By Hope NewsroomMonday 6 Dec 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
Bus passengers in the Inner West are being warned to expect delays, as drivers strike for 24-hours over pay and conditions.
They argue that they should be paid the same amount as other Sydney drivers for doing the same job.
Bus drivers in the South West and train drivers who refuse to drive foreign-made trains, will walk off the job tomorrow.
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The Teachers Federation says it will ignore a ruling to cancel a strike, because the issues they are protesting are too serious.
The first 24 hour strike in a decade will be held tomorrow, despite the Industrial Relations Commission ordering it to be called off.
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New South Wales and Victoria are vowing to keep state borders open, they are not chasing an “Omicron zero” strategy.
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250 international students are arriving in Sydney today, despite changes to visa rules being delayed because of the Omicron COVID strain.
A special exemption has been given to allow one flight of students to come in.
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A 24-year-old man is due in court today, charged with murder after a woman was stabbed in Sydney’s south last night.
A 67-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds at Riverwood and could not be saved.
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A $1 million reward is being offered for information into a death of a man during a home invasion in Sydney’s north-west last year.
Kalim Saliba suffered serious head injuries in the attack at his Cherrybrook home.
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Federal spending on aged care is predicted to double by the end of the decade.
The Actuaries Institute report predicts the costs across the aged care sector could reach $72 billion, which is more than the cost of the age pension.
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The Pope has made a speech denouncing “narrow self-interest and nationalism” over the way Europe treats migrants.
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US Republican senator and former presidential candidate Bob Dole has died after a battle with lung cancer.
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A desperate search for survivors is underway, after a volcanic eruption in Indonesia’s Java island.
Fourteen people have been confirmed dead, and villages have been buried by hot ash.
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Lewis Hamilton won a controversial Saudi Arabian Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen, to level the Formula One Championship with one race remaining.
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Matildas captain Sam Kerr has been named player of the match in Chelsea’s win over Arsenal in the FA Cup final, with two second half goals.