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Perched outside a fish and chip shop, across from a hair salon and overlooking the remnants of a long-since-relocated tyre service centre, a public phone looks like any other you’d find in the inner-city. There’s the angular shape of the box, a bright orange glowing top emblazoned with the instantly recognisable Telstra logo, and a few tags etched into the walls courtesy of a bored local youth. But this one on Melville Road in Melbourne’s Brunswick West has a secret that’s been untold until now. Every single day, on average, someone in the depths of despair and battling a whole ... Read more

Four people are dead, including children, and several others are injured after a car crashed through an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois. At about 3.20pm on Monday (Tuesday AEDT), police responded after a vehicle drove through the east side of the YNOT After School Camp, Illinois State Police said in a news release. Chatham is south of Springfield. This image taken from video provided by WCIA shows first responders working the scene after a car smashed through a building during an after-school program, killing multiple people Monday, April 28, 2025, in Chatham, Ill. (AP) The vehicle struck several people outside ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The date when Matildas captain Sam Kerr can return to action remains unclear, her club coach says. The West Australian has been out of action since suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury during warm weather training in early January 2024. Kerr had been included on Chelsea’s Champions League roster in the hope she would be able to play a part in their campaign, but she was never fit enough to even be named in a matchday squad prior to the English club’s exit at ... Read more

Red paint was thrown onto Dutton’s office on Dawson Parade in Arana Hills, Moreton Bay, sometime overnight. Images of Dutton with his family, pictured on the front of the building, are covered in red paint.  Red paint was thrown onto Dutton’s office on Dawson Parade in Arana Hills, Moreton Bay, sometime overnight. (9News) Queensland Police say they were called to nearby Wye Street in Mitchelton after reports of four people acting suspicious in a red sedan at 2.30am. Police dogs then tracked a woman to Leslie Patrick Park, where officers found the allegedly vandalised office. An 18-year-old woman was ... Read more

Anti-nuclear protesters have derailed Peter Dutton’s announcement of funding to upgrade a sport field in Sanctuary Point, in the seat Gilmore. The Opposition Leaders was joined at Francis Ryan Sports Field, home of local football club the St George Basin Dragons, with a group of young players to announce the upgrade. He had been presented a jersey, and had just chatted to a friendly member of the public who approached him during the event, when the nuclear protesters arrived. The trio pretended to be scouting for the location of “Australia’s first nuclear reactor”, as the sounds of a geiger counter ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size When Rajasthan Royals announced they had signed a 13-year-old for the Indian Premier League there was plenty of scepticism. It looked, at best, like the start of a long-term plan to lay claim to and develop a promising youngster, at worst a gimmick. No one is sceptical now. In his third match the now-14 years old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has smashed the second fastest century in the IPL’s 18 seasons, a blistering 35-ball display of pyrotechnics that carried his team to a thumping eight-wicket victory ... Read more

Two young men have died and another is fighting for life after a crash between a truck and a car in south-west Sydney late yesterday. Emergency services were called to King Georges Road at Wiley Park about 8.45pm where three men were found trapped inside a BMW sedan. Two of those, aged 22 and 23, died at the scene, while the 20-year-old driver suffered significant injuries and was taken to hospital in critical condition. Two men died and a third is fighting for his life after a road crash in south-west Sydney on April 28, 2025. (Nine) The truck driver, ... Read more

Former Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka has announced she will be the new chief executive of liquor, gaming and pubs retailer Endeavour Group at the start of next year. Ms Hrdlicka stepped down from Virgin Australia earlier this year, after a near four-year stint in the job. During her time she helped navigate the airline – owned by Bain Capital following its collapse during the Covid-19 pandemic – into a major deal with Qatar airways. Ms Hrdlicka will start on January 1 2026, with the company searching for a new boss since Steve Donohue left late last year, with executive ... Read more

Bapcor, home to automotive brands such as Autobarn and Midas, is cutting dozens of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems from its technology estate. CEO and executive chair Angus McKay told a strategy briefing yesterday that the company had “eliminated or consolidated from 42 ERPs down to 19” at the end of fiscal year 2024. It will reduce the number of ERPs in use across the group from 19 to 17 this fiscal year and then to 15 by the end of fiscal year 2026. “Now don’t get me wrong – 15 is still too many,” McKay said. “The process to ... Read more

German police have launched a murder investigation after a bestselling novelist was found dead on her houseboat in Hamburg. Alexandra Fröhlich was discovered dead by relatives onboard her houseboat in the Moorfleet district of the German city, according to a statement that Hamburg Police shared with CNN. “After a 58-year-old woman was found dead on her houseboat in Hamburg’s Moorfleet district on Tuesday morning, the police and public prosecutor’s office are now assuming a homicide and are asking for information from the public,” the statement said. Alexandra Fröhlich was a journalist before turning to writing novels. (Penguin) It added that ... Read more