David Wenham has found the most quintessentially Australian way to suffer for his art. Reprising his award-winning role as small-time crook Johnny Spitieri for SPIT – the follow-up to his 2003 film Gettin’ Square – saw him once again wearing Spitieri’s signature wardrobe of tight jeans and thongs. Only thisContinue Reading
It’s time to have an honest conversation about the housing crisis – because it’s not going to get better anytime soon. If you don’t believe me – take a look at the latest stats from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In March, only 12,500 homes were approved for construction. That’sContinue Reading
Both the Prime Minister and NSW Premier have strongly condemned the actions of a neo-Nazi group who boarded a Sydney train on Friday while wearing balaclavas. A large police presence stormed North Sydney train station at about 11.30am on Australia Day after reports that a group of about 60 menContinue Reading
Celebrating Australia Day either makes you a “wanker” or a patriot, while ignoring it is a sign of a respect for Indigenous people or evidence you’ve been “indoctrinated”, depending on who you ask. Arguments on both sides of the January 26 debate have grown increasingly hostile and divisive in recentContinue Reading
A Woolworths store has been vandalised with a message telling shoppers to “boycott Woolies”, following the supermarket’s commitment to no longer sell Australia Day merchandise due to dropping demand. Police and firefighters were called to the store at Commercial Rd, Teneriffe in inner-city Brisbane about 5.10am Monday following reports ofContinue Reading
Hardware giant Bunnings has been dragged into the furore over Australia Day celebrations, as Woolworths faces boycott calls over the supermarket giant’s decision to scrap merchandise ahead of the national day. Peter Dutton slammed the supermarket’s decision as an “outrage” and urged chief executive Bradford Banducci to reverse the callContinue Reading
A man who allegedly crashed his car into a special busway on Christmas Day and then hit a police officer has been arrested. The wild alleged Christmas Day bender came to a head about 8.45pm when emergency services and the police were called to Adelaide’s O-Bahn busway at the TeaContinue Reading
Three social media influencers, each with millions of followers, have been paid about $90k between them to visit Australia and post about their experiences. Tourism Australia (TA) confirmed they invited US-based traveller blogger Chris Olsen, UK-based content creator Maddie Grace Jepson, and UK-based trainspotter Francis Bourgeois to come and visitContinue Reading
Three social media influencers, with eye-watering amounts of eager followers, have been paid about $90k between them to visit Australia and post about their experiences. Tourism Australia (TA) has confirmed they invited US-based traveller blogger Chris Olsen, UK-based content creator Maddie Grace Jepson, and UK-based trainspotter Francis Bourgeois to comeContinue Reading
As many Australians struggle with increasing cost of living, a new report shows there is one thing we are still willing to splurge on: dining out. A huge 73 per cent of Aussies who participated in American Express’ latest global Trendex survey say they are dining out either the sameContinue Reading