Friends of a Victorian man who turned up to hospital while on holiday in Fiji with a mystery stab wound have issued an urgent plea for help as he fights for life. Clayton Brett was supposed to fly home after a holiday in Fiji on May 1, but instead ofContinue Reading
Virgin Australia has just dropped a huge sale on its entire network with the cheapest airfare starting from just $35. The 24-hour Leap Year sale is the airline’s lowest priced seats in years with more than 200,000 fares across its domestic and international routes discounted. It’s on now until midnightContinue Reading
Australia’s national carrier has slashed prices to some of the country’s favourite holiday destinations as part of an international “Red Tail Sale”. Qantas’ discounted fares start from $529 return for Economy and $999 for Business and are available for departures from most Australian capital cities. Destinations include London, Paris andContinue Reading
A Queensland celebrity chef has been given just 24 hours to shut the doors on his popular Noosa restaurant after it fell to financial pressures. On Friday, investors pulled the pin on Alba by Kuruvita, the Noosa restaurant headed by chef and media personality Peter Kuruvita, just two years afterContinue Reading
Sydneysiders stand down — because a beach in Victoria has been crowned as one of the best Down Under. Travel experts at Lonely Planet, who issue the best of beach list each and every year, have once again compiled a list of the absolute best places to enjoy some sandContinue Reading
Disgraced former rugby league superstar Jarryd Hayne sits in a prison cell contemplating the fresh challenges and possible heartbreak he faces in 2024. When the 35-year-old approached a house on the outskirts of Newcastle on the evening of September 30, 2018, he had no idea the 46-minute encounter would leadContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese clocked up a VIP flight bill of almost $4m in his first year as Prime Minister, newly released data reveals. Between being hastily sworn into office to fly to the Quad meeting last May, through to June 30 this year, Mr Albanese spent $3.915m on RAAF special purposeContinue Reading
Bali is one of Australian travellers’ favourite destinations but it looks like it’s not a top pick for holiday-makers this festive season. Tourism and Transport Forum Australia’s (TTF) summer holiday survey, released on Thursday, found the top international destination this year is New Zealand, followed by anywhere in Europe, Japan,Continue Reading
Bali has long been Australians’ top pick for international travel — beautiful beaches, warm climate, similar time zone, it makes sense. But for the first time in eight years, the Island of the Gods has been dethroned in what has been dubbed a “significant shift” in Aussie vacationers’ behaviour. ToContinue Reading
Australians have been warned to brace themselves for another week of wild weather, as a tropical cyclone heads towards the east coast this week. The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted a high chance of Tropical Cyclone Jasper developing into a category 3 weather system by Tuesday or Wednesday as itContinue Reading