The Women’s Cricket World Cup kicked off this Friday with New Zealand and West Indies going head-to-head in the first ODI of the competition. This years’ tournament is being held in stadiums across New Zealand with 31 games to be played over 31 days between eight teams. Australia, New Zealand, England, India, South Africa, West…
Areas of north-western Sydney have been given evacuation orders by SES NSW amid rising river levels caused by the same severe weather system that has left south east Queensland devastated. Western Sydney Minister Stuart Ayres told residents near the Hawkesbury River that they should evacuate if in the areas of Portland and Cumberland. We have…
After almost 40 years on the air one of Australia’s longest running TV soaps is set to end later this year after UK broadcaster Channel 5 announced they will no longer air the show. In a statement on Twitter, Neighbours said “We are so sorry to say that after 37 years and almost 9000 episodes…
A mysterious ‘mermaid’ like creature is to be analysed by scientists in an effort to discover exactly what the peculiar looking object might be. According to The Independent the creature is 12 inches long and was allegedly caught between 1736 and 1741 off the Japanese Island of Shikoku in the Pacific Ocean. The mummy has…
The Australian government has confirmed that cases of a rare Japanese Encephalitis virus (JEV) have been detected in southern regional Queensland. Queensland Health issued an alert stating that a person has been infected with JEV and is now being treated in a Brisbane Hospital after recently travelling through regional Queensland. The virus is spread through…