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Bridget McKenzie says rollback of inland rail project sends ‘chill’ through community

Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie, the shadow minister for infrastructure, said the Labor party has sent a “chill through the infrastructure pipeline” after the Albanese government abandoned a beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland.

People were surprised and shocked and dismayed at this announcement by the Labor government, they’ve been making their concerns heard loud and clear.

This Labor government has actually derailed this project and, indeed, sent a chill through the infrastructure pipeline investment community because no project would now be safe from some future government turning off the tap.

You’re cutting the wrong things, not the things that are going to drive a productive economy.

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‘Clinical consensus statement’ also urges heart doctors to advise patients to not eat late at night, and chew slowly

Want to reduce your intake of ultra-processed food? If so, cook at home more often, don’t eat late at night and chew your food more slowly.

Those are among some of the tips doctors have offered to help people limit the amount of UPF they consume given the acute and growing danger it poses to human health worldwide.

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THIS is the shocking moment the captain of the rat virus-ravaged MV Hondius tells passengers that the ship is not infected while announcing the first death. In the weeks since, a further two people have died, two have confirmed cases of the deadly hantavirus, and a further three are being tested after a medical evacuation...

Representatives from tech companies Meta, TikTok, Snap, Google and Microsoft will today appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality to discuss online safety.

The polls on Thursday will be the biggest test of public opinion since the general election in 2024.

Luis Enrique's expertise at rebuilding a culture as well as a team means Arsenal will confront the complete package when they meet holders PSG in the Champions League final.

NEARLY two decades after the brutal murder of Chiara Poggi, a new hair-raising theory has surfaced, causing Italian police to reopen her case. After the 26-year-old office worker was found dead in her Garlasco home in 2007, her murder became one of Italy's most scrutinised investigations. Now, the case has been reopened after 19 years,...

Michael Marx was shot by authorities multiple times and then taken to a hospital after bystander was wounded

A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington monument this week was walking along the path of JD Vance’s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing on Wednesday.

Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was shot multiple times during Monday’s confrontation and was in the back of an ambulance on his way to a hospital when he said: “‘F—k the White House’ and ‘Kill me, kill me, kill me’”, a Secret Service agent said in an affidavit.

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With Paris St-Germain waiting in the Champions League final, will Arsenal withstand the firepower of one of Europe's most formidable attacks and lift the trophy for the first time on 30 May?

A British man is among three evacuees sent to the Netherlands after displaying symptoms while aboard the MV Hondius.

A British man evacuated from the Norwegian Viva cruise ship has broken his silence, sharing an update on his health after being exposed to hantavirus — the rat virus that has gripped the vessel

University of California at Los Angeles says admissions are ‘based on merit’ and it complies with state and federal laws

The US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students.

The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment.

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