Fresh food supply chains are bracing for impact as a result of truckloads of  fruit, vegetables, and other consumables going to waste in the fallout from the Scott’s logistics liquidation. 

The father of a 15-year-old boy facing a life ban from the NRL for allegedly racially abusing star footballer Latrell Mitchell told police his son “shouldn’t have said what he said”. 

Bidding wars are breaking out and tenants are offering a year’s  rent in advance as desperate Queensland homehunters resort to whatever it takes to get a roof over their heads. 

The makers of a  new “super-strength” beer will not sell it  in the Northern Territory due to severe alcohol-fuelled violence in some regions. 

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