NewsWire provides all the latest national and world breaking news. Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel’s right to a fair trial may have been “interfered” with because his lawyer was informing Victoria Police, who admit allowing her to leak information was “profoundly wrong”. Australian History: 1835 - Today is Melbourne Day, celebrating the founding of the city. Police have caught a Victorian bikie at Brisbane Airport, who had tested positive to coronavirus, allegedly trying to sneak into Queensland. More than 450 people have been caught illegally using their mobile phones behind the wheel during a one-week police crackdown.
Almost a year since the Federal Government’s “big stick’” legislation was introduced, wholesale electricity prices have continued to fall.
1853 - The last ship to carry convicts directly from Ireland to Australia arrives in Fremantle. The 35-year-old woman killed in a horror crash on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in her Mitsubishi Mirage last week has been identified. A man is accused of using a forklift to steal thousands of dollars worth of hand sanitiser and face masks from a factory in Sydney’s west. One of Australia’s main insurance groups has parted ways with its CEO after an investigation into its workplace culture. Billionaire Clive Palmer claims his reputation has been damaged and his feelings were “injured” over allegedly defamatory comments made by the WA premier.
Australian bushfires likely to happen again -- and they could be even worse, inquiry warns More Australia news New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern wants to eliminate coronavirus. Chelsea Ireland, who was allegedly shot dead with her boyfriend Lukasz Klosowski, has been remembered as a “compassionate, selfless young woman” The Reds are relishing a meeting on home soil with Super Rugby AU leaders the ACT Brumbies, who broke Queensland hearts last month. A police station in northern Sydney has been evacuated after a man entered claiming he had received a package containing a suspicious substance. South Sydney players have full faith that Corey Allan is ready to replace the injured Latrell Mitchell at fullback. A new mum will face court after she allegedly illegally crossed the Victoria-NSW border while pregnant before giving birth in Coffs Harbour. Two prostitutes and a customer have been slapped with fines for breaching virus restrictions in a brothel police allege was operating illegally.
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Financial services giant AMP says it is considering selling assets just days after announcing key executives had stood down over a controversial appointment. Scott Morrison is asking state and territory leaders for a Christmas miracle – Australians back at work and families celebrating together. The following day a obituary appears in the Sporting Times addressed to the British team.
Three sisters allegedly suffered traumatic abuse at the hands of their ultra-orthodox Jewish school principal – but a Victorian law tried to gag them. A coronavirus sceptic has been arrested for a second time this year as police crack down on a planned lockdown protest in Melbourne. When large events were cancelled due to COVID-19, security firms saw their work vanish overnight. With rugby league vulnerable in Queensland, Lions star Jarrod Berry says it’s the perfect time for a Gabba AFL Grand Final. Conspiracy theorist Eve Black has insisted she did nothing wrong and says police have tapped her phone over claims she dodged lockdown. Dozens of fires erupted in New South Wales, Australia, prompting the government to … There is a serious issue that is holding up plans to let Victorians emerge from harsh lockdown restrictions.
The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins.The Maltese people revolt against the French occupation, forcing the French troops to take refuge in the citadel of Valletta in Malta.Napoleon III capitulates to the Prussians at Sedan, France.Sir Herbert Kitchener leads the British to victory over the Alice Stebbins Wells is admitted to the Los Angeles Police Force as the first woman police officer to receive an appointment based on a civil service exam.Vietnam declares its independence and Nationalist leader Tennessee National Guardsmen halt rioters protesting the admission of 12 African-Americans to schools in Clinton.Alabama Governor George Wallace calls state troopers to Tuskegee High School to prevent The US gets its first half-hour TV weeknight national news broadcast when CBS Evening News expands from 15 to 30 minutes.Joseph W. Hatcher of Tallahassee, Florida, becomes the state's first African-American supreme court justice since Reconstruction.The US and Russia agree to a joint venture to build a space station.The Philippine government and Muslim rebels sign a pact, formally ending a 26-year long insurgency.Jean Paul Akayesu, former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, found guilty of nine counts of genocide by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.Lydia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani, last sovereign before annexation of Hawaii by the United States.Frederick Soddy, named an isotope and received 1921 Nobel prize for chemistry.Adolph Rupp, basketball coach at the University of Kentucky who achieved a record 876 victories.Dan White, politician; assassinated San Francisco mayor George Moscone and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk.Terry Bradshaw, athlete, TV sports analyst, actor; first quarterback to win four Super Bowls (Pittsburgh Steelers); Pro Football Hall of Fame.Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian passenger on a space mission.