Westpac have been publicly sanctioned for the sudden closure of a branch in a remote part of the Northern Territory, leaving vulnerable customers without access to their money or banking services. The Banking Code Compliance Committee (BCCC) found the bank failed to provide customers adequate support when it suddenly closedContinue Reading
A woman who was labelled “a vigilante” in a Facebook community group post after forcing cyclists off a shared path with a stick has failed in her bid to sue the poster for defamation. Sandra Prouten filed a defamation case in the NSW District Court after her photo was sharedContinue Reading
A map splattered in red blotches indicating countless “dead spots” across the Telstra 4G network has unveiled the scale of the telco’s widespread and long-running outages. Thousands of customers across Sydney’s eastern suburbs including Coogee, Kingsford and Maroubra, have been told to wait nine days – from 9.22am on FebruaryContinue Reading
A controversial Harry Potter themed lightscape experience will be relocated, following a decision by a council to re-evaluate its sensitive location. Organisers faced global backlash and threats of a boycott for planning the Forbidden Forest Experience inside a wildlife sanctuary at the Briars on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. FollowingContinue Reading
A Harry Potter-themed event is facing a major backlash if it goes ahead with its controversial plan to turn an area of remnant forest into a fictional wizarding world. From April, a fenced wildlife sanctuary south of Melbourne will be transformed into the magical world of Harry Potter, but notContinue Reading
A Queensland father who jokingly suggested he was the mystery lottery winner was shocked to learn he had won $1 million. A massive search for the second division one winner in Wednesday’s Gold Lotto saw a call-out on social media for the mystery ticket owner to come forward. The WarnerContinue Reading
Emergency services are responding to reports of a shark attack in South Australia, the second attack to strike the state in October. The reported attack took place at the Westall Way Loop near Streaky Bay on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula at 10.20am. Initial information from the sceneContinue Reading
A four-day-old ‘guerilla garden’ is back to being a patch of dirt and grass after a Brisbane council bulldozed the site due to safety concerns. The St Lucia veggie patch was erected on “public land” by community group Growing Forward on Friday, built with the intentions of helping struggling familiesContinue Reading
A Brisbane woman captured erratically ripping out plants in a ‘guerilla garden’ built without council approval has come under fire after a heated confrontation with onlookers. Community group Growing Forward built the St Lucia veggie patch on “public land” on Friday in a bid to promote gardening and to encourageContinue Reading
Property agents appear to have outed themselves as blatantly greedy in an email that was intended to stay with staff but leaked online this week. In the email, Australia’s biggest apartment development company, Meriton, instructed employees to take advantage of the current market to get more money out of renters.Continue Reading