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Listeria find sparks SA warning on ham

Listeria has been found in ham produced in South Australia, prompting a warning to consumers.

Workers in demand as home building blooms

Construction workers are in hot demand as home building blooms, helped by low interest rates and government stimulus programs.

Heatwave for NSW ahead of Australia Day

Parts of NSW are in for a sweltering weekend ahead of Australia Day, with temperatures expected to reach 15 degrees above average in some places.

Open player accused of feeding hotel mouse

Kazakhstan tennis player Yulia Putintseva has been bizarrely accused of feeding the mice which are running around her quarantine hotel room.

Which jobs are tipped to prosper in 2021?

Workers looking for job security in 2021 should consider Australia's "largest and fastest growing" industry, broadly known as the care economy.

Rare parrot breeding record in Tasmania

A critically endangered migratory parrot is breeding in Tasmania in record numbers, giving biologists renewed hope for the species' survival.

Travellers snap up Vic tourism vouchers

Victorians have snapped up 40,000 extra regional tourism vouchers, aimed at encouraging people to holiday at home and boosting an economy ravaged by COVID-19.

Positive Open players are viral shedding

Two Australian Open tennis players who tested positive to COVID-19 are likely to be classified as viral shedding.

Morrison open to regional quarantine camps

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is open to Queensland's push to make all international arrivals quarantine at remote mining camps instead of hotels.

We can play tennis and pick fruit, says PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has distanced himself from colleagues criticising the Victorian government for accepting international tennis players but not farm workers into the state.

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