Thailand’s lower house voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new marriage equality bill. Image source: Chainwit, via Wikimedia Commons. Thailand’s House of Representatives has passed a bill to legalise marriage between people of any gender. The lower house met the bill with overwhelming support — 400 members voted in favour, 10 against, two abstained, and…
An accountant at White Sky has been found to have stolen over two million from celebrity clients across 11 years. Image source: Wirestock. Via Freepik. Accountant Damien Luscombe, who worked for celebrities such as Peking Duk, Angus and Julia Stone, and Gotye, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud. Luscombe was found to have doctored…
The Australian Senate has halted the proposed immigration bill, with suspicions that it was “rushed”. Image source: JJ Harrison. Via Wikimedia Commons. The recent immigration bill, which will grant greater governmental power when managing the deportation of non-Australian citizens, has been stalled in the Senate. The Senate Coalition voted alongside the crossbench and the Greens…
Melbourne Lord Mayor announced her resignation Thursday morning with “mixed emotions”. Image source: Sally Capp, via X. Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne Sally Capp has released a statement saying she will not contest her position in the next local election. The announcement was made “with mixed emotions” on Thursday morning 28 March, a…
The container ship, called ‘Dali’, struck the Baltimore bridge in the early hours of the morning. Image source: Patorjk, via Wikimedia Commons Baltimore Harbour’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after being struck by a malfunctioning container ship. Just after midnight, the ship, called ‘Dali’, departed from Baltimore’s port, loaded with shipping containers and enroute to…
Billions of cicadas will dig their way out from underground to mate and lay eggs. Source: PixaBay. Scientists are predicting that billions of cicadas will be unleashed in the US, in what is being referred to as the “cicadapocalypse”. In the next upcoming months of Spring, a rare emergence of two separate broods of cicadas will…
A new study provides first accurate visual portrayal of the facial distortion experienced by a man with prosopometamorphopsia (PMO). Source: Tyler Hewitt, Flickr. A new study by Dartmouth College is the first to provide an accurate visual portrayal of the facial distortion experienced by a man with a rare neurological-visual disorder known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO).…
The government is pushing to increase wages for low-paid workers. Source: Cottonbro Studios, Pexels. The Albanese government is pushing to increase minimum wages in addition to tax cuts, to help with the battle against inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. Last month, the RBA refused to cut interest rates despite inflation easing to 4.1 percent in…
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly passed a bill to criminalise gay conversion therapy after a nightlong parliamentary debate. Image source: sv1ambo, via Wikimedia Commons. The New South Wales Legislative Assembly passed a bill to criminalise gay conversion therapy after a nightlong parliamentary debate. The bill was passed with 22 votes in favour and four…
At least 75 Rohingya refugees have been saved from drowning after their wooden boat began to sink off the coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Image source: Aceh, via X. At least 75 Rohingya refugees have been saved from drowning after their wooden boat began to sink off the coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Reports indicate…