Root slashes over the cordon for four then nudges a single out to deep-backward point and that is fifty for the Yorkshireman. With England five down, you sense the hopes of a strong first-innings total here rest on the 32-year-old’s shoulders. He also has a point to prove in the Ashes — his most-recent Test … [Read more…]
A former Geelong police officer who sexually assaulted a teenage girl has been sentenced. Mario Simon Didulica was a serving policeman when he sexually assaulted the girl and begged her to move to France to be his “perfect wife”. On Friday, the 52-year-old father was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria after he was … [Read more…]
When it comes to the summer transfer market for Liverpool, there is not much margin for error. Jörg Schmadtke needs to deliver at least another midfielder after Alexis Mac Allister and hopefully another defender as well. But adding another body in attack should not be out of the question. Indeed, Jürgen Klopp did not rule … [Read more…]
A Cairns man with an extensive criminal record for violent offences who was held in custody on remand after shooting a child’s tooth out with a Nerf gun has made a bid for freedom. Alleged cat killer and stalker Kodie Love leaves Cairns court What might have been regarded as an innocent accident landed Kodie … [Read more…]
As Queensland’s public service balloons again under the state budget, we need another Campbell Newman-style clean-out, writes Kylie Lang. VOTE IN OUR POLL Sky News host Paul Murray says a stamp on the 2023-24 Queensland budget book has indicated Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk blames Anthony Albanese for Australia’s cost of living crisis. Following the latest … [Read more…]
After entering service in May, the new Resilient Lady is set to mark Virgin Voyage’s debut in Australia and New Zealand. Starting in November, the ship will offer a series of itineraries in the region departing from Singapore, Melbourne, Auckland and more. Cruise Industry News takes a closer look at the deployment of Virgin’s first … [Read more…]
Geelong’s grey-headed flying-fox colony is set to get a respite from the summer heat with a smart irrigation infrastructure to be installed at Eastern Park in the coming months. The City of Greater Geelong will install the system to assist in reducing heat stress deaths within the flying-fox colony. These large fruit bats are a … [Read more…]
In late December 1974, a small tropical storm formed near Northern Australia during the southern hemisphere’s summer. Initially, given its size and expected trajectory, concern was low. Unfortunately, within a couple of days of the storm’s formation, it became a mighty Category 4 severe tropical cyclone and perfectly turned toward the city of Darwin. Nature … [Read more…]
Westpac has cut more than 500 jobs in the past fortnight across mortgage operations, relationship banking and commercial banking, a union officials say. The job cuts are part of a cost-cutting program at the nation’s third-largest lender – which employs about 38,000 workers – as it struggles to keep expenses down amid rising inflation and … [Read more…]
What added to the ‘wow’ was seeing locals going for a morning swim and coffee, in the middle of winter, while the sand was still burning cold on your feet. “POV you’ve travelled for two days and it’s your first morning in Australia,” Kira, a 25 year old marketing professional from London, captioned the video. … [Read more…]