has been indicted over firearm charges.
“When a hothead buys a gun, you’re already going to jail for one year as a matter of fact,” Mr Siracusa said.
“We’re going to find out that President Biden – Vice President Biden, was sitting next to his son while his son was engaged in influence peddling.”
19/09/2023
'The View' host Joy Behar has been slammed online after accusing the young generation of Republicans, including 2024 presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, of being "dumb".
The 38-year-old was one of four names mentioned by the 80-year-old host.
"The young generation of Republicans are dumb. You've got that Vivek Ramasmamy, you've got Marjorie Taylor Greene, you've got Lauren Bubblehead, Matt Gaetz," she said.
Mr Ramasamy responded to an offer debating Ms Behar "one on one".
"This is funny," he wrote on social media platform X.
19/09/2023
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll has revealed that a majority of Americans support initiating an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over allegations of influence peddling and involvement in corrupt business deals with his son Hunter.
It comes as US Republicans launched an impeachment inquiry into US President Joe Biden with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy citing a "culture of corruption".
"House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct," Mr McCarthy said in an address at the Capitol.
"Taken together, these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption.
"Through our investigations, we have found that President Biden did lie to the American people about his own knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings."
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online and surveyed 4,413 Americans from September 8 to September 14, which meant some respondents answered before Republicans announced their intention to proceed with the investigation.
According to the survey, 41 per cent of respondents supported an impeachment inquiry into the President, 35 per cent of respondents opposed the idea, while 24 per cent remained undecided.
19/09/2023
Former Labor minister Graham Richardson says the Yes campaign for a Voice to Parliament is “lagging” and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hasn’t “dug into it”.
“He’s put it up, and so if there’s any damage to come from defeat, it goes to him,” Mr Richardson told Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
“And so, you’d think he’d be out there, flogging it to death, but he hardly seems to be giving it any more coverage in his own life than all the other issues he’s dealing with.”
Australians will head to the ballot box on Saturday, October 14, to vote in the Voice referendum.
Recent polling has revealed the No vote grew in the last month, suggesting that the Voice could be heading for defeat come referendum day.
19/09/2023
contributor Esther Krakue says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s rebrand is “taking off” after the couple were seen having plenty of laughs during the Invictus Games.
Ms Markle was also seen getting into the spirit of the Games – drinking beer, hugging athletes and filming TikTok videos with fans.
Ms Krakue said the Duchess threw “caution to the wind” while at the games and didn’t follow any “official dress code or protocol”.
“It’s now a case of seeing where they go from here, what the brand ‘Sussex’ is going to look like,” she told host Caroline Di Russo.
“Is it going to be a focus on social issues like this, which is quite relaxed, unproblematic, or is it going to be kind of more harking back to the past and making reference to Harry and his mental health struggles, the passing of his mum, his tension with the Royal Family?”
19/09/2023
Presenter Calvin Robinson says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should find "new roles for themselves" and also perhaps "find a life outside of fame".
Mr Robinson spoke to host Caroline Di Russo about some of the latest events and issues facing the Sussexes.
Ms Di Russo questioned whether a "reset" of the Sussex brand was "taking shape" amid the recently held Invictus Games.
"No, I actually think Harry and Meghan need to find new roles for themselves," Mr Robinson replied.
He said the Sussexes are "running out of ideas".
"And there's only so much they can bad-mouth the Royal Family before we all get bored of that – so I think perhaps they need to find a life outside of fame," he said.
19/09/2023
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto says the state is “broke” under the leadership of Premier Daniel Andrews.
This comes as Victoria’s debt continues to grow and is forecasted to reach record $226 billion by the 2026 financial year.
“Daniel Andrews is simply out of money,” Mr Pesutto said.
“He doesn’t know how to address these problems and he won’t be able to.
“He’s created them.”
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