Cathy Freeman has been honoured at Sydney’s Accor Stadium. Image credit: Roadrunnerz45, Wikimedia Commons A major grandstand at Sydney’s Accor Stadium has been named after Aboriginal sporting legend Cathy Freeman — known officially as “Cathy Freeman Stand”. This is part of the New South Wales Government initiative to recognise and celebrate Australia’s greatest female athletes.…
The Nipah virus has killed two people in India during their fourth outbreak of the virus. Image credit: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Image Gallery, Flickr Health officials in India’s southern state of Kerala are on high alert after two died from a recent outbreak of the Nipah virus. The outbreak has sparked the testing…
Thousands of people have died and at least 10,000 are missing after devastating flooding swept through the city of Derna, in eastern Libya. Image: Maher A. A. Abdussalam, via Wikimedia Commons Thousands of people have died and at least 10,000 are missing after devastating flooding swept through the coastal city of Derna, in eastern Libya.…
The NSW government announced that logging in densely populated koala “hubs” would cease while they assess the impact on the environment and the timber industry. Image: Kevin C. Charpentier via Pexels On Tuesday, the NSW Government announced that logging in sections of the proposed Great Koala National Park on the Mid North Coast would be…
This past Tuesday marked the beginning of a monumental antitrust lawsuit between tech giant Google and the U.S. Justice Department. Image: via Wikimedia Commons This past Tuesday marked the beginning of a monumental antitrust lawsuit between tech giant Google and the U.S. Justice Department. The Justice Department and its state allies contend that Google…
São Lourenço de Bairro, Portugal, witnessed a bizarre event when two distillery tanks burst, flooding the streets with a river of red wine. Image: via @PopBase The town of São Lourenço de Bairro, Portugal, witnessed a bizarre event this past Monday when two distillery tanks burst, flooding the streets with a river of red wine.…
A ‘blanket of smoke’ falls over Sydney after backburning. Source: Sardaka, Wikimedia Commons A ‘blanket of smoke’ has fallen across many parts of Sydney’s east, causing poor air quality, as firefighters catch up on hazard reduction burning after a damp autumn and winter. Backburning took place over the weekend in the southwest and in the…
Police are continuing a search for suspects after the fatal shooting of underworld figure Gavin Preston. Source: rawpixel Police are still searching for two men wanted over the fatal shooting of Gavin Preston, a Melbourne underworld figure, at a café in the city’s north-west on the weekend. 50-year-old Preston was shot and killed while sitting…
Storm Daniel has caused severe weather across Greece, raising the death toll to 15. Source: Annatsach, Wikimedia Commons The death toll in Greece has risen to 15 after rescue teams recovered the bodies of four more people on Sunday, after the worst rainstorm since records began in the 1930s. Storm Daniel hit Greece on Tuesday…
Mattel has announced the Barbie 2023 Career of the Year collection. Image credit: Gage Skidmore, Flickr. Mattel announces “Women in Sports” as Barbie’s 2023 Career of the Year, honouring the women fighting for equality in sport. “This year, knowing that women are severely underrepresented in the sports industry — from positions on the field to…