Police are desperately searching for a mum who made an anonymous call to triple-0 after giving birth before hanging up the phone. An unknown woman called police from a phone box located in Tea Tree Gully – in Adelaide’s northeast – at about 12.35am on Friday. Police said she was in a “distressed state” and … [Read more…]
Police have staged a daring rescue near a popular Queensland tourist spot after an elderly man was spotted clinging onto a sunken boat. Officers were called to the inlet at Tin Can Bay near Gympie about 4pm on Friday after reports a small vessel had become submerged. Upon arrival, the occupant – a 61-year-old man … [Read more…]
NRL great Johnathan Thurston has signed a multimillion-dollar partnership with the Queensland government aimed at helping at-risk youth stay out of the criminal justice system. Between 10-15 children will participate in the $4.73 million 10-week program beginning in Cairns, which will include goal setting, mentoring, cultural engagement, and post-program support. The program – which will … [Read more…]
A man has been missing for nine days, enduring subzero temperatures in a heavily wooded region of Queensland. Luke Ferguson, 28, was last seen leaving a South Burnett property on foot just after midday on June 9. A major search operation is underway as military personnel, SES volunteers and aerial technology is used to comb … [Read more…]
Police have staged a daring rescue near a popular Queensland tourist spot after an elderly man was spotted clinging onto a sunken boat. Officers were called to the inlet at Tin Can Bay near Gympie about 4pm on Friday after reports a small vessel had become submerged. Upon arrival, the occupant – a 61-year-old man … [Read more…]
A man has been missing for nine days, enduring subzero temperatures in a heavily wooded region of Queensland. Luke Ferguson, 28, was last seen leaving a South Burnett property on foot just after midday on June 9. A major search operation is underway as military personnel, SES volunteers and aerial technology is used to comb … [Read more…]
Protesters have crashed a Labor conference in Victoria, allegedly vandalising statues in an effort to call-out the government’s “racist” asylum seeker policies. A crowd gathered at the entrance to the Moonee Valley Racecourse where the Prime Minister and Premier Dan Andrews addressed hundreds of Labor members at the party’s state conference on Saturday. The group … [Read more…]
Australia’s property market is shaping up to be quite soft throughout 2023 despite a small rebound in listings. There was some renewed energy in markets across the country throughout May according to the latest listings report from PropTrack; however, activity is still “more subdued” than last year. New listings on realestate.com.au increased by 18.7 per … [Read more…]
Transgender Queenslanders will be allowed to formally change their gender without sex reassignment surgery after new laws were passed. On Wednesday night, the Palaszczuk government moved to “modernise” birth certificate laws. Along with scrapping the sexual reassignment surgery requirement, gender-diverse people will be allowed to change their name at the same time they formally register … [Read more…]
Transgender Queenslanders will be allowed to formally change their gender without sex reassignment surgery after new laws were passed. On Wednesday night, the Palaszczuk government moved to “modernise” birth certificate laws. Along with scrapping the sexual reassignment surgery requirement, gender-diverse people will be allowed to change their name at the same time they formally register … [Read more…]