Melbourne council claims there’s ‘no link’ between CBD homeless clean-up and...
Melbourne authorities have made fresh attempts to clean up homeless camps in the CBD today, but the council has denied the measures are part of preparations for the Australian Open tennis tournament.A...
View ArticleCar fire causes traffic mayhem on Sydney road
A car fire has forced the closure of Sydney’s Homebush Bay Drive for almost an hour today.The southbound lanes of the road were closed shortly after 12pm, which led to traffic queues up to 2km....
View ArticleToddler dies in hospital after being pulled from Moreton Bay pool
A two-year-old boy has died in hospital after being pulled from an inflatable backyard pool in the Moreton Bay suburb of Morayfield.Paramedics performed CPR on the toddler yesterday afternoon, before...
View ArticleMan in court over fatal stabbing outside Perth church
A man accused of stabbing a 20-year-old to death near a church in Perth has appeared in court charged with murder.Travis Raymond Robinson, 37, allegedly stabbed Piri Phillips near the Wesley church in...
View ArticleTwitter users react to unverified reports of compromising information on...
Social media users have lampooned unverified reports of compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump, including allegations he paid for prostitutes to perform crude acts in Russia.The...
View ArticleAGL fined $124k over political donations
Energy giant AGL has been fined $124,000 for failing to declare thousands of dollars in political donations it made to the Labor, Liberal and National parties while it was making planning...
View ArticleDreamworld’s Tower of Terror and Tail Spin rides re-open after passing safety...
Two of the “Big 9 Thrill Rides” at the Gold Coast’s Dreamworld theme park have re-opened, after a safety review following the deaths of four people on a water ride. The Tower of Terror and Tail Spin...
View ArticleGang attack Vic man in his home, steal car
A Melbourne man says a group of men beat his father with an axe and chased his mother before stealing the couple's Mercedes during a violent home invasion.Port Melbourne man Peter Katsaros says three...
View ArticleRobert Xie found guilty of murdering five members of the Lin family
Robert Xie has been found guilty of murdering five of his wife's relatives, including two young boys, more than seven years after the family was bludgeoned in their Sydney home.Xie, 53, murdered the...
View ArticleKnife-wielding woman steals ring from Adelaide jeweller
An armed woman is on the run after stealing a ring from a jewellery shop in the Adelaide CBD this morning. Police said the woman entered the shop in Rundle Mall about 11.30am and threatened staff with...
View ArticleBrighton woman thought carjackers 'were going to kill me'
A woman who was car-jacked during a trip to buy dog food in Brighton, in Melbourne's south-east, said she thought the offenders would kill her.Danielle Hazan, 42, was driving on Young Street about...
View ArticleJapanese scientists edge closer to solving mystery element of Earth's core
Japanese scientists have revealed that silicon is likely the mystery element in the Earth's inner-core, claiming progress on solving one of the planet's deepest secrets.Consensus has long been that the...
View ArticleLifesavers 'dismayed' by child drownings in New South Wales
Lifesavers have urged parents to supervise young children around water, following a spate of holiday drownings including the death of a toddler more than a week after he was pulled from a western...
View ArticleSuspected riot underway at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre
Police officers have been called to Victoria’s Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, where teenagers appear to be causing damage to the facility.A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said...
View ArticleBikie gang member wanted by Adelaide police
Police are searching for a member of the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, who is believed to be living in Adelaide’s northern suburbs. Bradley Daniele, 23, has been issued with a warrant for arrest by...
View ArticleBitcoin value plunges as China's bank investigates exchanges
Bitcoin prices have plummeted after China's central bank announced it was investigating exchange platforms trading in the virtual currency. The People's Bank of China (PBoC) said it had dispatched...
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