Ram-raid to steal cigarettes from country Victorian supermarket rattles local...
A masked bandit who ploughed through the back doors of a rural Victorian supermarket in a desperate bid for cigarettes may have committed a second raid and a robbery on the same night.The stolen ute...
View ArticleDaughter finds father dead in Victoria home
A man's body has been discovered by his adult daughter in a house in Melbourne's outskirts.The woman discovered her 53-year-old father dead at his home on Collins Street in Sunbury on Monday at...
View ArticleMother and baby caught up in violent brawl in Surfers Paradise
A street scuffle involving around 40 people has left a young mother terrified, after she was caught up in the fracas while walking home with her baby.Kimberlee Shield was walking along Enderley Avenue...
View ArticleCruise ship comes to rescue of luxury superyacht off NSW mid-north coast
A cruise ship has come to the rescue of a luxury superyacht that sent out a distress call off the NSW mid-north coast this morning.Just after 5am, the superyacht Masteka 2, with six people on board,...
View ArticleWhale freed after becoming trapped in shark nets off Gold Coast
A whale has been freed from shark nets in waters off the Gold Coast.A rescue operation was launched after beachgoers at Surfers Paradise reportedly saw the juvenile humpback stuck in the...
View ArticleBoy born prematurely cycles to Melbourne from rural Victoria to raise money...
A 10-year-old boy who was born prematurely is riding a bike from his home in rural Victoria to Melbourne to raise money and thank the staff who saved his life.Finley Warren, who was born at the Royal...
View ArticleRoundabout uncertainty causes fender bender in Queensland
A Queensland driver has paid the price of failing to follow basic road rules on a roundabout. A dashcam filmed the accident at the Mt Coot-tha roundabout in Toowong, in Brisbane's inner-west, about...
View ArticlePower cut to some homes after powerful winds lash Melbourne
Melbourne has been lashed by damaging winds which have brought down trees and cut power to thousands of homes.The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has issued a severe weather warning, as winds continue to...
View ArticleThree-year-old boy dies after being found unresponsive at inflatable park
A young boy has died after he was found unresponsive at an inflatable playground centre in Toowoomba. The three-year-old wasfound at the bottom of a slide with injuries to the back of his head at...
View ArticleAustralian men arrested in Malaysia for stripping at grand prix likely to be...
Nine Australian men, including a staffer of federal MP Christopher Pyne, could face six months in jail for stripping down to budgie smugglers emblazoned with the Malaysian flag at the country's Formula...
View ArticleCBA's Narev admits need to improve
Commonwealth Bank boss Ian Narev would be the first to admit his bank could improve in some areas.But he has told a parliamentary committee the bank was doing better at listening to customers and was...
View ArticleCompany fined after NSW mother killed by faulty USB phone charger
A Sydney mobile phone store has been fined after it sold a faulty USB phone charger to a young nurse who was later electrocuted.Sheryl Anne Aldeguer purchased a $5 phone charger that malfunctioned and...
View ArticleGunman on the run after man shot in Logan bushland
Police are searching for a suspect after a 19-year-old man was shot in the leg in the Logan suburb of Kingston today. Authorities said the 19-year-old victim, who is not cooperating with investigators,...
View ArticleElderly shop owner shaken after gang ambushes his Coburg North shop
An elderly Melbourne shop owner has been left shaken after his store was ambushed by a group of more than 20 men last night.Store owner Giuseppe Risoli, 69, was working alone at a convenience store...
View ArticleEU parliament backs Paris climate deal, paving the way for it to come into...
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed the ratification of the Paris climate deal, in a vote attended by UN chief Ban Ki-moon that paves the way for the landmark pact to come into force...
View ArticleYoung family rescued from raging flood waters in South Australia
A South Australian family has been winched to safety after they became trapped in raging flood waters near Mannum.The Shephard family set out for a walk this morning but quickly ran into trouble when...
View ArticleSevere weather warning issued for parts of central and southern NSW and ACT
A severe weather warning is in place for central and southern parts of New South Wales and the ACT.The Bureau of Meteorology said damaging winds and even blizzards are expected in Metropolitan,...
View ArticleMaria Sharapova’s doping ban reduced from two years to 15 months, Court of...
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s two-year-doping ban has been reduced to 15 months.The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means she will be able to return to the competition in April,...
View ArticleTen-vehicle pile-up causes traffic chaos on Brisbane's Gateway Motorway
The Gateway Motorway has reopened after a 10-vehicle crash at Bald Hills, in Brisbane's north. Two trucks and eight cars were involved in the crash on an off-ramp just after 12.10pm (AEST).Witnesses...
View ArticleHurricane Matthew: Storm moves to Cuba after pummeling Haiti and killing seven
Hurricane Matthew has pummeled Haiti and moved on to Cuba after killing seven people, unleashing floods and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee the Caribbean's worst storm in almost a decade.In the...
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