Australian National Press Network
October 17, 2026
Tourism
Victoria’s visitor economy has received a boost with the arrival of the first Hong Kong Airlines service into Melbourne. The airline’s first Airbus A330 service touched down at Melbourne Airport on Saturday, December 13. Hong Kong Airlines will operate the route three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays, adding around 93,600 additional seats…
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Police News
A Bankstown man has faced Bankstown Local Court charged with allegedly making online threats towards a federal parliamentarian. The AFP’s National Security Investigations team received a referral from the parliamentarian’s office on November 27 regarding two emails they had received. These emails allegedly contained threats to kill the parliamentarian and their family. …
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Police News
A Townsville man was expected to appear before Townsville Magistrates Court on Monday (Dec. 15) after he was intercepted at an airport before his planned departure to the Philippines for alleged sexual activity with a child. Investigations into the Toomulla man, 61, began on September 3, when the US agency of Homeland Security Investigations referred…
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Court
The $1.8 million family home of a Sydney man has been restrained and forfeited to the Commonwealth after he was imprisoned over his involvement in a 2022 plot to import 56kg of cocaine into Western Australia. The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce started an investigation into the finances of the man, now 57, after he…
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Court
A Darwin based garden maintenance company was fined $10,000 in the Darwin Local Court after a refuelling incident injured one of its workers. Two employees of Tiger Contracting NT Pty Ltd (trading as Tiger Trees NT) were refuelling a work vehicle using a jerry can in October 0222. One employee held the jerry can, while…
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Entertainment
The ACT Government has signed a $317 million contract for the construction of Canberra’s new Lyric Theatre. The new theatre will be purpose-built to stage large scale theatrical shows. It will have a large state-of-the-art stage, technical performance capability and excellent sound quality, like that of the Sydney Lyric Theatre and the Princess Theatre in…
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Tourism
Hobart Airport will welcome a record one million seats this summer on flights to and from Hobart. This is an 11 per cent increase on last summer and the largest summer schedule on record for the airport. Jane Howlett (pictured), Minister for Tourism, Hospitality and Events, said it is an historic milestone for Tasmania’s aviation…
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Sport
The AFL has confirmed the return of ‘AFL Origin’. Western Australia will take on Victoria on Saturday February 14 at Optus Stadium The state-based rivalry returns at the elite level for the first time in more than 25 years, having last been played in 1999 when Victoria played South Australia at the MCG. The 2026…
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Police News
Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad are appealing for information following a sexual assault at a B&S Ball in Winnindoo. Police have been told a 24-year-old woman went to one of the portable toilets around 50 metres from the stage at the Rices Lane function about 11pm on Saturday, November 15. When she entered the…
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Politics
The Queensland State Government has passed new laws in Parliament to modernise defamation laws. The Defamation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 delivers “nationally consistent reforms that strike a better balance between protecting reputations and upholding freedom of expression”, following a nationwide review of how defamation laws operate. The amendments clarify responsibility for material published…
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