Electric vehicles have soared in popularity over recent years and a large chunk of motorists are considering making the leap from petrol cars – but there’s a major sticking point. Not too long ago, seeing an EV on the road was a rare occurrence given prohibitive purchase prices, limited optionsContinue Reading
Footage has captured the moment the woman who lived in Victoria’s ‘house of horrors’ confronted a neighbour. Police had discovered the skeleton of the woman’s brother, who had been missing since 2017, at her public housing unit on Russell Street in Newtown, Geelong, southwest of Melbourne, in December 2022. PoliceContinue Reading
A top cop has revealed how police officers were left traumatised after discovering the body of a man who had been dead inside a rat-infested ‘house of horrors’ for up to five years. The man’s corpse was found in a public housing unit on Russell Street in Newtown, Geelong, south-westContinue Reading
Dodgy training providers who rort public funding and take advantage of vulnerable students will be targeted in a new compliance blitz, the federal government has announced. In an address to the National Press Club on Tuesday, Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor will announce a new $37.8m investment towards aContinue Reading
The US banking crisis is far from over, with more banks slated to collapse in coming months as the global economic outlook worsens. Over in the US, the debt ceiling crisis has occupied the minds of global and local economists in recent weeks but the banking crisis is also stillContinue Reading
More than $50m will be spent studying the phenomena known as long Covid, after an inquiry heard shocking evidence of the condition’s impact on vulnerable Australians. Health Minister Mark Butler, announcing the $50m funding allocation for the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) on Monday, said long Covid is “an emergingContinue Reading
An Australian world-first study has found that education sessions delivered by professional athletes about the dangers of homophobic slurs is ineffective in curbing harmful language among young rugby union players. In the Monash University study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found an “educational” approach to stampingContinue Reading