Tasmania's two new Bass Strait ferries will have
pet-friendly facilities, allowing passengers to choose from sharing a cabin
with their pets or visit them at climate-controlled kennels.
The new Spirit of Tasmania ships are under construction in
Finland and are expected to be in service from 2025.
Bridget Murphy and Macey – also known as Penmain Promise – are regulars at dressage competitions in Victoria.
Murphy and Macey will compete in the para-dressage at the Paris Paralympics.
Kristy Howell, a Sydney lawyer, will face court later this month after being charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine and ice into Parklea prison for her clients.
In case you missed it, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will
no longer push ahead with the idea of abolishing the federal government's power
to overrule a decision by the Reserve Bank Board.
He says he'll keep the power in place, and he'll now just
try to restrict the circumstances in which it can be used……
When Takuya Shiota's cleaning agency was called to a small
Tokyo apartment, its elderly resident had been lying dead on the floor for more
than three weeks. She was only
discovered when her landlord tried to claim unpaid rent.
She had no family and no friends checking on her.
She lived, and died, in solitude……….
The Sydney Mardi Gras board will vote on whether NSW police force members will march in its annual parade.
The debate came to a head early this year after police Sen
Const Beau Lamarre-Condon was charged with the murder of Luke Davies and
Jesse Baird.
The board asked the force not to march in the parade, however police later agreed to march in plain clothes “in consideration of the sensitivities”.
Italian prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation
after British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's family superyacht sank on
Monday.
The main question investigators are focusing on is how a
sailing vessel deemed “unsinkable” by its manufacturer - Italian shipyard
Perini Navi - sank while a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.
