A young doctor who switched her seaside upbringing to living and working in her dream job in northwest Queensland is urging other medical graduates to reconsider their career options and head into rural medicine. Gabrielle Keating never thought her six-week placement in Mt Isa would lead her to finding herContinue Reading
An Australian food blogger has sparked a mad rush at Coles that saw shoppers “clear the shelves” of his latest product. Nick Vavitis, a Melbourne-based influencer with more than 100,000 followers, launched his decadent dessert brand Choclt three years ago during Covid lockdowns. Since then, his “outrageous” baked goods haveContinue Reading
Jack Lo Russo always wanted to be a teacher but ended up doing a decade in IT before a new $10,000-a-year scholarship allowed him to make the switch to his dream job. The federal government had 3000 applications for its first 1000 scholarships under its Be That Teacher campaign, andContinue Reading
A teenager in the UK who thought she had a hangover after a girl’s holiday found out she only had 12 months to live after doctors found a brain tumour. Ella Pick, 19, from Boston, in England’s Midlands, felt “off” after a four-week trip to Zante in Greece last JuneContinue Reading
Loved ones and politicians have arrived at the funeral service for the son of a former defence minister who was killed while parachuting during training. Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon suffered critical injuries during special forces training at RAAF Base Richmond in northern Sydney on March 6. A funeral service isContinue Reading
The son of former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon has died in a parachuting accident while taking part in a Special Forces training exercise. Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon was taking part in a “routine” military training drill at the RAAF base in Richmond, 50km northwest of Sydney, on Wednesday night atContinue Reading
eBay will sack almost one in 10 of its employees across the world via Zoom, as the online marketplace battles the cost of living crunch Chief executive Jamie Iannone says the company’s “overall headcount and expenses” are larger than its current growth, leading to the decision to axe about 1000Continue Reading
Abbie Chatfield ended 2023 by doing the most Aussie thing ever and looked absolutely fabulous. Chatfield, 28, was spotted popping into her local Bunnings in Bryon Bay and was rocking a yellow two-piece. She kept it casual and wore a crop top and some fun summer shorts and it wasContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann’s claim that Brittany Higgins fabricated a rape claim to save her job is “monstrous” and “incoherent”, Channel Ten’s barrister has told the Federal Court. Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has arrived at the Federal Court to give evidence in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial. She arrived at court withContinue Reading
It all started with a pile of coins. Twenty years ago, Sydney surfer Leigh was snorkelling at Bondi Beach when he noticed a number of coins lying on the bottom of the sea floor. “I thought, ‘wow, what are these coins doing here?’ I dusted some sand away and sawContinue Reading