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  1. Red Metal scales up leach tests at QLD rare earths monster

    Red Metal is putting its monster Sybella rare earths resource to the processing test, kicking off six-metre column leach trials to prove whether it can develop a cheap, heap leaching QLD operation.

  2. Premier Ben Carroll admits driving off without paying for fuel after servo alerts police

    Victoria's Premier Ben Carroll has admitted driving away from a petrol station without paying for fuel.

  3. The nearly impossible job of picking up when the peculiar become pathological

    It is labour-intensive and, in reality, like trying to stop a river with a tea-strainer. How police try to identify the obsessed who have the potential to become violent.

  4. Business owner claims $100,000 is the new 'poverty line' for Australian families amid soaring living costs: 'You have to live in a car'

    A six-figure salary was once a ticket to a comfortable life in Australia. Now, a businessman claims $100,000 a year is barely enough to keep a family from poverty.

  5. Aussie cop issues a warning to drivers who use Waze to dodge speed cameras and police

    An Aussie cop has issued a warning to drivers using Waze.

  6. First look at how Maidstone street could be redeveloped into car-free restaurant quarter

    The first designs for how a town centre street could be redeveloped into a car-free restaurant and cultural quarter have been unveiled.

  7. Primary school’s ‘transformative’ multi-million rebuild given green light

    A “transformative” multi-million-pound renovation and rebuild project at a primary school has been given the green light.

  8. ‘We want it to rise again': New landlord takes on long-empty Canterbury pub

    A pub’s new landlord wants to return a derelict local boozer to its glory days and is introducing a “founders’ membership” to get it up and running.

  9. Push to ban popular dog breeds as pets after jogger is mauled in Brisbane park: 'Totally unsafe'

    There have been renewed calls to ban certain dog breeds in Australia.

  10. Jess Wilson on paying down debt

    The Victorian opposition leader tells Melbourne Assembly the Coalition will deliver a better city and state by reducing debt.