Australian religious schools should not retain the right to discriminate against teachers and staff based on their sexuality, the deputy prime minister has said. Under pressure to answer if religious schools should be allowed to hire and fire a teacher based on whether they’re gay, Richard Marles described the issueContinue Reading
A busker in Perth has shared a video of a heated encounter with a heckler on the street, dividing opinion on social media about his response. Nicholas Ferralis was busking in the inner-city suburb of Northbridge late one evening recently when the incident occurred. In a clip posted to TikTokContinue Reading
A former elite Australian soldier accused of committing a war crime could be at risk of engaging in “hand-to-hand” combat with police who enforce his bail conditions, a court has been told. Oliver Schulz appeared at Downing Centre Local Court on Monday via audiovisual link to make a bid toContinue Reading
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has refused to comment on reports a fifth former immigration detainee, released into the community after last month’s landmark High Court decision, had been arrested. A former Sudanese child soldier was arrested in Queensland on Thursday after it was realised there was a warrant to returnContinue Reading
A gunman who chased down and attempted to kill his ex-wife’s new partner has been slammed for his “complete and utter lack of remorse”. Abil Malovski, 39, returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday for a presentence hearing after a jury found him unanimously guilty of attempted murder earlierContinue Reading
Viral video has captured the moment an unlucky traveller was booted off a Jetstar flight to Bali for allegedly vaping on the plane. The clip, uploaded to TikTok by user Ali earlier this month, showed a man in a green shirt carrying a suitcase and phone being escorted off byContinue Reading
Lawyers for a stage production company accused of discriminating against an actress who claimed she was sexually harassed by co-star Craig McLachlan will seek to have key evidence suppressed. Christie Whelan Browne launched legal proceedings in the Federal Court of NSW in Sydney on Friday against Oldfield Entertainment (Oldfield), formerlyContinue Reading
An elderly Tamil woman kept as a slave by a Melbourne family will receive what is believed to be the “largest amount ever recovered by a victim of slavery in Australia”. Suspicions about the woman’s condition, who cannot be named, first arose in July 2015 after paramedics found her inContinue Reading
An Australian designer who sells clothes under the name Katie Perry has said she feels “personally attacked” by Katy Perry after the US singer renewed a legal battle between the pair. In April, Sydney women Katie Jane Taylor, a self-described “Aussie battler”, sued the I Kissed a Girl singer inContinue Reading
A popular Sydney venue has come under fire after customers revealed they were being hit with a sneaky surcharge, resulting in the pub being hit with multiple one star reviews. The Oxford Hotel is an iconic CBD venue, however, customers have been left less than impressed after discovering they wereContinue Reading