Rock climber fighting for life after falling from Victorian mountain
A 73-year-old man from Adelaide is in a critical condition after falling while climbing Mount Arapiles, in western Victoria.Emergency services were called to the site after reports the man had fallen...
View ArticleShorten accuses Liberal party of text scare campaign on WA election day
Bill Shorten has attacked the Liberal party over anti-Labor text messages sent to voters on Western Australia’s election day. The texts sent to voters read: "FACT: Household bills will go up under a...
View ArticleMother-of-two fatally struck by container truck while cycling in Melbourne
A Melbourne mother is being mourned after she was struck and killed by a large container truck while cycling last night.Arzu Baglar, 36, was riding from her home in Moonee Ponds to meet a friend in...
View ArticleOne Nation misspells Kalgoorlie on election corflute
Someone’s about to get fired.Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party appears to have misspelt Kalgoorlie on a corflute displayed at a polling booth for the Western Australia election today. A photograph...
View ArticleMan flees scene before woman found dead in submerged car in Western Australia
Police are searching for a man who fled the scene of a crash in Western Australia before a woman’s body was found in a submerged car. Police were called to Point Casuarina in Bunbury around 4.50am to...
View ArticleShorten shows marked improvement in democracy sausage technique
Bill Shorten showed a marked improvement in his democracy sausage technique when he downed a snag in Perth today.The federal opposition leader was in the Western Australian capital in support of Labor...
View ArticleQueensland schoolgirl killer set to be charged with two cold case murders
Convicted killer Derek Sam could soon be charged by Queensland police with the deaths of two other women, nearly two decades after they disappeared. Sam is currently serving a life sentence for the...
View ArticleItalian families forced to flee homes as landslide tears village in two
Families in a central Italian village are being forced to flee their homes as a landslide gradually tears the town in two.Ponzano’s mountainous landscape is slowly sliding away in an event that’s left...
View ArticleLaurie Oakes tests out ‘The Crusher’ ahead of WA election results
One day you’re running the state, the next you’re sitting on the political scrap heap. Nine’s political editor Laurie Oakes has taken his notorious “Crusher” for a test drive ahead of the Western...
View ArticleSuspected anthrax case on farm in rural Victoria
A Victorian farm is in quarantine after a suspected case of deadly anthrax disease, the second case in the area in just over a week.Agriculture Victoria confirmed that a farm in Nyah, in the state's...
View ArticlePlane pulls out of landing attempt at notorious St Maarten's airport
A passenger plane had to abort a landing attempt at one of the world's most notorious airports when it appeared to dip dangerously close to the ocean.A Boeing 737, from Canadian airline WestJet's...
View ArticleMeasles case confirmed for Melbourne shopping centre employee
A casual employee worked for four days while unknowingly infected with measles in the western suburbs of Melbourne, health authorities have confirmed.The worker had shifts at Big W at Werribee Plaza...
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull sips beer while talking fake news with The Betoota Advocate
Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull has sat down on the couch to chat about fake news and media with satire website, The Betoota Advocate.As the Liberal party suffered a crushing defeat in yesterday’s WA...
View Article'Footrot Flats' cartoonist Murray Ball dies aged 78
Popular New Zealand cartoonist and Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball has died aged 78.Ball was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and he was under care at his Gisborne home in New Zealand, the New...
View ArticlePM speaks energy storage with Tesla boss
Malcolm Turnbull has had an "in-depth" discussion with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk about the future of electricity supply in Australia.But it's unclear if the prime minister asked the Tesla founder for...
View ArticleElephant strikes and kills trainer at Japan zoo
An elephant trainer has been killed after being struck by the animal’s trunk at a Japanese zoo earlier today, local police said. Wichai Madee, from Thailand, was washing an Indian elephant with a...
View ArticleAdele kisses lucky fan during Sydney concert
Superstar Adele has kissed the hand of an emotional fan during her sold-out Sydney concert. Samira Dandachl said she “couldn’t believe her luck” when she was singled out by the British singer as she...
View ArticleInside Schapelle Corby's life on parole in Bali
If Schapelle Corby has a calendar on her fridge, it's a fair bet she has circled the date May 27.On that day, bright and early, Corby will report to the Bali parole office for the last time before she...
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