A major trade union claims Bunnings shoppers and workers could be at risk of lead poisoning after some of its members allegedly purchased rolls of lead sheeting from the retail giant that may not have been safely packaged. The alleged exposure is understood to have happened at the Bunnings’ WoodvilleContinue Reading
More than one million seats to more than 60 destinations have been discounted in a surprise 72-hour sale blitz from a major airline. Qantas travellers can score one-way domestic economy flights as cheap as $109 to destinations including Ballina to Sydney and the Gold Coast to Sydney. The discount flightsContinue Reading
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has for the first time spruiked the Coalition’s controversial nuclear energy plan in an electorate earmarked for a new “modular reactor”, promising the ambitious project will be more efficient than replacing wind turbines “every 25 years”. The Liberal leader on Monday championed the contested energy projectContinue Reading
Supermarket giant Aldi has issued an urgent recall for a popular chicken finger snack T-Rex Bites. The retailer recalled the 1kg family pack snack from Farmwood over an undeclared allergen. “Any consumers who have a peanut allergy or intolerance may have a reaction if the product is consumed,” Food StandardsContinue Reading
South Australia will consider giving police officers greater search powers as part of a sweep of reforms to crack down on knife violence in the wake of the Bondi massacre in Sydney and the Westfield Marion shopping centre meltdown in Adelaide. SA Attorney-General Kyam Maher announced the potential reforms onContinue Reading
The former vice-captain of a prestigious private school has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to helping his father cover up the alleged murder of a homeless man on their family property. Marco Yandle, appearing in South Australian Supreme Court on Tuesday, was sentenced to 20 months in prisonContinue Reading
Australians are being urged to take one minute to check their organ donor status, as new research indicates more than a million people nationwide incorrectly think they are registered. An estimated 900,000 people in Victoria and Queensland alone are mistaken about their registration status, reveals a new survey commissioned byContinue Reading
First-time home buyers who have been locked out of the property market where they live are buying houses in other states and becoming landlords instead. Karen Nguyen, who is in her 20s, works full-time for a tech start-up and is one of those young Aussies who has gone interstate toContinue Reading
Aussies could be forking out much more for their morning coffee if action isn’t taken to address rising business costs, the head of a food distributor group has warned. Richard Forbes, the chief executive of Independent Food Distributors Australia, whose members provide food to 60,000 cafes, restaurants, pubs and clubs,Continue Reading
Alleged wife-killer Francesco Dimasi has been ordered to stand trial, even as he struggles with dementia and his lawyer acknowledges the elderly man likely does not understand what is happening to him. Police have accused Mr Dimasi, 91, of stabbing his wife Maria Dimasi, 85, to death in Adelaide inContinue Reading