More than the average rain for the entirety of April could fall on Sydney on Friday as a so-called “black nor’easter” weather system bears down on the country’s east. A 71-year-old man died on Thursday as the same system swept through south east Queensland. Now foresters are warning that soContinue Reading
Forecasters are warning residents of Australia’s east coast to buckle up as a “mass deluge” looks set to begin on Thursday and continue for three straight days leading to a washout Friday. It could lead to a “black nor’easter,” a weather event only seen a few times a year thatContinue Reading
The “distraught” husband of missing woman Samantha Murphy was reportedly seen driving around bushland searching for clues and information about his wife who has allegedly been murdered. Mick Murphy was spotted on Wednesday afternoon driving his blue ute around Buninyong Bushland Reserve, located around 17km from the family’s Ballarat home.Continue Reading
Big group Airbnb bookings – like birthdays and weddings – could be a thing of the past, the short term rental company has warned, as the NSW Government ponders placing further restrictions on the controversial sector. The US firm has said an additional move to restrict the number of peopleContinue Reading
A friend of slain flight attendant Luke Davies has said that he is “appalled” at anti-police protesters at Sydney’s Mardi Gras who he has accused of “hijacking a national tragedy,” by using his name, and that of partner Jesse Baird who also died, to justify their actions. Dean Bailey alsoContinue Reading
Woolworths is under fire for Australian-produced milk from almost 100 stores. Australia’s largest supermarket has confirmed that Norco branded milk will disappear from the shelves of around 90 stores. Norco, founded in 1895, is a farmers’ cooperative based in Lismore in northern New South Wales. As well as milk, itContinue Reading
London’s world famous Tube map will undergo a radical change with six new line names unveiled that will feature alongside the likes of the long established Piccadilly, Jubilee and Victoria Underground lines. One of those new lines will be named after an English soccer team, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said.Continue Reading
It’s looking more possible that a tropical low in Australia’s north could strengthen into a cyclone on Thursday or Friday, forecasters have warned. It comes after a freak storm on Tuesday left half a million homes and businesses without power in Australia’s south. As of Thursday morning, tens of thousandsContinue Reading
Temperatures during Autumn across much of Australia could be “unusually high,” – in fact up to three times more likely than normal to be above average. That’s according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) which has just released its climate outlook for the coming season. The climate driver El Nino,Continue Reading
A couple who were camping in Ballarat at around the same time that mum Samantha Murphy vanished have said they came across a man in bushland who “scared the hell out of us”. On Friday, Victoria’s missing persons squad officially took control of the effort to locate Ms Murphy –Continue Reading