Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and is to walk free from prison after spending 20 years in jail for the deaths of her children.
Ms Folbigg was convicted by a jury in 2003 of killing her four infants and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
A recent inquiry headed by retired chief justice Tom Bathurst examined new scientific evidence claiming the deaths may have been due to natural causes.
Mr Bathurst's team concluded there was reasonable doubt about Kathleen Folbigg's guilt of all four alleged killings.
New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley says he recommended Ms Folbigg be pardoned.
"Considering Mr Bathurst's conclusion that he is firmly of the view that there is reasonable doubt as to Ms. Folbigg's guilt, I consider that his reasons establish exceptional circumstances of the kind that weigh heavily in favour of the grant of a free pardon. And that in the interest of justice, Ms Folbigg should be released from custody as soon as possible. And so, I recommended that the governor should exercise the royal prerogative of mercy and grant Ms Folbigg an unconditional pardon. The governor agreed. Ms Folbigg has now been pardoned."
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The federal government will introduce a package of new laws and funding aimed at stopping the exploitation of migrant workers.
The proposed changes include preventing employers who have exploited migrants in the past from hiring people on temporary visas.
An additional $50 million will be provided to the Australian Border Force to help einforce the new laws.
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural, Andrew Giles says that the new measures will allow migrant workers to speak up.
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The federal government is prepared to consider further action against consultancy firm Price-waterhouse-Coopers once a police investigation is carried out.
The firm is often referred to by the acronym P-W-C.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers calls the alleged misconduct a substantial breach of faith.
The Treasury department has referred the conduct of the firm to the Australian Federal Police.
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Fast trains between Sydney and Newcastle, and also Melbourne to Brisbane, are one step closer to reality.
The federal government has announced key board appointments for the new authority it's created to overseas the development of a high-speed rail network on the east coast.
Jill Rousouw will be the board's chair, and fellow infrastructure experts Gillian Brown, Diane Crowther, Ian Hunt, and Neil Scales will join her on the board.
The new authority will come into being next week [[june 13]].
The long-term high-speed rail infrastructure project is designed to ultimately allow passengers to travel between significant cities at speeds of more than 250 kilometres per hour.
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A case has been filed in the Federal Court to repatriate 26 Australian women and children who are trapped in Syria.
Save the Children Australia has filed the case on behalf of 17 children and nine women.
It is alleged they have been subjected to inhumane living conditions in detention camps for more than four years.
Many of the women involved are either wives or widows of slain or jailed I-S terrorists.
Some voluntarily travelled to Syria, whilst some were forced to go there.
Save The Children Australia says the children are not receiving the appropriate care and medical attention, and are being punished for the actions of their parents.
The federal government repatriated seventeen Australians from Syria last October, and eight Australian children from there in 2019.
