Hundreds of chimps to be relocated from US research labs to sanctuaries
More than 200 chimpanzees previously used in research experiments will soon be transferred to a sanctuary, as the US winds down the controversial practice of using the animals for research. Last week,...
View ArticleAFL fans lash Ticketek online after ‘overwhelming demand’ for finals tickets...
Footy fans looking to secure finals tickets have been left furious after the AFL’s ticketing partner Ticketek experienced an outage this morning.Fans were trying to purchase tickets for the...
View ArticleLiberal MP accuses Labor of playing the 'mental health card' over same-sex...
A federal Liberal MP has accused Labor of playing the "mental health card" over a same-sex marriage plebiscite.Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, who introduced private legislation yesterday to make the...
View ArticleProtesters rush stage during Olympian Ryan Lochte’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’...
Protesters have rushed the stage and reportedly attempted to tackle Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after his performance on the US version of Dancing With the Stars.In a live episode aired today, the...
View ArticleTiahleigh Palmer: Car seized by police investigating Logan schoolgirl’s murder
Police have seized a car in the “relentless” investigation into the murder of Logan schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer.The remains of Tiahleigh, 12, were located by fisherman on the banks of the Pimpama...
View ArticleTriple J may move Hottest 100 countdown from Australia Day
Radio station Triple J’s annual Hottest 100 countdown may be moved from Australia Day, amid concerns the date is offensive to Indigenous Australians.The ABC youth station is reportedly in “serious...
View Article'Gorgeous' two-year-old girl found dead in Sydney home
A "gorgeous" two-year-old girl has been found dead in a home in Miller, in Sydney's south-west. Police were called to the home just after midday today after receiving reports of concern for the child's...
View ArticleWoman found dead inside home in Milperra
A woman aged in her 60s has been found dead inside a Milperra home, along with a critically injured man.Police discovered the woman’s body after forcing their way in to the Links Avenue property about...
View ArticleHorse freed after becoming trapped in Gold Coast swimming pool
Emergency services have drained a backyard swimming pool on the Gold Coast to free a horse that became trapped for more than two hours this afternoon.Three fire crews, including a rescue vehicle, were...
View ArticleVictoria floods: Residents in Hamilton urged to evacuate as temporary levee...
The Victorian State Emergency Service says the risk of a temporary levee collapsing in the town of Hamilton has lessened, as the state’s south-west faces widespread flooding.Residents of 45 homes in...
View ArticleCalifornia bans captive orca breeding following end of Sea World's program
California will ban captive orca breeding and the use of the animals for entertainment in the state's parks.Governor Jerry Brown signed the legislation, which imposes the ban from June next year, the...
View ArticleMuslim girl launches campaign for hijab emoji
A German Muslim teenager is on a mission to have a hijab emoji added to smartphones. Berlin high school student Rayouf Alhumedhi launched the campaign to after realising hijab-wearing Muslim women were...
View ArticleGold Coast parents sue hospital for $2.5m over daughter’s birth defect
A Gold Coast couple who say they would have aborted their daughter if they knew she had a severe brain defect are suing the medical professionals who allegedly failed to identify the condition for $2.5...
View ArticleWilliam Tyrrell reward adds $1m to huge missing persons kitty
Right now in New South Wales a total of $12.3 million in reward money is being offered by police in relation to 94 missing persons and murder cases.The biggest reward among that pile of cash is $1...
View ArticleHow Hanson's claims stack up 20 years after maiden speech
Pauline Hanson’s vision of what Australia would become was grim in her maiden speech to the House of Representatives in 1996.Hanson prophesised a nation “swamped by Asians” where youth unemployment and...
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