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Workplace watchdog to inspect NBN rollout

The workplace standards watchdog Comcare will visit Hobart next week to investigate claims workers on the NBN rollout are not adequately trained in asbestos safety.
ABC - May 10, 2:58 pm
Plea for 'fair share' of defence work

A Tasmanian ship-building company believes the state does not get its fair share of defence spending.
ABC - May 10, 2:51 pm
Death after Vic home birth 'preventable'

A Victorian coroner has found that a baby's death after a failed attempt at a home birth could have been prevented.
May 10, 2:49 pm
Sex offender back before courts

A man who referred to himself as a "kiddy toucher" has faced court after breaching terms imposed by the sex offenders register.
ABC - May 10, 2:45 pm
Gunns liquidator sounds takeover warning

The liquidator of the collapsed Tasmanian timber company Gunns has warned plantation scheme investors against accepting a takeover offer from Macquarie Group.
ABC - May 10, 2:40 pm
Qld woman's lost wages paid after death

A Brisbane woman has been posthumously awarded $19,000 in unpaid wages after her husband kept alive her push for industrial justice.
May 10, 2:28 pm
Driscoll fails to show up to Qld summit

Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll has missed Queensland's biggest talkfest, the Queensland Plan summit in Mackay.
May 10, 2:09 pm
Child sexual abuse claims 'not treated urgently'

The head of the NSW Sex Crimes Squad has conceded alleged child sexual abuse in the Hunter Valley's Catholic Church was not investigated with much urgency.
ABC - May 10, 2:07 pm
Palmer says party has 150 Vic nominations

Clive Palmer says high-profile sportsmen are among those who want to represent his United Australia Party in Victoria in the federal election.
May 10, 1:59 pm
Richard Branson gets ocean protector award

Sir Richard Branson has been honoured by the federal government for his advocacy to protect the world's oceans.
May 10, 1:43 pm
Morrow apologises for racist joke

Veteran ABC rugby league commentator David Morrow says he is "ashamed and embarrassed" for making an on-air racist joke to a fellow broadcaster.
ABC - May 10, 1:37 pm
RAAF base could stand in as second Sydney airport

The Federal Government has flagged using a RAAF base in Sydney's west as a possible temporary site for a second airport in the city.
ABC - May 10, 1:26 pm
Indigenous corporation reveals MLA support details

One of the Northern Territory's largest Indigenous corporations has provided more details about election campaign support it provided to Country Liberals politician Larisa Lee.
ABC - May 10, 1:25 pm
Best snow travel deals of the week

A selection of local and international snow deals.
May 10, 1:24 pm
Eclipse watchers gather in the north

Astronomers in Tasmania are hoping this morning's partial solar eclipse will spark a renewed interest in the science.
ABC - May 10, 1:13 pm