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De reactie van de regering op het Murphy-rapport is nauwelijks explosief. Belangenbehartigers tegen gokschade, gokexploitanten en adverteerders wachten allemaal af of de retoriek van Labor zal worden gevolgd door actie. De regering van Labor besloot haar controversiële, sterk vertraagde reactie op het rapport van Peta Murphy over gokken te publiceren op een van de grootste politieke nieuwsdagen van het jaar. Ze brachten het naar buiten terwijl de federale politieke journalisten van het land vastzaten in de budget-lockup. Lees verder...

• Marat Ganiev wordt in plaats daarvan aangeklaagd voor poging tot belemmering van de rechtsgang naar aanleiding van de dood van een 19-jarige wiens lichaam werd gevonden in een stortplaats. • Volg onze liveblog voor het laatste nieuws uit Australië of meld u aan voor onze breaking news-e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast. • Het Openbaar Ministerie heeft een aanklacht wegens doodslag ingetrokken tegen een man die ervan beschuldigd werd een 19-jarige vrouw te hebben gedood en haar lichaam in een koelkast te hebben verstopt.

Senior manager at supermarket giant gives evidence on day two of case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer CommissionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA senior Woolworths executive has defended relaxing rules designed to protect shoppers from misleading discounts by preventing the supermarket or suppliers from “gaming” the “Prices Dropped” promotional program.Woolworths’ chief commercial officer, Paul Harker, gave evidence on the second day of a landmark trial between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Woolworths in the federal court on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Heather Danae Lewis who was one of 30 people charged in Minnesota church protest showed she did not attend eventFederal prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against a woman accused of participating in a controversial January protest at a Minnesota church after the woman apparently did not attend the event at all.Prosecutors notified a federal judge they intended to drop charges against Heather Danae Lewis, who was one of 30 people charged in connection with an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protest that disrupted a service at Cities church in St Paul. Officials have charged the protesters with civil rights crimes, saying they interfered with the right of the congregants at the church to exercise their religious beliefs. The media professional Don Lemon, who was at the event reporting on the protest, was among those charged. Continue reading...

Jason Hughes died after falling and being struck by a car driven by a student who had just pranked the teacherA Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen’s lawyer said. The victim’s family had urged authorities not to compound the tragedy by prosecuting the teen driver and his friends.The 40-year-old teacher, Jason Hughes, died after slipping and falling into the street as the teens started to drive away after participating in a community tradition of pranking teachers by throwing toilet paper on to his front lawn. Continue reading...