The 26-year-old remains in a critical condition. Source: Facebook. Shylah Rodden remains in a coma after she was hit by a roller coaster at the Royal Melbourne Show last weekend. The 26-year-old underwent surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after sustaining critical injuries including a severe brain injury. Her dad, Alan Rodden spoke to the…
With 94 per cent of the vote counted there were 3,936,790 who voted in favour of it and 1,950,090 against. Source: Mayukh Biswas, Twitter. Cuba has approved a “family law” code that allows same-sex couples to marry and adopt, after Cubans gave their overwhelming support. The family code also includes new measures against gender violence,…
“What we are going for by using materials like nylon and elastic are essentially robotic garments,” said the project’s lead Jonathan Realmuto. Engineers are developing inexpensive robotic “clothing” to help children with cerebral palsy with their arm movements. The devices come from engineers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and are intended to provide…
Iranian women have been cutting their hair as a sign of grief and anger over the deaths of their loved ones who have been fighting for their rights. Source: Twitter. At least 40 people have been killed with hundreds arrested in protests across Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini for not properly wearing her…
According to the hackers, they want their ransom paid in cryptocurrency. Source: Shutterstock. Hackers behind the Optus fiasco have released the records of 10,000 customers as they continue to demand a payment of $1.5 million from the telco company. According to the hackers, 10,000 records will be released each day over the next four days…
Hurricane Ian is expected to upgrade to a Category 4 sometime in the next couple of days. Hurricane Ian has been upgraded to a Category 2 system overnight as it makes its way towards Florida’s west coast. The storm was upgraded to a Hurricane on Monday afternoon with winds and rain increasing over night to…
The space agency is looking to answer how we can stop an asteroid should one ever come on a collision course with Earth. Source: NASA. NASA’s DART spacecraft has successfully hit the asteroid Dimorphos in the space agency’s first planetary defence experiment. The space agency is looking to answer how we can stop an asteroid…
The 150-turbine windfarm would be built at Ironpot, 30km south west of Kingaroy, involving about 200 construction jobs and 15 ongoing jobs once it is operational. The Queensland government is planning on building what would be the largest publicly owned wind farm in Australia. The proposal would see the 150-turbine wind farm built at Ironpot,…
“We’ve had about 2,500 reports about it with $3.8 million reported lost to the ACCC and we only get about 13 per cent of complaints,” said ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard. The “Hi Mum” scam text has now cost Australians a combined total of $4 million officially, but official government statistics are believed to be…
Chris Davidson was found unconscious and treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics before being taken to Kempsey Hospital, where he died a short time after. Source: Twitter Former Australian surfing star Chris Davidson has died after an alleged assault outside a pub on Saturday night. The 45-year-old was allegedly punched in the face by…