A study in Uganda has shown signs of long life and menopause in female chimpanzees. Source: Rod Waddington, Wikimedia Commons Chimpanzee urine samples collected by Uganda’s Kibale National Park reveal that older chimpanzee females go through hormonal changes very similar to menopause in humans. This new finding, reported by Dr Langergraber and his colleagues in…
Queensland drivers receiving millions of dollars more in fines amid new road safety strategy. Source: Kgbo, Wikimedia Commons Queensland drivers have been issued an extra $87 million in speeding fines over the past year after a significant increase in penalties by the state government and a change in the fine brackets. Stricter penalties were introduced…
Gaza on the 8th of October 2023. Source: Wafa – Palestinian news agency, Wikimedia Commons More children have been killed in Gaza in three weeks than in conflicts across the world each year since 2019, says nongovernment organisation Save the Children. With references from Palestinian health authorities, the NGO released figures on Sunday showing that…
St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove has allegedly banned same-sex formal dates. Image credit: Rawpixel.com, Freepik An all-girls Catholic school in Sydney has been criticised for banning same-sex couples from attending formal together. Earlier this week, students at St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove were told that they were not permitted to bring a female date to their formal.…
Man was locked inside a bank vault while assessing his safety deposit box. Image credit: Elliott Brown, Flickr A man spent more than nine hours trapped inside a bank vault in New York after he was accidentally locked inside. The customer was accessing his safety deposit box in the World Diamond Tower when the doors…
The Victorian container deposit scheme has raised some concerns. Image credit: Marco Verch, Flickr The Victorian container deposit scheme launches next week, but many Victorians are still unsure where they can recycle their bottles. Earlier this year, the Victorian government announced that the state would implement a Container Deposit Scheme that would refund 10 cents…
St Andrew’s Cathedral School was the location of the homicide. Image credit: Kennethc, Wikimedia Commons A female staff member at a Sydney private school has been found dead with serious head injuries inside the school’s gym. Police were called to St Andrew’s Cathedral School on Wednesday night to conduct a welfare check. Officers located the…
The base of the Captain Cook monument in Hyde Park, Sydney. Source: William Thorpe, Wikimedia Commons Wiradjuri woman Yvonne Weldon, Sydney’s first ever Aboriginal councilor, is pushing to review Sydney’s colonial statues to address offensive descriptions in their plaques. Ms Weldon said that the aim of this proposal is to tell the truth to the…
Israeli air strikes killed more than 700 Palestinian civilians overnight. Source: Wafa, Wikimedia Commons Several countries have joined the United Nations in a call for a ‘humanitarian pause’ on Israel’s ongoing war on Palestine so that aid can safely be delivered to the civilians of the besieged Gaza Strip. These countries include Canada, the United…
Vegemite celebrates its 100th anniversary of production. Image credit: Roman Kalyakin, Flickr. The iconic Australian spread, Vegemite, celebrates its 100th anniversary with a new collectable item. The brand is releasing 1,000 mini silver replicas of Vegemite toast to the public, which is expected to become a popular piece for collectors. The one-ounce toast is made…