A popular adult content creator was rushed to the hospital with “a nasty case of appendicitis” after attempting what she described as a “water fast from Reddit”. Mikaela Testa, who has 2.4 million followers on TikTok and a further million on Instagram, shared her recent health struggle with fans, warningContinue Reading
A young mother has shared a heartbreaking plea for the government to do more to curb the cost-of-living crisis, saying tax cuts aren’t enough for young families to get by. Young mother Emma Robertson and her partner both work at least 40 hours a week to support themselves and theirContinue Reading
The federal government’s program to fund 500 frontline family and domestic violence workers continues to come under fire after it was revealed only 63 workers had been employed. In October 2022, the government announced women’s safety as a national priority allocating almost $170m over four years to recruit 500 newContinue Reading
The federal government should force Facebook owner Meta to operate from inside Australia so that it can no longer use US law to dodge responsibility for scam ads and other misconduct on its platform, experts say. Meta currently claims that it can only be sued over content on Facebook inContinue Reading
The Tech monopolies — especially social media networks such as Meta, TikTok and X — choose to operate outside our legal system. In the space of just one generation, we have gone from magic to madness. Remember when we first discovered search — when we learned we could find outContinue Reading
The government minister responsible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Bill Shorten, has defended his record in a heated interview with A Current Affair. Mr Shorten, a former leader of the Labor Party, appeared on the Channel 9 program on Monday night. His interview was preceded by a story outliningContinue Reading
An Aussie production runner who was working on the set of Mark Wahlberg’s new film ‘Play Dirty’, has been remembered as a “bright young man”, as the Australia filming community grapple with his unexpected death. Ryan Cuskelly, 30, from Greater Sydney, was excited to be working as a production runnerContinue Reading
Australia should think about the company it wants to keep before leaving international bodies such as the United Nations and International Criminal Court, experts have suggested. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has flagged potentially cutting ties with the ICC after prosecutors targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside three Hamas leadersContinue Reading
In the 12-hour window from 6pm to 6am on a State of Origin game night, women and children in NSW are almost 40 per cent more likely to become the victims of domestic violence, according to research from the Foundation for Alcohol Abuse and Education. In this ‘sporting nation’ ofContinue Reading
Australia’s support of a decision to give Palestine greater recognition at the United Nations has been blasted as “sad and shameful” by a key group representing the country’s Jewish community. On Friday, the General Assembly passed a resolution with the support of 143 nations, which declared that “the State ofContinue Reading