A woman has been jailed after she bashed another woman for making anti-Semitic remarks who later died in hospital. Sarah Murphy, 51, and Sarah Franklin clashed in a two-minute-long attack near the coffee station at a 7-Eleven service station in Caulfield two years ago. The pair both entered the storeContinue Reading
Whenever Katie Griffin parks her car in a disabled spot, she already knows what some people around her are thinking. The 31-year-old suffers from multiple debilitating “invisible illnesses”, a term used to describe health conditions that may not be obvious to the naked eye, that impact every facet of herContinue Reading
A doctor has warned against a sleeping act we’re all guilty of, saying it could lead to diabetes, weight gain and high blood pressure. In a video on his popular TikTok page, American emergency doctor Joe Whittington said that falling asleep with your TV on could be doing more harmContinue Reading
Queenslanders have been warned that they are in for “relentless heat” that could harm people’s health just days after severe storms battered parts of the state. A severe heatwave has begun to set in on Thursday, with the majority of the state to swelter through high temperatures into the weekendContinue Reading
A 7-Eleven customer died six days after she was assaulted in the service station, but forensic experts couldn’t identify her cause of death, a court has been told. Sarah Murphy, 52, was rushed to hospital and did not recover consciousness after a fight broke out at her local service stationContinue Reading
Large parts of NSW are set to swelter through more severe temperatures as another heatwave sweeps the state. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued warnings across almost all of the state, including Sydney and other coastal areas, with maximum temperatures expected to edge towards 40C in the coming days. “MaximumContinue Reading
Australia faces a brutal summer ahead, with more heatwaves that last longer than usual. Bureau of Meteorology senior climatologist Hugh McDowell told NCA NewsWire that Australians should begin preparing now for the extreme heat, with the bureau expecting a greater number of days that hit 40C or more. “This summer,Continue Reading
A former firefighter has been slammed after killing a vulnerable elderly postmaster in an unprovoked service station attack. Troy Maskell, 44, returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday where he was jailed for eight years by Judge Lex Lasry over the death of John Burke, 73. Speaking about theContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set for a bitter fight with state leaders as he attempts to share the spiralling cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. On Wednesday, Mr Albanese will host hostile state and territory first ministers at a national cabinet meeting, with reform of the $42bn-a-year NDIS,Continue Reading
The younger sister of a much-loved country postmaster has expressed her anger at his “slow, agonising death” after he was attacked by a drunk former firefighter. Suzanne Heppell returned to the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday, more than three months after sitting through the trial of her brother’s killer, TroyContinue Reading