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Footage has emerged of a veteran and Channel 9 reporter engaged in a charged conversation after a neo-Nazi led the booing of a Welcome to Country at a Dawn Service. Nine’s Mark Santomartino and a veteran were filmed discussing the incident at Melbourne’s Anzac Day ceremony. In the footage, the veteran can be heard to say “the reason why we’re here, is because our friends fought and died for this country, blood sweat and tears – like their ancestors did”. He questioned whether it was “the right time and place” for a Welcome to Country. “I have a lot of ... Read more

A teenager has been charged with murder following the death of a supermarket owner in Darwin. Linford Feick, 71, died after he was allegedly stabbed by the 18-year-old at his Nightcliff supermarket on Tuesday. Police alleged at the time that Mr Feick had caught his attacker shoplifting and asked them to return the items before he was stabbed, with the alleged offender fleeing on a bicycle. The 18-year-old was charged with murder the day after handing himself in to police. Mr Feick was well-known among locals as the owner-operator of Territory Friendly Grocer in the coastal suburb of Nightcliff. The ... Read more

Two women have been hospitalised following terrifying separate lightning strikes, after southeast Queensland was pounded by a deluge of rain on Anzac Day morning. More than 200mm of rain fell across multiple areas in the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane, sparking a severe thunderstorm warning from the Bureau of Meteorology as remembrance services kicked off across the country. Some services in the Sunshine Coast region were cancelled as a result of roads becoming inundated by flash flooding. A whopping 234mm of rain fell in West Woombye, while Mapleton recorded 223mm and Nambour recorded 200mm, the bureau confirmed. Emergency services confirmed ... Read more

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have attended Anzac Day Dawn Services to mark the 110th anniversary of the devastating Gallipoli landings in World War One. Both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader will suspend campaigning for the May 3 election on Friday as Australians honour those who have served their country in war and peacetime. Mr Albanese was at the national service at the War Memorial in Canberra, while Mr Dutton attended a service in his electorate of Dickson in northern Brisbane. In his dedication to the Anzacs, the Prime Minister said “their spirit” was still felt to this day. ... Read more

Australian sleep health giant Resmed has locked down an exemption from Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs. Resmed produces sleep apnoea machines and accompanying technology in Singapore and Australia, and the $49bn company confirmed this week its existing tariff exemption will continue in the US. Resmed was founded in Sydney in 1989, is now based in California, but is listed on both the ASX and Nasdaq. The company is the fourth largest healthcare firm on the ASX. On the US market, it is worth more than Lululemon and eBay. A global agreement protecting equipment that helps people with disabilities has exempt ... Read more

It’s a national icon and a historical treat, but what even is an Anzac biscuit and where do they come from? Before they were golden, chewy icons dunked in tea, Anzac biscuits were a bit of a mystery – and possibly a gingery mistake. According to new research from genealogy company Ancestry, 42 per cent of Australians say they don’t know where it originated. As part of a bid to unveil its origins, Ancestry revealed the earliest documented recipe of the iconic biscuit dating back to 1916. Created by Mrs Sutherland from WA, it is a far cry from the ... Read more

The crowd at the War Memorial where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was for Anzac Day have clashed, as Peter Dutton laid a wreath in Queensland. Mr Albanese spoke to thousands at the Dawn Service in Canberra, and the Opposition leader was in his own electorate of Dickson. FOLLOW MORE UPDATES BELOW Originally published as Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton take part in Anzac Day Dawn Services Source link

The Labor candidate exposed for sharing doctored images of Peter Dutton wearing a fake Nazi uniform previously backed calls to mark Anzac Day by reflecting on the plight of refugees in offshore detention. Labor’s candidate for Dickson, Ali France, also shared social media posts revealing she was “ashamed to be an Australian” because of the ongoing detention of asylum seekers. News.com.au has obtained new social media posts where Ms France shared posts that weighed in on the 2017 controversy regarding author and activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied. In a Facebook post on Anzac Day, Ms Abdel-Magied took aim at offshore detention. “LEST. ... Read more

For an agonising 12 months, Eva Bullwinkel knew nothing of her daughter Vivian’s fate. Letters written to her “darling girl” went unopened and unanswered – each marked “return to sender” or “delivery impracticable”. Eva Bullwinkel’s “darling girl” was Vivian Bullwinkel, whose heroics during World War 2 would go on to become the stuff of legends. But for more than a year, Mrs Bullwinkel was left wracked with worry in her Kings Park, Adelaide home. The letters from Mrs Bullwinkel – and thousands of others sent by loved ones in Australia but unable to be delivered – were processed by those ... Read more

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have attended Anzac Day Dawn Services on Friday morning, which this year commemorates the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. The Prime Minister was at the official Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Monuments around the memorial have been lit up with projections from contemporary conflicts since 5am. Moving and confronting from diaries and first hand accounts of World War I were also read out prior to the official service, which began with the playing of the didgeridoo. While the instrument is not customarily played on Ngunnawal country, event organisers were able ... Read more