Police will allege a young Gold Coast man was killed in a drug robbery gone wrong as a second person was charged over the death. William Swinbourne, 21, was found with a single stab wound in the carpark of Hope Island shopping centre shortly after 2pm on March 11. DespiteContinue Reading
Indonesia is expecting to bring in more than $18 million from Australians paying its new tourist levy in Bali this year. The 150,000IDR (about $15) fee foreign tourists now need to pay to enter the wildly popular Indonesian island comes into effect on February 14. It follows a year ofContinue Reading
Low-cost budget carrier Jetstar has just released a February fire sale for tickets to Canberra, with flights to the capital going for $49. Jetstar, a subsidiary of Qantas, announced the cheap fares bonanza on Thursday, with the sale starting on February 14 and ending on February 18. Travellers going fromContinue Reading
A fourth person has died after four swimmers were pulled from waters off Phillip Island in what life savers have called the worst drowning event in two decades. Emergency services were called to Newhaven, southwest of Melbourne, about 3.30pm on Wednesday following reports four people were having difficulty in theContinue Reading
An eyewitness has given a harrowing account of the drowning tragedy on Victoria’s Phillip Island, where three people are dead and another person has been flown to hospital in a critical condition. Emergency services, including rescue helicopters, rushed to Newhaven at about 3.30pm on Wednesday after reports that four peopleContinue Reading
Flights to regional Australia will be more readily available to travellers, as Virgin Australia and Link Airways team up to expand travel routes. The two airline carriers will be code sharing more than 90 services per week, including services to Inverell, Wollongong, and Biloela. Virgin Australia Chief Strategy and TransformationContinue Reading
A dozen Australians were on-board a fiery plane crash after two jets collided at Tokyo’s main airport, a senior minister has revealed. Shocking images have made headlines worldwide after a passenger jet went up in flames after it collided with a Japan Coast Guard plane at Haneda airport. “I knowContinue Reading
The Canberra Zoo has spoken out after the shocking stabbing death of a female staff member, confirming the popular tourist destination will close temporarily out of respect. A 29-year-old old female zoo worker was found dead with serious stab wounds inside the kitchen storeroom of the National Zoo and AquariumContinue Reading
Traditional owners who took their fight over destruction caused to a sacred Northern Territory site to the High Court will have to wait until the new year to learn the outcome. The Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority had first taken the Director of National Parks to court over damage done toContinue Reading
Traditional owners still reeling from damage caused to a sacred Northern Territory site are optimistic the High Court will take their side in their last ditch effort to hold Parks Australia liable. The Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority is appealing a NT Supreme Court decision that found the Director of NationalContinue Reading