23 September 2026
‘Disgusting’: Pauline rages over KKK claim NT News
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23 September 2026
In the first of three public meetings about the state of healthcare in Tararua, Pahīatua locals came out in a force to voice their concerns about an ownership model they no longer have faith in.
23 September 2026
Gruesome ads embedded in articles about family violence ‘make light’ of violence and could distress victim-survivors, expert warns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates WARNING: this story contains an image some readers may find distressing News stories about domestic violence inadvertently ran alongside advertisements for faux-bloodstained shirts reading “problem solved”, prompting advocates for victim-survivors to urge publishers to avoid making light of recent deaths. Australia is reckoning with a surge in family and domestic violence incidents after three women were allegedly murdered in unrelated incidents on Saturday, and police allege a mother stabbed her three children on Sunday.
23 September 2026
Unfortunately, it is apparent federal and state governments are too often responding to men’s violence after the fact.
23 September 2026
Flying from 2028, it’s the national carrier’s second ultra long-haul route after Sydney to London direct takes off in 2027 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates The route will be the second in Qantas’ Project Sunrise expansion plans, after new Sydney to London direct flights to begin in October 2027.
23 September 2026
The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition King Charles has referred a landmark slavery reparations petition from Jamaica to a high-level UK appeals court for legal advice, Jamaica’s culture minister announced in parliament on Tuesday. Referring to the move as a “really big deal”, Olivia Grange told Jamaica’s MPs the monarch had confirmed that their legal questions have been passed on to the London-based privy council – the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth countries.
23 September 2026
Fujian Guohang Ocean Shipping is lining up six newbuildings worth RMB2. 49bn ($372m) as the Chinese dry bulk owner sets out plans to move into both LR2 tankers and large multipurpose heavylift tonnage. The Beijing Stock Exchange-listed company disclosed plans to build three 115,000 dwt LR2 product/crude tankers and three 62,000 dwt multipurpose heavylift vessels in …
23 September 2026
Laurent Cadji-led Union Maritime has added nine newbuildings across five vessel classes, pushing one of shipping’s fastest-growing orderbooks to close to 80 ships. The latest additions comprise two 211,000 dwt newcastlemaxes at Wuhu Shipyard, two 49,800 dwt MR product tankers at Jingjiang Nanyang Shipbuilding, one 115,000 dwt LR2 at Guangzhou Shipyard International, two 19,900 dwt …
