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SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA 29-year-old man who worked as both a primary school teacher and a babysitter across Perth has been jailed for sexual offending against children.Kurt David Charlton advertised his services as a babysitter online before being left in charge of young children – including babies – while their parents were not home.Kurt Charlton in court on Thursday.Anne BarnetsonHe had both a working with children check and a police clearance.He then took indecent photos of nine of the children – all under the age of 13…

Updated June 4, 2026 — 5:58pm,first published 5:44pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAACricket Australia chair Mike Baird and chief executive Todd Greenberg have denied approving Cricket Victoria’s plans to merge the Melbourne Stars and Renegades in order to free up a BBL licence for sale to private investors.In an occasionally heated virtual meeting with the chairs and chief executives of the five states other than Victoria on Thursday afternoon, CA stressed that nothing had formally been approved or applied for in terms of a caretaker set-up for the Renegades.A…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAKate Ceberano is sitting at home in Melbourne’s Elsternwick, bubbly and vivacious, wearing an army-green Husk coat and a bright, elated smile. Any wonder, given the news that arrived earlier this year, which she’s still processing: namely, her ascension to the ARIA Hall of  Fame. Her induction takes place next week, and will place her in a once-unfathomable pantheon, alongside everyone from AC/DC, You Am I and Crowded House, to Olivia Newton-John, Archie Roach and Jimmy Barnes.Big names, heady company – yes – so…

June 4, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe rule of the NRL jungle is well known, and I don’t see it changing this year – you have to finish in the top four to win the premiership.Last year the Broncos finished fourth with 36 points. In 2024, Cronulla set the cut-off at 38.And even though we’re only just passing the halfway mark of this season, I’ve got the Panthers and Warriors already locked into a top-four finish. So two spots remain for two more title contenders –…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA quiet suburban strip lined with timber cottages and red brick buildings could become unrecognisable, with plans to demolish existing homes and build a 15-storey tower made up of almost 200 units.The proposal for Chermside in Brisbane’s north comes amid a wider push to accommodate the city’s booming population by transforming some suburbs with significantly taller buildings, which experts say will help maintain access to vital services by minimising urban sprawl.Five properties from 10 to 18 Kelso Street would be bulldozed for the proposed…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAKey pointsA top-six finish is vital if you are serious about winning the flagAfter round 12, 15 teams are still in the finals mixPercentage is even more critical this year, as are the opponents teams face twiceThe introduction of a top 10 has taken the AFL into the territory World Wrestling Entertainment once owned as entertainment begins to trump integrity.But it is having its desired effect, with Carlton supporters suddenly using the famous Dumb and Dumber line, “So you’re telling me there’s a chance?”…

Stan ChoeJune 4, 2026 — 5:20amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAOil prices are rising following the latest flare-up in fighting to threaten the US-Iran ceasefire, and US stocks are retreating from their records.The S&P 500 fell 0.6 per cent from its all-time high. The Dow Jones was down 445 points, or 0.9 per cent, in mid-afternoon trade, and the Nasdaq composite was 1 per cent lower.Wall Street’s winning streak is set to end. APThe Australian sharemarket is set to decline, with futures at 4.57am AEST pointing to a fall…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAVictoria is the car-theft capital of Australia, with more insurance claims for stolen cars lodged in Melbourne than all other capital cities combined last year.New data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) found payouts for stolen cars in Victoria last year totalled $243 million across 12,500 claims – more than the rest of Australia put together.Contractor Matt Jones had his car stolen in April, with his tools, wallet and sentimental mementos inside. Justin McManusVictoria recorded a 25 per cent increase in the number…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA new report demands urgent action as it sets out to turn the tide on Western Australia’s “biodiversity crisis”.And of immediate concern is the rate at which the state’s native vegetation is being cleared, with 51,000 hectares already approved by the state government and another 128,000 hectares in new applications, according to the Conservation Council of WA.Black cockatoos are among WA’s threatened species.Justin McManusThe state’s peak conservation body will release Back from the Brink: A Protection Agenda for Nature, which sets out 36 recommendations…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWhen the San Francisco 49ers arrive in Melbourne for the first NFL game played in Australia, they will bring thousands from their red army of 23 million Americans, a cohort of around 200 players, staff and cheerleaders, plus iconic figures from their storied past.San Francisco’s legendary four-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, Joe Montana, is coming to the September 11 game at the MCG, in tow with the whole organisation, which is optimistic that the other two most hallowed Niners from their past, Montana’s successor…