Millions of residents are in the firing line of powerful wind gusts and hazardous surf smashing the east coast just days after a wild weather system caused flood and storm damage across the state. An alert was issued to NSW residents from Wooli to Wattamolla to prepare ahead of damagingContinue Reading
Forecasters are warning residents of Australia’s east coast to buckle up as a “mass deluge” looks set to begin on Thursday and continue for three straight days leading to a washout Friday. It could lead to a “black nor’easter,” a weather event only seen a few times a year thatContinue Reading
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has closed a staggering 354 branches and 2297 ATMs in the past five years, with plans to shut down more in the coming weeks. Australia’s biggest bank, which serves 15.9 million customers, has shut down almost one-third of its branches since June 2018, going fromContinue Reading
A memorial to a British explorer who journeyed through northeastern NSW has been defaced with red paint and the word “Invasion” amid a spate of Australia Day protests across the country. Oxley’s Anchor in Tamworth was scrawled with paint overnight, with pictures on Facebook capturing the extent of the graffiti.Continue Reading
Australia’s cosmetic injectables industry has reacted with fury to tough new restrictions on how they describe their services, including a ban on terms like ‘fillers’ and ‘anti-wrinkle’. Without warning, the Therapeutic Goods Administration wrote to cosmetic injections and beauty industry bodies on January 15, advising of an immediate overhaul ofContinue Reading
Emergency services are responding to reports of a serious shark attack off the coast of South Australia. The reported attack happened near Ethel Beach close to Innes National Park about 1.30pm on Thursday on the state’s Yorke Peninsula. Initial reports from the scene suggest one person has been seriously injured.Continue Reading
Weather wise, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is the torrential conditions, which have brought dangerous storms, are easing and so the next few days should be far calmer particularly across the east. The bad news is the weather system causing all the drama could be preparingContinue Reading
A whale carcass drifting in the waters off Victoria’s Gippsland coast has sparked an urgent shark warning, with wildlife authorities warning swimmers to exercise “additional caution”. “Due to a whale carcass there could be an increase in shark activity,” the Victorian Fisheries Authority said on Wednesday morning. “A whale carcassContinue Reading
A man who allegedly “wrestled” a teenager into sand dunes and sexually assaulted her in a “forceful way” had taken a photo of the victim during the attack, a court has been told. Bilal Jdid is accused of carrying out a random attack on an 18-year-old woman as she wasContinue Reading
NSW’s top 10 storm hotspots have been released, after a year that saw record-breaking rain across the state. Data from State Emergency Services, analysed by insurance agency AAMI, showed that Port Macquarie was the most impacted suburb for damages to homes, with 600 calls to the SES from July 1Continue Reading