A teenage boy has died during a game of weekend football after becoming unresponsive on the field. At about 12.20pm on Saturday, police and paramedics were called to the Kyneton Football Club, about 86 km northwest of Melbourne, after reports a 17-year-old had become unresponsive during the game. Camera IconA Castlemaine teenager has died after … [Read more…]
An Olympic boxer turned reality TV star has revealed he is in a “war zone mentally,” amid court claims he assaulted a former partner. Olympian Harry Garside on Friday took to social media to express he’s at “war” with himself mentally after facing assault charges in court. The 25-year-old was arrested at Sydney Airport earlier … [Read more…]
Queenslanders are spending up at cafes and on takeaway food despite the cost of living pressures which have kept retail spending down. The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Friday revealed spending on food across the country was up 13 per cent year on year, despite a modest drop off in the last month. The $12.4 … [Read more…]
A young Australian held in an Indonesian prison cell after his arrest for a “naked, drunk” rampage has reached a settlement deal that could see him come home. Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, was detained by police in the Aceh province on the Indonesian island of Simeulue in April. He has spent the past month in … [Read more…]
Australia’s top cop has claimed young workers need to be praised “three times a week” by their supervisors, and that they find happy face emojis “offensive”. Addressing senate estimates on Thursday, AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said there was a huge divide in how each generation needed to be managed at work. He told the Legal … [Read more…]
The government has stopped short of guaranteeing no job losses as part of the Australia Post modernisation process, rather maintaining it is committed to the viability of the crucial service. As the corporation prepares to hand down its first yearly financial loss since 2015, chief executive Paul Graham fronted senate estimates on Thursday. The government … [Read more…]
Police have shot a man after reports he was brandishing a knife close to a Sydney supermarket. Emergency services were called to Alexander Ave in North Willoughby shortly before 11.30am on Thursday following reports of a man threatening residents. The two responding officers were allegedly confronted by a man, who was armed with two knives, … [Read more…]
Detectives have released CCTV images of a car connected to an incident where a man was fatally stabbed and dumped outside a hospital. Daniel Cockerill, 45, died minutes after being pulled from a car at Casey Hospital in Berwick suffering from a stab wound at 7.30am on 26 March. The male driver of the maroon … [Read more…]
Lidia Thorpe stormed out of a Senate estimates hearing after a fiery clash with Labor Indigineous senator Malarndirri McCarthy, where she was labelled “a disgrace to her people”. The shouting match broke out during a heated discussion over commonwealth funding for Northern Territory safety initiatives being given to police on Wednesday night. The Greens-turned-independent Indigenous … [Read more…]
Four police officers have been injured, two seriously, after an allegedly stolen truck rammed their cars. Two police officers were trying to arrest the driver of the truck along Goombungee Meringandan Rd, Meringandan, north of Toowoomba, about 1.30pm on Wednesday. When the two officers approached the truck, the 45-year-old man allegedly drove at the two … [Read more…]