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…
The Digital License app is scheduled to launch today, but the Department is urging users to be patient and wait before downloading. Image: Pixabay, via Pexels Following the lead of other states such as New South Wales and South Australia, the Queensland government begun their rollout of the Digital License app today. The digital driver’s…
The “Friends” cast released a statement grieving the loss of Matthew Perry, who was found dead in his Los Angeles home this past Sunday. Image: @courteneycoxofficial via Instagram The cast of Friends have released a joint statement grieving the loss of their former co-star Matthew Perry, who was found dead in his Los Angeles home…
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…