MPs wore baby’s breath flowers and orange heart lapel pins in Parliament today.

An orange cockatoo, synonymous with Haines’ local campaign, was placed in her seat in the House of Representatives

Perfection Fresh has admitted to engaging in cartel conduct and has agreed to jointly submit to the Court that Perfection Fresh should be ordered to pay a penalty of $12 million for nine contraventions and one attempted contravention and establish a competition law compliance program.

The Court will determine whether the proposed penalty and other orders are appropriate at a later date.

In September 2025, the ACCC commenced civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Perfection Fresh, three other suppliers and three individuals for alleged price fixing while supplying fresh vegetables to ALDI, in breach of Australia’s competition laws.

The ACCC alleged, and Perfection Fresh has admitted, that on eleven occasions between 2019 and 2020, Perfection Fresh engaged in cartel conduct by fixing the prices of broccoli, cauliflower and iceberg lettuce supplied to ALDI in New South Wales.

The ACCC’s case against the other suppliers and individuals is ongoing. As the matter remains before the Court, the ACCC will not be making further comment at this time.

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Labor MP Luke Gosling's breach of bail charge has been dropped by prosecutors during a short hearing in the Darwin Local Court.

Mr Gosling still faces two charges of assaulting the Northern Territory administrator, which he denies.

What's next?

The MP is due to return to court next month for a hearing related to the assault charges.

Sadist. Devil. Monster.

Childcare worker Edwina Ling has been called all three.

Over three days, behind the doors of a small childcare centre on the remote tip of Cape York in Far North Queensland, three little boys were subjected to shocking physical abuse.

“You just can’t imagine how someone can be so cruel to babies,” says the mother of the youngest victim, who was just 13-months-old when Ling went on a violent three-day spree of slapping, kicking, and throwing him around like a rag doll.

The parents of the 13-month-old want the public to see what happened to him in the hope it will bring reforms.

Ballina NSW. Stood there staring at it for half an hour. It was completely silent. Ive seen alot of storms but nothing like this.

Just another day in Australia!
We watched this fella (lady?) eating the other one. The eatee put up a fair fight, but once the head was down, the rest went down pretty quickly.

An animal of a truly singular and novel description was killed by dogs the 30th of March on a hill immediately contiguous to the settlement at Yorkton, Port Dalrymple; from the following minute description of which, by Lieutenant Governor Paterson, it must be considered of a species perfectly distinct from any of the animal creation hitherto known, and certainly the only powerful and terrific of the carnivorous and voracious tribe yet discovered on any part of New Holland or its adjacent Islands.

“It is very evident this species is destructive, and lives entirely on animal food; as on dissection his stomach was found filled with a quantity of kangaroo, weighing 5lbs. the weight of the whole animal 45lbs.

From its interior structure it must be a brute peculiarly quick of digestion; the dimensions were, from the nose to the eye 4½ inches; length of the eye, which is remarkably large and black, 1¼ inches; breadth of the eye ¾ of an inch; from the nose to the extent of the mouth in the upper jaw, 6 inches; and to the extent of the under jaw, 4½ inches; breadth of the forehead, 5¾ inches; from the eye to the ear, 3¾ inches; the ear round, diameter 3 inches; from the ear to the shoulder, 1 foot; from the shoulder to the first stripe, 7 inches; from the first stripe to the extent of the body, 2 feet; length of the tail, 1 foot 8 inches; length of the fore leg, 11 inches; and of the fore foot, 5 inches; the fore foot with 5 blunt claws; height of the animal before, 1 foot 10 inches; stripes across the back 20, on the tail 3; 2 of the stripes extend down each thigh; length of the hind leg from the heel to the thigh, 1 foot; length of the hind foot, 6 inches; the hind foot with 4 blunt claws, and soles of the feet without hair; on each side the mouth are 19 bristles, length of each 4 inches; and 6 bristles on each side under the ear, 9 on the lower jaw upon each side, and 8 under the throat; 8 fore teeth in the upper jaw, and 6 in the under; 4 grinders of a side, in the upper and lower jaw; 3 single teeth also in each; 4 tusks, or canine teeth, length of each 1 inch: circumference of the head before the ears, 1 foot 6 inches, and behind the ears, 1 foot 5 inches; smallest part of the neck, 1 foot 4 inches; circumference before the shoulder, 2 feet; the body short hair and smooth, of a greyish colour, the stripes black; the hair on the neck rather longer than that on the body; the hair on the ears of a light brown colour, on the inside rather long.

The form of the animal is that of the hyæna, at the same time strongly reminding the observer of the appearance of a low wolf dog. The lips do not appear to conceal the tusks.”

Anyone listening to the podcast about the Sydney police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon murder case? I’ve just finished listening to the latest episode, and I can’t help feeling sorry for the friends who trusted the accused murderer.

I feel especially sorry for the female friend who accompanied him on the entire drive so he could dispose of the bodies. According to her testimony, she had no idea what was in the van and even had to wait outside in the dark outside a rural farm while he dumped the bodies.

The nerve of the defence lawyer, trying to accuse her of lying and suggesting that she had told the accused not to turn himself in and to hide the bodies, was a real eye-opener for me.

Imagine doing all that for someone you consider a close friend, only to "allegedly" end up being used as a scapegoat to help him evade responsibility.

My rural fire brigade is on its 3rd credit union, and it is constant technical problems. Different problems with each, but always technical - can't generate valid statements, can't send us an email, two-to-sign internet banking authorisation doesn't work. It's a right hassle changing banks and I don't fancy the big 4 with their world destroying investments, but this credit union sector just seems plagued with low function.