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Australian woman denies murdering her former husband's relatives with poisonous mushroom lunch
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s family poisonous mushrooms pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Tuesday to three charges of murder and five charges of attempted murder. Erin Patterson, 49, appeared briefly in Latrobe Valley...
Australian woman appears in court charged with poisoning husband and his relatives with mushrooms
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s parents and an aunt poisonous mushrooms with lunch appeared in an Australian court on Monday charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder. Erin Patterson, 49, appeared briefly in the...
Failed Australian rideshare app accuses Uber of illegally operating service to gain unfair advantage
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor told a court on Tuesday that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors. Taxi Apps, an Australian startup that developed...
Decision to cancel 2026 Commonwealth Games in Australia based on "overstated" cost estimates
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An inquiry into the Australian state of Victoria's decision to cancel its planned hosting of the 2026 Commonwealth Games said it cost the state 589 million Australian dollars ($385 million) and the price estimate that resulted in it being shelved was “overstated and...
A man has fallen to his death from a hot-air balloon in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon Monday as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early in the morning and was in the air for about 30 minutes...
Uber pays $178 million to end legal fight with Australian taxi drivers
SYDNEY (AP) — Global rideshare giant Uber will pay 272 million Australian dollars ($178 million) to settle a long-running dispute with Australian taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the company entered the Australian market. A class action against Uber had been expected to...
Falling rocks in Australian gold mine kill 1 miner and severely injure another while 29 reach safety
SYDNEY (AP) — Falling rocks inside a gold mine in Australia killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries, rescuers said. Another 29 workers inside the mine when the collapse happened Wednesday took refuge in a safety pod and later returned to the surface,...
Storms bring destructive winds and ignite wildfires across Australian state of Victoria
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Powerful winds have killed a man and brought widespread destruction across Australia’s second-most populous state, leaving 530,000 homes and businesses without power and fanning fires that razed homes and injured five firefighters, officials said on Wednesday. ...