A Victorian primary school’s students are using Minecraft to build ideal communities. Source: Kevin Jarrett, Wikimedia Commons Grade three to grade five students at Watsonia Primary School in north-east Melbourne have been creating ideal communities in Minecraft. This is part of a program by Monash University and VicHealth where students were asked to design and…
A record number of whales have been sighted migrating off the NSW coast. A record number of whales have been spotted migrating up the NSW coast during the annual consensus. The count of the number of whales is held as part of a citizen science activity by the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of…
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece’s prime minister, wins another four years in office. Source: DTRocks, Wikimedia Commons The conservative New Democracy party has won a landslide victory on Sunday in Greece’s second election in five weeks, giving Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four years as prime minister. Official results from almost 90 per cent of voting centres across Greece…
A technical outage has left thousands of Commonwealth Bank customers unable to access their money or accounts. Source: Kgbo, Wikimedia Commons A technical outage has stopped Commonwealth Bank customers from being able to make purchases with their bank cards or access their online accounts. Customers began reporting issues with their cards being declined yesterday morning,…
An airport worker has died after being sucked into a Delta passenger plane’s engine. A worker at a Texas airport has been killed after being sucked into a jet engine on Friday. The Delta flight arrived in San Antonio, Texas, from Los Angeles on Friday night. The plane had one engine on as it was…
Drink driving offences are on the rise in Queensland. Source: SMB CEO Queensland is seeing a major rise in drink driving offences, with 300 being detected every week and thousands of offenders being ordered to fit ignition interlocks on their vehicles. The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) confirmed that 16,499 drink driving offences…
Tenant receives “disgusting” email from real estate agent. Source: rawpixel A letter from a real estate agent to a tenant who was allegedly a few days late with their rent has been condemned online. Screenshots of the email from the real estate agent were shared online via the “Don’t Rent Me” Facebook group. The subject…
Labor’s housing bill has been rejected in the senate by both the coalition and the Greens. Source: Thennicke, Wikimedia Commons The federal government has experienced its first defeat in the Senate after both the coalition and the Greens have rejected Labor’s centrepiece housing policy. The government must now wait three months until it can bring…
A woman who woke up at her own wake has officially died in intensive care. Source: Norbert Kaiser, Wikimedia Commons 76-year-old Bella Montoya, who was declared dead before waking up at her own wake earlier this month, has now died in intensive care. The woman shocked her relatives when she knocked on her coffin at…
An 87-year-old man has died after being attacked in Noosa Heads. Source: Kgbo, Wikimedia Commons An 87-year-old man has died after being attacked while walking near Main Beach, Noosa Heads this morning. Police have put a 27-year-old man who was located nearby in custody, where he is assisting in investigations. Police believe that the attacker…