The celebrated Byron Bay Bluesfest has become a target of a well-made fraudulent social media page which is targeting fans with a scam. The festival wrapped up its 35th edition on April 1 but a copycat Facebook page had been created in November 2023, and detailed, legitimate looking content hasContinue Reading
The majority of households in large sections of the country should see power bill relief from July 1. The Australian Energy Regulator released a draft ‘default market offer’ on Tuesday morning, an initial signal of what the regulator will set energy contract price caps to. While most households in NSW,Continue Reading
A British Airways supervisor is on the run in India accused of organising a £3 million ($5.8 million) immigration scam for around five years — from his check-in desk at London’s Heathrow Airport. The suspect, 24, who worked at Terminal 5, is said to have charged customers £25,000 ($48,000) aContinue Reading
A few weeks on from a terrifying mid-air incident on a Boeing plane, airline executives, aviation experts and whistleblowers have raised concerns about safety practices at the manufacturer. In footage which horrified the world, a door plug suddenly blew off an Alaska Airline flights from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, CaliforniaContinue Reading
A dentist who breached Covid-19 restrictions during the peak of lockdown and once assaulted a police officer has had his registration cancelled after being found guilty of professional misconduct last week. Victor Toan Tran, who had been operating a dental surgery in Sydney’s west, faced the NSW Civil and AdministrativeContinue Reading
A Woolworths customer was left extremely confused after believing a glitch had resulted in them being overcharged while purchasing items through the self-serve checkout – but the supermarket giant has revealed the truth behind the situation. The customer took to social media to share a photo of a self-serve checkoutContinue Reading
Amid growing headaches for airline manufacturer Boeing, a number of loose bolts has been found by carrier United Airlines just days after an Alaska Airlines plane of the same model lost a door plug mid-air. According to reports, America’s United Airlines said in a statement they had found loose boltsContinue Reading
Investigators seeking answers about what caused an Alaska Airlines plane’s near-catastrophic mid-flight blowout earlier this month are working without a key piece of evidence: audio from the flight’s black box cockpit voice recorder. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a press conference the in-flight audio of AlaskaContinue Reading
A photo from the 80s has revealed just how much Aussie supermarkets have changed, with one detail in particular fuelling a fierce online debate. The image of inside a Coles store in Belmont, NSW, was recently shared in a Facebook group dedicated to Aussie retail nostalgia. It showed a fullContinue Reading
The wreckage of an ex-military fighter jet which plummeted into the coast off Melbourne with two people on board has been found. A wide-scale search for the wreckage continued into its third day on Tuesday, with police saying the hunt for celebrated cameraman James Rose and pilo Stephen Gale wasContinue Reading