New Police Powers To Tackle Knife Crime 15/05/24

A teenage boy who made the call for emergency services to help an unresponsive young girl in Adelaide who later died has recalled the incident in harrowing detail. Queensland monthly building approvals have dropped to 25 per cent below their 10-year average, with struggling families turning to measures such as “instant” homes to cope with the housing crisis. Councils and the construction industry have slammed the NSW Government’s new housing targets as “numbers on a piece of paper”, raising fears a building industry on its knees will be unable to hit the state’s goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 Maj 20241min

Investigators have uncovered a phone while searching a dam for the body of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy.  Killer bus driver Brett Button was behaving oddly in the hours leading up to the Hunter crash which left 10 dead and 25 injured, boasting to wedding guests he could perform “donuts” and telling them “this bit’s going to be fun” as he took the Greta roundabout 25km/h faster than recommended.  Brisbane 2032 chief executive Cindy Hook has urged concerned Queenslanders to “speak up” and demand an Olympic Games stadium a growing city needs. An “inexperienced, immature” driver whose “reckless and dangerous” choices caused the death of a beloved friend, daughter and granddaughter will spend at least two years ­behind bars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 Maj 20243min

There was still no sign of a mother and baby more than 24 hours after a human placenta and umbilical cord were found on a Sydney riverbank as officials plead for the woman to take herself and her newborn to hospital. Heat sensors have been installed in the homes of teachers in a remote Queensland community – and the government has now also urged them to sleep with duress alarms. A rogue food delivery rider who clocked up 240 demerit points since the start of the year is ­allegedly still on the road driving dangerously – and authorities are struggling to stop him.West Adelaide footballer Sam May has been dubbed a ‘miracle man’ after making a remarkable recovery from serious injuries from a fall at a Port Lincoln hotel last month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 Maj 20242min

Facebook has become a thriving marketplace for black market merchants hawking everything from counterfeit cash, cloned credit cards and illegal firearms.  A sexual harassment scandal has engulfed one of the country’s biggest retailers, implicating its CEO, and forcing the resignation of a senior executive. QLD Premier Steven Miles’ sensational call to slash immigration amid unprecedented growth has been questioned, with documents revealing that the state’s population is on par with what was predicted when Labor came to power nine years ago. Students have moved into the new, $98m expansion of an Adelaide CBD school after construction delays meant they had to learn elsewhere on campus for the start of the year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Maj 20242min

Black market merchants peddling methamphetamine, ice and heroin are using Facebook posts promoting illegal vapes to funnel customers to websites and Telegram chats selling hard drugs.  A new diabetes drug thought to be “better than Ozempic” will be trialled in Melbourne in a move researchers hope can help end global shortages.  An Adelaide man has shared how a “fantastic holiday” with his wife came to a horrific end when their Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence, sending them into freefall and leaving his wife with a serious spinal injury. Multimillion-dollar sobering-up centres are sitting largely empty, with just 417 people checking in over their first five months of operation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23 Maj 20242min

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas’s push to ban children under 14 from social media has been bolstered by the US’s top doctor, who urged government action to tackle “a medical emergency among young people”.  Aviation experts have begun an investigation into how a Singapore Airlines flight dropped more than a kilometre in less than a minute, leaving one man dead and other passengers “doing somersaults” as the plane plunged.    One of Channel 9’s on-air stars has revealed her former boss Darren Wick sexually harassed her in public, groping her and breathing heavily down her neck.    Shocking allegations of gender selection within QLD’s embattled fertility industry are being investigated by the health ombudsman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 Maj 20242min

Anthony Albanese has declared he will not go to the polls until he has broken the back of the cost-of-living crisis, saying he is committed to going the distance in his first term of government.    A staggering 70 per cent of Queensland’s public hospital staff have been assaulted or witnessed violence at work a damning new survey has revealed, with warnings patients are also at risk.    The cost of building a new home in Victoria went up about $25,000 overnight earlier this month.    Adelaide commuters purchasing single trips to travel short distances on public transport are paying the highest fares in the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Maj 20242min

More than 60,000 of 80,000 failed asylum seekers still in the country have been allowed to remain here with full work and study rights.  Patient prescriptions and private GP and healthcare provider information was among the data leaked in the major medical breach involving MediSecure.    Victoria Police has rejected a recommendation to introduce nine-hour shifts for frontline cops in a move that pits Chief Commissioner Shane Patton against the Allan government.    AFL Brownlow Medallist Ollie Wines has been cleared by his cardiologist to train and play against North Melbourne this week, after he was subbed out of Port Adelaide’s thrilling win over Hawthorn with heart palpitations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Maj 20242min