Australia’s biggest city is drastically cutting speed limits in a new road safety push. The City of Sydney will lower the speed limit from 50km/h to 40km/h on all of the roads within its council area, which takes in major inner-city suburbs like Glebe, Forest Lodge, Redfern and Alexandria. SydneyContinue Reading
As she walked down the aisle in her local supermarket in March 2021, Natalie, 41, answered a call on her mobile. “You need to come home now,” said her partner Suzanne. “Don’t panic, but there’s something that you need to see.” When she walked through the door, Suzanne handed herContinue Reading
A glamorous Australian personal assistant claimed she transferred $50,000 of her boss’s money into her account shortly after his death, as he instructed her to do so during a phone call just hours before his heart attack. Last week, the NSW Supreme Court heard from Melbourne woman Zhenya Vernon whoContinue Reading
Retailers are reporting a dramatic spike in the number of desperate mums shoplifting in stores amid rising cost-of-living pressures. Data shows there has been a 20 per cent rise in store theft, which costs retailers a whopping $9 billion a year. But while businesses have always been affected by organisedContinue Reading
Texts between a female Aussie bodybuilder and a famous European actor on the night of his death proved the pair were in a de facto relationship despite their 30 year age gap, a court has heard. This week, personal assistant Zhenya Vernon appeared in the NSW Supreme Court in herContinue Reading
McDonald’s is planning to end its artificial intelligence-powered automated drive-through experiment in the US after angry customers reported receiving items they didn’t order. More than 100 restaurants have been using robots to take orders after the American-born fast food chain partnered with IBM on the pilot program two years ago.Continue Reading
Unlike most young Aussies struggling with stagnant wages and gritty house shares, Grace earns five figures a month and is completely financially independent. But the 26-year-old has found that having a property portfolio worth more than $2 million can make dating difficult. She’s really proud of managing to put herselfContinue Reading
It has the dubious honour of being the most expensive studio apartment on the market in Australia right now, with the compact residence carrying a $1.5 million-plus price tag. But whoever forks out a small fortune to make the bedroom-less unit their new home will have to come to termsContinue Reading
Millions have taken advantage of a $7 meal deal since it launched last year, proving how hard the cost of living crisis is affecting Australians. Pizza chain Domino’s launched its “My Domino’s Box” in June 2023, and since that moment, over five million Australians and New Zealanders have tucked intoContinue Reading
Jerry Seinfeld’s Sydney show has again been interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters. Footage from the comedian’s show on Tuesday evening shows two men disrupting the show, standing up and yelling at Seinfeld. In the footage, one of the men can be heard yelling “shame on you”, before calling Seinfeld a “hack”Continue Reading