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Influencers will be banned from spruiking free junk food and viral energy drinks on TikTok and Instagram under proposed laws to tighten food advertising on social media.  Sydney councils are being urged to ignore FIFA’s “mad” bureaucracy which is preventing them from organising live sites to watch the Women’s Football World Cup – and just do it anyway.  Queenslanders will have access to two psychedelic drugs for mental health treatment within weeks after the state government quietly changed medicines-related regulation.  Friends of Paul Denyer’s victims have called on the state government to end their torment after the serial killer sent them a chilling letter pleading to be released from jail.  South Australian tenants would have the right to own a pet under proposed reforms that would stop owners from having to surrender their animals or face homelessness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Jun 20232min

Drug cartels are plotting to flood Australia with a wave of super strength ice and a deadly new drug 50 times more powerful than heroin.  Organised crime gangs ­received payments from a multimillion-dollar state government grant scheme that was designed to support business and the community through the pandemic.  An Australian fugitive who has evaded authorities for more than a decade has emerged as an international drug kingpin, brokering billion dollar deals from his Mexican hideaway.  A leading girls college’s staff had their safety put at risk after being forced to direct traffic on one of Adelaide’s busiest roads when police failed to respond to calls for storm help because of an alleged “shift change”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

17 Jun 20232min

EnergyAustralia will hike prices by more than 25 per cent, following in the footsteps of its two major competitors.  Two junior highway patrol officers had stopped for a coffee break at a petrol station near Greta NSW around 11.30pm on Sunday when they noticed a white bus flash past them.  It has been revealed children as young as eight are participating in wild crime sprees with older teens as disturbing data show areas with low school attendance have higher levels of criminal offending.  Advocates say two-time North Melbourne premiership player Barry Cable should be removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame after a judge in Western Australia found he sexually abused a young girl.  A ABC Adelaide announcer has criticised the national broadcaster’s decision to abolish state-based Sunday night news bulletins as part of a major restructure.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Jun 20232min

The Hunter Valley bus tragedy was a “very survivable crash” and passengers may not have died if better safety measures like safer window glass had been mandatory, electronic stability control installed and stricter seatbelt rules enforced.  A former Liberal Senator has accused her then-colleague David Van of “inappropriately” touching her “bottom twice’’ at a social gathering in parliament three years ago.  The cost of the stalled Airport Rail Link is set to soar up to $3 billion above business case estimates, stoking tensions between the Andrews and Albanese governments over funding.  South Australia was one of only three states to record positive interstate migration last year as people fled our two largest states of New South Wales and Victoria.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Jun 20232min

Aussies feeling the pinch have been urged to go easy on the heating this winter, as a leading energy comparison organisation warns of rising energy bills to come ahead of the colder months.  A NSW school Covid cleaning program costing the state government more than $30m a term and labelled “questionable” by a disease expert has been scrapped after it was raised by The Daily Telegraph.  Brisbane residents can celebrate the lowest rate rise in the South East after Brisbane City Council announced a record $4.3bn budget focusing on cost-of-living relief and transport infrastructure.  Police stations are closing at night as officers are diverted to tackle youth crime, with more resources employed than those used to combat Melbourne’s infamous gangland war.  More than $130m will be in the SA budget for virtual health care in a bid to free up hospital beds, unclog emergency departments and ease ambulance ramping. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Jun 20232min

A highly-emotional wedding bus driver Brett Button spent his night in police custody sobbing in a cell and repeatedly saying “I’m sorry, I’m sorry”.  After 1637 days in the head coaching wilderness, Shane Flanagan announced his return with a simple message to St George Illawarra: “Thank you’’.  Melbourne’s Federation Square will be transformed into a soccer celebration site when the FIFA Women’s World Cup in staged in Australia next month.  Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has spoken in parliament to reject allegations she misled the Senate over what she knew about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape before the story broke.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Jun 20232min

The number of Australians with more than one job has surged more than 10 per cent in a year as the cost of living crisis prompts people to seek extra income. A bus driver charged over a horror Hunter Valley crash that claimed the lives of 10 passengers on their way home from a wedding allegedly made a chilling boast to those on board just seconds before tragedy struck. The state government will end up with a $200m budget black hole by applying the payroll tax to only high-fee schools, new modelling shows.A leading academic club is embroiled in a lease dispute after its university landlord evicted members from its clubrooms in an “act of hostility”, supporters say.Richmond premiership star Marlen Pickett was allegedly involved in commercial burglaries that netted more than $380,000 during a summer crime spree that targeted the safes of businesses across Perth and neighbouring towns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Jun 20233min

Rejecting Labor Minister Katy Gallagher’s account of her prior knowledge of Brittany Higgins’ plans to go public about her alleged rape as “flimsy,” the Coalition has demanded a “complete explanation” from Anthony Albanese. Teachers at one of Sydney’s most exclusive private schools are urging their public sector counterparts to embrace artificial intelligence and get their heads out of the sand, or risk leaving students behind.Barry Humphries has had the last laugh on his haters, leading the list of great Australians recognised on the King’s Birthday Honours List.A crackdown on “cowboy” cabbies and rideshare drivers that resulted in one in five being fined in a six-month block only netted 35 for charging maximum fares or refusing service.Adelaide’s 10-goal hero  Taylor Walker is about to head into contract talks with the Crows off the back of a  “fairytale” performance that suggests he has plenty left to give.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Jun 20233min