First-time home buyers who have been locked out of the property market where they live are buying houses in other states and becoming landlords instead. Karen Nguyen, who is in her 20s, works full-time for a tech start-up and is one of those young Aussies who has gone interstate toContinue Reading
At the age of 68, former aged care worker Coby Koster now knows how to chop her own firewood with a chainsaw, clean a compostable toilet and “work the tools” to sustain her minimal and self-sufficient tiny house. Just a year-and-a-half ago, Ms Koster was approaching retirement. The mum-of-two’s modestContinue Reading
A young man has terrorised passengers on a suburban rail line after allegedly going on a deranged rampage, spitting blood and punching people. The chaos hit a citybound commuter train in Elizabeth, in Adelaide’s outer north, about 11.30am on Friday, when the young man allegedly roamed up and down aContinue Reading
NSW Police have arrested a young man and woman for a sweep of alleged offences linked to right-wing extremist thinking. The 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were taken into custody after police executed a search warrant at a home on Menzies Rd in Marsfield in Sydney’s northwest on Tuesday. “DuringContinue Reading
Many Aussies are in for another chilly weekend as a cold front sends temperatures plunging, with damaging winds and showers forecast. An Antarctic air mass is tracking towards south-east Australia, bringing chilly and damp conditions to widespread areas. The system is predicted to link up with a north-west cloud bandContinue Reading
Millions of Australians will shiver through wild winds and rain with an icy start to the weekend as temperatures are expected to drop again. Fierce winds, snow and wind will sweep into the south-east over the coming days, with the Bureau of Meteorology citing an Antarctic airmass responsible for theContinue Reading
Australia’s richest schools of 2024 have been revealed, with the top five in several states exposing a major wealth divide between public and private schools. In exclusive analysis of financial data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority’s MySchool database, we ranked schools based on wealth in each state,Continue Reading
Two teenage boys have been charged after a fight in the food court of South Australia’s largest shopping centre sent the complex into lockdown. The incident kicked off about 3pm on Sunday afternoon after three boys allegedly approached another group of boys at the Westfield Marion centre’s food court armedContinue Reading
A shopping centre in Adelaide has gone into lockdown following reports of an armed person. Shoppers at the Westfield Marion centre were evacuated on Sunday afternoon. South Australian police has asked the public to stay away from the area. Video circulating on social media shows heavily armed SWAT officers stormingContinue Reading
Millions of Australians are likely to wake up to frost this weekend as the midwinter chill continues to lead to low temperatures. “It’s going to be another cool and frosty weekend for many areas and little bit of rainfall,” said Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) meteorologist Angus Hines on Friday. MuchContinue Reading