A surfer who needed help in the water has gone missing after another surfer saw the man, but was unable to reach him because of rough conditions. Police were notified about 4.35pm on Friday that a male surfer in his 40s was seen by another surfer in the water atContinue Reading
A horde of nine men with firearms have reportedly broken into a home in Sydney’s southwest. Police believe three of the men had firearms when the group broke into the Hinchinbrook home about 10.30pm on Wednesday. The incident happened at a property on Bower Bird St. Two occupants of theContinue Reading
Hundreds of staff have stopped work at two major hospitals, alongside education workers, taking action to demand a fair pay rise from the West Australian government. United Workers Union members spoke out about the cost of living crisis, addressing hundreds of members who joined them outside Perth Children’s Hospital andContinue Reading
Passengers were forced to flee and two flights were delayed after a fire alarm was activated at the Perth International Airport departure lounge. A Department of Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson said three crews attended the airport about 11.45am on Monday after smoke was reported in terminal one. Workers andContinue Reading
Owners of homes that sit vacant for more than six months in a year will be ordered to cough up extra tax, the Victorian Government has announced. From January 1, homeowners across the state will be liable for vacant residential land tax (VRLT) if properties are vacant for more thanContinue Reading
A 24-year-old woman and one-year-old girl are missing from the Queensland town of Maryborough as police seek help from the public to try and locate the pair. They have not been seen since 5pm on Wednesday evening, when they were walking from Horsburgh Lane onto Bazaar Street in the ruralContinue Reading
A skydiver is fighting for his life after he crashed into a pole during a routine training jump. The 29-year-old man was taking part in a training course and was attempting a solo jump when the accident happened on Sunday afternoon at Toogoolwah north of Brisbane. Skydive Ramblers chief instructorContinue Reading
A 47-year-old man in Adelaide has been charged with four counts of assault after he allegedly attacked four women on a train. The incident occurred just before 9am Sunday morning on the Adelaide-bound Gawler train line. The four women were all travelling separately when they were attacked by the manContinue Reading
In 2007, four members of a doomsday cult, Chantelle McDougall, her daugther Leela McDougall, Antonio Konstantin Popic and Gary Felton, disappeared from the small picturesque town of Nannup in WA’s southwest. A coronial inquest was held a decade later into their suspected deaths but it could not be established beyondContinue Reading
A former immigration detainee, who was freed from indefinite detention after a High Court ruling determined it was unlawful, has lodged a writ in the West Australian Supreme Court to sue the Commonwealth for false imprisonment. The 46-year-old Iranian man had been jailed, then held for about 18 months inContinue Reading