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Blue Mountains police searching for man missing from Blackheath

KATOOMBA, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia - A search is underway in the Blue Mountains for a missing local man.Robbie Priest, 51, was last seen at a home on Murri Street, Blackheath about 8:00pm on Saturday night.When he could not be contacted on Sunday he was reported missing to Blue Mountains Police Area Command who have commenced inquiries into his whereabouts.Police have since received information the man was captured on CCTV walking along the...

How The Conversation’s journalism made a difference in February

Mar 2,2021

Every month, we ask The Conversation authors what happened after we published their articles. Here are some of their stories from February 2021. Putting...

A degree promises a better life but social mobility has a downside too

Higher education has long been associated with the promise of a good life. Participation, however, has no guarantees. Former prime minister Gough Whitlam argued...

BOOK REVIEW: The Palace Letters

Feb 28,2021

Dr Glenn Davies reviews a book by Professor Jenny Hocking that finally reveals the truth of the secret Palace letters. RECENTLY THERE have been...

California coronavirus deaths jump from 25,000 to 50,000 in 2 months

Feb 27,2021

LOS ANGELES, California: California has now recorded over 50,000 deaths from COVID-19, representing more than ten percent of the total pandemic deaths in the...

Facebook ends Australia news blackout after law compromise

Feb 26,2021

Facebook backed down from its news blackout in Australia after the government agreed to amend legislation forcing the tech giant and Google to pay...

Facebook ends Australia news blackout after law compromise

Facebook backed down from its news blackout in Australia after the government agreed to amend legislation forcing the tech giant and Google to pay...

5 things that Australia and Russia have in common

Feb 22,2021

Could anyone possibly confuse big and cold Russia with big and hot Australia? Yes! Facebook has recently made this mistake, and others might follow....

$870,000 to be spent on major Blue Mountains town’s footpaths

Feb 21,2021

KATOOMBA, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia – Upgrades of footpaths in one of the main Blue Mountains townships will get underway this week. The works...

News Corp wins big from Australian government’s tiff with hi-tech

The Australian government has long been supported by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, so it came as no surprise that it took up the mantle...

Over the rainbow: Surry Hills path celebrates same-sex marriage

Feb 16,2021

A footpath winding through Sydney’s Prince Alfred Park has been banded with the colours of the rainbow in the city’s latest move to support...

Bathurst Court appearance for man found with $36,400 in cash

Feb 13,2021

BATHURST, Central West, NSW, Australia – A 32-year old man appeared before Bathurst Local Court on Friday on drug and theft charges. The man...

21-year old man dead after crashing motor bike near Bathurst

Feb 10,2021

BATHURST, Central West, NSW, Australia – A motorcyclist has been killed in a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday night in the New South Wales Central...

Sydney man arrested for trading child abuse material

Jan 30,2021

A tip-off from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about an Australian internet user allegedly trading child abuse material online has resulted in...