Author: Editorial Team

‘Am I Being Followed?’: Victorian Emergency Services Minister Finds Bullet Etched With ‘RAT’ and His Old Firefighter Number on His Car as Fears Grow for MPs’ Safety Weeks Before State Election Labor MP Paul Edbrooke discovered the bullet on his car bonnet in the Frankston area, inscribed with the word ‘RAT’ and the service number from his firefighting days. The minister says his children drive the same car, and the discovery has left him wondering whether he is being watched. The firefighters’ union condemned the threat, but its leader was later recorded questioning whether the bullet had been placed there…

‘The System Is Broken’: Heart Patient Dies After 78-Minute Wait for Ambulance as Tasmanian Town’s Station Sits Empty, the Second Delayed-Response Death in Just Two Weeks A man struggling to breathe with chest pains died in remote Zeehan after the town’s only ambulance post was left empty because a period of leave was never covered. Crews in neighbouring Queenstown and Strahan were tied up on other jobs, so paramedics were sent from Burnie. They arrived 78 minutes after the Triple Zero call, and the patient was already dead. Barely a fortnight earlier, a Hobart family waited so long for help…

‘Disgraceful’: Fury Erupts as Students Plan Nationwide Anti-Capitalist Walkout Targeting One Nation on Remembrance Day, the Nation’s Most Sacred Day of Silence High school students across Australia are being urged to abandon classrooms on November 11 for “No to Hanson” rallies against One Nation, capitalism and the far right. One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has labelled the timing “an absolute outrage” and says the walkouts should not be allowed to proceed. Labor minister Tanya Plibersek has joined the backlash, suggesting the young activists hold their protest on a Saturday instead. Veterans warn the rallies risk overshadowing the 11am minute’s silence…

‘Use It or Lose It’: Three Million Australians Have Just Three Months to Claim Centrelink Compensation Over Unlawful Debts, and Will Still Have to Pay Them Back Around three million Australians are eligible for compensation over Centrelink debts the Federal Court found were calculated unlawfully, but the window closes on January 29. Even successful claimants must still repay the debts, because Parliament passed laws retrospectively validating the flawed calculation method. Payments are capped at $600, and anyone owing less than $200 will receive a one-off sum equal to their entire debt. Repayment letters are going out again, and miss the…

‘They Won’t Believe It Until They Ride It’: Minns Bets $6.8 Billion on Fixing the South Coast Rail Line After 20 Years of Broken Promises and a Humiliating Timetable Backflip Labor has pledged $6.8 billion to finally electrify the line to Bomaderry, a promise the party first made at the 2005 state election. The commitment came just 48 hours after the government abandoned a timetable overhaul that infuriated commuters with longer journeys and the loss of a Wolli Creek airport link. Some travellers face three-and-a-half-hour trips with three changes just to reach family on the South Coast. There will be…