Man charged with two counts of murder after the bodies of his wife and baby were found in their Rockhampton home. Image credit: Tayla Cox via Facebook. A man has been charged with two counts of murder after the bodies of his wife and baby were found in their Rockhampton home. Queensland Police were called…
Commonwealth Bank, Australia’s largest retail bank, has reported a record $10.16bn in profit for the 2022-23 financial year. Image: via Wikimedia Commons Commonwealth Bank, Australia’s largest retail bank, has reported a record $10.16bn in profit for the 2022-23 financial year, 6% higher than the previous year. The bank’s increasing profit margins correlate to steep mortgage…
Rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, months after he was convicted of shooting fellow rap artist Megan Thee Stallion (pictured). Image: via Wikimedia Commons Canadian rapper Tory Lanez (born Daystar Peterson) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, seven months after he was convicted of shooting and injuring fellow…
WA’s 2021 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act will be scrapped after just five weeks in operation, returning to the act first introduced in 1972. Image: Gypsy Denise, via Wikimedia Commons Western Australia’s 2021 Cultural Heritage Act will be scrapped after just five weeks in operation, a decision which has been welcomed by farming and industry groups…
Fire ant numbers will “surge” without further funding to help eradicate them. Source: Insects Unlocked, Wikimedia Commons. An environmental group says that funding delays may be “catastrophic” for the efforts to eradicate fire ants in south-east Queensland. Reece Pianta, a spokesperson from Invasive Species Council, said a leaked report from the Department of Agriculture and…
The bear caused a significant delay to the Iraqi Airway’s flight to Baghdad after it escaped its crate in the plane’s cargo hold. Image source: @Everything65687 (via X) Iraq’s Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani, has ordered an investigation into the cause of a bear’s escape from its crate in the cargo gold of a…
State of Origin will return to Perth’s Optus Stadium in 2025 and 2028. Image source: David Jones (via Flickr) The Western Australian Government announced that Perth will be the host of NRL State of Origin games in 2025 and 2028. As one of Australia’s biggest national sporting events, the WA Government says the events…
Several dead and more missing after migrant ships sunk across Italy and Tunisia. A number of migrant ships, carrying at least 100 people, have sunk between Tunisia and Italy. One of the ships sank off Tunisia’s Kerkennah islands, claiming four lives, with 51 people still currently missing, a judicial official told Reuters. Those onboard the…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Thread post replying to Elon Musk’s announcement of the X live stream of their fight. Source: Instagram In a social media post, Elon Musk has announced that his cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be live streamed on his social media platform X (formally known as Twitter). He also announced…
Wild mushrooms have killed three people in Leongatha and hospitalised one. Homicide Squad investigations have been launched into the deaths of three people in Leongatha, South Gippsland after they ingested poisonous mushrooms. Four people were hospitalised on July 30th due to becoming ill after eating a meal the day before, and the Department of Health…