It’s that time of year again. Daylight saving has come for Aussies living in the southern states – NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT — but one rogue state which chose to be excluded from the practice is living in regret. Daylight savings time (DST), which was originally introducedContinue Reading
A Queensland newsagent is on a “winning streak” after delivering its second lottery millionaire in less than a year. Nextra Forest Lake News in Forest Lake, southwest of Brisbane, has sold yet another division one winning ticket just nine months after a separate resident won an eye-watering $33 million PowerballContinue Reading
Simon Birmingham has confirmed former Qantas boss Alan Joyce could face jail time if he does not front up to a senate inquiry, but has watered down chances of the former chief executive spending time behind bars. Speaking to Sky News on Friday, the leader of the opposition in theContinue Reading
A teacher allegedly indecently mistreated a child for more than a year at several places across the Gold Coast, including a popular shopping centre and hotel. Hayley Maree Cassell, of Hope Island, was charged in June with 74 offences of indecent treatment of a child. Police also charged her withContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has teamed up with Australian rock royalty to rally for the Voice to Parliament just weeks before voters head to the polls. The Prime Minister was joined onstage at the West Says Yes event held at The Factory Theatre in Marrickville by the Hoodoo Gurus and Dog Trumpet.Continue Reading
About 800 Australian Defence Force troops are being moved from the nation’s south into northern regions to pre-empt escalating tensions between the US and China. The Albanese government announced the plan on Thursday to move about 800 troops from Adelaide, with a majority heading to Townsville in Queensland’s northeast. Two-hundredContinue Reading
Target has launched its new collection with a bang, with shoppers rushing to get their hands on a $70 dress. Target debuted its spring and summer collection in an inclusive campaign featuring models of different sizes and cultural backgrounds – including one model with vitiligo. The Frill V-neck Maxi DressContinue Reading
A P-plate driver who killed a man and maimed another in a horrific drunken crash made a chilling claim just moments before the carnage unfolded, telling her passenger “nah, I can drive”, a court has been told. Ugly scenes unfolded outside Brisbane District Court on Thursday as the family ofContinue Reading
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit back at Peter Costello over his scepticism of the government’s RBA overhaul, claiming the former liberal treasurer was “factually wrong” in his take-down. Dr Chalmers spoke out after Mr Costello penned a scathing review of the government’s shake-up of the central bank in The AustralianContinue Reading
Tony Abbott has come out swinging in defence of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who he said was subject to “ugly, bullying” comments from Yes campaigner Noel Pearson. Speaking after a rally for the No campaign in Western Sydney, the former Prime Minister addressed comments made by Mr Pearson that he claimsContinue Reading