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Wharfies will hold memorial services across the country this afternoon to coincide with the funeral of stevedore Stephen Piper.

Wharf workers across the country are attending memorial services this afternoon, to coincide with the funeral of a man who was killed on a Melbourne wharf last week.

More than 20 ports across the country are quiet this morning after 800 wharfies walked off the job yesterday in protest over safety issues at sites run by P&O Stevedoring.

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) will spend $32 million on the roll-out of new a digital communications system.

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) will spend $32 million on the roll-out of new a digital communications system.

It’s with the greatest humility, resolve and enthusiasm that I sought the endorsement of my colleagues to be the Labor leader and to be the Prime Minister of this country. I have accepted that endorsement. I am truly honoured to lead this country which I love.

Disgraced David Jones chief Mark McInnes has left the country, reportedly bound for the sunny shores of the Italian Riviera.

The Spanish press bemoaned the country’s “nightmare” start to the World Cup in South Africa in which the European champions received a “lesson in humility” from unfancied Switzerland.

A goal by Keisuke Honda gives Japan its first World Cup win outside the country.

The Country Fire Authority chief officer will be called the ‘state controller’ on bad fire days and will be in charge of firefighting operations under a new proposal.