Floodwater flowing through Penrith on Sunday, July 3. Source: Weather zone via @willf314159, Instagram. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has said that although weather is easing, parts of New South Wales are still at risk of major flooding. BOM has detailed that Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers are already experiencing major flooding with nearby Menangle and…
The data was claimed to be stolen from hacking into the Shanghai police department database. A hacker known only as “ChinaDan” has claimed he stole the personal information of 1 billion Chinese citizens from the police, one of the biggest data breaches ever if true. The data was apparently taken from the Shanghai National Police…
The last season of Australian Idol aired in 2009 and was cancelled the following year. Source: Network Seven. It was an institution in the early 2000s and now the famed singing competition is making its way back to TV screens after more than 10 years off air. Casting has already begun for the show with…
The man has not been found after getting a massive accidental overpay and disappearing with the money. A man in Chile received a monthly payment that mistakenly paid him 300 times his normal salary, which he chose to promptly run off with. The unnamed man worked for a frozen food giant called Consorcio Industrial de…
Above is Nicolas Toledo, the first shooting victim to be identified. Source: CBS News via Toledo family. Multiple people are dead and more injured after a 22-year-old man opened fire on a Fourth of July parade in a town outside of Chicago. More than 35 people were injured and six people confirmed dead including 78-year-old…
The ship lost power and was drifting towards cliffs at the Royal National Park, south of Sydney. Source: Steven Watkins, MarineTraffic. A rescue operation is underway to try and retrieve 21 people stranded on a cargo ship that was drifting towards rocks amid the wild weather near Sydney. A police spokesperson said the Portland Bay…
“Earnings from Australia’s LNG exports are estimated to more than double from 2020–21, to reach $70 billion in 2021–22,” said the REQ. Resources Minister Madeleine King has said that Russia’s war on Ukraine has seen Australia’s export value skyrocket as countries look elsewhere for their commodities. A recent report from the Resources and Energy Quarterly…
A child presenting with a common side affect known as “bull’s neck”. Source: Picryl Two children in New South Wales have been diagnosed with diphtheria, the first time the bacterial infection has been recorded in Australia since 1992. A two-year-old has been admitted to ICU in a Queensland hospital, while the other child aged six…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese labelled Russia’s invasion as a “gross violation of international law”. Source: @ukraine_world, Twitter. Australia will be sending more than $100 million in further aid to Ukraine and level sanctions on 16 more Russian officials, following Anthony Albanese’s secret trip to Kyiv. The trip was kept under wraps by the Australian government…
A picture of the man believed to be responsible for the shooting. Source: Twitter. A 22-year-old man has been taken into custody after shooting dead several people in a Copenhagen mall with Danish police saying it could possibly be “an act of terrorism”. Officers were called to Field’s Shopping Mall at around 5:30 pm Sunday…