Heavy fog has covered the Sydney skyline with travellers planning to cross the harbour in a ferry forced to wait for it to clear. A photograph from Nine’s rooftop camera shows the tips of the city’s skyscrapers poking out from beneath a thick blanket of fog on Saturday morning. Sydney Ferries sent out a tweet … [Read more…]
A Liberal MP has used his maiden speech to propose a controversial move to extend school hours to 6pm. Member for Ryde, Jordan Lane was elected to his seat in NSW parliament in March and issued his maiden speech on Thursday. He used his opening address to parliament to introduce the controversial bid to alter … [Read more…]
Rebecca Payne, who killed her abusive husband Noel Payne in 2020 by lacing homemade biscuits with sleeping tablets, has been sentenced in Victoria’s Supreme Court. The 43-year-old was sentenced to 16 years on Thursday, with a minimum of 10 years before she can apply for parole, in what was labelled a “merciful” result. Payne tried … [Read more…]
One of the world’s most iconic rappers has announced tour dates for the Australian leg of what could likely be his last international tour. 50 Cent announced tickets will go on sale next week ahead of five arena shows scheduled to hit capital cities this December. The ‘Final Lap’ tour has been teased as the … [Read more…]
A major Australian supermarket is slashing prices on thousands of products for the next three months, in a major effort to help shoppers tackle the cost of living. IGA supermarkets dropped the prices on more than 3000 products on Tuesday as part of their Low Prices Every Day initiative. Camera IconIGA is dropping prices on … [Read more…]
Hundreds of Chinese-made surveillance cameras have been found at defence sites across Australia, well above the initial estimate of just one. Defence officials appearing at senate estimates on Wednesday revealed an audit process had found 435 devices made by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua at its sites. In February, defence said they were aware of … [Read more…]
Canberra has urged Beijing to be more transparent about its military expansion as Australia’s Defence chief described the build-up as the biggest and most consequential undertaken by any nation since WWII. General Angus Campbell told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday Australia wouldn’t criticise any country for seeking to defend itself and preparing its armed … [Read more…]
Bruce Lehrmann has dropped his defamation case against a major news company after settling the lawsuit out of court. Mr Lehrmann launched defamation action in March against News Corp’s News Life Media, Network 10 and journalists Samantha Maiden and Lisa Wilkinson. He later also launched proceedings against the ABC. The former political staffer on Tuesday … [Read more…]
Families have paid tribute to two of the victims who lost their lives in a horrific crash in Victoria’s southwest. A mother and three teenagers were killed, while a 17-year-old girl, the sole survivor of the crash, was rushed to hospital with critical injuries to her upper body after the crash in Bochara, 300km west … [Read more…]
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake that hit a Melbourne suburb overnight has broken a more than 120-year record. The earthquake woke people from their sleep at 11.41pm on Sunday, with people rushing to social media to report feeling a big shake at the epicentre in Sunbury and as far away as Hobart. According to seismologist Adam … [Read more…]