Category: World

Aussies have flocked to pubs across the country to play the traditional gambling game, two-up, on Anzac Day. The game is strictly illegal in Australia with the exception of Anzac Day. While there’s evidence the game was played by convicts in the 18th and 19th centuries, the coin tossing game is best-associated with Anzac Day. The game was played by officers during the First World War, and became an increasingly popular pastime for the men in the trenches. While it’s remained a much-loved tradition across RSLs, the game is illegal to play across the country for most of the year, ... Read more

A man has drowned at a popular holiday area outside of Melbourne. The man died at Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula on Friday morning after being washed off the rocks. The police helicopter was called and found the man in the water, but he could not be revived. The death comes following nine drownings across Victoria and NSW on the Easter long weekend, in the deadliest Easter weekend ever recorded on Australian waters. This latest incident happened at a beach near Black Rock Beach, 70km south of Melbourne, about 9.45am, Victoria Police said. Cape Schanck is the southernmost point ... Read more

A man has been arrested after a teenager was shot dead during a fight in a beachside carpark in Newcastle. Ekampreet Sahni, 18, was found with a gunshot wound in the Bar Beach carpark on Memorial Drive about 11.40pm on Wednesday. Police were told a group of people were fighting in the carpark when a white SUV drove up. A man armed with a firearm got out of the car and fired the gun before leaving the scene in the car. A 22-year-old man was arrested about 11.20am on Friday. Newcastle City Police Acting Superintendent Steve Benson told reporters on ... Read more

It’s true, the retail landscape has shifted, Saturdays in retail are not what they used to be. Part of that is on us as retailers, we have let the day fade in significance and value. Maybe it is time to invest in Saturdays to make them more valuable. The advice I share is general. What you do in your business will vary based on your local situation. The key is to make shopping at your newsagency on a Saturday a more engaging and rewarding experience. Here are some ideas to spark your creativity: Think Fun & Engagement: Be Energised. This ... Read more

If you are aware of a newsagent selling illegal tobacco, report them. Yes, it’s as black and white as that. Any newsagent selling illegal tobacco damages the reputation of the channel, even for the majority of newsagents in our channel who do not sell tobacco. Whether we like it or not, our shingle binds us. This is why I think we need to call out bad behaviour, like selling illegal tobacco. With more newsagents getting back into tobacco, unfortunately, this is an issue we need to confront. The best way in my opinion is to report those we know to ... Read more

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