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Mother Faces Sentencing, Husband Threatens Judge

Sarah Jayne Kelly, 30, will be sentenced on Monday for lying about her children's illnesses, fleeing the state after arrest, and facing a death threat against the judge from her husband, Jacob Kelly, who also threatened to flee with her to other states.

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Victorian Council to Sell Properties for Affordable Housing and Budget Relief

Hepburn Shire Council in Victoria, Australia will sell seven properties—three for affordable housing and four on the open market—to resolve a \$4 million budget shortfall and address a severe housing shortage affecting over 300 households.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Record Coral Bleaching in 2024

Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst-ever coral bleaching in 2024, losing 25-33% of its hard coral cover due to record summer water temperatures and an El Niño event, raising concerns about the reef's long-term survival.

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Life Below Water
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AUSTRAC Sues Sydney Club Group for Alleged $140 Million Money Laundering Failure

AUSTRAC is suing Mounties, a Sydney club group, for allegedly failing to prevent $140 million in money laundering by 10 customers who exhibited clear money-laundering behaviors between 2019 and 2023 through poker machines, highlighting systemic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering program, Be...

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Australia Considers Restricting Tax Breaks for Investor Landlords to Address Housing Crisis

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is considering restricting negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to one property per investor following recommendations from the ACTU to address Australia's housing affordability crisis, despite a previous election promise not to implement such changes; a plan to bu...

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Sydney Man Charged with Supplying 2.1kg of Potent Synthetic Opioid Nitazene

Sydney police charged a man with supplying 2.1 kilograms of nitazenes, a synthetic opioid up to 28 times stronger than fentanyl, found in vape liquid, highlighting a sophisticated distribution network and significant public health concern.

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Good Health and Well-being
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Australian Teal MP Proposes 15% GST with $3,300 Rebate

Australian Teal MP Kate Chaney proposes raising the GST to 15 percent, removing exemptions, and implementing a $3,300 annual rebate per adult to alleviate the tax burden on low-income earners, citing Parliamentary Budget Office modelling.

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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Record Coral Decline

The Great Barrier Reef experienced its largest coral decline since 1986 due to a record-breaking bleaching event caused by rising ocean temperatures, cyclones, and crown-of-thorns starfish, impacting 124 reefs between August 2024 and May 2025.

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Life Below Water
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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Record Coral Loss in 2024

The Great Barrier Reef suffered record coral loss in 2024, primarily due to climate change-induced mass coral bleaching, impacting approximately 77 of the 124 surveyed reefs with coral cover between 10 and 30 percent.

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US Attempts to Deport Iranian Asylum Seeker to Australia

The Trump administration is attempting to deport Reza Zavvar, an Iranian asylum seeker with a green card, to Australia, despite the Albanese government's assertion that no new agreements exist with the US on this matter. Zavvar, who was arrested in Maryland and moved to an Ohio prison, is challengin...

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\$343 Million NSW Corruption Scandal: Fugitive Officer Accused of Bribery

A former NSW Transport procurement officer, Ibrahim Helmy, is accused of orchestrating a \$343 million corruption scheme, allegedly pocketing \$11.5 million in bribes and is now a fugitive, prompting an ongoing ICAC inquiry.

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50,000 Queensland Teachers Strike Over Pay and Safety

On Wednesday, 50,000 Queensland state school teachers, impacted by low pay, excessive workload and classroom violence, staged a 16-year unprecedented strike, affecting over 500,000 students and prompting the Queensland Teachers' Union to consider further industrial action.

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