New homebuyers have been dealt another blow, with a major Australian bank poised to hike interest rates even further. Banking giant NAB announced on Tuesday that new home loans would be slapped with an increased interest rate from May 23. The base variable rate will increase by 0.10 per cent to 5.99 per cent for … [Read more…]
The terror case against a Wollongong man who fired a hail of bullets into the air and took two hostages has imploded after a judge struck out a key piece of evidence. Simon Fleming, 41, has for the past four weeks faced trial in the NSW Supreme Court but was on Tuesday acquitted of committing … [Read more…]
A woman is fighting for her life after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times at a Centrelink office in Melbourne’s north. Witnesses reported hearing screaming coming from the storefront at Westfield in Airport West about 1.30pm on Tuesday. Victoria Police say a 55-year-old was rushed to hospital with “life-threatening injuries”, while a man, 34, was … [Read more…]
A real estate agent’s bungled email has drawn the ire of Australian renters after exposing their suggestion to force a tenant out for his “high maintenance” requests. Screenshots of the exchange went viral after they were posted online to Don’t Rent Me, a 50,000 strong Facebook group dedicated to swapping renting stories, by an anonymous … [Read more…]
Police have appealed to a 17-year-old boy “connected” to the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Melbourne’s west to hand himself in and have urged community members not to approach him. Pa Sawm Lyhym, 16, was killed in front of horrified onlookers near a Sunshine train station on Thursday afternoon, while two other 16-year-old boys … [Read more…]
A teenage girl has died in hospital after sustaining critical injuries in a horrific car crash on the NSW and Victoria border. Emergency services rushed to the Riverina Highway on the outskirts of Alburn at about 6pm on Saturday following reports a sedan and a ute had collided. Rescuers freed four people who were stuck … [Read more…]
A police officer whose leg sweep of an Indigenous Sydney teenager was captured on video has learned his fate. Ryan Joseph Barlow was found guilty at Downing Centre court on Monday of assault occasioning bodily harm after the shocking arrest of a teenager in Surry Hills in June 2020. Magistrate Rami Attia told the senior … [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…]
North Melbourne football boss Todd Viney says a “perfect storm” of interchange chaos was to blame for the blunder that cost the Kangaroos a breakthrough win over the Swans. The Roos accidentally breached the interchange cap of 75 rotations when Will Phillips and a cramping Liam Shiels came from the field in the dying moments … [Read more…]
Former Essendon ruckman Tom Bellchambers cannot believe he will be fighting in front of Tyson Fury in his professional debut on Wednesday night. The 202cm-tall Bellchambers enjoyed being labelled the “uglier version” of Fury when the world heavyweight champion spoke to the media ahead of close friend Joseph Parker’s bout with Faiga “Django” Opelu. Bellchambers … [Read more…]