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Bega profit down 59% amid milk market woes

Bega Cheese says fierce competition amid a shrinking milk market has curdled its full-year result somewhat, with net profit more than halving to $11.8 million. Higher finance and depreciation costs also contributed to a 59 per cent decline in profit...

Australia faces an active bushfire season

Australia is expected to face an active bushfire season, which has started early in states like Queensland. The outlook for the bushfire season shows the east coasts of Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, as well as parts of southern Western...

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Ofahengaue injury scare for Broncos

Brisbane centre Alex Glenn admits he may have to return to the back-row in Friday night’s crucial NRL clash with Parramatta after lock Joe Ofahengaue left training with a knee complaint. And in another worry for the eighth-placed Broncos, interchange...

Kepu proud of Wallabies’ growing diversity

Veteran Sekope Kepu is proud of the increasing diversity of the Wallabies, with around half of Australia’s Rugby World Cup squad of Polynesian and Pacific Island heritage. The senior figure of the group is 33-year-old Kepu, of Tongan descent, who has...

No win but fond Open memories for Millman

Beaten but not broken, John Millman said he wouldn’t trade being pummelled by Rafael Nadal on one of tennis’s grandest stages for anything in the world.“I’ve still got a story. Definitely a good story,“ Millman said after succumbing 6-3 6-2 6-2 to...

Bellamy’s shares fall after FY profit drop

Bellamy’s shares have largely recovered following a brutal sell-off that followed the infant formula maker’s deferral of its medium-term revenue target. The stock dropped as much as 14.5 per cent in early trade on Wednesday after the Tasmania-based...

Australia urges China to treat Yang fairly

Australia is urging China to treat a dual citizen charged with espionage in Beijing in accordance with international laws. Foreign Minister Marise Payne is focused on the welfare of Chinese-Australian writer and academic Yang Hengjun as she...

Virgin to cut 750 jobs on full-year loss

Virgin Australia will cut 750 jobs as part of a restructure after announcing a full-year loss of $349.1 million that left the airline in the red for the seventh year in a row. Revenue for the 12 months to June 30 rose 7.5 per cent to $5.83 billion...

Els leans on Scott for Presidents Cup win

Presidents Cup team captain Ernie Els is leaning heavily on Australian No. 1 Adam Scott as the International team look to break the United States’ 21-year stranglehold on the event. Scott will suit up for his ninth Presidents Cup when the teams square...

Surgeries cancelled at Brisbane hospital

Only urgent surgeries are going ahead at one of Queensland’s busiest hospitals after sterilisation equipment “malfunctioned”.Health Minister Steven Miles says no patients have been exposed to unsterilised equipment at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandr...

Canada teens want “blaze of glory”death

The father of one of the Canadian teenagers suspected of killing Australian tourist Lucas Fowler and his American girlfriend Chynna Deese expects his son’s murderous rampage to end in “a blaze of glory” gun battle with police. Royal Canadian Mounted...

‘Too soon to decide on Trad’: Qld Premier

The Queensland premier will wait for an official investigation into her deputy’s purchase of a house before deciding whether or not to sack her. Deputy Premier Jackie Trad’s purchase of a Brisbane home along the route of the state government’s $5.4...

Pisasale sentenced to two years’ prison

Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has been sentenced to two years’ prison after being found guilty of extortion by posing as a private investigator to demand money from a Sydney taxi driver. Pisasale was found guilty on Wednesday of two counts of...

Lowe not keen to shift inflation goalposts

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe says “shifting the goalposts” by making the central bank’s inflation target lower and easier to meet could damage Australia’s economic credibility and normalise low price growth. Underlying inflation has consistently...

No Qld flood debts chased, minister says

Social Services Minister Anne Ruston is adamant Townsville flood victims have not been targeted over welfare debts, despite her own department confirming compliance activity has resumed. The Department of Human Services on Wednesday told the...

Last five weeks critical for Swans in AFL

Sydney co-captain Josh Kennedy insists the last five weeks of the AFL season are critical for his club, even though their finals streak is about to end. The hardy midfielder played 22 finals matches in his first nine seasons with Sydney, but the 6-11...

McGregor sees red over Hunt criticism

St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor has lashed out at criticism of his decision to rest Ben Hunt last week, saying it was purely for his star’s welfare. McGregor has been pilloried for icing their million-dollar halfback from last week’s loss to...

Shortened BBL to lure big names: Lehmann

Returning Brisbane Heat coach Darren Lehmann is confident a shorter Big Bash League season with a finals twist will lure more of international cricket’s biggest names back to Australia this summer. Average crowds dropped in every state’s capital city...

Vic MP admits ‘addiction’ after hotel rage

A Victorian state Labor MP has admitted drug and alcohol addiction and will take a leave of absence after smashing a Canberra hotel door in two to get to his medication. Police were called to the Abode Hotel at Kingston on Thursday after Will Fowles...