It was the first day of school holidays at a busy shopping centre in Bondi when a 40-year-old Queensland man pulled out a knife and killed six people. He stabbed numerous other people before a police officer shot and killed him. He has been identified as Joel Cauchi from Brisbane.Continue Reading
NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced a review into redundancy provisions for senior public servants after it was revealed taxpayers had coughed up nearly $700,000 for the termination payouts of senior media advisers working for the state’s top cop. The combined $687,000 was given to three high-paid senior media advisersContinue Reading
Two men have died in separate workplace incidents in Western Australia. The first death was a man aged in his 20s. He died at a concrete factory in Dalwallinu, about 255km northeast of Perth. The man was declared dead when police arrived at the facility. The incident occurred about 12.40pmContinue Reading
The headmaster of an elite Sydney private school has blasted recent criticism against boys schools in a scathing article claiming “wokeness” had led to an “age of victimhood”. The King’s School Institute, Headmaster Tony George, said a recent “cancel culture” against boys schools had been spurred on by what heContinue Reading
Social media giant TikTok poses a “very serious threat” to Australians and will remain unsafe unless its relationship with Beijing is “severed”, opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson says. Speaking on Sunday, Mr Paterson said that while the Coalition wasn’t yet supportive of an outright ban on the platform, heContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins will return to Australia for the first time since fleeing the country in December with her partner, David Sharaz. The former Liberal staffer will come face-to-face with her former employer, Linda Reynolds, at mediation talks in Perth next week over a defamation claim, amid the judge’s plea thatContinue Reading
TV star Jesse Baird texted a casual fling begging him to “refrain from contacting” him months before the infatuated police officer allegedly murdered him and his new boyfriend. Police allege Studio 10 presenter Baird, 26, and his flight attendant boyfriend Luke Davies, 29, were killed by constable Beau Lamarre-Condon insideContinue Reading
NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley has said the government does not have an obligation for police stations to be manned for 24 hours a day, with her response being criticised as “underwhelming”. During budget estimates, Ms Catley was presented with a sign which showed a “Temporarily Unattended” sign placed outsideContinue Reading
The Alaska Airlines jet whose door blew off in mid-air was apparently missing bolts that should have been installed by Boeing employees when it rolled off of the aircraft manufacturer’s assembly line, according to a report. An investigation into the incident revealed that Boeing employees may have failed to putContinue Reading
Three people have reportedly been rushed to hospital after mistakenly eating laundry detergent pods. The colourful pods were handed out for free during Taiwan’s presidential election campaign, with one victim sharing she accidentally mistook them as sweets, the Central News Agency reported. The pods were wrapped in clear packaging whichContinue Reading