Does a dozen guns, three bulletproof vests, nine grenades, four walkie-talkies and a laptop constitute the Hamas terror group’s central headquarters? That’s the evidence Israel has so far presented to justify its controversial Wednesday assault on Gaza’s largest hospital. Israel’s repeated threats to attack the Dar Al-Shifa Hospital had evokedContinue Reading
A young Melbourne police officer will fight historic child sex allegations, a court has been told. Conor McCurley, 26, was slapped with 19 charges over the alleged child abuse in August this year, just weeks before he was due to be married. On Friday, the Melbourne Magistrates‘ Court was toldContinue Reading
The investigation into the suicide crisis roiling Australia’s military community has been “stymied and stonewalled” by defence and government bureaucracy, the man leading the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has said. In a furious speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, commission chair Nick Kaldas called onContinue Reading
A former NSW school principal who had a sexual relationship with a student has been identified. Annabel Doust, had sex with 17-year-old year 12 student Dean Gray while she was principal at Narrabri High, in NSW, in 2013. Their relationship only came to light after Dean tragically died during aContinue Reading
A killer stepdad responsible for the disappearance and murder of his teenage stepdaughter made a chilling claim years after she disappeared, maintaining to his other stepdaughter she was still alive. Rodney Michael Cherry is serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife Annette – whom he ordered hisContinue Reading
Crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie has called for the institution that trains Australian military officers to be shut down after the chair of the royal commission probing veteran suicide took aim at Defence leadership. Commissioner Nick Kaldas issued a stinging rebuke of military leaders’ lack of action on personnel mental healthContinue Reading
An apprentice tradie saw a woman fly through the air after she was allegedly hit by a Tesla while trying to board a tram, a court has been told. Sakshi Agrawal, 24, appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday for a committal hearing where magistrate Natalie Heynes will decideContinue Reading
Australia will allow psychedelic drugs to be used in the treatment of specific health conditions from July 1. On Friday the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced changes to the classification of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound, and MDMA, allowing the prescription of medicines containing these compounds. From July 1,Continue Reading
A council worker has completely torn to shreds a conspiracy theorist who was trying to get out of paying a $110 parking fine. In a hilariously savage but polite exchange, the Victorian council staffer sent a long four-paged letter in response to a bizarre grounds of appeal from a driverContinue Reading