An Australian tourist has been injured in a deadly shooting incident in central Afghanistan. Three foreign tourists and an Afghan were killed when gunmen opened fire in the city of Bamyan on Friday night, the country’s Interior Ministry said. “Unfortunately, this evening in the Bamyan city, there was a shootingContinue Reading
Westpac has introduced an AI-based questionnaire to combat the hundreds of millions of dollars siphoned from Australians through scams each year. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the number of people who have fallen victim to a scam has decreased slightly during the past three years, to about 2.5 perContinue Reading
A healthy and active woman who underwent a routine hip replacement surgery was shocked to wake up and discover her foot “no longer worked”. Lotta enjoyed powerlifting, rollerskating, martial arts, stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking and riding motorcycles. Her adventurous lifestyle led to a slight pain in her hip and she wasn’tContinue Reading
A tub of vegan ice cream sold at supermarkets across the country has been recalled after milk was detected. Peters Ice Cream issued the recall of Connoisseur plant-based hazelnut chocolate with Ghanaian chocolate sauce and roasted hazelnuts, for one litre tubs with the best before date October 3, 2025. TheContinue Reading
A doomsday survivalist caught with a “staggering” cache of illegal firearms and explosives stashed on a remote farm will be jailed, a court has been told. Aleziah Tolkien Spiers, 30, appeared before the Victorian County Court on Wednesday, pleading guilty to offences including possessing a trafficable quantity of firearms. TheContinue Reading
A residential college student at University of Sydney allegedly had a chunk of his ear bitten off during a physical altercation at St Andrew’s College. The St Paul’s College student was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital by security officers after the alleged attack on Sunday, October 29, following aContinue Reading
A senior bureaucrat has rubbished the claims made by a former police deputy commissioner around modelling which led to the government blocking housing development on high-risk flood plains in Western Sydney. Last Sunday, the NSW government announced areas of the North West Growth Corridor would be rezoned, preventing the constructionContinue Reading
Millions of Australians have been unwittingly harming themselves with one daily ritual that on the surface seems innocent enough, but has proven to be quite dangerous. Making the intentional decision to lay in bed and scroll through social media apps like TikTok, Instagram and Twitter – a habit coined “doomContinue Reading
The federal government has settled a $132.7m class action lawsuit over a toxic firefighting foam which contaminated water tables at seven sites across Australia. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, were used to fight fires on Australian Defence Force (ADF) bases until the early 2000s. The class actionContinue Reading
Buckingham Palace has been evacuated while King Charles is in residence after a man reportedly threw shotgun cartridges at the palace. International and British media set up outside the palace grounds have also been asked to leave the area amid the security scare on Tuesday night, local time. A manContinue Reading