PENNY Wong has slammed Vladimir Putin’s “unthinkable and irresponsible” threats of nuclear warfare as the Ukrainian conflict escalates. 

AN experimental drug to fight aggressive brain cancer has proved so successful in the first trial on humans, medics will fast-track the second stage.

CITY traders have questioned a state government pledge to carry out further consultation for the controversial second injecting room after a new financial report showed there had been no further money set aside for this process.

TWO AFL clubs have so far committed to taking steps to review their recent history with First Nations players, in the wake of the shock allegations in the Hawthorn report.

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