Wealthy residents in some of Australia’s ritziest suburbs saw their already bloated incomes surge by a staggering $90,000 in just a single year, new data reveals. As the country began its recovery from the Covid pandemic, figures released yesterday show the most well-heeled enjoyed a very lucrative return to businessContinue Reading
Police have concluded a fresh search for missing mum Samantha Murphy in the Ballarat area. Ms Murphy was going for a run in Ballarat East on February 4 when she vanished. Her body has not been located. Patrick Orren Stephenson has been charged with Ms Murphy’s murder. He is yetContinue Reading
A phone found during the search for Samantha Murphy is understood to have belonged to the missing mum. Ms Murphy was going for a run in Ballarat East on February 4 when she vanished. Her body has not been located. On Wednesday a mobile phone was found on the bankContinue Reading
Detectives have called off their search of the area in Buninyong as part of their investigation into missing mum Samantha Murphy after a possible phone was discovered. However, an Australian criminal expert fears the phone could be damaged to the point it us rendered useless. Police revealed “items of interest”Continue Reading
NSW women will be able to bypass their GPs and head straight to the pharmacy to get treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), following the completion of a successful trial. From June 1, the measure will be made permanent, with more than 1000 pharmacists and 16,000 patients using theContinue Reading
Empty shelves in Australian supermarkets have raised concerns over future supply shortages of a key ingredient in some of the nation’s favourite beverages. Shoppers have noticed a shortage of soft drinks in major supermarkets, and now an electrochemical engineer from the University of Newcastle has helped explain why. “Have youContinue Reading
It’s the topic most men have “never” discussed with their mates – and one that, in the past fortnight, has all but dominated the conversations women are having with their friends. As of Wednesday morning, 26 Australian women have died, allegedly at the hands of a male perpetrator, in theContinue Reading
A viral TikTok video has shown the bleak reality of a busy McDonald’s, with the restaurant littered with empty packaging and food on the tables and floor. The 38-second clip uploaded by TikTok user Driftwood reveals the dire state of the 24-hour eatery located at King St in Newcastle, aboutContinue Reading
NSW Premier Chris Minns says NSW needs to catch up to Queensland in how it manages its response after natural disasters as global warning increases the occurrence and intensity of floods and bushfires. The Premier made the comments to reporters while visiting the flood-hit town of Eugowra in NSW’s centralContinue Reading
Hardware giant Bunnings has been dragged into the furore over Australia Day celebrations, as Woolworths faces boycott calls over the supermarket giant’s decision to scrap merchandise ahead of the national day. Peter Dutton slammed the supermarket’s decision as an “outrage” and urged chief executive Bradford Banducci to reverse the callContinue Reading