It is only a matter of time before Bombala’s Currawarna aged care facility reopens. Photo: Supplied. Bombala’s controversial nursing home, Currawarna, is only a signature away from reopening as an aged care facility. The home closed in April 2022, allegedly due to staffing shortages. At that time the facility had been operated by Southern Cross … [Read more…]
Author Hannah McElhinney surveys thousands of years of queer heritage in her new book, Rainbow History Class. But the years she keeps returning to are the ones she spent in high school, studying a past that didn’t seem to contain anyone like her. Or any LGBTQI+ people at all. “It’s like a gift to your … [Read more…]
Retired Wallabies rugby player Mark Bell sold his three bedroom family home of 25 years for $3.66 million at auction on Saturday. The house at 27 Delange Road, Putney was snapped up by a downsizing local family who enjoys entertaining, so the separate entertaining pavilion – which comes with plunge pool, indoor/outdoor living, and bar … [Read more…]
READING, Pa. (WHTM) — Nick Singleton exploded onto the scene as a freshman for Penn State last season, immediately becoming a dangerous weapon out of the backfield. Now he’s using his newfound stardom to give back. Singleton held a youth football camp Sunday afternoon in reading for kids ages eight to 13. He stressed the … [Read more…]
Having wowed audiences at Cannes and the recent Sydney Film Festival, acclaimed director Warwick Thornton’s new film is finally getting a wide release. The Australian period drama The New Boy debuts in Australian cinemas on July 6. The New Boy marks the first collaboration between the Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah director and legendary … [Read more…]
Rayan Rupert, Victor Wembanyama and Bilal Coulibaly (from left to right) were all selected at the 2023 NBA Draft. BROOKLYN — Victor Wembanyama overshadowed Bilal Coulibaly and Rayan Rupert on the red carpet before the 2023 NBA Draft. Cameras and media members surrounded the generational talent’s 7-foot-4 frame, and kids screamed his name. While the … [Read more…]
AgForce is calling for a rapid overhaul of the State Government’s outdated fire ant eradication program, in a bid to save southeast Queensland from a dangerous pest. It follows revelations that the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program Strategic Review – conducted two years ago – stated eradication was impossible under the current plan … [Read more…]
Three people have been killed and five others were injured in a mass shooting in Kansas City, Missouri on Sunday morning. Kansas City Police Department officers responded to a scene at 57th Street and Prospect Avenue at 4.30am local time on 25 June to find three people dead. At least five other victims were taken … [Read more…]
Transport for NSW is holding a series of safety summits for local government in the state’s south to support frontline teams who are delivering on the huge task of maintaining, repairing and improving the region’s roads. Transport for NSW Regional Director South Sam Knight said Ulladulla will host the first of the southern NSW safety summits tomorrow, … [Read more…]
Glastonbury Festival 2023 – Day 5 – Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage It was a balmy Sunday evening on the last night of Glastonbury‘s 2023 edition and the most casual of observers would’ve been forgiven for thinking that Worthy Farm had transformed itself into an Elton John clone factory. Across the site, festival-goers were decked out in sequined … [Read more…]