Subscriber: A former childcare worker's outburst of anger involved him throwing a three-year-old boy head first onto the ground all because the child refused to help clean up toys, a court has heard.
Video: The highest number of daily COVID-19 cases recorded in the current ACT outbreak also came on a day when two people in their 80s at the Calvary Haydon Retirement Community died from the virus. Both were receiving end-of-life care.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promoted key allies, Ben Morton and Alex Hawke, in a broad ministerial reshuffle brought on by the resignation of Christian Porter earlier this month.
Storms shook the Canberra region on Thursday night, after the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall.
Subscriber: National housing values are rising at the fastest annual pace since 1989. But the monthly rate of growth is slowing after reaching its peak in March, according to CoreLogic's latest home value index.
Opinion: Now it's just about official: China will take hostages to achieve its goals. It wants the world to know. We can expect more seizures of foreigners by Beijing. Australian companies with activities there must consider risks to their employees, writes Bradley Perrett.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison earlier today announced fully-vaccinated Australians, permanent residents, and their family members will from November undergo seven-day home quarantine in states and territories able to implement the system.
