Impacts of war in Kyiv. Source : Ales Uscinў via Pexels. A former mercenary for the Russian Wagner Group said he defected due to the brutality he witnessed. In an exclusive CNN interview, Andrei Medvedev, 26, said his decision was fueled by what he saw in Ukrainian battle zones. Medvedev told Anderson Cooper that Wagner…
Alec Baldwin. Source : Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons. (Used under creative commons) Nearly two weeks after the charges were initially announced, Alec Baldwin and the film’s armourer have been formally charged over the shooting. The ‘Rust’ film set made headlines around the world in 2021 after a gun held by Baldwin was fired, wounding…
Woman checking text messages on her phone. Source : Pexels Multiple women have come forward and made accusations against North Melbourne AFL player Tarryn Thomas. The women have accused Thomas of harassment and intimidating behaviour and have taken the accusations to the AFL’s integrity unit. Thomas, 22, is facing criminal charges over threatening to distribute…
Westminster Bridge and British Parliament in London. Source : Pixabay via Pexels. Speaking in London, Foreign Minister Penny Wong told the UK to make peace with the country’s colonial past to modernise Indo-Pacific relations. The aim is to stabilise relations within the region against rising Chinese forces, to help avoid a possible war within the…
Senator Penny Wong. Source : Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Australian Government has announced the introduction of financial and travel sanctions on individuals from Myanmar and Iran. The sanctions will impact finances, and ban travel to Australia for individuals who have been found to be responsible for “egregious” human rights abuses and…
Public housing in Sydney. Source: Eastberliner An abandoned Clayfield retirement village will be turned into social housing in a bid to address the current housing crisis. The state government purchased the complex for $9.4 million, and construction has already begun to get the 30 homes within the complex ready. Housing Minister Leeanne Enoch said, “There…
Julian Assange. Source: Julian Assange & Martina Haris, Wikimedia Commons On January 20th, the Belmarsh tribunal met in Washington D.C. to demand that US President Joe Biden drop the charges against Julian Assange. Assange, 51, is currently imprisoned in Belmarsh maximum security prison in UK. Assange is facing extradition to the US as well as…
Batman Highway/Batman Bridge, Tasmania. Source: -jkb-, Wikimedia Commons Five people have been hospitalised and four horses killed after a four-wheel drive towing a horse float crashed in Rowella, Northern Tasmania. The vehicle, a white Ford Ranger, crashed into a tree stump at 1:45am on Monday after exiting the Batman Highway near Rowella Road. A crash…
Queensland Fire and Rescue services. Source: Bidgee, Wikimedia Commons A 55-year-old man has died, and three people have been hospitalised, after a serious fire in an apartment building in Clayfield on Monday morning. Residents of the Bonney Avenue apartment building were evacuated at around 5am after the fire broke out and fire fighters arrived on…
Doctor and patient. Source : Pavel Danilyuk via Pexels The federal and Tasmanian governments have pledged to a four-year program that seeks to improve rural healthcare. With the program, GP Registrars, including Rural Generalist trainees have the option to be employed under the Tasmanian Health Service on salary. This would then allow for final placement…