Telecom giant Optus is undergoing a nationwide blackout, with customers across Australia reporting outages since 4am this morning. Image: cogdogblog, via Wikimedia Commons Telecom giant Optus is undergoing a nationwide blackout as both mobile and broadband customers across Australia have been left without service since approximately 4am this morning. Businesses, banks, trains and hospitals are…
A park in Darwin, Northern Territory. Source: Lance Vanlewen, Wikimedia Commons Private security guards, who are being paid millions of dollars by the Northern Territory government to patrol the streets of Darwin, have been unlawfully moving homeless people on in their sleep. The guards come from a company called Territory Protective Services (TPS), and often…
Photos and children’s shoes in Queens Gardens, Brisbane, representing just some of the children killed in Gaza. Source: Melody Kelly The leaders of 18 UN agencies have called for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza, expressing their “shock and horror” at the surging number of Palestinian civilian deaths. The UN leaders made a…
The Royal Hotel in Daylesford, Victoria. Source: Mattinbgn, Wikimedia Commons Five people were killed when a car veered across a footpath and hit diners at the Royal Hotel in Daylesford on Sunday evening. Police say the victims were from two Victorian families who knew each other and were visiting Daylesford over the long weekend. Those…
Brisbane’s biggest rally for Palestine in history. Source: Justice For Palestine Meanjin – Brisbane on Facebook This weekend saw the biggest rallies for Palestine ever across major cities in Australia, including Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. Both Brisbane and Melbourne recorded their biggest Palestine rallies, with around 8,000 in Brisbane and an estimated over 50,000 in…
Pet pig Kevin Bacon has returned home. Image credit: Chelsea Rumbaugh, Facebook. A pet pig named Kevin Bacon has returned to his Pennsylvania home after running away more than two weeks ago. The 90-kilogram pet escaped from his new Gettysburg, Pennsylvania property on 14 October. It is believed that Kevin knocked over a post and…
Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all charges laid against him. Image credit: Cointelegraph, Wikimedia Commons FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of defrauding customers of his cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial crime cases in the United States. The 12-person jury reached a guilty verdict on all charges laid against him on Thursday…
Taylors Wines has won an international wine competition for their shiraz. Image credit: Wavebreakmedia-micro, Freepik A $20 bottle of South Australian shiraz has been named the champion of a major international wine competition. Taylors Wines, a family-owned winery based in Clare Valley, was awarded the International Champion 2023 at the annual VINUS International Wine and…
Scientists at AI startup Osmo are trying to take olfactory science to new places as they strive to map and digitally encode scents. Image: Artem Podrez, via Pexels Scientists at AI startup Osmo are trying to take olfactory science to new places as they strive to map and digitally encode scents. While encoding and reproducing…
Across Australia, 58 women have allegedly been killed in the past year, including six women in the past 10 days alone, highlighting the shocking prevalence of domestic and intimate partner violence throughout the country. Image: cottonbro studios, via Pexels Across Australia, 58 women have allegedly been killed in the past year, including six women in…