“It was abhorrent and dehumanizing work, and it was carried out under the Smithsonian’s name,” wrote the Smithsonian Institution secretary. Image: Juliaquinn12, via Wikimedia Commons Last week, an investigation revealed that the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum was in possession of at least 30,700 human body parts, most of which were collected from Black and Indigenous…
66-year-old Laura Carleton was shot and killed following a dispute over her choice to display a rainbow Pride flag outside her business. Image: Ezequiel Campos via Pexels 66-year-old Laura Carleton was shot and killed following a dispute over her choice to display a rainbow Pride flag outside her business. Carleton was discovered on the floor…
Origin has reported huge profits in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Source: Nick Pitsas, Wikimedia Commons One of Australia’s largest energy companies, Origin Energy, has reported a surge in profits of 83.5 per cent for the financial year ending 2023 – a net annual profit of $1.06 billion. The company’s annual report,…
A man has died in hospital after a house fire in Brisbane. A man has died after a house fire in Hawthorne in Brisbane’s east. The fire broke out at around 8pm on Forbes Street, destroying a home and damaging another two. The 66-year-old man, Hugh Walker, was rescued and given first aid by neighbours…
A bear known as ‘Hank the tank’ had been the subject of a bear-hunt in California; but the truth was slightly more complicated. Image source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife A large black bear, dubbed ‘Hank the Tank’ by locals, has been captured in California late last week after an alleged crime spree. Authorities…
Australia will be one of just three countries to have Tomahawk cruise missiles in its arsenal. Image source: US National Archives In a more than $1.7 billion deal, Australia will purchase 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, announced deputy prime minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles today. Australia will be one…
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says thirteen food delivery workers have died in Australia since 2017. Source: Pacopac, Wikimedia Commons Uber Eats delivery rider, Adil Abbas, was killed on the job when his motorbike collided with a Ute in Sydney last week. The 19-year-old international student arrived from Pakistan last month to study information technology…
Luna-25 would have seen Russia be the first to successfully land a space craft on the Moon’s south pole. Image source: Ljubisa Pokrajac via Pexels Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon, after spinning out of control due to a problem while it prepared for pre-landing orbit. Luna-25’s crash means that Russia’s first…
Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather spoke to hundreds of protesters outside Labor’s conference on Saturday. Source: own work Hundreds of people rallied outside the Labor party conference in South Bank on Saturday, demanding the ALP focus on the housing crisis and do more for renters. Those protesting at the conference at the Brisbane Convention Centre included…
Canadian fire crews battle the Behchokǫ̀/Yellowknife fire. Image credit: NWT Fire via Facebook. Canadian fire crews are battling to prevent wildfires from spreading to the city of Yellowknife, where all residents were ordered to evacuate on Thursday. The evacuation order stated that those living along the Ingraham Trail were at the highest risk and should…