More than 100,000 car owners have been ripped off by “unfair” Toyota dealer loans, a law firm claims. Melbourne-based firm Echo Law is seeking compensation for Toyota Finance customers, who they say were slugged hundreds of millions of dollars in extra costs because of a hidden dealership incentive. For years, Toyota Finance and its dealerships … Read more
A Brisbane boy accused of being a serial burglar who posts footage of his alleged car-stealing exploits on social media has been slapped with 75 charges. The 16-year-old, from Durack in the city’s outer west, was arrested last week before being accused of “numerous break and enters and stolen vehicles across the greater Brisbane region”, … Read more
A Gold Coast driver has been accused of brake-checking another car, before ramming it and pulling a knife on the occupants in an alleged road-rage attack. The 23-year-old man was driving a Toyota Corolla on Oxley Dr in Hollywell on Saturday when he allegedly began targeting three people in a Mazda BT-50 ute. WATCH THE … Read more
A $1 million reward is being offered to solve the cold case murder of a Melbourne mother 46 years ago. Mary Anne Fagan was 41 when she was last seen alive about 10.30am on February 17, 1978, in the yard of her home in Armadale. She had just driven four of her five children to … Read more
Organisers of a pro-Palestine rally want an apology and widespread retractions after police deemed “gas the Jews” might never have been chorused on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Footage of people chanting in the forecourt of Australia’s most famous building — including a caption highlighting the slur — drew global outrage and caused … Read more
Police have found no evidence an offensive anti-Semitic phrase was ever used at a widely condemned pro-Palestine rally on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. The snap rally on October 9 was sparked by a decision to light the Opera House’s sails in the colours of the Israeli flag after the Hamas attack that … Read more
A Queensland man’s $804 fine for driving through floodwaters is being used as a warning to other road users not to do likewise during possible “widespread flooding” from an expected cyclone. The 41-year-old motorist was caught by an officer driving through an inundated Winton Jundah Rd in Winton in the state’s central west on Sunday. … Read more
Do you wait for pedestrians to completely cross the street before you drive through a crossing? If not, you could be handed an on-the-spot fine and up to three demerit points due to a little-known road rule. Drivers must wait until pedestrians have crossed from one side of the road to the other before driving … Read more
Australia has supported US and UK strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen who were blocking free maritime navigation. The strikes were launched in response to the Iran-backed group blockading international shipping lanes in the Red Sea in support of Palestine. Defence Minister Richard Marles said the government will continue to support any actions that assert … Read more
New driving laws have come into effect in South Australia. The rule changes are in response to the death of 15-year-old Sophia Naismith, who was hit and killed when the driver of a high-powered Lamborghini mounted a kerb on June 22, 2019. The driver, 37-year-old Alexander Campbell, avoided jail and was handed a five-month suspended … Read more
