For many new mums, the local shopping centre is a place of safety – and community – at a time when they might feel most alone. Westfield Bondi Junction, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, should have been that sanctuary for Ashlee Good and her nine-month-old daughter on Saturday afternoon. Instead, theContinue Reading
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has indicated the federal government is considering recognising Palestinian statehood, which would help “build momentum towards a two-state solution” with Israel. The government’s criticism of Israel has increased recently as violence escalated in Gaza, with former ADF chief Mark Binskin appointed to scrutinise Israel’s investigationContinue Reading
The chair of a prominent peak body overseeing independent schools in NSW has resigned effective immediately after the ABC revealed a convicted child sex offender was on its board at the time it investigated a Cranbrook School teacher’s sexually explicit emails. The Association of Independent Schools NSW (AISNSW) and eliteContinue Reading
Former special forces commando Heston Russell has been cleared of common assault after a magistrate declared he did not drunkenly punch a man at an inner Sydney pool party. The 38-year-old had drank half a bottle of tequila at the Woolloomooloo party on January 2, 2022, before he threatened fellowContinue Reading
Tasmanian Labor has conceded it will not drum up enough votes to win the state election, with leader Rebecca White declaring it’s “very unlikely” it will form a minority government. Early election results pointed to a hung parliament, but Ms White on Sunday conceded it wouldn’t be likely Labor couldContinue Reading
Tributes have poured in for much-loved ABC Radio Sydney broadcaster James Valentine who has revealed on air that he is taking three months off for oesophageal cancer treatment. Valentine, 63, underwent chemotherapy and radiation after he found out he had cancer. He will now undergo surgery at Sydney’s St Vincent’sContinue Reading
Former UK prime minister David Cameron has warned the world is “more dangerous”, citing several conflicts across the globe and China’s aggressions, as he called for Australia to work closely with his country. “The lights on the global dashboard are flashing red, so it is a much more dangerous, difficult,Continue Reading
A seemingly innocent picture of a supermarket aisle has sparked intense fury from shoppers online, after they noticed ‘buy now, pay later’ option promoted for basic groceries. The picture was taken at a Drakes Supermarkets chain in South Australia and posted to Reddit, where customers slammed the “pay it inContinue Reading
The federal government has made a grim concession after revelations it lifted ankle bracelet monitoring and curfew conditions imposed on an ex-detainee convicted of serious sex crimes. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said an individual known as XTVC, released under a High Court ruling in November, was released without monitoringContinue Reading
Body cam footage of an arrest in western Sydney has shown a police search that landed a woman with a $320,000 payout for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment. The video, obtained by the ABC, recorded the moment Ebonie Madden and friend Dylan Turner were stopped on a Penrith street onContinue Reading