Netflix is cracking down on subscription sharing in Australia with new technology to stop password sharing. It will be a major blow to the thousands of families that share their login details – and the cost of a subscription – with grandparents, siblings and children who no longer live at home. An email is due … [Read more…]
A man has been shot dead by police after allegedly stabbing his father and then lunging at officers with a knife. Police were responding to reports of a stabbing at a home in Grange, Brisbane about 2.15pm on Sunday, when the 29-year-old First Nations man allegedly lunged at officers with a knife. Footage captured the … [Read more…]
A civics campaign designed to ready Australians for a conversation about the Voice to parliament referendum has officially been launched. With Australians gearing up to head to the polls between October and December, Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney said the campaign, which will rollout television and radio commercials in a number of languages, will be … [Read more…]
Two people have died and a third has been taken to hospital with burn injuries after a horror fire. A caravan in Upper Brookfield, in Brisbane’s western suburbs, caught fire in the early hours of Saturday, with multiple fire crews racing to the property on Galvin Road about 4.30am, to find flames coming out of … [Read more…]
Shocking footage shows the moment three schoolboys were pushed into traffic after a car drove into a crowd of students crossing the road at a busy intersection. Two 12-year-old boys and a 13-year-old boy were taken to hospital after they were struck at a Pacific Highway intersection in Crows Nest at 3.30pm on Thursday. Dashcam … [Read more…]
An elderly Perth doctor held hostage by Islamic militants in West Africa for seven years was back in the arms of his wife and children in WA on Friday Ken Elliott, 88, was “safe and well” and back home in Perth with his family after finally being freed by his captors and returned to Australia. … [Read more…]
A woman murdered by her on-off boyfriend in a fit of jealous rage has been described as a “dynamic, cheerful” person by her devastated family, with her killer learning his fate. James Hachem, 37, will spend 24 years behind bars after being sentenced at Sydney Supreme Court for the murder of Samah Baker on Friday. … [Read more…]
Two teenage girls have been filmed in the middle of a violent brawl with another train passenger. Footage of the incident, which took place on a busy train carriage near Regents Park in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, was shared on social media. Commuters watched on in horror as the three passengers were locked in a … [Read more…]
NRL star Luciano Leilua will likely return to the field on Saturday night after domestic violence charges against him were dropped by police at the last minute. The North Queensland Cowboy had pleaded not guilty to charges of common assault and destroying or damaging property in relation to his partner. He was due to face … [Read more…]
Sports Minister Kate Worden has flagged an interest in bidding to host the AFL’s Gather Round after the current South Australian deal expires, saying the NT is ‘more than capable’ of pulling it off. Sports Minister Kate Worden has thrown her weight behind a suggestion from Collingwood superstar Mason Cox that the Territory should be … [Read more…]