Facebook mistakenly declares live users dead
Facebook accidently declared live users dead, acknowledging after fixing the problem Friday that it had committed a "terrible error.""For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialized profiles...
View ArticleCharges dropped over Cecil the lion’s hunter
A Zimbabwean court has dropped charges against a man accused of failing to stop an American hunter killing Cecil the lion.Walter Palmer, a lifelong big-game hunter from the US state of Minnesota,...
View Article'It's not me': Accused denies stealing car with baby inside from Melbourne...
A man accused of stealing a car outside a Melbourne school with a six-month-old baby inside says he will be pleading not guilty because it wasn't him.Gurkan Yildirim, of Coburg, fronted the Melbourne...
View ArticlePolice investigating deaths of young woman and ex-boyfriend in Gold Coast...
Police are investigating after the bodies of Bronson Ellery and his ex-girlfriend Shelsea Schilling were found in a unit in Southport on the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon.Authorities reported to...
View ArticleVictorian jail escapee arrested by police in Adelaide
South Australian police have arrested Victorian juvenile jail escapee Lachlan Mitchell and his accomplice after almost four days on the run.Mitchell, a 20-year-old who fled the Malmsbury Youth Justice...
View ArticleKoala found in woman's backpack 'recovering well' under care of rescuers
Alfred the koala, who was found in a Brisbane woman’s backpack last week, is responding well to recovery efforts, authorities say.The dehydrated koala was found during a routine check of a 50-year-old...
View ArticlePolice find drugs in baby formula tin during random breath test
Police have charged a man and a woman after allegedly finding drugs in a baby formula tin in their car in the town of Dareton in New South Wales.Officers pulled over a Nissan utility vehicle on the...
View ArticleEnergetic puppy gives US navy veteran second chance at life
A US Navy veteran who has suffered multiple spine and neck fractures and was left barely able to walk has been rehabilitated with the help of a dog. Jack Cotter, 70, has had two hip replacements, a...
View ArticlePolice, family positive in Leveson search
Detectives believe they are close to finding Matthew Leveson's body."We think we're on the right track, otherwise we wouldn't be going to this extent," Detective Inspector Garry Jubelin said as day...
View ArticleMalcom Turnbull reportedly banned from Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly been banned from participating in next year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in protest of his failed plebiscite on same-sex marriage. In March,...
View ArticleMan fighting for life after falling from building in Sydney’s CBD
A man in his 20s is in a critical condition after falling from a building in Sydney’s CBD. Emergency services responded to Pitt Street, near Goulburn Street, after reports the man fell from the World...
View Article‘Larger than life’ Adelaide radio presenter Bob Francis dies
Legendary South Australian radio broadcaster Bob Francis has died aged 77.Francis died unexpectedly but peacefully at his home in Adelaide this morning, FIVEaa radio station program director Nic Nolan...
View ArticleMan robbed as $150K Ferrari goes up in flames in Sydney
A Sydney man says he was robbed while helplessly watching his beloved Ferrari burst into flames in Lalor Park. Emergency services responded to Freeman Street around 10.15am after the $150,000 car...
View ArticleThe Brisbane battlers ‘sitting on a goldmine’ as housing prices skyrocket
Homes in working class suburbs of Brisbane are now pushing the $1 million mark as peak demand sends prices skywards.Peak demand for homes is at an all-time high for Brisbane's outer-ring suburbs of...
View ArticleFoul play suspected in Italian tourist's 1991 disappearance in South...
South Australian police believe Italian tourist Anna Rosa Liva met with foul play when she went missing in the opal mining town of Coober Pedy 25 years ago.Ms Liva, 30, was an experienced traveller and...
View ArticleTreasurer Scott Morrison undergoes emergency surgery
Liberal MP Scott Morrison is “on the road to recovery” after emergency surgery in Canberra. Mr Morrison revealed in a Facebook post he had spent an “unscheduled” week at Canberra Hospital’s acute...
View ArticleWoman arrested after crashing stolen car into power pole in Adelaide
A woman has been arrested after crashing a stolen car into a power pole in the Adelaide suburb of Underdale this morning.Police say they attempted to stop the woman behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi...
View ArticleOne quarter of Queensland childcare centres fail to meet national standards,...
A quarter of Queenland’s childcare centres are failing to meet the national standards, a new report reveals. Data released by an independent authority that overseas ratings revealed that more than 600...
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