Two women struck by lightning in soggy start to Anzac Day for south-east Queensland
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 More...
Billionaire Gina Rinehart pushes for massive hike in defence budget
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 More...
How Australians are marking Anzac Day
People from across Australia and around the world have gathered to remember those who gave their lives during Anzac Day services. Source link More...
Pope’s doctor says pontiff died ‘without suffering, at home’
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 More...
The Australian pilots who rescued infants from war zone in Operation Babylift
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 More...
Millions pause to mark Anzac Day as dawn breaks across Australia
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 More...
US president urges Vladimir Putin to ‘STOP!’, in rare criticism after deadly attack on Kyiv
“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 More...
E-bike blaze leaves woman without her home and most of her possessions
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, More...
South-west Sydney aged care worker charged with sexually assaulting elderly residents
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 More...
The unusual Anzac Day tribute ringing out from an Australian university
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 More...
