Photo: AFP A Victorian woman has been jailed for three years for defrauding the Australian Tax Office of $452,000. The woman, who was not identified by Australian Federal Police (AFP), was sentenced on Wednesday (November 20) to three years and six months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 20 months. The AFP said she had…
Photo: UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Vetoes by Russia and US of United Nations draft calls for a ceasefire in Sudan and Gaza have triggered outrage and debate among member states. A US decision to veto a draft call for a ceasefire in Gaza was only the fourth time it had used that. The BBC reports that 14…
One of the new boats that are being rolled out across NSW. Picture: FRNSW THE NSW Government is rolling out 19 new HAZMAT boats worth $1.58 million to Fire and Rescue NSW units across the state. The hazardous materials (HAZMAT) boats are to contain oil, diesel and other pollutant spills in rivers and lakes. Each…
Picture: NSW RFS/Flickr NSW homeowners are reminded to check their insurance policies as the bushfire and flood season approaches amid soaring living costs. The reminder came from Legal Aid NSW which says Australian Bureau of Statistics data reveals that home and car insurance costs rose by 16 per cent in the past year. Legal Aid…
Picture: stock South Australia’s newest port, and Australia’s first to be named after the traditional land and sea custodians, has just opened for business. The Port of Narungga is near the existing Wallaroo Port and can process up to 500,000 tonnes of grain annually, the SA government says. Wallaroo Harbour has now been divided into…
Border and fisheries officials board one of the boats. Picture: AFMA Border and fisheries officials have boarded and seized catches from 14 Indonesian fishing boats in just four days. The Australian Border Force (ABF) says there were 113 crew aboard all of the boats which were caught in northern Australian waters. The operation was carried…