It’s early in the evening of March 14 when Sydney teenager Tyler Mason films a video of himself smiling in the elevator of a luxury hotel. Shortly after, another clip is shared to social media showing the boy, who’d just turned 15, singing and dancing along to an Eminem songContinue Reading
The Australian Republic Movement says the nation’s obsession with the Kate Middleton saga is strengthening its cause. News sites have been inundated with articles and speculation about the 42-year-old mother of three since she was last seen in public on Christmas Day. Kensington Palace announced in mid-January the Princess ofContinue Reading
Supermarket giant Coles has signed a major deal with an American data intelligence firm that provides high-level analytical technology to the CIA and the Pentagon. Experts warn the arrangement with Palantir could lead to job losses and vast cost-cutting, as the company seeks to save $1 billion in operating expensesContinue Reading
As the sun begins to set on Canggu, thumping dance music blares from the DJ booth and models wearing disco balls on their heads dance seductively by the pool at FINNS Beach Club. About a thousand tourists, many of them from Australia, have descended on the uber-popular and sprawling BaliContinue Reading
The Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal has been resoundingly defeated in Saturday’s referendum in a major blow to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It took less than 90 minutes of counting after polls closed in the east for the result to be called by election watchers as a massive defeat forContinue Reading
Sunrise host Natalie Barr has taken a swipe at Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek after she accused the Coalition of running a “scare campaign” over the Voice to parliament. Ms Plibersek appeared on the Channel 7 breakfast show to defend the “lack of momentum” in support for the referendum, now lessContinue Reading
2GB host Ben Fordham has rattled off what he says are 25 “unanswered questions” about the Voice in a lengthy editorial on Friday morning. Taking aim at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for providing insufficient detail about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal, Fordham warned that “millions of Australians” were worriedContinue Reading
Less than one week before Christmas 2021, Matt and Dani Weston’s entire world suddenly up-ended when their “big, healthy, strapping” four-year-old son Jacob woke “writhing in pain”. After a trip to emergency, Jacob was back home but his condition worsened until on Christmas Eve he “looked on death’s door”. WhenContinue Reading
US Congress appears to be getting cold feet over giving Australia one of its most secret weapons. Meanwhile, it’s pressing ahead with plans to redesign its nuclear submarines to suit America’s specific needs – not Australia’s. The Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and IssuesContinue Reading