The AFP is warning parents and guardians amid a rise on online sadistic sextortion. Picture: Stock The rise of online sadistic sextortion has prompted an Australian Federal Police (AFP) warning to parents and guardians. According to the AFP, sadistic sextortion is a rising crime that involves extreme online groups targeting children as young as 12…
Qld Fire Minister Nikki Boyd and Member for Bundaberg Tom Smith with the aerial firetanker at Bundaberg Airport. Picture: Qld Government A 10,000-litre Canadian-owned aerial firetanker has touched down at Bundaberg Airport for the new bushfire season. From its base in Bundaberg, the Large Air Tanker or LAT, aircraft will be able readily respond in…
Melbourne City is opening its tunnels to livestock trucks on a trial basis. Picture: Pixabay Livestock trucks will now be able to use Melbourne’s tunnels as they are re-routed away from busy city streets during a 12-month trial period. The trial was recently announced by the Victorian Government in partnership with the freight industry and…
Rising costs and infrastructure delays are putting new Gold Coast apartments at risk, says the Property Council of Australia. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The residential apartment pipeline on Queensland’s Gold Coast is increasingly at risk according to new research released by the Property Council of Australia. The independent research, prepared by Urbis, shows 53 per cent…
Unintentionally feeding a crocodile becomes a fineable offence in Queensland. Image source: Bernard DuPont, via Wikimedia Commons Unintentional crocodile feeding is now a punishable offence, according to new Queensland laws. Unintentional feeding is defined by the new reforms as discarding food in ways that attract crocodiles to public locations. This could include leaving behind fish…
At least one third of third of cabinet positions in Ukraine are vacant after several ministers resigned. Image source: Chad J. McNeeley / U.S. Secretary of Defense, via Flickr. Ukraine is facing a major government shakeup after at least six ministers stepped down and a presidential aide was fired on Tuesday 3 September. The officials…
About half of all Australians are taking three forms of protection, according to a new survey. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI AUSTRALIANS are still not doing enough to protect themselves in summer, according to the Cancer Council of Australia. The conclusion was contained in survey data compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (and funded by the…
An artistic impression of the new Singleton bypass. Image: NSW Government The ceremonial first sod on the Singleton bypass in NSW has been turned on Thursday (September 5), marking the start of major construction on the $700m project. The 8km-long project is being funded by the Commonwealth ($560m) and NSW Government ($140m). The bypass is…
Martin Scuffins from the Leigh Valley Hawk and Owl Sanctuary and RMIT’s Dr Abdulghani Mohamed fit sensors to the kestrel in RMIT’s wind tunnel facility. Picture: supplied by RMIT A new joint study between the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and the University of Bristol in the UK is revealing the secrets of the…
Former CMFEU officials have filed a challenge to the High Court against the “undemocratic” laws forcing the union into administration. Image source: Kgbo, via Wikimedia Commons. Former CFMEU president Jade Ingham has launched a High Court challenge against the Labor government’s law forcing the union into administration over alleged corruption. Ingham said the dispute against…