He’s one of the most famous characters of all time — but a few years ago he vanished. Ronald McDonald was first introduced to the world in 1963 as the “newest, silliest, hamburger-eating-est clown”. With bright red hair, painted face and yellow boiler suit, the McDonald’s mascot quickly became iconicContinue Reading
A former Australian journalist turned aid worker has vented her frustration over security measures put in place by Israel not being met, after the convoy she was travelling in was struck by bullets outside a checkpoint to enter northern Gaza. Tess Ingram, a former Australian Financial Review and WAToday journalist,Continue Reading
JK Rowling will not be charged by police over her comments about transgender people after a new law came into force in Scoland, police confirmed on Tuesday. The Harry Potter author, who has campaigned to protect women-only spaces, criticised the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act Hate, which cameContinue Reading
Bakeries across Australia are bucking the cost-of-living crunch with consumers spending 8 per cent more at their local bread and pastry shops compared with last year, data from one of the big four banks has revealed. According to numbers provided by Westpac from their DataX program, Aussies spent 8 perContinue Reading
The bodies of 50 dead hares were dumped outside a community shop in a mystery that has left the sleepy south-east English town of Broughton puzzled. The shocking incident took place at the Broughton Community Shop in Hampshire on Thursday night. A barn owl and a kestrel were also impaledContinue Reading
Banksy has confirmed that a tree mural painted onto the side of a home is his – with locals terrified their rent will skyrocket. The ginormous artwork appeared overnight on Saturday in Finsbury Park, north London, with crowds flocking to take pictures of it. The secretative street artist claimed theContinue Reading
The husband of a young mother whose body was found stuffed inside a wheelie bin on an isolated road in Victoria flew to India with their son and handed him to in-laws before disappearing, according to Indian police. It comes as a former homicide detective says Ashok Raj Varikuppala shouldContinue Reading
A powerful image has showed the relief women experienced after discovering their right to abortion is now guaranteed in one European country. France has become the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution. Parliamentarians voted to revise the country’s 1958 constitution toContinue Reading
Australia has sweltered through it’s third-hottest summer ever recorded, cracking a grim climate record above the country’s 30 year average. Statistics released by the Bureau of Meteorology this week reveals the country experienced its third hottest December-February period on record, 1.62C above the 1961-1990 30-year average. It marks the thirdContinue Reading
Q+A was the ABC’s most complained about show in 2023, drawing a staggering number of complaints in what has been called an “organised campaign” over alleged bias over a single episode covering the Israel-Gaza war. The latest report from the national broadcaster’s independent ombudsman Fiona Cameron, released this week, detailedContinue Reading