The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has revealed it is getting more than $1 million of profit an hour out of customers being crippled by the skyrocketing cost of living – especially borrowing.

Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys has called on other authorities to follow NSW’s lead in banning race horses being sent to abattoirs and the knackery, accusing his interstate colleagues of failing “the most crucial requirements” on equine welfare initiatives.

A Bank employee who died after a music festival had binged on LSD at a house party before going to the rave and taking as many as five MDMA pills.

The best and brightest of the bush are shunning city lifestyles and staying put to help solve the rural doctor shortage, with the University of Sydney welcoming its second cohort of students studying medicine in Dubbo.