Speaking to the press alongside other Senate Democrats on Tuesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the caucus will hold a vote on legislation that would protect the right to an abortion.
The Victorian government will begin selling its newly unveiled pre-election budget, as its political rivals and some disgruntled groups line up to tear it down.After delivering his eighth budget on Tuesday, Treasurer Tim Pallas will be quizzed by interest groups and media on its finer details in a number of speaking events on Wednesday.
Thousands of NSW teachers are set to go on strike in a bid to increase their pay and reduce their workload.Schools will remain open on Wednesday and principals have been told to advise what impact the strikes could have on student supervision.
NSW patients heading to emergency departments during the pandemic were generally happy with the professional care they received but one in five say their medical advice didn't add up.The Bureau of Health Information surveyed almost 21,000 patients admitted to 77 large emergency departments across urban and rural NSW from mid 2020, at the height to the pandemic, to mid 2021.
The demand for regional mental health services has spiked since the coronavirus pandemic, forcing many psychologists to close their books because they can't keep up.It's been described as a ticking time bomb by some in the industry who say while it's a nationwide issue, the problem is amplified in regional and rural areas.
US stock indexes are mixed as financial shares rose and megacap growth stocks slid, with investors bracing for a big interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this week to tame surging prices.Seven of the 11 major S&P; sectors advanced in early trading with the financial and energy sectors up 0.
Former Australian Test bowler Jackson Bird is heading home after suffering a shoulder injury while playing in the County Championship for Kent.The 35-year-old had signed a deal for the first six matches of the season.
Ukrainian fighters say Russia has launched an attack on the encircled Azovstal steel works in Mariupol after a ceasefire broke down with about 200 civilians trapped underground despite a United Nations-brokered evacuation.In a Telegram video, Captain Sviatoslav Palamar of the Azov Regiment - a militia set up by Ukrainian ultra-nationalists in 2014 and later incorporated as a regiment in Ukraine's national guard - said that Russia pounded the steel works with naval and barrel artillery through th
Two-time grand slam finalist Kevin Anderson has announced his retirement from professional tennis aged 35.03m tall South African was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the US Open in 2017 -- No.
Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City will probably have to improve on their first-leg performance against Real Madrid to progress to the Champions League final.City are 4-3 up in the last-four clash with Real after a pulsating initial encounter at the Etihad Stadium last week.
The US Supreme Court has confirmed that a draft ruling indicating the court may overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion across the country is authentic as President Joe Biden vowed to try to protect abortion rights.The court in a news release said that it will launch an investigation of how the draft was leaked to the news outlet Politico.
Teenage star The Kid LAROI has won three top accolades at the APRA music industry awards night in Melbourne.The 18-year-old multi-talented performer has been named songwriter of the year for 2022, and won the peer-voted song of the year award for STAY, the global hit he co-wrote with Justin Bieber.
Another strike from teen sensation Garang Kuol has helped secure Central Coast an A-League Men's final berth with a 2-0 win over struggling Brisbane Roar.Kuol came off the bench to score his fourth goal in seven ALM appearances after Lewis Miller opened the scoring for the visitors at Moreton Daily Stadium on Tuesday night.
India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40C.Scientists have linked the early onset of an intense summer to climate change, and say more than one billion people in India and neighbouring Pakistan were in some way vulnerable to the extreme heat.
Carlton defender Lewis Young is free to play after the Blues successfully overturned his AFL ban for bumping North Melbourne's "raging bull" Cameron Zurhaar.The former Western Bulldogs player's charge of forceful front-on contact was thrown out by the tribunal on Tuesday night, meaning he can line-up against Adelaide at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.
The parents of Madeleine McCann, a British toddler who vanished from an apartment during her family's vacation in Portugal 15 years ago and captured global interest, remain hopeful that efforts by police in three countries to solve the mystery will eventually bring answers.Kate and Gerry McCann, both British doctors living in England, said in a statement to mark Tuesday's anniversary of their daughter's disappearance that "a truly horrific crime" was committed on May 3, 2007.
A luxury cruise boat has offloaded COVID-19-infected passengers in Darwin after an outbreak during a voyage in the Kimberley region.The 93-metre long Coral Geographer anchored in Darwin Harbour early on Tuesday with 74 guests and 38 crew on board.
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Former South Australian deputy premier Vickie Chapman has been cleared of any conflict of interest in denying approval for a $40 million port project on Kangaroo Island where her family has property.Ombudsman Wayne Lines said after taking evidence and visiting the island, he had determined that Ms Chapman had no perceived, potential or actual conflict in rejecting the Smith Bay proposal.
A leaked document suggests the US Supreme Court will vote to have the historic Roe v. Wade case revoked. Find out more.
West Coast captain Luke Shuey is adamant coach Adam Simpson is the right man to lead the club's rebuild.The pressure on Simpson and his players is building following last Friday's 109-point loss to Richmond.
