Queensland girl wakes to find 2.5m python coiled around her arm
Nine-year-old Gabby Pettigrew was asleep in her family’s tent on Moreton Island on Thursday morning when she awoke to “a nightmare”. A 2.5 metre python had slithered into her tent through a gap in the...
View ArticleDelta Air Lines increases passenger compensation to $13k after dragging debacle
An internal memo has revealed Delta Air Lines is boosting compensation sevenfold to a maximum of AU $13,135 for passengers who give up their seats on overbooked flights.The memo, obtained by the...
View ArticleUK family found in Grimmer cold case
An English family of four who were key witnesses to the abduction of toddler Cheryl Grimmer from a Wollongong beach 47 years ago has been tracked down through Interpol.The couple and their two children...
View ArticleTeenager flung into the air during alleged hit-run in Melbourne
A teenage boy was thrown metres into the air in an alleged hit-run in Melbourne’s north overnight. Devynn Eriha, 16, was struck by a male driver on Tyler Street, Preston, just after 9pm.“The car was...
View ArticleMan caught with cocaine at Melbourne Airport
A man arriving in Melbourne on a flight from Dubai has been charged after police allegedly found five kilograms of cocaine hidden in his suitcase.Sam Kul of Roxburgh Park arrived at Tullamarine airport...
View Article‘I can’t sleep’: Wildlife carer begs thief to return stolen koala joeys
The Brisbane carer of three stolen koalas joeys has pleaded with their thief to return them home safely. The 14-month-olds were taken from an Ormiston address between 9pm on Thursday and 6am on...
View ArticleWoman filmed stealing credit cards from Victorian mail boxes
A woman has spent hundreds of dollars after stealing “tap and go” bank cards from mailboxes at a Victorian apartment block. CCTV shows the woman, wearing a hooded jumper, using a screwdriver to pry...
View ArticleFive injured after 4WD crashes into police car on M1 in Brisbane
Five people, including two police officers, have been injured after an unmarked police car was hit by a four-wheel-drive on the M1 Pacific Motorway in Brisbane this afternoon.Police said a marked...
View ArticleViolent protests erupt in California as Trump supporters and opponents clash
At least 21 people have been arrested after opponents of US President Donald Trump and supporters clashed at a march in Berkeley, California.Hundreds of people gathered at a park, including Mr Trump's...
View ArticleNorth Korea could ‘take Western tourists hostage’ if US retaliates
There are fears North Korean special forces could kidnap Westerners in South Korea and hold them hostage if the US attacks.Ung-gil Lee, who defected to South Korea after serving in a clandestine unit...
View ArticleSydney teen missing and feared drowned after getting caught in rip at NSW beach
A 17-year-old boy is feared drowned as authorities prepare to enter a third day of searching for him at an unpatrolled beach north of Coffs Harbour. Ali Mosawi was swimming with his brother and three...
View ArticleVictorian teenager found critically injured in McDonald’s restroom
An 18-year-old man has been seriously injured after a suspected assault in the restroom of a McDonald’s outlet south-east of Melbourne.Police believe the Inverloch teen went to the toilet at the outlet...
View ArticleThree fishermen rescued after tinnie flips in Queensland surf
Three fishermen have had a lucky escape after their small boat capsized in dangerous surf off the Sunshine Coast. Video showed the vessel rolling over in the large waves at Caloundra this afternoon....
View ArticleMan charged after violent 40-person brawl erupts in Sydney CBD
One man has been charged after a brawl involving 40 people erupted in Sydney's CBD in the early hours of this morning.Authorities were alerted to the fight outside a Pitt Street convenience store about...
View ArticleDeath toll from suicide blast on Syrian bus convoy rises to 112
The death toll from a bomb blast on a crowded Syrian bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached at least 112 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.Syrian rescue workers the...
View ArticleTwo killed at Turkish polling station
Two people have died after a dispute outside a referendum polling station turned violent in Turkey's south-eastern Diyarbakir province, Turkish news agency DHA reports.Knives and firearms were used in...
View ArticleHouse linked to Tasmanian murder probe destroyed in arson attack
A house at the centre of a Tasmanian murder investigation has been completely destroyed in an arson attack, police say.Launceston man Tyson Timothy Clark-Robertson, 24, was last seen on July 19 last...
View ArticleA tooth for an eye: Radical surgery allows blind NSW man to see his wife again
A radical eye surgery, never before performed in the southern hemisphere, has allowed a blind NSW man to see his wife for the first time in years.Goulburn man John Ings was left virtually blind by a...
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