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Two women are recovering in hospital this morning after they were struck by lightning in separate incidents in south-east Queenslandovernight. One woman was struck at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast and another at Burpengary as the region was hit with thunderstorms and intense rainfall overnight and into this morning. West Woombye on the Sunshine Coast recorded 151mm in just three hours overnight. The rain radar over south-east Queensland at 10am on Friday. (Bureau of Meteorology) Nearby Nambour recorded 136 mm. One driver became caught in flash flooding in the intense rain around 3am and was taken to hospital in a ... Read more

Reaction continues today to calls by the wealthiest Australian, Gina Rinehart, for a massive increase in defence spending to 5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). The mining mogul made a sudden intervention into the debate over military spending late yesterday at a sunset vigil before Anzac Day outside the Sydney Opera House. It came after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledged this week that if the Coalition won government in next month’s federal election, it would spend an extra $21 billion on strengthening defence – reaching 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030. Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart has called ... Read more

People from across Australia and around the world have gathered to remember those who gave their lives during Anzac Day services. Source link

Pope Francis‘ doctor has recounted the pontiff’s final moments in a pair of newspaper interviews, saying the pontiff had his eyes open and was breathing with oxygen, but unresponsive after being stricken by illness early Monday morning. “He died without suffering, at home,” the doctor said. Professor and surgeon Sergio Alfieri, who headed the team who treated Pope Francis during his hospitalisation, talks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Gemelli polyclinic hospital in Rome, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Alfieri was alerted at 5.30am on Monday by Francis’ health care assistant, Massimiliano Strappetti, that Francis ... Read more

This year’s Anzac Day falls 50 years after Australian air force crews took part in a perilous rescue mission of thousands of young orphans from a conflict zone. During the final days of the Vietnam War, the US and its allies launched Operation Babylift to fly the children, many just babies, to safety. By April 1975, thousands of them had been brought to the city of Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, with many of them in need of medical help that wasn’t available. RAAF pilots and crew members feed babies on the runway of Saigon airport in ... Read more

As dawn breaks across the country, millions of people will pause to mark Anzac Day in tribute to the men and women who have served in Australia’s defence forces. Solemn dawn services will be held from suburban parks to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and overseas from the shores of Gallipoli to the fields of Villers-Brettoneux in France. The rest of the day will be marked by parades and wreath-laying events, followed by the usual long-weekend celebrations. The last post is played as the Dawn Service is held at the Australian War Memorial on April 25, 2024 in Canberra, ... Read more

“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform yesterday (overnight AEST).  US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) “Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!” Trump’s frustration is growing as a US-led effort to get a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia has not made progress. Zelenskyy has repeated many times during the war ... Read more

An Adelaide woman has been left without her home and most of her possessions after escaping a devastating fire, believed to have been caused by a faulty e-bike charger, with only her pet dog.  The blaze, which erupted at about 9.20am, caused an estimated $350,000 worth of damage. Croydon Park resident Michelle Sant managed to escape the rapidly spreading fire with her dog.  An Adelaide woman has been left without her home and most of her possessions after escaping a devastating fire, believed to have been caused by a faulty e-bike charger. (9News) “I just walked out and everything was ... Read more

An aged care worker has been charged with sexually assaulting residents in a south-west Sydney facility. The 46-year-old woman is accused of assaulting seven elderly residents at the Macarthur region aged care home where she worked. As part of an investigation, detectives seized her phone, which allegedly contained videos taken at the facility depicting sexual abuse, which had also been sent to her partner, a 54-year-old man. Police arrested a man in connection to an investigation into sexual assaults at an aged care facility (Supplied/NSW Police) They are both facing charges linked to the alleged discovery during the investigation of ... Read more

Across Australia tomorrow, from the canyons of the cities and suburban parks to lone plinths on country plains, the country will gather to mark Anzac Day. And in the heart of one of Australia’s great learning institutions, another unusual memorial will honour the occasion, in an audible and visceral tribute to the fallen of the Great War; the University of Sydney Carillion. “So this carillion was first played on Anzac Day on 1928,” says the University’s organist and carillionist, Titus Greyner. The carillion was first played on Anzac Day on 1928. (Nine) ”It is a war memorial, so it’s quite ... Read more